[kublikhan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('timmac', 'I')f oil hits $300 a barrel and stays above for 3 months or more I will eat my boots.......[ ww3 or other major disasters not included ]

[DantesPeak]

Gasoline was selling for $220 wholesale a barrel today in the Gulf Coast, and consumers that needed gas were buying it at an even higher price.

The jump from $200 to $300 isn't that far. Yes, many people will no longer afford it at that price, but that won't stop price rises from happening when oil supplies are reduced.

[energycity]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('timmac', '
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250-300 a barrel any time from now till 2015 will stop our economy and Europe as well,, dont tell me what Europe is paying now for gas what would it be at 300 a barrel, can they afford that.

[cube]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('timmac', '.')..
When it was getting close to $150 barrel, demand went down and when it gets to $175 barrel demand will fall futher, many more business will go broke, maybe no airlines at this price.
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[timmac]

Well oil is now down to $95 a barrel.

This is more proof that it won't get as high as $300.

I don't think we will see $225 a barrel for at least 2015.

[doodlebug2]

vtsnowedin wrote:

America can and probably will cut its per capita oil consumption in half in the next few years. No home will be heated with oil, truck freight miles will be cut by more than half, suburbs will be reordered to make them viable and served by mass transit. But 300 dollar oil will not be avoided in fact it may be an important first call that change is apon us.

I agree with the first part of your post, but the above I do not see.
Homes will be heated with what (NG) and who will pay for the changeovers.
Suburbs reordered? who will buy the peoples older distanced houses in the suburbs? How will freight miles be cut?
I am not being critical, just curious.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('doodlebug2', 'v')tsnowedin wrote:

America can and probably will cut its per capita oil consumption in half in the next few years. No home will be heated with oil, truck freight miles will be cut by more than half, suburbs will be reordered to make them viable and served by mass transit. But 300 dollar oil will not be avoided in fact it may be an important first call that change is apon us.

I agree with the first part of your post, but the above I do not see.
Homes will be heated with what (NG) and who will pay for the changeovers.
Suburbs reordered? who will buy the peoples older distanced houses in the suburbs? How will freight miles be cut?
I am not being critical, just curious.

[doodlebug2]

Thanks Vtsnowedin.
Answered my curiousity perfectly.
Those are excellent ideas. I have a wood stove, use it more as a backup to my oil heat.
The idea of bulldozing new mcmansions gives me great joy as they return to woods/farmland hahahahhahaha