> If I were to have 25 tonnes of coal, using it instead of something else
> like an outside power source (saving me money), or selling it to someone
> who needed it (gaining me money more explicitly) are the only two ways I
> gain from coal. Simply having it is not worth anything, except that I
> /might/ be able to use it at a better time.
>
> When will that time come? What if I do tomorrow of a heart attack?
That's a pretty absurd position. Why bother saving for rent next
month? You could be dead by then. You should spend all your cash
now. After all simply having it is not worth anything, except that
you /might/ be able to use it at a better time.
I've never understood this mad rush to get the oil out of the ground
as fast as possible. It will still be there, it will probably become
cheaper to pull out, and it will only go up in value with time.
Received on Wed Mar 28 19:51:44 2007
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