$262/barrel Oil

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

dude, just get something with a desil, and brew yourself up some bio-desil from leftover vegtable oil from any resturant

[1slowdsm]

With what those prices could be, even owning a motorcycle would suck. That would be insane if prices every got that high. You'll see drive-offs with every other car!

[AJ]

No wonder Mark keeps buying bikes. He's going to sell them for a HUGE profit! lol

[A.G.]

Originally Posted by S2kracka

I am talking about the airline industry as a whole, not individual companies. Of course companies come and go, but industries do not (with rare exceptions).

So you dont think Bush being a huge Oil tycoon has ANYTHING to do with our high oil prices?? I beg to differ, but everyone has there own opinion I guess. Just seems a lil to coincidental to me. I just hear other countries crying about it as much as the U.S.

[A//// Guy]

Yes Bush owns the middle east and is driving oil prices just so he can make some sweet money... please...

Do some research on how oil prices are controlled and how oil goes from the ground and eventually ends up in the consumers hands. Prices are not controlled by Bush or the govt. Its the suppliers and distributors that contribute to that. Supply and demand...

Im in class right now so I cant talk much.

[Jakey]

Originally Posted by M/// Guy

Do some research

Liberals know how to do research?

[Tauni]

I doubt this could ever happen. I think the most it could ever get to is about $5 and I still doubt it would last that was for long. Once you start charging that much no one is going want to pay for it and they are going to have lower the prices again or my guess is they will lose an ass load of money. I don't know how much of this is true or not, but my dad told me back in the day when prices were getting up to $3/gallon that it was illegal for the companies to charge that much and they were doing it because with all of the media talking they thought they could sucker people into paying that much. Supposedly (according to my dad) the government caught on and was threatening to sue the companies so they lowered the prices to save their asses. Either way, if the prices get this high at all, I think it would be farther off in the future, and with our economy the way it is, I don't think it would last long. But I do agree with Hughes. I don't agree with people blaming Bush. I'm not for or against Bush, but Hughes is right. He's not God. He doesn't control the whole world. Thats just my opinion.

[CDeutsch]

The prices better go up or the poor oil companies will go under. Oh wait, maybe not:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/30/news...arns/index.htm

Bastards.

[cudvig]

You know any thing that ups the DOW makes a hell of alot of bank!

Originally Posted by Jakey

Liberals know how to do research?

HAHA best quote ever!


-Colin

[Black97civic]

Originally Posted by GSTauni

I doubt this could ever happen. I think the most it could ever get to is about $5 and I still doubt it would last that was for long. Once you start charging that much no one is going want to pay for it and they are going to have lower the prices again or my guess is they will lose an ass load of money.

You think enough people could quit driving cars that they would be able to lower the demand enough to control oil prices?? We are so dependant on oil, I have a feeling they could do just about anything they want, if they charge 4 times as much, they only need 1/4 of the customers. How do you think goods will get shipped around the country, and other things that need oil that aren't optional.

Sadly enough, until we figure out how to make hydrogen powered cars with hydrogen produced by nuclear powered electrolysis, we are going to be way to dependent on fossil fuels to do anyhting about it if the shit hits the fan.

[Halon]

Nuclear Power Plants are going to be springing up quite a bit here soon. My company has the most contracts then ever before. And not just US, but all over the world They are doing somethings to help lower our dependancy on natural gas and oil products, and changing to nuclear power is one of them!

[Matt D.]

They also said gas would exceed $3 a gallon by winter and remain that way...

[Black97civic]

Originally Posted by ju-on

Nuclear Power Plants are going to be springing up quite a bit here soon. My company has the most contracts then ever before. And not just US, but all over the world They are doing somethings to help lower our dependancy on natural gas and oil products, and changing to nuclear power is one of them!

Honestly, people really need to get past the stigma that nuclear power is so terrible.

Chernobyl and Three mile island were both caused by people being idiots and not safely running the power plants. Nobody was killed because of three mile island, and the death toll from chernobyl is so disputed that we will probably never know how many people actually died. But think about how many people have gotten sick from pollution from regular power plants.

I would prefer the very small risk of a meltdown, which would be greatly reduced from even 20 years ago when Chernobyl happened, than deal with pollution from coal plants, and increased reliance of fossil fuels for power generation.

If we had more nuclear power, that would oil prices down because we wouldn't need nearly as much of it.

[Halon]

I agree, and I was in no way saying it was terrible. I work on Nuclear Plants, and I think it is by far the best way we currently have of producing power. Polution free, safe, reliable. Anti-Nuclear protests have gone down in incredible numbers. I think people are realising it as a positive alternative to other petroleum powered plants. Plus hey, it means more job security for me as well!! Bush just announced also in the speech that he will be moving towards having even more Nuclear Plants constructed, I think it's a great thing personally!