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Old 08-29-2005, 02:24 PM
muckdumper muckdumper is offline
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well the storm drove the price of fuel to 70$ a barrel on early reports!!!we all are going to feel the burnt of this storm.why in hell are fuel prices staying so high where the gov't does not care that the american dollar is flowing into OPEC countries at a high rate??? SUV anyone??
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Old 08-29-2005, 02:50 PM
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1 highway 0 city.
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Old 08-29-2005, 04:26 PM
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Gas prices here in central IL seem to be rising anywhere from 0.25-1.00 it seems. Might be the same elsewhere.
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Old 08-29-2005, 04:44 PM
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Because we refuse to drill for oil in Alaska
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Old 08-29-2005, 05:32 PM
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It would hurt the enviroment.
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Old 08-29-2005, 09:28 PM
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Heard somebody say that the only way you'll be able to get gas for 99 cents again is off the value meal at taco bell.
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Old 08-29-2005, 10:20 PM
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You know what I wonder? Why is gas near $3 a gallon now because oil prices are up, yet i can buy motor OIL for 79 cents a pint still?
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Old 08-29-2005, 10:51 PM
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lot of money in big oil, and Bush's money comes from big oil.

my understanding - and please correct me if i am wrong - is we do not drill oil in Alaska because so-called environmentalists don't mind drilling oil in Houston but somehow think nearly a million square miles of tundra is vulnerable to an oil leak, or that underpasses for animals cannot be built for a pipeline. i do not understand how even 50 oil wells spewing full throttle could pollute more than a couple square miles, because the oil will sludge on contact with ice. what is the point of not drilling in Alaska?

that said, i am vehemently against "licensing" those drilling rights for anything less than half the barrel price. America owns that oil and should reap the benefits.
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Old 08-30-2005, 06:24 AM
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The problem with all this is that there isn't very much oil up in Alaska anyway, certainly not enough to have any real effect on the price of oil. Pump all you want, might be that that extra supply will just be met by OPEC lowering their production to match.
The last time I looked at it there was expected to be enough oil in alaska to take care of USA for less than 2 years, if you could pump it at any rate you please, which of course you can't.
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Old 08-30-2005, 06:25 AM
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There's a lof of discussions on this over in Politics. Go read if you like.
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