Ready for $262/barrel oil?

[Breukelen advocaat]

I, for one, am getting a camel. I like the way their eyes look, and they'd fit right into the climate in north Texas. Until he comes in, I'm taking mass transportation.

Don't get a camel unless you plan on riding in a desert - they don't do well on other terrain. The U.S. Army bought some camels in the 19th century, and found them to be useless.

There's an excellent episide or the old TV western series on a DVD box set that I have (which you may be familiar with), called Have Gun Will Travel,, c. 1958 which stars Richard Boone as a hired gunfighter named Paladin, who buys one of these ex-U.S. Army Camels for a job he's hired for.

[The Grim Reefer]

Don't get a camel unless you plan on riding in a desert - they don't do well on other terrain. The U.S. Army bought some camels in the 19th century, and found them to be useless.

There's an excellent episide or the old TV western series on a DVD box set that I have (which you may be familiar with), called Have Gun Will Travel,, c. 1958 which stars Richard Boone as a hired gunfighter named Paladin, who buys one of these ex-U.S. Army Camels for a job he's hired for.

This is awesome.

Thanks for the info :thumbsup:

[montagraph]

Well, all this crap about Oil, it's our own damn fault for being oil titty suckers!

We, like Brazil should have kicked the Oil Habit long ago.

If oil goes up that high, so what. It will surely collapse our economy and millions will sufer because of it.

I think that it is long overdue for the Car Makers and the U.S. to increase the CAIFA standards to at least 100 miles to the gallon.

Our own Govt. has been Phuking the public for years! They want all that tax money, they will not budge. So who's fault is it? OURS!

[Shelbay]

Thats right! Fianlly someone that takes responsibility instead of just blaming President Bush,,the Emirates..etc..we are spoiled and arrogant..I think your right about the economic collapse..I need to go buy some more bottled water and stock it you think?

[iamapatient]

I just can't imagine people not knowing about tin-foil hats. Inconceivable!

While it's true we ARE dependent on foriegn oil, we don't have to be. If the environMENTAList whackjobs (tm) would pull their collective heads out, they'd stop blocking windfarms, domestic drilling and nuke power plants and we wouldn't need their oil. That said we get most of our oil from North and South America, not the middle east. However, there is still the matter of GLOBAL supply and demand too. Energy is a fairly complex issue.

[Shelbay]

Complex for who? Its really easy to me..either cut down on consumption or quit bitching about the price and just pay it.

[insanity]

Oil has become a lot like ice-nine... those who posses it can have great fortune, but in the end its spread kills everyone (minus Bokonon, of course).

On a more serious note, $262/barrel is insane, and (by my really quick math) would yeild gas prices between 10 and 12 dollars on the gallon. I do not know if there could be any signifcant consumer demand considering it would cost around $150 for an average size full tank. Most people buy gas between once or twice a week (observation I made when I worked at a 76), so in average month people could be spending around $600 to go places. Also, public transit can not function (even without taxes on fuel) if prices are so high because the only real way to break even is increasing the rider fees to such high levels. When oil gets around to $150 or $200 I think you'll begin to see large scale movements towards alternative fuel quickly because everyone will see the impending shitstorm if we don't.

[iamapatient]

What happens when it doesn't hit the hypothetical 262.00 mark though? The sky isn't falling and alternative energy becomes more cost effective the higher energy prices go. Just one reason I'm thinking about starting a biodiesel production facility.