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Re: Another Oil price Record
Re: Another Record ($126.20)
by joewp » Mon 12 May 2008, 15:08:34
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PeakingAroundtheCorner', 'W')aking up a little at a time.
No they're not. The majority of the country still thinks the problem can be solved by drilling in ANWR and off the continental shelf and getting a hybrid. I made some suggestions that my town encourage things like local farming and stop development on farms and was laughed at.
My next-door neighbor had a party on Saturday and the dominant sentiment from a bunch of financial adviser types was "when the dollar goes back up, oil will come down to $60".
Nope, no clues here.
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"Only when the last tree is cut; only when the last river is polluted; only when the last fish is caught; only then will they realize that you cannot eat money." - Cree Indian Proverb
"Only when the last tree is cut; only when the last river is polluted; only when the last fish is caught; only then will they realize that you cannot eat money." - Cree Indian Proverb
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Re: Another Record ($126.40)
by Geko45 » Mon 12 May 2008, 15:13:17
I found the price scale posted today on 321Energy.com very telling.
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Re: Another Record ($126.40)
by Atlantean_Relic » Mon 12 May 2008, 18:15:08
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Geko45', 'I') found the price scale posted today on 321Energy.com very telling.
Tired of one day use graph scales. This one should last them a week.
Was a long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
And the fog
Became God
When the banks became cathedrals
And the fog
Became God
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Re: Another Record ($126.20)
by Starvid » Mon 12 May 2008, 20:27:02
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('GoghGoner', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Starvid', 'I')f the US just does what Sweden did they could first get rid of that +21 % increase (go from 20 mbpd to 16) and then halve consumption, like we did. That would mean consuming 8 mbpd, pretty much eliminating oil imports entirely.
That 12 mbpd cut, taken togheter with the possible saving of 15 mbpd just in emerging market substitution of non-transport sector oil to coal, gas and electricity would go quite a bit.
That 12 mbpd cut, taken togheter with the possible saving of 15 mbpd just in emerging market substitution of non-transport sector oil to coal, gas and electricity would go quite a bit.
It is a good point regarding the excess in the US consumption, however, passenger cars account for 40% of the toal US consumption of oil. Also, natural gas depletes, too. Please redo your calculations based on these corrections.
But sure, I can redo the calculation.
Swedish per capita oil consumption 300,000,000/9,000,000,000*159=5.3 litres per day.
American per capita oil consumption 20,000,000,000/300,000,000,000*159=10.6 litres per day.
US per capita oil consumption is pretty much exactly twice as high as Swedish per capita consumption. Given that Sweden and the US are so much alike physically, the US should be able to reduce its oil consumption by 50 % or 10 mbpd without losing any standard of living, except during the transition period where investment will displace consumption to a certain degree. Eventually the new better energy structure should allow the US to catch up.
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Bunch of Reagan cronies, that lot.
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