what you can do about this crisis

[BusDriver12]

These are some headlines from a leading aviation publication from last week alone. 6-22-08 - 6-26-08

Midwest Airlines plans to ground MD-80 fleet

United to cut pilots

Northwest to cut capacity


Delta adds to capacity cuts

American ends service at five airports, cuts others

"This is unavoidable," Leeham Co. aviation consultant Scott Hamilton tells the Rocky Mountain News. "With fuel this high the business models just don't work, period."

No matter where you stand on the political aisle, oil will put us into even worse problems than now if we dont do something. Airlines in america are still flying DC-9's, so airplanes will not be running on wind or solar anytime soon. While there are a few reasons for $140 dollar oil, Supply and Demand is the most basic. We need more supply and here in America we have vast reserves of oil that is currently illegal to touch. China is drilling off of the Florida coast but we are not allowed to.

Its Your Job and Your family, they depend on oil to be at a reasonable price. Please read this website and sign the petition and pass it on.

http://www.americansolutions.com/

 

[NZ pilot]

That's a good idea. I just signed up.

 

[labbats]

Where do I sign up to get government to stop spending and start saving? That would create a strong dollar and drop around $50 a barrel off the current price.

 

[Mike man]

Did you know that the United States is produces the 3rd most oil of all oil producing countries? Just behind Saudi Arabia and Russia...

$170.00bbl oil by the end of the year...fwiw

 

[Mel Sharples]

I think we need to start a movement to change the constitution and allow Bush to stay in office indefinitely.

And then we should drill the crap out of this country.

And then we should annex Iraq and make in the 51st state.

Then, and only then, will we see the economy we deserve.

 

[Mel Sharples]

Or we could charge more for airline tickets.

 

[DoinTime]

And then we should annex Iraq and make in the 51st state.

I've always wondered how OUR oil got underneath their sand. This ought to solve that problem. :erm:

 

[SilverandSore]

No matter where you stand on the political aisle, oil will put us into even worse problems than now if we dont do something. Airlines in america are still flying DC-9's, so airplanes will not be running on wind or solar anytime soon. While there are a few reasons for $140 dollar oil, Supply and Demand is the most basic. We need more supply and here in America we have vast reserves of oil that is currently illegal to touch. China is drilling off of the Florida coast but we are not allowed to.

I'm with you on most of this, however, there are few things to point out. China is not drilling off the coast of Florida...yet. Three large Chinese companies, SINOPEC, Petro China and CINOOC are involved in a large agreement with Cuba for coastal and deep-water explorations. This is the 'drilling' they are doing. But your point remains valid, they can, and will, drill off the coast of FL, and we can't.

Secondly, people need to understand that any oil we add to the market, as in increases in our own production, aren't kept 'in-house' as a supplement to our supply. They must be bought and sold on the world market and we will pay the going rate for our 'own' oil. What can, and will happen, in this scenario is that other oil producers will likely reduce their production, keeping the world market at an 'equilibrium', ie not changing the price. What DOES change, though, is that the supply of oil we use will not be as adversly affected by rouge nations or pirates in Nigeria, and prices should stabilize or even go down. So sign away, I already have. It's over a million now.

 

[ASA_Aviator]

These are some headlines from a leading aviation publication from last week alone. 6-22-08 - 6-26-08

Midwest Airlines plans to ground MD-80 fleet

United to cut pilots

Northwest to cut capacity


Delta adds to capacity cuts

American ends service at five airports, cuts others

"This is unavoidable," Leeham Co. aviation consultant Scott Hamilton tells the Rocky Mountain News. "With fuel this high the business models just don't work, period."

No matter where you stand on the political aisle, oil will put us into even worse problems than now if we dont do something. Airlines in america are still flying DC-9's, so airplanes will not be running on wind or solar anytime soon. While there are a few reasons for $140 dollar oil, Supply and Demand is the most basic. We need more supply and here in America we have vast reserves of oil that is currently illegal to touch. China is drilling off of the Florida coast but we are not allowed to.

Its Your Job and Your family, they depend on oil to be at a reasonable price. Please read this website and sign the petition and pass it on.

http://www.americansolutions.com/

I don't like paying more at the pump, but if this is what it takes to get Americans off of oil, then great. We need smaller, more efficient cars. We need more research into alternative energy sources. We need mass transit systems that are effective.

Getting off of oil will solve more of America's problems than just pain at the pump.

 

[COOPERVANE]

What can, and will happen, in this scenario is that other oil producers will likely reduce their production, keeping the world market at an 'equilibrium', ie not changing the price. What DOES change, though, is that the supply of oil we use will not be as adversly affected by rouge nations or pirates in Nigeria, and prices should stabilize or even go down. So sign away, I already have. It's over a million now.

GOOD point!!
However, I still say use their oil and bleed THEM dry over the next 20 or so years. Save our oil for when we NEED it for ourselves. We can then tell the Saudi's to pound sand!!

We do need to address the China problem though. Maybe it's time to bury the hatchet with Cuba and be friends.

I hate the higher gas prices, but if it provides incentives to conserve and develop better cars, then I'll gladly pay it.

raise ticket prices NOW!! No more "junk fees" just raise the damm fares already