Well, THIS will really help out with the ol’ inflation numbers and economy in general, eh?

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Sometimes I am utterly baffled and confused at a business model. More often than not, after a while, whatever I’m confused about blows up utterly, affirming there was a basis for my confoundment. One recent example is the entire Electric Charger industry, which is just plain stupid. Tesla owns this forward, backwards, and upside down. The resulting catastrophe has been no surprise.

Earlier this year, I was a big fan of energy shorts. Simply stated, the trades rarely worked, and a couple of months ago, I pretty much threw my arms up at the whole sector. I’ve got to say, looking at the continuous contract of crude oil, the massive top might never complete. It got close, but no cigar.

If you saw this car on the road, you probably wouldn’t do a double take. Indeed, you probably wouldn’t even do a single take.
