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That may be a long stretch of imagination – a pie in the sky speculation – a tin hat conspiracy theory.
Suppose; however – that you did know in advance that the dollar was going to crash.
Suppose, further, that you have a retirement account that is denominated in dollars, so, logically you decide to reinvest that savings into something that was not going to crash and lose all the value stored (like electricity in a battery leaking out due to a short in the wiring).
Suppose all the above is a given – just for the sake of finding agreement (forget about arguing – no one wins – on purpose).
Suppose a person in such an imaginary situation as the one described above decided to cash in their savings and the following investments were set in motion:
A rural piece of land was purchased.
On the north boundary is a gas station mini-mart.
On the south boundary is an agricultural farm
On the west boundary is an industrial factory
On the east boundary is a small residential community
Upon your property you begin to assemble Solar Panels, Wind Mills, and Storage devices. You hook up to the existing grid. You assemble quick connections to each corner of your property (for direct hook up to all your neighbors in case the Electric Company does not purchase your oversupply).
You purchase 20 Electric Cars, Plug – in Cars, and/or Hybrid Cars.
You hire 10 drivers to drive your cars in the nearby town where traffic jams are often a problem at peak hours.
Each driver is given a stack of cards to advertise the re-sale of electric cars and advertise where their cars can be fueled up over night.
Now, for those who do have at least a cursory understanding of physics:
A. How much fuel does an electric car waste while sitting in traffic?
B. How much can be saved in fuel if all the traffic jam waste is added up?
C. How much fuel is used up in transporting electric energy from the central electric plant to all the end points of consumption?
D. How much fuel can be saved if all the transportation costs are added up?
E. How much will your 401K savings be worth in 15 years?
Is it the currency? Am I the stupid one?