[inculcated]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'W')henever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

--Abraham Lincoln

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('inculcated', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'W')henever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

--Abraham Lincoln

[inculcated]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'S')o save up some money and quit your job. You aren't really a slave. You don't have to be a slave. Don't let them enslave your mind. You have the power and the right to be free!! You can set yourself free!

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('inculcated', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'S')o save up some money and quit your job. You aren't really a slave. You don't have to be a slave. Don't let them enslave your mind. You have the power and the right to be free!! You can set yourself free!

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('inculcated', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'S')o save up some money and quit your job. You aren't really a slave. You don't have to be a slave. Don't let them enslave your mind. You have the power and the right to be free!! You can set yourself free!

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('golem', '
')
Simple simple solutions.
But to un-COMFORTABLE to live with.
To let go ... means to let go of many of our illusionary COMFORTS.

Doesn't it?

ciao

[inculcated]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'P')ersonally, I couldn't stand that. If I really wanted to be a hunter-gatherer I'd go be a hunter-gatherer.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('inculcated', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'P')ersonally, I couldn't stand that. If I really wanted to be a hunter-gatherer I'd go be a hunter-gatherer.

[Nicholai]

I voted for "I'm building an Earth Shelter in Manitoba"
because that's what I'll be doing summer '08.

[Revi]

Heating oil is up to $3.09 a gallon here in Maine. Ouch!

We're all going to be hunting and gathering. Hunting for wood, and gathering as much as we can to make it through the winter.

It ain't gonna be pretty. With gas up there too a lot of folks are going to be in big trouble.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'W')e're all going to be hunting and gathering. Hunting for wood, and gathering as much as we can to make it through the winter.

[WhatMeWorry]

$3.05 this morning down at the corner here in Vegas.

[Plantagenet]

My first $60 fill-up...and gas is still cheap in the US compared to the rest of the world.

I leave for England on Tuesday where gas is 2 pounds per litre, or about 8 bucks a gallon.

[Plantagenet]

Just had my first $100 fill-up here in Britain. I rented a compact
Ford from Avis to drive up to Oxford. Nice little car, even if the
steering wheel is on the wrong side.

Gas is a bit over a pound per litre. With the low dollar and high
oil prices, I just spent $100 on 50 litre (about 12.5 gallons) to fill the tank of the little car.

[jasonraymondson]

Oil is now 98.5 it just hit a new record today

[Plantagenet]

Alaska just raised its state taxes on oil production. The new tax rates should bring in more than an extra billion dollars to the state coffers. It will probably also produce a small rise in US gas pump prices, as the oil producers "pass it on" to their customers in the lower 48.

[Flowerr]

That's too bad./

[Plantagenet]

Actually, its great if you live in Alaska.

The new oil tax will bring in another billion+ in oil severance taxes each year, and help keep the tax burden in Alaska on average people the lowest in the country.

[patience]

Plantagenet,
Does Alaskan oil go to the lower 48 now? I thought I read years ago that it was shipped to Japan, as being more profitable than shipping to US refineries, or got a better price or some such.

[medicvet]

It looks like things are definitely starting to come to a head. Here in the OK state, gas is $2.67 a gallon..I have a jeep liberty, and the only reason I don't have more of a gas saver is because when I bought the jeep nearly two years ago, it was at a dealership a two hour drive away, and the only one that would take me with my sucky credit rating. At least I was able to refinance for a lower interest rate, and kept the payment amount the same tho, so three more years, and it should be paid off. I have had opportunities to go to the dealership and have them come up with a newer car for me that is more gas efficient, but that would put me far further in debt, so I am not going to go that route. I have been doing away with all non-absolutely essential driving, like to doctor's appointments that are more specialized for my needs than the docs in town, and going to the city, I only do once a month, and try to get a number of things done at once. I am thisclose to getting a bicycle with one of those dealies that normal kids ride in the back, and using that to do my grocery shopping. So far the bicycles I am looking at aren't that much, it's the cost of buying one of those 'attachable' carts to the bike that run an arm and a leg.

Heck, since I have a grocery store within walking distance, I am going to get a wagon next month, and walk to the store and cart the stuff back.

I wish I had the money to have someone come over and till my backyard, but it isn't feasible right now, dangit. I can either pay someone to do the tilling for me, or buy a tiller..can't find anyplace in these parts that will let me rent a tiller, which is just a tad frustrating.

I think this will be the winter that will see large numbers of people either have to leave their homes and go to stay with others to be able to keep warm, shelter occupancies at an all time high, and having a number of people, particularly the elderly, be unable to swallow their pride or leave their homes, and end up freezing to death.

Here is an ominous sign..and I don't this is the exception but the rule across the parts of the US that see freezing cold temperatures during winter. But that is just my own personal opinion and I am basing it on my gut instincts and what the article says the situation is:

http://bangornews.com/news/t/city.aspx? ... zoneid=176