Oh yeah, that could totally be the case. Frankly, I think the way a lot of these politicians get rich is by trading on inside info -- which is illegal for us, but not for them. Total conflict of interest and of course should not be allowed. But they look to line their own pockets. They all seem to go into office as paupers and come out as multi-millionaires.
Problem is, they know what's coming and we don't. They could know they're gonna smash the prices of energy down with some crazy intervention and be loaded up on puts on futures options. Or they may already be loaded up on calls on the oil futures contract and they're not gonna allow any new drilling or anything because they want to drive the price up to get their $200 strike price calls in the money! ha. Or their $50 calls for natgas. Wouldn't surprise me.
I'd be willing to bet that at least part of the reason for govts pushing wind and solar so hard and sending govt contracts to them is that they and their buddies will somehow benefit.
I would think if any crazy policies are going to happen it would be before the elections so the Pres could look like the hero to voters and hopefully keep some more dems in congressional seats. If there is a big red wave, the changed Congress could (in theory) put a stop to a lot of the crazy policies. But I don't really trust either political party to do what's right.
