Who is to blame?

[Ben Franklin]

Who is to blame for the price of oil?

A) The sellers of oil.

B) The buyers of oil.




Sincerely,


B. Franklin

 

[TWA Dude]

Both.

 

[Tim47SIP]

Who else!

The Delta Pilots!!

 

[threegreen123]

the liberal media

 

[Bayoupilot]

The 9-11 Commission.

 

[BLWME]

The oil is generated from the silver, silver is better than gold(standard speaking wise)


Look to the West they say. LGB/FAT/LAX they say


go west and find a home they say,

 

[Draginass]

Perrier bottled water still cost more than gasoline. How do we explain that?

 

[miles otoole]

Most financial analysts agree that if Kerry wins in Nov, oil prices will rise.

 

[LJDRVR]

Who?

The fat, bloated, SUV driving hogs in this country. Entitled whales who drive a 6000 pound SUV the 1/4 mile from their house to McDonalds so they can drive up in air-conditioned comfort and get their "food". These same cattle wonder why all health care expenses in this country are so out of control. ("It's the HMO's fault!" they whine. No, larda$$, it's your fault.) Most problems in this country would be solved if people simply started riding their bikes on all their local errands and commutes to and from work if feasible. If people used cars for transportation to and from work only, we would end our dependence on middle eastern oil immediately. There would also be a profound change in the physical and mental health of people everywhere, resulting in much greater productivity at work and much more affordable health cost for us all.

Most gasoline we put into the engines of our cars is a complete waste. I firmly believe that the automobile will contribute more to the downfall of this society than any other factor. (TV is a close second.)

Think I'm full of it? Next time you're out for a drive, play a little game called "how many drug stores do I see?" You'll be amazed and disgusted.

 

[FlyFastLiveSlow]

"Your Hummer looks stupid!"

That's who's responsible for gas prices.

 

[Peleton]

China. Those guys are sucking down raw materials at a faster rate that us. The world is producing the same but with China's economic revolution in full gear we have an old supply v demand problem. Check out the price of concrete now a days due to the demand in China. The price of steel is high due to China. All raw goods are up due to the demand in China, When supplies are low the price goes up.

 

[Skyliner]

Perrier bottled water still cost more than gasoline. How do we explain that?

Whew, thank goodness my car doesn't run on Perrier. It seems to prefer Bourbon lately...


In regards to the suv's, I found this site amusing. I'm not advocating anything they promote, but it's still good for a laugh.

www.fuh2.com

 

[skeezer]

Who is to blame for the price of oil?

The white man!

KILL WHITEY!!

 

[46Driver]

China. Those guys are sucking down raw materials at a faster rate that us. The world is producing the same but with China's economic revolution in full gear we have an old supply v demand problem. Check out the price of concrete now a days due to the demand in China. The price of steel is high due to China. All raw goods are up due to the demand in China, When supplies are low the price goes up.

China and India. It is the developing countries that are drastically increasing consumption.

You also have a lack of domestic refining - there has been a 50% cut in the number of refineries in the US due to tightening environmental regulations.

Finally, all gasoline is not the same. There are over 100 different formulas of gasoline produced in the US due to different environmental regulations from state to state. Thus, it creates headaches and drives up prices.

 

[Smacktard]

The fat, bloated, SUV driving hogs in this country. Entitled whales who drive a 6000 pound SUV the 1/4 mile from their house to McDonalds so they can drive up in air-conditioned comfort and get their "food".

Or better yet, we could stop all EMB-135/45 flights with less than 30 people on routes like CLE-BUF, or CLE-ROC for example.

You see, if those 30 people would car pool, we wouldn't have to burn 1200 lbs of fuel in that little can you call an airplane. The 30 people could car pool in 5 moster gas guzzling SUVs, burning only 25 gallons (roughly 150 lbs of fuel.)

5 SUVs x 150 is 750 lbs of fuel. We just saved the environment 400-500lbs net and put some prick pilot out of a job. Imagine what that would do for the psyche of the country!!!!!!!!!!

 

[satpak77]

Econ 101 - supply and demand

Price of oil is based on supply and demand, honestly.

I know the experts on CNBC and the commentary on Fox News (which I like by the way) would lead us all to believe that there is a secret operation by unknown people to run the price up, but it is supply and demand.

Demand being the users of oil products, the more demand for oil, the more the existing supply is sapped.

Supply being the available oil FOR the DEMAND, please note that OPEC and governmental bodies influence the CONTROL of the supply, turning the spigot off or reducing flow, and with demand not changing, the price must go up

http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.web?c=$wtic,uu[g,a]daolyyay[de][pc50!a55.25][vc60][J27277717,Y]&pref=G

that is a 2 year chart of Crude Oil price, for your reading pleasure. Please note the "$42 zone" is the highest oil has been in 10+ years. Closing price Friday was $41.70

see ya

 

[spinproof]

Anwar, Anwar here we come!

Supply and demand......demand outweights supply...DRILL MORE OIL....we have an untapped supply in the Gulf of Mexico(Off-Shore) and in Alaska where by the way, herds of quadrapeds are holding up the show!

Not to mention we haven't built a new refinery in this country in 17 Years!!!

Ask your local inviromentalists to see if he is doing anything to remedy the situation?...No..How about alternative fuels!....No.. then get the H.E. double hockey sticks out of the way and quit ruinning our lives.

 

[Weasil]

Yeah instead of blaming India and China why not try to reduce the demand. Buy a hybrid instead of a H2 next time. Anyway... fuel is very cheap in the US compared to the rest of the world. In europe people drive fuel efficient cars because gas is $4/gallon. So maybe rising prices will force us all to be more fuel efficient anyway. GOOD!

And as for Anwar... it is a hoax. There is not enough oil in Anwar to make much of a difference anyway. The annual US consumption of oil is about 100 times what is in Anwar.

 

[46Driver]

Yeah instead of blaming India and China why not try to reduce the demand. Buy a hybrid instead of a H2 next time. Anyway... fuel is very cheap in the US compared to the rest of the world. In europe people drive fuel efficient cars because gas is $4/gallon. So maybe rising prices will force us all to be more fuel efficient anyway. GOOD!

And as for Anwar... it is a hoax. There is not enough oil in Anwar to make much of a difference anyway. The annual US consumption of oil is about 100 times what is in Anwar.

Look at some of the graphs: the amount of petroleum that China and India will consume is far more than we could conserve.

In Europe, people use public transportation much more than in America becuase their cities and society in general is more compacted. If you raise the price of gas, you will harm those in rural areas who have no choice but to drive, as well as the trucking industry, farmers, etc. That's just what we need to make our economy grow, higher energy prices....

You could go to nuclear or coal for many of the electrical generating plants and help conserve.

Finally, we could ban all airplanes smaller than 100 seats and force everyone to take the train........ GOOD!

 

[Weasil]

Look at some of the graphs: the amount of petroleum that China and India will consume is far more than we could conserve.

I'm not talking about trying to conserve enough to account for developing countries. I'm talking about reducing our own reliance on fossil fuels because it needs to happen and not blaming other countries for our problems. The US is by far the largest consumer in the world.

And as for Europeans use of public transport, I don't agree that European society is more compacted. They simply have better public transport systems, it is the same in Australia also. Governments fund public transport at greatly higher percentages than they do here, where the governments fund bigger freeways instead to encourage driving.


And as for banning small airplanes... you list that you are an Independence FO, so don't you fly small airplanes?