[KevO]

but as the saying gos 'beggars can't be choosers'
although I never thought I'd see the day that Americans go begging to the Middle East...but here we are. That's irony. Who's winning the 'war'?

hmm



$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')ABU DHABI, Jan 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman repeated his plea on Monday for more oil from top exporter Saudi Arabia, undaunted by OPEC's cautious response to Washington's request so far.

Oil has fallen by more than 10 percent from a record high of $100.09 a barrel hit early this month, easing some of the pressure on OPEC to raise supplies, analysts said.

Bodman told reporters in Abu Dhabi there was concern about the short-term performance of the U.S. economy and he was hopeful Riyadh would steer a decision to increase oil supplies at OPEC's meeting on Feb. 1 in Vienna.

Bodman, who met the Saudi oil minister at the weekend, said the United States expected oil inventories to drop in the first half of 2008.

The United Arab Emirates Oil Minister Mohammed al-Hamli said OPEC would examine all options when its ministers meet.

"OPEC ... will look then at all the options," Hamli told reporters in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of a green energy conference. "There is a disconnect between fundamentals and the price."

When asked what OPEC should do at the meeting, he said: "We haven't yet decided. We will decide in Vienna with all the other OPEC ministers."

[killJOY]

Why aren't they begging from:

Canada?

Mexico?

Venezuela?

Nigeria?

Oh, that's right. None of them have any spare capacity.

And neither does the Middle East, apparently.

But will we ever learn that for sure?

How convenient for them that we're going into recession, with possible 'demand destruction' and oil price drops, masking the peak.

If it's there....

[ohanian]

USA should beg from Russia

[peasea]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ohanian', '[')size=200]USA should beg from Russia[/size]

[PeakingAroundtheCorner]

NOBODY HAS ANY SPARE CAPACITY!

In other words:

We are fucked.

[nocar]

Of course, another solution for Americans could be to use a little less gasoline. Like driving your smaller car more often than the bigger one on your driveway.

Even your smaller car could most likely easily fit three or four persons for a car-pool. It is just a matter of organising things - a car-pool matching site should be easy to make, and cell-phones can inform pool-mates of delays or changes. Walking 500 m to a pick-up place should be possible even for an American of average fitness.¨

Some of us think Americans use more than their share of global oil.

nocar

[Twilight]

The US doesn't have to beg. It can get all the oil it needs from its closest, most faithful ally, the United Kingdom. I don't understand why they don't drop their reliance on the Middle East and ask us to pump more oil. If those dollars came this way, the UKCS would reveal resources to match. It is simple supply and demand. Kids learn this stuff at school, for goodness sake.

[joewp]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nocar', 'O')f course, another solution for Americans could be to use a little less gasoline. Like driving your smaller car more often than the bigger one on your driveway.

Even your smaller car could most likely easily fit three or four persons for a car-pool. It is just a matter of organising things - a car-pool matching site should be easy to make, and cell-phones can inform pool-mates of delays or changes. Walking 500 m to a pick-up place should be possible even for an American of average fitness.¨

Some of us think Americans use more than their share of global oil.

nocar

[yesplease]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joewp', 'M')ost people live so far away from their jobs they can't drive less, and they already are driving the small car to work.

[eastbay]

There is no more powerful evidence that we've crossed the peak than the fantasmagoric spectacle of the USA scurrying around the world cupping an alms bowl begging for an additional serving of The Black Stuff.

[abelardlindsay]

We could always ask Iraq for more oil...

[KevO]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Twilight', 'T')he US doesn't have to beg. It can get all the oil it needs from its closest, most faithful ally, the United Kingdom. I don't understand why they don't drop their reliance on the Middle East and ask us to pump more oil. .

[mos6507]

It seems bad to us, but to a lot of people, $3.50 a gallon gas is still not the breaking point in changing driving habits. There is still a fair distance to go before the public recognizes the party really is over once and for all.

[nocar]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')ou don't realize how much you're asking. Most people live so far away from their jobs they can't drive less, and they already are driving the small car to work. Car pooling can't work either, since people don't live in convenient areas on the way to work and people work all over the place, not really concentrated in one area.

[phaeryen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('nocar', 'O')f course, another solution for Americans could be to use a little less gasoline. Like driving your smaller car more often than the bigger one on your driveway.

Even your smaller car could most likely easily fit three or four persons for a car-pool. It is just a matter of organising things - a car-pool matching site should be easy to make, and cell-phones can inform pool-mates of delays or changes. Walking 500 m to a pick-up place should be possible even for an American of average fitness.¨

Some of us think Americans use more than their share of global oil.

nocar

[TheDude]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joewp', 'C')ar pooling can't work either, since people don't live in convenient areas on the way to work and people work all over the place, not really concentrated in one area.