Reply To: Okay, Let's Stop The BAKE SALE mentality and get SERIOUS

[Aeronaut]

US corporations are having a very tough time deploying capital, so they let it pile up in the savings account to the tune of roughly a trillion dollars while environmental laws and common business sense dictate the need to get more out of every unit of energy. When you look at the economy in 4 to 5 sectors from extraction, processing, transportation, manufacturing, and services, transportation is the common element, and transportation requires energy. Thus energy is a compounded expense category with enormous payoff potential relative to a fixed long-term R&D program.

Where financial prudence says to budget 10% or less per position, 5% is far better, so why not put a number like .1% of currently investable profits? Besides, its probably tax-deductible for almost any corporation.

Something else that’s hidden right out in plain sight is the Inc Magazine 500 List. Nearly 300 of those companies on the current list have grown in excess of 1,000% (!) over the past 3 years. And they’re privately owned, which translates into a far less restrictive decision-making process than in a public corporation.