[AtlanticBlue99]

Originally Posted by vfast so you didn't pump 1 barrel of oil....let's see in the real world you would have a ton more expenses

I know, vfast. This was a fun final lab experience to end the year. I do not truly plan to enter the oil industry. I am a huge fan of wind energy

[AnimalCrackers]

Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99 No. I was not broken up and would not be. This was an isolated plot of 10k acres. If I was messing with Sherman Act and Clayton Act anti-trust issues, I would have had , not $700,000 to explore and retrieve the oil. /Fail.

you made no mention of limiting the plots in your initial post. You specifically mentioned targeting other investors to REMOVE competition from the playing field in order to force your last only competitor out of business. What's the definition for "trust" established under the Sherman Act?

/win

Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99 I know, vfast. This was a fun final lab experience to end the year. I do not truly plan to enter the oil industry. I am a huge fan of wind energy

and that's where you just lost my respect...

wind? seriously?

[JStab]

Originally Posted by AnimalCrackers and that's where you just lost my respect... wind? seriously?

He drives a V6, what did you expect?

[AtlanticBlue99]

Originally Posted by AnimalCrackers you made no mention of limiting the plots in your initial post. You specifically mentioned targeting other investors to REMOVE competition from the playing field in order to force your last only competitor out of business. What's the definition for "trust" established under the Sherman Act? /win and that's where you just lost my respect... wind? seriously?

Did I greatly impede interstate commerce (with a 10k acre plot of land)? No. Therefore /Fail

and

Yes, wind. Love it or hate it. Wind energy is free once the infrastructure is in place. My next favorite alternative is tidal energy (the buoy-piston method)

[vfast]

now your thinking

Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99 I know, vfast. This was a fun final lab experience to end the year. I do not truly plan to enter the oil industry. I am a huge fan of wind energy

[AnimalCrackers]

Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99 Did I greatly impede interstate commerce (with a 10k acre plot of land)? No. Therefore /Fail and Yes, wind. Love it or hate it. Wind energy is free once the infrastructure is in place. My next favorite alternative is tidal energy (the buoy-piston method)

Again, you never mentioned the 10k plot of land in your initial post, I can only comment on the information I am provided. You forcefully eliminated competition to monopolize the playing field. I'm assuming your refineries are not located on site and you'd therefore be selling or shipping that oil to another state for eventual sale.

Wind energy will never be a viable solution, it may help here and there, but is not cost efficient, not reliable, and to raise enough energy it would require unrealistic amounts of land. And wind energy is not free once the tower is built, there are maintenance costs continually, not to mention a relatively short shelf life compared to a power facility.

[AtlanticBlue99]

Originally Posted by vfast now your thinking

Just to get the obvious out there. I do not want to power automobiles with wind I want to place wind farms off of the SE GA coast near Jekyll Isl where sustained winds are 25+mph and off of the NC Cape, and the SE coast of ME.

Another profitable location is in the desert east of the Rockies. Here, hydroelectricity is currently used (as is a little geothermal energy), but there are obviously severe droughts in this region. With mountain winds, wind farms can net great profits and power entire cities and employ a lot of the potentially available positions in a struggling economy.

[AtlanticBlue99]

Originally Posted by AnimalCrackers Again, you never mentioned the 10k plot of land in your initial post, I can only comment on the information I am provided. You forcefully eliminated competition to monopolize the playing field. I'm assuming your refineries are not located on site and you'd therefore be selling or shipping that oil to another state for eventual sale. Wind energy will never be a viable solution, it may help here and there, but is not cost efficient, not reliable, and to raise enough energy it would require unrealistic amounts of land. And wind energy is not free once the tower is built, there are maintenance costs continually, not to mention a relatively short shelf life compared to a power facility.

Yes, you went with the information you had, but I assure you, it takes a lot more to be convicted of anti-trust actions and ventures. The government regulates mergers of larger and public companies via the SEC. If I would be in violation of anti-trust clauses, the SEC would not have granted my smaller, public company the rights to merge with the competition.

If I was later found to be monopolistic in nature, the SEC would have ordered a breakup and fines. None of this happened in my simulation.

[vfast]

you need to see some big ass solar panels in las vegas fucking hugh..it's supposed to power all of las vegas when completed

Originally Posted by AtlanticBlue99 Just to get the obvious out there. I do not want to power automobiles with wind I want to place wind farms off of the SE GA coast near Jekyll Isl where sustained winds are 25+mph and off of the NC Cape, and the SE coast of ME. Another profitable location is in the desert east of the Rockies. Here, hydroelectricity is currently used (as is a little geothermal energy), but there are obviously severe droughts in this region. With mountain winds, wind farms can net great profits and power entire cities and employ a lot of the potentially available positions in a struggling economy.

[AtlanticBlue99]

Originally Posted by vfast you need to see some big ass solar panels in las vegas fucking hugh..it's supposed to power all of las vegas when completed

Well, I am okay with this. For example, 86.1% of the land in NV is owned by the government. This otherwise useless land would be suitable for creating energy. Giving some to Las Vegas seems fine to me

[04mustang232]

Good job George Bush.

[vfast]

GB wasn't all bad

[04mustang232]

Originally Posted by vfast GB wasn't all bad

i agree, but lets not get off topic here: Chris's 2nd to none oil business hahah

[AtlanticBlue99]

[Tony_90fox]

What Geology course is it? That's my major. I have like 4 more courses to complete and I'll be done.