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| Subject: Perhhaps gas would be a bit cheaper in the US if we quit sending so much of the alaska oil to other countries . nt | |
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Date Posted: 20:03:21 11/01/07 Thu In reply to: Oropan 's message, "There is plenty of oil to go around" on 14:17:14 11/01/07 Thu >The problem is that it is either in political unstable >areas or offlimits to drilling. There is probably $30+ >dollars in the present price due to fear of a blowup >in Iran and a major temporary loss of supply. In a >free market the price will always keep it available to >the major parts of the market. Only the low end of the >market will quit buying if the price gets too high. >This is the same with every commodity unless the >government trys to screw things up. > > > > > > >> The oil market is global, and global reserves have >>been rising until now. Oil prices dropped in the 80's >>largely because of the energy efficiency standards >>enacted in the 70's, efficiency standard gains slowed >>under reagen and stopped under the republican congress >>in the 90's and bush this decade. >> >> Our economy has moved away from government >>regulation to a market based unregulated capitalist >>model, and it is failing us, inflation in most >>commodities and services is surging. We are now >>beginning to see the failure of the capitalist system, >>just like the soviet system failed during the 1980's. >>>You should check some data before you contiue blaming >>>everything Bush has done wrong on everyone you don't >>>like. >>> >>>Start here... >>> >>> >>>href="http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/rcrr01nu >s >>_ >>>1a.htm">http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/rcrr01 >n >>u >>>s_1a.htm >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Did you forget to take your meds today??? >>>>"Our free market is melting the arctic and greenland >>>>ice caps." >>>>Are you also smoking something? >>>>Oil prices are going high because of increasing >>demand >>>>around the world...especially Asia. I might also add >>>>because of kooky econut pressure to stop oil >drilling >>>>anywhere in the USA. >>>>Anyway, now you can crawl back into your little >>econut >>>>hole and put on your tinfoil hat before the sky >falls >>>>down on you. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Prices just keep rising, the dollar keeps >>>dropping, >>>>>america is worthless, all dictators, terrorists, >and >>>>>most business crooks thank bush and the republicans >>>>>for following the "free market" cult and destroying >>>>>america. Russia is now extremely powerful, they >are >>>>>now the second largest spender on the military, >they >>>>>have begun flying nuclear armed planes around the >>>>>clock again, they are rapidly expanding their army, >>>>>and russia has again begun providing aid to >>america's >>>>>enemies, all thanks to the oil wealth bush and the >>>>>republicans have helped them aquire. >>>>> >>>>> Iran and other oil shiekdoms bent on america's >>>>>destruction are being greatly enriched thanks to >>bush >>>>>and the repbublican's failed energy policies, and >>>they >>>>>are working with china to develop more oil wealth >>and >>>>>increase their military capabilities. Now that bush >>>>>has screwed up iraq, we are not well prepared to >>>>>respond to the new threats posed from our oil-rich >>>>>adversaries that our economy has helped enrich and >>>>>strengthen. >>>>> >>>>> China collaberates with all of our enemies, they >>>>>are the primary backers of north korea and sudan, >>>>>china is helping iran and syria, they are also >>buying >>>>>up the third world. Our free markets have shipped >>>our >>>>>industry to china, depleting america of any real >>>>>productive economic output, while giving china the >>>>>technological and economic ability to become a >>>>>military superpower, and they are taking full >>>>>advantage of it. >>>>> >>>>> America is in retreat, our wealth and power is >>>>>being turned over to the dictators of the world who >>>>>seek our destruction, this is pretty pessimistic >>>>>stuff, i should have faith in bush, the >republicans, >>>>>and their free market cult. Our free market is >>>>>melting the arctic and greenland ice caps. We just >>>>>lost 20% of the permenent arctic ice cap in just >the >>>>>last summer, as much as we have lost over the last >>27 >>>>>years of satalite measuremed arctic ice loss, over >a >>>>>million square miles of the once 2.7 million square >>>>>mile arctic ice cap. A few years ago, the US navy >>>>>predicted that the ice cap would dissapear around >>>>>2013, it appears this forecast may be the most >>>>>accurate one. Even the more conservative national >>>ice >>>>>and snow data center is now predicting the loss of >>>>>summer arctic ice by 2030, which was pushed up from >>>>>2070. >>>>> >>>>> The arctic ice cap has been around about a >>million >>>>>years, our free market economy is causing one of >the >>>>>most catstrophic changes on earth since the >>>>>destruction of the dinasaurs. It is not likely >that >>>>>the dictatorships of russia, china, iran, north >>>korea, >>>>>saudia arabia, arab emirates, etc. will be able to >>>>>deal with the comming "evolution" the earth will go >>>>>through, so the earth will not be dominated by >>>>>dictatorship. We must admire the greatness of our >>>>>free market economy, even as it destroys america, >it >>>>>will spare the world of global dominance by evil >>>>>dictatorships because it will destroy them also >with >>>>>global warming. >>>>> >>>>> Finally, our free market economy will settle the >>>>>debate on evolution. Yes, there is evolution, but >>>>>unlike the darwinian version, it happens extremely >>>>>suddenly. The evolution we are beginning to >>>>>experience would normally take thousands of years, >>>but >>>>>our free market economy has greatly refined the >>>>>process, so we will see it in our lifetimes, >>assuming >>>>>we survive. >>>>> >>>>> We should stand in awe at the greatness of our >>>free >>>>>market economy, look at all this progress, who ever >>>>>thought we could witness evolution on a human time >>>>>scale? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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