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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:20 PM Original message |
Just ordered heating oil...3.599 gal! F*cking Gadhafi! |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. And this why we should have been snuggling with Chavez instead of Gaddafi. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. This is why we should have nationalized OUR oil like Chavez. not buy it from |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Oh, well that I completely agree with. |
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tcaudilllg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. 3.5999 for oil? Not Gadhafi's fault. Blame yourself for not supporting green fuels. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Blame myself for not supporting green fuel? Huh? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Oh, please. I doubt Atman could restructure this entire culture alone. n/t |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. More like, F-cking oil company execs, pit traders, and spot-market speculators. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm well aware that we don't import much from Libya... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You can and should curse Gadhafi, just not for this price shock. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I agree - they use any excuse IMO |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. If that's what they DO ("....look for any crisis to exploit."......... |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. it's the speculators and Wall Street, we import very little oil from Libya |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. It doesn't matter how much we get from Libya |
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StarburstClock (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. In global oil economics it's very clear that OPEC won't let supplies drop so... |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Speculating in futures of any kind involves substantial risk |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. True, but |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. But can they process the crude? |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. It depends on whether or not those refineries can quickly get a sulfur unit running |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. Blame Americans for driving gas hogging vehicles |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Exactly. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. No shit |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. i went through the early 70`s oil crisis heating my farm house with propane |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why aren't we trying to increase our domestic oil production? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. We could build nuclear plants |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. New York Times: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010) |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-02-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
34. We don't have enough in the ground to affect costs and certainly not enough to offset the damage. |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. well, wall street has a lot of free money to speculate on oil with |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. All businesses do this, grocery stores and hardware stores and feed stores |
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Bardley (230 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. somwhat true, but they DO gouge you when wholesale price goes back down |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. But we don't get our oil from Gadhafi---that's Europe. |
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StarburstClock (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. I didn't know Gadhafi was speculating on heating oil futures in the U.S. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. And what do you supposed the speculators are speculating on, hmm? |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. You seem rather ignorant of basic economics |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-01-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. it's not about khaddafi. it's about oil corps & hedge funds. |
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