The world is dependent on fossil fuels and we all know that one day, oil will run out. Additionally, many experts believe we are slowly heading towards mass extinction if we continue to pump carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere.

We haven’t given you much of a view of how the economy here looks in Colorado. Sorry. We’ve been too busy eating massive portions of food while fending off rubber-band toting nieces and nephews. But since we’re on our way back to Melbourne tomorrow, how about a few parting observations from Colorado?

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Today’s market action offers us a simple lesson: markets better than governments.

Costs for solar thermal energy will be cheaper than coal as soon as 2020, according to a report from the US Department of Energy, making one solar ETF a great way to profit.

Google, Chevron and Goldman are all betting that this prediction is correct. This from Bloomberg:

Unlike photovoltaic solar panels that convert sunlight to electricity, solar thermal focuses sunrays with mirrors to heat oil in glass pipes to about 700 degrees Fahrenheit (370 degrees Celsius).

I can’t think of the last time an American politician has said something so utterly unconstructive — in large part because buried within the blather is a grain of truth.