tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post4370446661891216995..comments2023-07-04T06:58:32.627-04:00Comments on View on the News: Oh, really?Moehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13612323587459830074noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-20577122435636813942008-08-01T08:06:00.000-04:002008-08-01T08:06:00.000-04:00Not if we use all the corn for ethanol :-)-ellipse...Not if we use all the corn for ethanol :-)<BR/><BR/>-ellipsesEllipseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061702655686662457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-8461250537204888772008-07-31T20:01:00.000-04:002008-07-31T20:01:00.000-04:00only Mazolaonly MazolaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-49666816296085247062008-07-31T16:57:00.000-04:002008-07-31T16:57:00.000-04:002056? Will there still be oil then?-ellipses2056? Will there still be oil then?<BR/><BR/>-ellipsesEllipseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061702655686662457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-47583989320637116882008-07-31T16:26:00.000-04:002008-07-31T16:26:00.000-04:00...Until your children die a horrible, oil-slicked......<BR/>Until your children die a horrible, oil-slicked death in the Petroleum Wars of 2056. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-85775480193345617042008-07-31T14:08:00.000-04:002008-07-31T14:08:00.000-04:00So... should I max out the plastic on my bucket li...So... should I max out the plastic on my bucket list and live out my days in the forest? There is plenty of room in this dynamic world... you can be bullish on oil and bullish on wind/water/solar at the same time... Do you think anyone would have guessed 70 years ago that coal would still be relevant in 2008? Oil will be a profitable business for decades to come... but there is big money to be made in alternative energies, hence, Pickens... Human beings are naturally an eschatologically obsessed species... that comes from self-awareness. The world has been on the brink of armageddon since before the term was bastardized out of hebrew geography.<BR/><BR/>-ellipses... don't worry, be happyEllipseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061702655686662457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-3481343403244759882008-07-31T12:04:00.000-04:002008-07-31T12:04:00.000-04:00Oh, they are, they are. And the government helps t...Oh, they are, they are. And the government helps them. I'm surprised that the other oil companies didn't pull a "dogpile on the rabbit" when T. Boone Pickens said he is going to invest in wind power.<BR/><BR/>Brant, my brother, nothing is going to change. As gas prices rise, those who can no longer afford to drive will stop driving. Those who can pay will drive just as much. But with everything that moves or that must be carried on a moving object (like food) tied to the price of oil, we're screwed bigtime. No president, Republican or Democrat, will be able to bail us out. Unless we annex the Middle East and kill everyone there who wants to throw us out, we will never break our dependence on oil until you and I are long dead and our kids are faced with a problem far worse than what we now see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-30855557007282335622008-07-31T11:39:00.000-04:002008-07-31T11:39:00.000-04:00It just makes me feel better to believe the oil co...It just makes me feel better to believe the oil companies are trying to screw us. ;)Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10472711158045753698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6137997322301347949.post-50909613634633015092008-07-31T11:24:00.000-04:002008-07-31T11:24:00.000-04:00*sigh...9.6 billion fewer miles at an average 25 m...*sigh...<BR/><BR/>9.6 billion fewer miles at an average 25 mpg fuel economy = 384 million gallons of gas. 384 million x 4 dollars per gallon is just over 1.5 billion dollars (which is revenue at this point)... If we were to assume that Exxon were the world's only oil company, that would account for a little more than 1% of of it's annual revenue. We know, however, that Exxon only produces 3% of the world's oil... <BR/><BR/>A 9.6 billion mile reduction in our monthly travel is insignificant. <BR/><BR/>In March, we drove 11 billion fewer miles than we did in March 07... which was 257 billion miles. That is a reduction of 4%... considering gas prices increased 30% in that period, our consumption was declining at a lower rate than prices rising... <BR/><BR/>Sleep well, Brant... there is no conspiracy :-) <BR/><BR/>-ellipsesEllipseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061702655686662457noreply@blogger.com