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Anyone capable of discussing gas without politics? Anyone?

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FCollinsBuckeye;1113470; said:
I heard that the main cause for the spike in oil prices is all of the speculation being done - i.e. huge pension funds/investment groups buying up oil futures as an investment (or something like that).

I imagine we'll be hearing about continued record profits being recorded by the big oil corporations this year.
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yup and the hedge funs that have effected the home market. reality is hedge funs are so complex that congressmen dont understand them, those who do or care to have issues with who are these investors with this kind of money to effect oil/housing market

Piney;1113457; said:
It is not the oil cartel that is raising prices... it is the US Government raising the prices because of how they are treating the Dollar.

Inflation is a bitch ain't it?
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inflation and devaluation of the greenback...

iambrutus;1113970; said:
build the fucking refinery in my yard, fuck i'll help pour the foundation, just get me some cheaper gas
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havent built one in the us for over 30 years...
 
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Taosman;1114012; said:
We are a society of consumers, a little less of that would be all the good.
Saving(all kinds) would help everyone and the country in general.
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let us know when you come back to the real world. we are a country that cannot "cut back" on driving (consuming more gas) - i have to drive 120+ miles per day to get back and forth for work and i'm not alone. what we need is more readily available alternative fuel solutions.
 
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iambrutus;1114200; said:
let us know when you come back to the real world. we are a country that cannot "cut back" on driving (consuming more gas) - i have to drive 120+ miles per day to get back and forth for work and i'm not alone. what we need is more readily available alternative fuel solutions.
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Or a better mass-transit system. I drive a good 70 miles a day to get back and forth to work. I would love to take a train or bus to work, but using the current system, I would be looking at a 2.5 hour trip each direction due to all of the connections I would have to make.

I wonder at what point gasoline because expensive enough to force people to look at mass transit and therefore make it financially appealing for private companies to start establishing lines?
 
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buckeyegrad said:
Or a better mass-transit system. I drive a good 70 miles a day to get back and forth to work. I would love to take a train or bus to work, but using the current system, I would be looking at a 2.5 hour trip each direction due to all of the connections I would have to make.

I wonder at what point gasoline because expensive enough to force people to look at mass transit and therefore make it financially appealing for private companies to start establishing lines?
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interesting point.

the columbus disgrace had an article noting that columbus was the second largest city without a train/rail system next to phx, who is currently building one.
 
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buckeyegrad;1114208; said:
I wonder at what point gasoline because expensive enough to force people to look at mass transit and therefore make it financially appealing for private companies to start establishing lines?
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thats actually a really good idea for companies to adopt as perks for employees. a straight deduction out of your check like insurance.

unfortuantely people like me would never be able to take advantage of it because my hours are so chaotic. i might work till 5pm today. or i might work until 5am tomorrow morning. i won't know until i pull out of the parking lot.
 
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$3.13 yesterday, but I got it before the prices went up :biggrin:

And if the war were for "oil", we would have guarded the oil lines running through Iraq from the get-go in 2003 instead of giving AQ, Z-man and other assorted crazies an easy target to blow them up. Just FYI....
 
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jimotis4heisman;1114219; said:
interesting point.

the columbus disgrace had an article noting that columbus was the second largest city without a train/rail system next to phx, who is currently building one.
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I've heard people gripe about getting one here but with how spread out this city I don't see how it would be very feasible.
 
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