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Title: Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
Post by: 68ZooM on April 25, 2008, 06:54:18 PM: It's Comforting to know that news like this just drives the price up even more, this is out control. :furious :furious

NEW YORK - Oil prices rose sharply Friday on news that a ship under contract to the U.S. Defense Department fired warning shots at two boats in the Persian Gulf. Retail gas prices as expected rose further into record territory, nearing $3.60 a gallon.

Crude prices rose on initial reports that a U.S. ship had fired on two Iranian boats; the news raised concerns that a conflict between U.S. and Iranian forces could cut oil supplies from the region. A Navy spokeswoman said the origin of the boats was unclear

Here's the complete story

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices)
Title: Re: Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
Post by: AquaShrimp on April 25, 2008, 06:57:49 PM: Vote for the only candidate that is pushing a 150 billion dollar BIOFUEL program.

Hillary Clinton.
Title: Re: Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
Post by: Trell on April 25, 2008, 09:18:56 PM: Its one way to starve us
Title: Re: Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
Post by: Ripsnort on April 25, 2008, 09:24:13 PM: Quote from: AquaShrimp on April 25, 2008, 06:57:49 PM
Vote for the only candidate that is pushing a 150 billion dollar BIOFUEL program.

Hillary Clinton.

Starve the world!
Title: Re: Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
Post by: FrodeMk3 on April 25, 2008, 09:25:34 PM: I'd like to know what the "ship under contract" was, or who it was.
Title: Re: Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
Post by: Pooh21 on April 25, 2008, 09:30:53 PM: Was probably carrying a load of Hostess Cupcakes.

Oil futures traders need to grow some stones.
Title: Re: Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
Post by: Kaw1000 on April 25, 2008, 09:32:44 PM: ITS A JOKE!!!!!! Iraqies pee in water.....price of oil goes up!!
Title: Re: Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
Post by: Delirium on April 25, 2008, 11:37:26 PM: "In other news, a small mouse was found a tanker enroute to the Middle East causing oil prices to climb another $50 a barrel. At the time the tanker was empty but the small rodent made the crew so nervous they jumped ship abandoning their ship blockading the Strait of Hormuz. This in turn caused OPEC to cut production and now it costs your left AND right testicle to fill your tank... after labor day and the summer driving ceases, the price is expected to fall until winter cold sets in and heating oil is needed."

:rolleyes:
Title: Re: Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
Post by: Charon on April 26, 2008, 01:24:08 AM: I heard oil analyst Peter Beutel say on the radio the other day that if he put oil in his car and threw out a quart that was still half full the markets would react. It's surreal.

Charon
Title: Re: Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
Post by: rpm on April 26, 2008, 01:27:47 AM: Quote from: Ripsnort on April 25, 2008, 09:24:13 PM
Starve the world!
Switchgrass.
Title: Re: Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
Post by: LePaul on April 26, 2008, 01:33:35 AM: Its these oil speculators who are hurting us harder than anything else.
Title: Re: Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf
Post by: Nilsen on April 26, 2008, 04:48:07 AM: I wonder how many oil speculators have played with the idea of buying a rubber duck and paint it in iranian colors before they send it floating down the Tigris river.

Headline news and they make a truckload :lol