[dsula]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Geodesic', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dsula', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Xenophobe', 'V')olts and Leafs for everyone!

[bratticus]

I'm still betting on the "bust" instead of the $200 oil



Only 72 days of QE2 left.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]End of QE2 has some investors fearing fall in June
Associated Press / Apr 17, 2011

Could the financial markets be heading for a June swoon?

The answer likely hinges on what happens after the Federal Reserve's $600 billion effort to boost the economy expires. Some investors warn that the end of the program, known as QE2, will upend the stock market and push other markets in unexpected directions.

[kildred590]

$200 is still affordable. Most EU countries are already paying that much in retail terms based on US taxation levels.

When it reached $147 it was a peak, and it was only there for a few months. The price was going up and down about $5-10 each day.

This is more a "slow boil" so economies can adjust.

[JohnRM]

The media, politicians, and economists always characterize the situation thusly.

That man died because his brain stopped working, not because of the stab wound in his back.

In the same way, they won't blame high energy prices. They will blame the consumers and manufacturers when they stop spending and the layoffs begin. They never want to make that connection to the stab wound (high energy prices) that caused the bleeding in the first place.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kildred590', '$')200 is still affordable. Most EU countries are already paying that much in retail terms based on US taxation levels.

When it reached $147 it was a peak, and it was only there for a few months. The price was going up and down about $5-10 each day.

This is more a "slow boil" so economies can adjust.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kildred590', '$')200 is still affordable. Most EU countries are already paying that much in retail terms based on US taxation levels.

When it reached $147 it was a peak, and it was only there for a few months. The price was going up and down about $5-10 each day.

This is more a "slow boil" so economies can adjust.

[bratticus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kildred590', '$')200 is still affordable.

[Subjectivist]

I predict once the glut abates we will see this meme rapidly reappear.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Subjectivist', 'I') predict once the glut abates we will see this meme rapidly reappear.

[onlooker]

I also think based on various factors not the least of which how brittle the entire world wide debt based economic system is and how weak consumers are as a part of it, that $100 dollar or more as the WTI oil price cannot be borne for any substantial period of time, by the Economy/Consumers.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Subjectivist', 'I') predict once the glut abates we will see this meme rapidly reappear.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Subjectivist', 'I') predict once the glut abates we will see this meme rapidly reappear.

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A') lot of idiots here want to argue that the so-called Arab Spring of 2010 and the destruction (and near destruction) of the Greek and Spanish economies (also in 2010) were coincidental, had nothing to do with exploding oil costs. The peak of conventional inexpensive oil caused a run up in prices.

The counter argument is designed to hold you down guy. Keep shopping, don't question. Keep sending your money to the banksters. It is so stupid lol. You keep saying it bad housing loans in the US and those nasty bankers. You can go on buying the Cool-Aid BS and I will keep calling you on it.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Subjectivist', 'I') predict once the glut abates we will see this meme rapidly reappear.

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '1')). We know they're getting more plentiful in the next 3 to 5 years. Per manufacturer claims, 200 mile-ish range ones will get FAR more plentiful.

2). We know the trend is they're getting better. They're learning and improving on the batteries and the EV tech. all the time.

[ROCKMAN]

Outcast - "Why? AGW isn't going away." And neither is the lack of motivation by the political system. The federal gasoline tax has not increased in more then 20 years. And that includes under the "greenest POTUS" in history including periods when the D's had complete control of Congress. A 1/2 of one cent increased would have raised the cost of an average fill up less the 10 cents and even that meaningless CO2 tax wasn't implamented. And now what: you're expecting a big increase from the current administration and Congress??? LOL.

As in most aspects of life just because something needs to be done doesn't mean it will get done.

[ROCKMAN]

So an increase in EV's in the next 3 to 5 years. Great!!! And based on current purchasing trends for every EV purchased about 20 to 30 ICE's will be purchased. Folks can keep their heads stuck up their asses and ignore the ABSOLUTE NUMBERS and stick with playing the foolish percentage games.

But that doesn't change the reality of the situation.