<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for ExxonMobil’s profits huge; shares fall anyway]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/when-109-billion-is-just-not-enough/ Fri, 02 May 2008 01:33:19 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/when-109-billion-is-just-not-enough/1 Grist In Denial, Volume 2


Ethanol.  $2.25 a gallon, from corn.

Ethanol.  $1.00 a gallon, from Coskata.

Ethanol converter for car.  $400.  YouTube shows how a 10 year old can install it.

Exubia prospers!

Texeme.Construct(Participant)



]]> Grist In Denial, Volume 2


Ethanol.  $2.25 a gallon, from corn.

Ethanol.  $1.00 a gallon, from Coskata.

Ethanol converter for car.  $400.  YouTube shows how a 10 year old can install it.

Exubia prospers!

Texeme.Construct(Participant)



]]> Comment #2 by bigTom http://www.grist.org/article/when-109-billion-is-just-not-enough/ Fri, 02 May 2008 01:55:47 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/when-109-billion-is-just-not-enough/2 Wall street priced in even higher profits.

  The stock behavior is perfectly rational. The stock price was already sky high because it was assumed high oil prices would need much higher profits. If I had purchased Exxon shares last week, in anticipation of a really big increase in dividends I would be disappointed (and poorer as a result).

]]> Wall street priced in even higher profits.

  The stock behavior is perfectly rational. The stock price was already sky high because it was assumed high oil prices would need much higher profits. If I had purchased Exxon shares last week, in anticipation of a really big increase in dividends I would be disappointed (and poorer as a result).

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