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How Silver is Like Oil: An Upcoming Explosion

Commodities / Gold and Silver 2011 Jun 16, 2011 - 04:07 PM GMT

By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

Commodities

As prices at the pump move toward $4 and even $5 per gallon, there is no shortage of people calling for new regulations in finance.  Frequently blamed on “speculators,” high prices at the pump are, as some politicians say, the result of lax laws.


But can it really be speculators that are driving up the price of oil?  Without question, anyone can drive up the price of anything for a very temporary amount of time.  Following the rise, though, one has to wonder why any single oil company wouldn’t come to the market with more oil than they were producing at lower prices. 

Oil vs. Silver

Once past the stagflationary 1970s, oil prices were reasonable all the way up until the 2000s.  Through the 1990s, the American family enjoyed driving their minivans all around town with gasoline no more than $.80 a gallon.

But we have to wonder why those days are gone.  Why won’t gasoline ever come back to $.80 a gallon?  It’s because the cheap oil is gone; the cheap silver is soon to be gone, too.

Throughout recent history, governments have subsidized energy consumption and production.  We consumed too much because it was too cheap, and now that all the easily found oil has been brought to the surface, the only oil remaining is harder to find and more expensive to produce.

We should wonder if the same general trend is not in store for silver.  Having been manipulated in price by large banking interests on the futures markets, silver was far too cheap through the 1990s and even the 2000s.  Now into the second decade of this new millennia—a decade more dependent on electronics than any other in history—we should wonder if this will be the ten years that lead silver to a new boom in line with that of oil’s historical rise.

This is the very obvious problem in subsidizing the use of any finite commodity, directly or indirectly.  Subsidies for oil kept production high, even when it made little sense.  New subsidies for other energy forms are eating away at global food supplies, as producing ethanol is more valuable politically than feeding the many people around the world who starve due to shortage.  Decade-long suppressions on silver prices (luckily, most price suppression happened when we consumed the least of it) will only stand to send silver higher as we consume more of it. 

What the future holds
 
Anyone knows that the future will be more electronic than the past.  And the explosion in computing and personal devices won’t just be in the developed world—no, the low price of components (save for silver) means that all 7 billion of the world’s inhabitants will experience the technological revolution.

The tech revolution couldn’t come at a better time for silver investors.  Just as it is realized how much silver was wasted in the past, we can only look to a future which contains far more above ground silver and far less silver below the surface.

By Dr. Jeff Lewis

    Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, in addition to running a busy medical practice, is the editor of Silver-Coin-Investor.com and Hard-Money-Newsletter-Review.com

    Copyright © 2011 Dr. Jeff Lewis- All Rights Reserved Disclaimer: The above is a matter of opinion provided for general information purposes only and is not intended as investment advice. Information and analysis above are derived from sources and utilising methods believed to be reliable, but we cannot accept responsibility for any losses you may incur as a result of this analysis. Individuals should consult with their personal financial advisors.


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