[blam]

Buy more ammo?

[Lurker]

Buy more ammo?

Ammo is great. Food would be even better.

[G Larry]

As though “oil prices” were some independent variable....

IT IS THIS ADMINISTRATION’S ENERGY POLICIES THAT WILL TURN AMERICA INTO A “Post-Industrial Wasteland”!!!!!

[Hugin]

Unless we tell the eco-nazis to go to hell and drill our abundant reserves ourselves.

[ladyvet]

Death by a thousand cuts.

[RoadKingSE]

Nice dog.

[hinckley buzzard]

This is the economy that will tear the United States apart, after it bankrupts us at every level, and mercilessly drives the population down by one-third through starvation, homelessness, violence, disease, and sheer political cruelty.

Apocalyptic fantasies have always held a special allure, but let's be real. Ain't gonna happen. Worst case, we stand a good chance of pulling up lame-- but we will always be able to walk.

If the collapse of the USSR didn't result in this scenario(and it didn't), then the collapse of the dollar won't either.

[La Lydia]

This is a government caused crisis. We are not taking advantage of our own energy resources. We haven’t built a new nuclear power plant since 1996. We could be producing 80 percent or more of our electricity from nuclear power, which we don’t have to buy from the Arabs. But we are not because of a Jane Fonda movie made in 1979. We are depriving ourselves of the oil that is in Alaska. We are not tapping our offshore oil potential, nor our oil shale, nor are we taking advantage of our natural gas resources. Rising oil prices won’t force us into a post-industrial wasteland, OUR OWN GOVERNMENT IS DOING IT.

[MileHi]

And magazines...

[Uncle Miltie]

OTOH, oil is the anti-dollar.

Pure dollar crash speculation can drive oil prices up. Heaven knows I do that.

[BobL]

Actually, it’s not rising oil prices, but it will be a crashing of the dollar’s value (similar to Argentina), where EVERYTHING we import will soon cost 3 or 4 times what it costs now. Same effect, except that the cause is home-grown.

[Frantzie]

We have 4 times the Saudis energy reserves but the Dems keep aking Federal parks to help the Sauids/Islam.

Democrats = The Party of Allah

I think America will be like a uglier version of post USSR failing. But the idiots will cheerfully watch NFL and college ball games and reality TV like Islamic slaves.

Even Rush continues to fawn over the NFL after they punked him and have become drolling cheerleaders for Obama. The public is stupid.

[Frantzie]

We have 4 times the Saudis energy reserves but the Dems keep aking Federal parks to help the Sauids/Islam.

Democrats = The Party of Allah

I think America will be like a uglier version of post USSR failing. But the idiots will cheerfully watch NFL and college ball games and reality TV like Islamic slaves.

Even Rush continues to fawn over the NFL after they punked him and have become drolling cheerleaders for Obama. The public is stupid.

[mamelukesabre]

Buy stuff that’s tradeable and durable. WEapons, tools, can goods, dry stuffs, precious metal, clothing. And some consumeables that will be in high demand...lightbulbs, toilet paper, spark plugs, lamp oil, lighter fluid, soap, booze, ammo.

[Hayrider]

When it goes to $120-150 this summer, the Democrats are going to face an electoral Hiroshima. And deservedly so. Wait until the CRU scandal duplicates itself at Penn State or Goddard, which is likely to happen by the spring or summer, and we face an oil shortage while Obama is standing in the way of offshore drilling in Virginia and Alaska and Florida. You'll see pitchforks and torches on the Washington Mall. Hell, you might even see tar and feathers. What's a worse scenario is that we are increasingly importing gasoline rather than crude oil. Some 20 percent of our gasoline is now coming in from offshore. That's an incredibly bad sign, and it's a completely self-inflicted wound.

[Mike Darancette]

Imagine what high oil prices will do to China and India.

[element92]

the only hope is the electric car

[truthguy]

This guy James Kuntsler is a certified crackpot. I use to read his blog called (I'm not kidding) Cluster*uck Nation. What he generally advocates is going back to the 19th Century. He wants America deindustrialized. It's not gonna happen. He has no scientific or technical training and his educational background is in theater arts.

We couldn't go back to the 19th century if we wanted to. This guys is really off the deep end. He hates cars. He hates suburbs. He hates any house larger than a cottage. He believes that Peak Oil is imminent. He believes in only locally grown food and living in small communal communities. How we would get the products and materials to live this way he doesn't explain. Yes, this guy is certifiable. He's completely nuts.

[ckilmer]

The problem with this analysis is that currently US oil imports are falling very very fast. Same thing happened back in the 70's. US demand was cut in half

[denydenydeny]

Garbage. This is “peak oil” nonsense with even more hype than usual.

[ckilmer]

Doesn't look like the last link worked. Try this link http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_wkly_dc_NUS-Z00_mbblpd_w.htm