Woohoo! Gas prices going up... way up!

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gue_barium Posts: 5,515
edited October 2007 in A Moving Train
"The good times are behind us, the O.K. times are here, and the dreadful times are in front of us," says Peter Beutel, president of the energy risk management firm Cameron Hanover in New Canaan, Conn. "Any minute now, we'll see a 25¢ to 30¢ increase across the board. The closer we get to May, the worse it'll be for consumers."

Schork expects that in the coming months, consumers can expect to see gas prices above the May, 2007, record of $3.23, and that some markets will reach $4 a gallon in 2008. "The writing is on the wall—it's unavoidable," he says.


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  • Kann
    Kann Posts: 1,146
    What a pessimist. You know how it is in the free market : a little correction and everything is back in its right place. We'll all be fine, all 6 billion of us.
  • gue_barium
    gue_barium Posts: 5,515
    Kann wrote:
    What a pessimist. You know how it is in the free market : a little correction and everything is back in its right place. We'll all be fine, all 6 billion of us.

    "Woohoo!" is anything but pessimistic.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    gue_barium wrote:
    "Woohoo!" is anything but pessimistic.


    yeah but it was said with sarcastic pessimism or pessimistic sarcasm. which ever way, there's a dark side there somewhere. :D
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  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    i will be the bad guy..........i hope prices go up, way up, less traffic for bicycles.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • surferdude
    surferdude Posts: 2,057
    I'm all for gas prices going up. First it will help to push people to drive as little as possible as most likely find greener alternatives. Second and more importantly, higher gas prices make alternate and hopefully greener sources of energy more viable and will lead to research, innovation and market driven solutions.
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    surferdude wrote:
    I'm all for gas prices going up. First it will help to push people to drive as little as possible as most likely find greener alternatives. Second and more importantly, higher gas prices make alternate and hopefully greener sources of energy more viable and will lead to research, innovation and market driven solutions.

    I totally agree. but in the short term, damn its gonna hurt the global economy. but many times, humans are stupid. we wont do something until we are forced to. (finding an alternative)
  • surferdude
    surferdude Posts: 2,057
    jlew24asu wrote:
    I totally agree. but in the short term, damn its gonna hurt the global economy. but many times, humans are stupid. we wont do something until we are forced to. (finding an alternative)
    It will hurt a little in the short term but when change is market driven it has lots of checks and balances that normally let things from getting too bad. There's a lot of industries with vested interests helping to insure things never get too bad.
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,246
    Boycott EXXON/MOBIL

    Peace
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    g under p wrote:
    Boycott EXXON/MOBIL

    Peace

    why?
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,246
    jlew24asu wrote:
    why?

    Made huge profits over these last years and still fighting NOT to pay fines in the Valdez oil spill some 18 years ago. Reason enough for YA.

    Peace
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    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
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  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    g under p wrote:
    Made huge profits over these last years and still fighting NOT to pay fines in the Valdez oil spill some 18 years ago. Reason enough for YA.

    Peace

    http://www.exxposeexxon.com/
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,246
    polaris wrote:
    http://www.exxposeexxon.com/

    Thanks I signed up

    Peace
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    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
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  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    g under p wrote:
    Made huge profits over these last years and still fighting NOT to pay fines in the Valdez oil spill some 18 years ago. Reason enough for YA.

    Peace

    the courts agreed the fine was excessive and they have already paid over 3.4 billion in clean up costs. maybe you didnt know that

    and you want to boycott them because they made huge profits? exxon doesnt set the price of oil, dont think you know this either.
  • stuckinline
    stuckinline Posts: 3,407
    ajedigecko wrote:
    i will be the bad guy..........i hope prices go up, way up, less traffic for bicycles.
    i will agree. in fact i hope gas goes up to $5.00/gal. that will force people to make greener choices.
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    jlew24asu wrote:
    the courts agreed the fine was excessive and they have already paid over 3.4 billion in clean up costs. maybe you didnt know that

    and you want to boycott them because they made huge profits? exxon doesnt set the price of oil, dont think you know this either.

    don't believe everything their PR director writes ... the clean up costs have mostly been recouped thru insurance and tax write offs ... they have not paid a cent of punitive damages awarded some 18 years ago ...

    33,000 people who filed a class action law suit as they lost their livelihoods, health and homes have received zero ... since then 6,000 of those people have died ...
  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    it needs to go way up...like over 4 or 5 bucks a gallon. Then we careless Americans will not use it as much. I think outrageous gas prices will cause the country to permanently fix the problem.
    "It's all happening"
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    polaris wrote:
    don't believe everything their PR director writes ... the clean up costs have mostly been recouped thru insurance and tax write offs ... they have not paid a cent of punitive damages awarded some 18 years ago ...

    33,000 people who filed a class action law suit as they lost their livelihoods, health and homes have received zero ... since then 6,000 of those people have died ...

    and where do you get your information? regardless, I'm not saying they shouldnt pay a fine. but this is america. they have a right to fight it.

    and boycotting them because they make huge profits is ridiculous.
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    g under p wrote:
    Made huge profits over these last years and still fighting NOT to pay fines in the Valdez oil spill some 18 years ago. Reason enough for YA.

    Peace

    A conservative talk show host here in the 'nati was talking about this morning on 550AM. He nor his wife will buy gas from Exxon because of the Valdez spill. He went on to say this has nothing to do with politics, it's just common sense to detest what Exxon did.
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  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    jlew24asu wrote:
    and where do you get your information? regardless, I'm not saying they shouldnt pay a fine. but this is america. they have a right to fight it.

    and boycotting them because they make huge profits is ridiculous.

    i boycott them because they constantly fund faux science orgs in a PR campaign against climate change ... i boycott them because they continue to sell dirty gas that can be better refined to remove particulates ... i boycott them because after years of stalling and clogging of courts (which costs you money) - they continue to NOT do what is right ...

    it's about being a consumer and advocating your beliefs with your dollar ... you're right - this IS america ... you can demand more from the businesses that run this country or you can let them do whatever the fuck they want ...
  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    polaris wrote:
    i boycott them because they constantly fund faux science orgs in a PR campaign against climate change ... i boycott them because they continue to sell dirty gas that can be better refined to remove particulates ... i boycott them because after years of stalling and clogging of courts (which costs you money) - they continue to NOT do what is right ...
    again, where do you get your information? sounds made up to fit your agenda.
    polaris wrote:
    it's about being a consumer and advocating your beliefs with your dollar ... you're right - this IS america ... you can demand more from the businesses that run this country or you can let them do whatever the fuck they want ...
    exxon doesnt run this country. where do you buy your gas from?

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