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Fuel prices moving up, just in time for spring boating and driving?

Clue- oil is non-renewable. No matter how much exploration is done, we
will run out eventually.

Bert Robbins wrote:
When we, everyone on the entire planet, start to really run out of oil we
will be forced to find other means of producing energy and goods from oil.

Hello? Hello?

There are already other means of producing energy. In fact,
our President gave a speech earlier this year on the wisdom
of expanding them.

And nobody is being "forced" to do anything about oil or
alternatives. It's a matter of cost & profitability. Oil has
been very cheap for a long time... that is changing as oil
supply declines and demand goes up.

But, until that time we will continue to drill, pump and burn oil.

Are you under the impression that there will be oodles &
oodles of oil, until one morning in the distant future,
there will suddenly be none?

That's not the way it works. As with many other things in
nature, the amount of oil which can be pumped out of the
ground follows a bell curve.

Look it up for yourself, don't listen to me.
Google "Hubbert Peak" and see.

... There is
not economic incentive to switch away from oil, there is only an emotional
desire on the part of some.

You're disagreeing with President Bush's speech?

The economic incentives are clear
1- avoid pollution
2- make profits on other sources of energy
3- avoid economic dislocation & disruption as oil becomes

A very smart scientist... who made a lot of money in the oil business...
named King Hubbert worked out the math of global oil supply a long time
ago.

Really? I thought that the supply of oil was going to run out in 30 years,

Do you know exactly what day? I will want to sell short that
morning, thanks.

with the clock startign to click in the late 1970's.

The U.S. (which used to be an oil exporter) hit it's oil
peak in the 1970s, which was accurately predicted by Dr.
Hubbert in the 1940s. The global oil supply/demand situation
is a bit more complex. However, it seems likely that
Hubbert's math was still pretty good.

Now, bonus question: do you suppose that with the ramping up
of China and the other Pacific Rim economies, that world oil
demand is higher or lower than Hubbert plotted from a
vantage point of approx 50 years ago?

Of course, you haven't liked any of the FACTS introduced into this thread
so far, and you won't like these FACTS either because they prove you're
wrong.

Ice age. Global warming. What's next.

I thought you knew?

One thing is for sure, the retardo-fascists will be
screaming that it's all the fault of liberals. And ignoring
any facts they stumble over.

DSK

Fuel prices moving up, just in time for spring boating and driving?

RayB wrote:
When you're retired all you have to do is breathe between paychecks!! ;)

Even that gets tedious during the long winters.
Gotta have some kind of activity to keep you sane.

Fuel prices moving up, just in time for spring boating and driving?

"Fred Dehl" wrote in message
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" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in
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What kind of work do you do? It appears you're not fond of discussing
it.

Why is that important to you Doug?

Doug's just a total social reject, an intellectual cesspool and a bitter,
jealous fool. He demands that everyone drive a hybrid, yet he reserves
for himself the right to a fuel-inefficient gas powered truck to haul a
gas-guzzling self-indulgent playtoy boat. He feigns concern about the
"energy crisis" yet opposes ANWR exploration so his moveon.org membership
card won't get revoked. He caterwauls about the alleged human
causes of "global warming" but can't identify the brand of SUV that
Martians have been driving to cause Mars' temperature to increase.

In short, he's an insignificant boil on the rump of the darkest place on
earth. The most positive thing one can say about his incoherent posts and
off-topic questions is that he doesn't top-post. What an epitaph.

What kind of work do you do? Now, I'll tell you why I'm asking. I'm
wondering what sort of profession you could have, where you could get away
with absolutely no ability to draw conclusions from simple facts, and having
the attention span of a fruit fly would have no impact on your work.

Fuel prices moving up, just in time for spring boating and driving?

What kind of work do you do? It appears you're not fond of discussing
it.

" JimH" wrote
Why is that important to you Doug?

Why is it important to *you* that you jump into this
pig-pile and insult him for asking a simple question, which
he has already answered himself?

Fred Dehl wrote:
Doug's just a total social reject

Yes, that's why you & your fellow pig-pilers have banded
together to insult him for his occupation, while you are
apparently ashamed to disclose yours.

... an intellectual cesspool

I guess that's why every single one of your assertions about
the oil/energy situation has been proven wrong

... and a bitter,
jealous fool.

I guess that is why he has answered a perfectly reasonable
question, which you continue to dodge, even though he asked
you first

... He demands that everyone drive a hybrid

Please quote his post where he made this demand.

.... yet he reserves
for himself the right to a fuel-inefficient gas powered truck to haul a
gas-guzzling self-indulgent playtoy boat.

In other words, you don't have a boat yourself, do you Fred?

DSK

Fuel prices moving up, just in time for spring boating and driving?

"basskisser" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Fred Dehl" wrote in message
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DSK wrote in
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Normally, to people like Fred D who are obsessivley
compelled to post hateful pseudo-political spew here, I'd
say "get a boat."

Boats are far worse gas guzzlers than Hummers.

That's why I asked you what kind of work you do.

What do you do? Put up or shut up.

I'm an inventory analyst for a grocery wholesaler. Your turn.

Is that a fancy name for a stockboy? ;-)

Just kidding............just kidding...........

Guess not everybody can be an insurance salesman......

Good afternoon Bassy. Repeat after me...........serenity
now..........serenity now.........serenity
now.........aaaaaaaauuuuummmmmmmmmm........

Fuel prices moving up, just in time for spring boating and driving?

"Fred Dehl" wrote in message
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gas-guzzling self-indulgent playtoy boat.

A 14 foot boat with a 15 hp 4-stroke motor, which goes through 20 gallons of
fuel per year???

I won't argue with "self-indulgent playtoy", though. :) You should get one,
Phreddie. I might do you a world of good.