Fuel prices?

[happycamperbrat]

Right now I am just working on my bus and praying. I am not doing any long trips unless they are to go get bio-diesel. By the time the Alaska trip rolls around in my sig below, I am praying I will be able to do it... It might behoove me and anyone else who wants to go, to go in together on a tanker truck hauling bio-diesel or our own diesel fuel just for the trip....

[niles500]

waynemcd - but at least you can see Russia from there 

Boxcar - You're absolutely right - there is NO energy program - NO leadership on either side of the aisle - gas at less than $2 (save the environment) gas over $4 (drill baby drill) - The known US oil reserves are over 3 times that of the Saudis - So why are we looking to them to make up for the Libyan shortfall?

[boxcarOkie]

waynemcd - but at least you can see Russia from there  

Boxcar - You're absolutely right - there is NO energy program - NO leadership on either side of the aisle - gas at less than $2 (save the environment) gas over $4 (drill baby drill) - The known US oil reserves are over 3 times that of the Saudis - So why are we looking to them to make up for the Libyan shortfall?

Thank you for that, it is so seldom I hear it, just ask her, she will tell you.  

Two of the biggest disappointments in life are:  

#1.  Wanting something that you do not have.
#2    Getting what you always wanted.

We have had it far too easy for way too long, but those days are now long gone, kiss 'em goodbye.  

By the way, the last I heard, Libya producing 1.5 million barrels per day, only supplies a paltry 2% of world demand, and most of their production is earmarked for the folks in Europe.  So in essence, "there isn't any shortfall" just more propaganda to make us bite the bullet and take it in the shorts once more.

BCO

[RickB]

As long as folks keep missing the biggest contributors to the current oil run up we will not see any long term change in oil policy.
The entire issue revolves around oil speculation which actually exposes the problem.
When anyone can speculate on oil futures therein lies the problem. By only allowing folks that can store the oil the opportunity to speculate on it's future we would in one fell swoop eliminate the fake runup tht are not based on projections of calamity and supply disruptions that have been fueling these wild short term price hikes. The part that makes this difficult is the#1 contributor to oil speculation is.... The hedge fund. Yep folks the biggest greedy animal in this is our preoccupation with 401k's. How would all of us with retirement funds feel about another huge devaluation of our beloved golden parachutes. Wall street will be the end of us yet.

[artvonne]

  To much government bureaucracy. We only have 4 refineries to supply the entire US. One fire or explosion, or in the case of Katrina, and the system is immediately overloaded. There is no real reserve capacity.

  Not enough exploration and drilling to protect our own best interests.

  The people weve had running our country the last 25 years are idiots, elected mostly by more idiots. By idiots I refer to people who believe electric cars are zero emission vehicles, that wind mills will reduce the need for power plants, that turning food into fuel to power our cars will save the environment, and any other lame ideas they come up with.

  The only way we have a chance of digging out of the situation were in, is to start a massive construction buildup of nuclear reactors. But were at least 25 years behind now, and I see no discussion of starting anything anywhere on the horizon. Once we have true pollution free power, and we need an excess, we can really begin producing liquid Hydrogen on a massive scale. Thats the only way were going to wean ourselves off oil.

  And honestly, I dont see anything happening on the horizon except more of the same. Were blowing our economy and our entire way of life over rediculous environmental attitudes that have little to do with science and more to do with politics. When you have groups like the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Save the Earth, and others, led by the Hollywood elite and people like Robert Redford and Al Gore, calling for a world population of 500,000 and an end to ALL farming and a return of all farm land back to nature, you should really start asking better questions. They arent at all interested in YOU being able to function tomorrow, they want YOU gone.

[luvrbus]

You are way off on the numbers of refineries in the USA Paul in Texas alone they have around 30

good luck

[Ed Hackenbruch]

Hey you guys are short sighted!  So we pay $5 a gallon now. We use up all of their oil. Then we drill ours and pay $1-2 a gallon and charge them $100 a gallon. 

[boxcarOkie]

You are way off on the numbers of refineries in the USA Paul in Texas alone they have around 30

good luck

"We only have 4 refineries to supply the entire US."  Now that is amusing.  Oklahoma alone has five or six of them that I can readily think of.  Close but no cigar, these numbers came out of someones hat.

BCO

[luvrbus]

Oil is supposed to top 115 dollars a barrel by the end of next week fwiw


good luck

[luvrbus]

Don, no problem getting to Belize little over 5000 miles the kicker I called the marina in Belize fuel is a little over 10 bucks a gal I pay going you pay for the return trip 2000 gals @ 10 bucks that will work on Visa lol

good luck

[challenger440]

Once the (private) Federal Reserve monetized our federal debt, the game was lost.  Overnight we lost something like twenty percent of the value of the money we had in our bank accounts, stocks, cash.  By adding billions of dollars to the money supply we all lost. 

  Now the multi-national oil companies are not idiots.  US. dollar value goes down, simple solution, raise the price.  What are we gonna do, quit driving?   JM

[TomC]

I paid 4.19/gallon at my cheapy station today-in L.A.  Good Luck, TomC

[thomasinnv]

$3.89 today in Independence Ca.

[loosenut]

Once the (private) Federal Reserve monetized our federal debt, the game was lost.  Overnight we lost something like twenty percent of the value of the money we had in our bank accounts, stocks, cash.  By adding billions of dollars to the money supply we all lost.  

 Now the multi-national oil companies are not idiots.  US. dollar value goes down, simple solution, raise the price.  What are we gonna do, quit driving?   JM

I wince everytime I read posts about the media's knee-jerk reaction to the monetized debt initiative.  What is the alternative to the QEs-1, 2, and possibly 3 ?   


Mike

[happycamperbrat]

$4.05 in Ridgecrest, Ca today