Price of Oil

lazymoon13
lazymoon13 Posts: 838
edited April 2008 in A Moving Train
wtf. $120?!?! how is this effecting you? are you driving less? what can possibly bring this price down? whats goes up must come down. damn this is getting out of hand.
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  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    lower demand ... drive less, drive more efficient (mileage, car pools), use less (plastics) ... stop illegal occupations ... stop threatening to bomb sovereign countries ...
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    lazymoon13 wrote:
    wtf. $120?!?! how is this effecting you? are you driving less? what can possibly bring this price down? whats goes up must come down. damn this is getting out of hand.

    Meh...$120 is going to look really good come August.
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Meh...$120 is going to look really good come August.

    That's the fucking scary part. We haven't even started using the summer blend, which tends to be more expensive. Unfortunate for me I started a job about 2 months ago that requires me to drive to work, I used to work in NYC so I took public transportation.
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    I drive 110 miles a day roundtrip and it is FUCKING KILLING ME.

    I wish my small town could produce well paying jobs, but that isn't the case.
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  • lazymoon13
    lazymoon13 Posts: 838
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Meh...$120 is going to look really good come August.

    :(
  • lazymoon13
    lazymoon13 Posts: 838
    ledvedderman wrote:
    I drive 110 miles a day roundtrip and it is FUCKING KILLING ME.

    I wish my small town could produce well paying jobs, but that isn't the case.

    wow man. you need to move. is that out of the question? dont mean to pry, its none of my business but damn. 110 miles A DAY!
  • lazymoon13
    lazymoon13 Posts: 838
    mammasan wrote:
    That's the fucking scary part. We haven't even started using the summer blend, which tends to be more expensive. Unfortunate for me I started a job about 2 months ago that requires me to drive to work, I used to work in NYC so I took public transportation.

    mccain proposed to drop the fed tax of 0.20 cents a gallon for the summer. good or bad idea?
  • jimdietrich
    jimdietrich Posts: 42
    There is no price tag for blood. That is what we are paying in Iraq for oil.
    Anger is a gift
  • lazymoon13
    lazymoon13 Posts: 838
    jimdietrich wrote:
    There is no price tag for blood. That is what we are paying in Iraq for oil.

    ok jimmy. how about the price we pay from all other countries? :rolleyes: we don't get all of our oil from Iraq ya know.
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    lazymoon13 wrote:
    mccain proposed to drop the fed tax of 0.20 cents a gallon for the summer. good or bad idea?

    Spineless, gimmicky idea. Drop it for good, remove corresponding spending from the budget (preferrably oil company subsidies).
  • lazymoon13
    lazymoon13 Posts: 838
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Spineless, gimmicky idea.
    yikes, spineless? how so? he's seems to be the only senator with a spine to suggest such a thing.
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Drop it for good, remove corresponding spending from the budget (preferrably oil company subsidies).
    great idea.
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    lazymoon13 wrote:
    wtf. $120?!?! how is this effecting you? are you driving less? what can possibly bring this price down? whats goes up must come down. damn this is getting out of hand.

    I'm all for it. really. in the past studies have shown that demand for gasoline is extremely price inelastic. but I hope that if it gets high enough, that will change.

    you make choices as to where you live, where you work, whether you drive a car, and what kind of car you drive. therefore, unless you are a truck driver, where the primary (singular really) input is gasoline, you shouldn't really be complaining.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Spineless, gimmicky idea. Drop it for good, remove corresponding spending from the budget (preferrably oil company subsidies).

    oil companies are being subsidized?? for what?? raping the citizenry?? :mad:
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    cutback wrote:
    oil companies are being subsidized?? for what?? raping the citizenry?? :mad:

    Oil companies are historically subsidized for exploration-related expenses, amongst other things. And yes, it is quite ridiculous.
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    cutback wrote:
    oil companies are being subsidized?? for what?? raping the citizenry?? :mad:

    yup ... if we paid the 'true' cost of energy ... we'd only be using renewables ...
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    lazymoon13 wrote:
    yikes, spineless? how so? he's seems to be the only senator with a spine to suggest such a thing.

    It does not take a spine to villify oil companies and tell America that you'll make gas cheaper over the summer. That's a silly cop-out that does nothing to address the actual problem and is the kind of populist bullshit I expect from McCain.

    Gas taxes and oil subsidies are a joke. Remove them both, permanently, and make sure you're shoring up the federal budget in anticipation of the lost revenue. That takes a spine.
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    polaris wrote:
    yup ... if we paid the 'true' cost of energy ... we'd only be using renewables ...

    Not really. You'd be using a mixture of coal, oil, nuclear, and renewables. Just at slightly different proportions than we do now.
  • lazymoon13
    lazymoon13 Posts: 838
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    I'm all for it. really. in the past studies have shown that demand for gasoline is extremely price inelastic. but I hope that if it gets high enough, that will change.

    you make choices as to where you live, where you work, whether you drive a car, and what kind of car you drive. therefore, unless you are a truck driver, where the primary (singular really) input is gasoline, you shouldn't really be complaining.

    do you live in America? if not have you been here? the vast majority of people who live here have little to NO choice but to drive to work.
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    farfromglorified wrote:
    It does not take a spine to villify oil companies and tell America that you'll make gas cheaper over the summer. That's a silly cop-out that does nothing to address the actual problem and is the kind of populist bullshit I expect from McCain.

    Gas taxes and oil subsidies are a joke. Remove them both, permanently, and make sure you're shoring up the federal budget in anticipation of the lost revenue. That takes a spine.

    why WOULDN'T you want a gas tax? someone sure as hell should be paying for the f-ed up externalities they're causing when they choose to drive.
  • lazymoon13
    lazymoon13 Posts: 838
    farfromglorified wrote:
    It does not take a spine to villify oil companies and tell America that you'll make gas cheaper over the summer. That's a silly cop-out that does nothing to address the actual problem and is the kind of populist bullshit I expect from McCain.

    Gas taxes and oil subsidies are a joke. Remove them both, permanently, and make sure you're shoring up the federal budget in anticipation of the lost revenue. That takes a spine.

    you should run for office. have you considered it? you seem to have it all figured out. anyway, I applaud mccain for proposing cutting the tax. he's the only one to make such a suggestion. thats a start.

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