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You dont know what it like to pay for expensive gas in Ireland where i live for a gallon its $7.00
Well Diesel hit $5.29 here at one station, so getting fairly close.You dont know what it like to pay for expensive gas in Ireland where i live for a gallon its $7.00
bsmith said:I just don't get it, I can average 19.5 mpg with a 2005 Dodge Diesel 1 ton, yet they don't sell a little small pickup with 3 or 4 cylinder diesel that can beat it. It's amazing that in the past 30 years the auto industry has not been able to produce newer models with better mileage. My 77 Chevy 350 got 17mpg, and my 97 Chevy 350 got 17mpg.
My 77 Chevy 350 got 17mpg, and my 97 Chevy 350 got 17mpg
Not to mention the reduction in air travel for meetings, etc.pidro_el_pirata said:Patman everything you said is pretty much awesome, thumbs up. I personally think the best thing for our environment so far has been the internet and the communication revolution it's responsible for. Someday soon, all the office building-type jobs will be handled/managed online with super servers handling webcam meetings and massive email systems capable of handling a full day's work every day. I can't wait until people won't need to waste gas getting to the office, doing business at home instead.
Okiewan said:Not to mention the reduction in air travel for meetings, etc.
Okiewan said:Not to mention the reduction in air travel for meetings, etc.
pidro_el_pirata said:Eeeeexactly. :cool:
And rickyd.. lets not dirty this thread with politics. We're talking science here. :|
Jaybird said:Disobey to what ends? What, are we gonna force more gas out the spigot?
A bunch of whackos disobeying our civility is worthless without some worthwhile goal for effect.
No, I think knowledge is where true power lays. And if we all know all of the facts, then I think we will more clearly see what really needs to be done.
The ignorance of conventional wisdom abounds.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 6, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Price Spike Follows Self-Serving Prediction of $150 a Barrel, Israeli Threat Against Iran; U.S. Government Must Speed Market Regulation.
The price of crude oil jumped $11 a barrel on Friday to $138, mostly on the ginning up of news that has nothing to do with current supply and demand, said Consumer Watchdog. The spike followed a prediction by investment bank Morgan Stanley that oil would reach $150 a barrel by July 4, and an Israeli cabinet minister's warning that Israel would attack Iran if Tehran did not stop developing nuclear weapons.
"In the actual physical market for oil, nothing changed between yesterday and today," said Judy Dugan, research director of Consumer Watchdog. "Morgan Stanley knew full well that making the prediction would spike prices, especially by calling for $150 oil in less than a month. As for the Israeli statement, traders instantly grabbed it as a reason to spike prices, even though it appeared to be a calculated warning, not a signal that bombers are about to take off. Obviously, diplomatic nuance means nothing to speculators."
Early in the day, a smaller price rise in crude oil was blamed on a weaker dollar and oil demand in Asia. But, said the nonprofit, nonpartisan Consumer Watchdog, ever-bleaker economic news in the U.S., including rising unemployment, should have pressed the price downward.
"The bottom line of this oil price feeding frenzy is that drivers in the U.S. are likely to suffer $4.50 gasoline, while in California and some other states may hit $5.00 a gallon for regular this summer," said Dugan. "Inflation will keep spiking the price of groceries as well as gas. Congress and the White House have to stop talking and put some emergency regulations on trading markets, including electronic markets that are completely unregulated."
I'm totally with you on this. Thanks for the article.BadgerMan said:Jay has taken the CD comment WAY out of context.
Civil disobedience needs to be directed at those who are benefiting at our expense, including our (my) state government. If this nonsense continues, it will not be a question of if you will lose your job, it will only be a question of when.