Author Topic: How high are $$$ now (Read 8461 times)

beet1e · « **Reply #285 on:** May 07, 2006, 01:53:04 PM »

Lazs - one question. A yes/no answer will suffice: Do you think that dependence on OPEC oil is a good thing?

Mr Big · « **Reply #286 on:** May 07, 2006, 02:16:26 PM »

Beetle, what percent of the world's oil does the US use again?

Was is something like 30%? I forget.

bj229r · « **Reply #287 on:** May 07, 2006, 02:20:57 PM »

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Originally posted by Mr Big
Beetle, what percent of the world's oil does the US use again?

Was is something like 30%? I forget.

China and India are catching up REAL quick--THERE is where all this comes from-- OPEC is producing at near capacity, and it is only barely enough

Mr Big · « **Reply #288 on:** May 07, 2006, 02:25:57 PM »

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Originally posted by bj229r
China and India are catching up REAL quick--THERE is where all this comes from-- OPEC is producing at near capacity, and it is only barely enough

you had to ruin it for me!

I was going to correlate America's energy use with it's contribution to the world's economy for all these years.

Beet says that American's are 1% ( or whataver) of the world's population, yet we use 30 % ( or whatever) of the world's engery.

Well, for 1% of the world's population, we ALSO are responsible for over 30% of the world's economy. My figures may be a little off, just going from memory.

Mr Big · « **Reply #289 on:** May 07, 2006, 02:30:34 PM »

I'll be back later. I'm off to go drive around the desert in my monster truck and take some pictures of stuff.

I'm sure I could go into the desert with a smaller, more efficient vehicle, but then I wouldn't be as stylish nor as cool looking.

Debonair · « **Reply #290 on:** May 07, 2006, 06:01:50 PM »

a piston powered chopper will get you there faster & use more (better & also leaded) gas

lazs2 · « **Reply #291 on:** May 08, 2006, 08:45:32 AM »

beetle... "dependance" on anything is less than ideal but sometimes better than the alternatives of which..... you have none.

lazs

beet1e · « **Reply #292 on:** May 08, 2006, 09:03:32 AM »

Lazs

Actually, Britain was self sufficient in oil, until very recently.

lazs2 · « **Reply #293 on:** May 08, 2006, 02:27:24 PM »

I was saying that you had no alternatives for the U.S.

and.. it matters not where your supply comes from.. you have allways paid twice as much at the pump as us.

lazs

beet1e · « **Reply #294 on:** May 08, 2006, 03:00:49 PM »

True, but there is a bright side - we're not dependent on ~13m barrels of imported every day, and we're not at the mercy of OPEC.

Solutions for the US? Well, you could try consuming less, but somehow I don't think that's what you want to hear.

MINNOW · « **Reply #295 on:** May 08, 2006, 05:17:38 PM »

My gas guzzling, Ozone ruining, pollution giving land yacht (Jeep Grand Cherokee) took $60 worth last weekend.... I even shed a tear while drivin down I-25 doin 95 in a 65 knowing I was getting 19 MPGs

beet1e · « **Reply #296 on:** May 08, 2006, 06:48:56 PM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
you have allways paid twice as much at the pump as us.

yes, but you have to change your oil five times more frequently!

Debonair · « **Reply #297 on:** May 08, 2006, 11:59:08 PM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
True, but there is a bright side - we're not dependent on ~13m barrels of imported every day, and we're not at the mercy of OPEC.

Solutions for the US? Well, you could try consuming less, but somehow I don't think that's what you want to hear.

one this the US can do better than any other country is outspend it.
we'll have bejing back to riding bikes again in a few years.
all their new pipelines will end in tankers bound for the US.

lazs2 · « **Reply #298 on:** May 09, 2006, 08:12:54 AM »

beet... we could try consuming less. How would you suggest we do that? What have you done in england? seems that we can buy any car that you can and that we can buy cars that use as little of less than you... certainly the cars you do make get pretty bad milage.

Sooo... how can we consume less? My thinking is that we fire up some nuke plants for electricity.

What would you suggest? How else could we consume less?

lazs

beet1e · « **Reply #299 on:** May 09, 2006, 10:12:49 AM »

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Originally posted by Debonair
one this the US can do better than any other country is outspend it.
we'll have bejing back to riding bikes again in a few years.

Twixt here and there lay a good many gas price whine threads!

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Sooo... how can we consume less? My thinking is that we fire up some nuke plants for electricity. - Lazs

Yes, that would be a good start. The nuclear "waste" issue needs work, but I think we need more nukes so that 1) we burn less oil - become less dependent on OPEC and the evil forces of Capitalism (LOL) and 2) We cut CO2 emissions and global warming.