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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 8445639, member: 68&quot;]In a capitalistic society there would have been a few phone calls made and they would have found a place to put the oil.&nbsp; If the boats aren&#039;t needed to haul oil there won&#039;t be much of anything else to haul either.&nbsp; This means the definition of depreciation (time value) on the boats changes and this is what would approach zero or even go negative because they are still paying the crew.&nbsp; The cargo wouldn&#039;t go negative but our economy is being micromanaged by bureaucrats and it&#039;s easier to just do what the computer says.&nbsp;&nbsp; This, and the government refusal to acknowledge we&#039;ve dug ourselves a very deep hole is what&#039;s pushing gold and silver down.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Every day the pressure on bonds and the enormous derivatives time bomb builds and every day the real value of most commodities is increasing.&nbsp; The government is simply propping up financial instruments because they believe there is no alternative and no free market to correct the growing imbalances.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Our systems aren&#039;t geared to sustainability except to provide for the few. There was a tightrope to walk to get out of this mess but now this escape may be gone.&nbsp; There is no computer program to tell them what to do when things rationalize on their own.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These are interesting times but it&#039;s entirely possible gold could go negative since the market is disconnected from&nbsp; reality and connected only to virtual reality.&nbsp; Unfortunately there is no intelligence and no artificial intelligence.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Be careful out there.&nbsp; We live in interesting times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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