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Continuing Upward Pressure On Retail Gasoline Prices Expected
Science Daily ^
| 5-22-2008
| Rice University
Posted on 05/21/2008 6:58:14 PM PDT by blam
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"With the price of a barrel of oil hovering around $120..."Oil was at $134.00 a barrel today.
You should have a plan designed to deal with these higher gasoline prices.
My plan is to just stay home...I'm retired. I'm presently using 1/2 gallon of gasoline daily(average).
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posted on
05/21/2008 6:58:16 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:03:50 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: blam
You should have a plan designed to deal with these higher gasoline prices.You are correct.
Gasoline prices are not going down anytime soon (read years).
I've already started by buying a motorcycle. I might fabricate a sidecar for it.
There are plenty of places I can walk to if need be. (grocery store, barbershop, motorcycle parts, etc)
I know how to can and store food for winter use.
One thing I'm still lacking is a wood stove or a fireplace for winter heating
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:05:14 PM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: blam
"The only way to address high energy prices over the long term, the study's authors argued, is to curb U.S. demand growth"
Wrong.
We could curb other nations useage.
We could increase our own supply.
We could vote all of Congress out of office.
We could export Mexicans until Mexico supplies 3 bbl/illegal/day.
There's all sorts of things to do.
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:12:21 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Huma for co-president!)
To: blam
My plan is to increase the size of my tactical Diesel reserve.
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:13:35 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Huma for co-president!)
To: yldstrk
The problem is Congress, not the Saudis or OPEC or anybody else. We have enough oil on the continental shelf and other domestic sources to be independent. Congress has shirked its responsiblity and allowed us to be manipulated by our enemies on a whim. It’s now a matter of national security and we should begin drilling at all available sources.
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:17:38 PM PDT
by
balls
To: balls
Well that is a true story too.
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:18:36 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: Just another Joe
I've already started by buying a motorcycle. I might fabricate a sidecar for it.
My current stallion Piaggio BV 250
To: blam
It'd be interesting to plot the US *consumer* usage (gross and per capita) vs. inflation adjusted gasoline price over time.
IIRC US demand has fallen on the order of 1-2% over the past year.
This is driven by speculators.
No cheers, unfortunately.
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:24:31 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Paladin2
I just may start a stockpile of fuel myself. It is getting totally out of hand. Whatever kind of event(s) it will take to get some action out of the government to do something would probably be very disruptive for the short term. Apparently the thick-headed and the arrogant types in power just can't be bothered with reality.
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:27:41 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Tactical Is Still Missing A Chair!)
To: balls
Bingo. Congress is the root of this problem. Drill and it goes away.
To: blam
No worries, mate. Congress just passed a bill yesterday saying it is OK to sue OPEC. Everything is going to be just fine.
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:30:58 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
To: TigersEye
When people start dying because of this, Congress will listen. This isn’t a game any longer, and this nation may be due another revolution.
To: HangnJudge
Thatll do but not quite as cool lookin as mine. ;^P
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:37:29 PM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: Just another Joe
Thatll do but not quite as cool lookin as mine. ;^P
Yup, you beat me on cool, but I get up to 80mpg
To: Arkansas Toothpick
I wish I shared your confidence about Congress.
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:43:33 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
To: HangnJudge
Yeh, I only get 50 MPG but it does have a larger engine.
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:43:39 PM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: wally_bert
"I just may start a stockpile of fuel myself." Careful. It will go bad if you don't add stabilizer.
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:44:21 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
The reminder is appreciated as I am kind of low on it.
I want to get to where I can keep enough around for a couple of tanks worth for one of the vehicles and for the generator.
Should it ever come down to running it for the short term, I fully expect my liberal, hypocrite, eco-wacko neighbor to be on the warpath or actually try to fake being nice. Either way, I don't have that kind of capacity.
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posted on
05/21/2008 7:57:29 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Tactical Is Still Missing A Chair!)
To: Arkansas Toothpick
Sadly, it will probably take quite a few for the elitist, marxist, arrogant, and terminally stupid political types to mean anything. Some of them will love it since there will be that many fewer common people around to be in the way of making utopia.
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posted on
05/21/2008 8:00:18 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Tactical Is Still Missing A Chair!)
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