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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:06 PM Original message |
Oil futures touch $101/barrel today in after-hours trading. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Peak Oilers are at a bar getting trashed with the National Popular Vote people today |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. and the sons of liberty |
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postmanisu (165 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. and fucking gas in my area went up 30 cents today |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They probably started shipping "winter blend" to your area |
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endthewar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Stop reminding me that beer prices might be going up! |
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Arkansas Democrat (142 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Went up 20 cents here in my area! |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. It may go as low as $75 before climbing to $300. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. or $800, or $1000, or $1,000,000. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Yes and no |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Jim Cramer (CNBC) just said the reason for the oil price crash is because |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. He's full of shit, as usual |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. The reason for the lower oil price is the upcoming election. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Simpler than that |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. That's also correct. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:53 AM Response to Reply #30 |
57. So they rig world oil prices for the US presidential elections? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. The stakes are very high for the major oil producers in the Middle |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
59. Gas prices almost always peak in the summer and hit bottom in the winter. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. That's true too, and the demand for gasoline was particularly low this year |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Checkin' in. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. thought your contingent could explain the 30% drop in prices over |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. You are a smart person. If you've done the same research I've done and (Edited) |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. Wow, somebody has a dog in the hunt n/t |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. what is there to fucking explain? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Does oil go down before presidential elections? Well, let's see if that's true historically. |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. WHEEEE!! $101 we're saved!!!! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. >>Global demand for oil is still increasing>> is it? |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. China is still on reduced demand due to the Paralympics |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. here you go |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #32 |
53. Those are production charts. & forecasts, to boot. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. LOL |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #36 |
56. yes, so terribly naive that I know in 2006, "booming" indian consumption |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. brent spot price at $99.61 tonight.... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. And your point is? If people don't know about peak oil or they |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. opec just cut production tonight...to keep the price up... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Peak oil models PREDICT volatility |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. The oil companies are injecting a little extra into the system to lower the price |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The oil companies control just 5% of the world's oil reserves. n/t |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. And 100% of the refineries that serve the US market. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yet, you bend over and take it. n/t |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Not me. I spent ZERO dollars on gasoline this year. YOU take it. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Then I stand corrected and change the word "you" to the word |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Thanks- I had to purposely set up my life like this. I hate oil and oil companies |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
34. although really, unless you manage to avoid any products |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I am completely aware of that. I guess I should give up since you caught my |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. You pay for more petroleum product usage than you think you do |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. And why wouldn't I know that? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. You sound as if you think that's not the case n/t |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. really? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. Gasoline, yes, but petroleum products overall? |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. hmm.... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. "I do not willingly use petroleum." |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I have a used computer, a fanless pc that runs 12 volts.... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. Peak oil, the sky is falling, lesbians on the TVs. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 08:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
58. Large-scale mining of municipal landfills will become a reality within one generation |
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bobbert (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. OPEC increased output to lower prices, they wanted them around $100/barrel |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 05:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Until November me thinks |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. if the world economy EVER gets going again, the oil will start gettting sucked up faster than ever.. |
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radfringe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
28. then why is gas at the pumps still $3.60 in my area? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. Bubbles pop. |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. Hurricane Ike will take care of that "problem" |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. The peak oil people are finding new and improved ways to trash Sarah Palin |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-09-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. I couldn't give a shit about palin. lonestarnot says she'll be forgotten soon enough. n/t |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-10-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
63. The economic Peak will precede (and probably preclude) the geophysical Peak |
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