John Mastrocco
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Gee, if the prices hadn't gone up to $3 we would have run out of gas...
$3/Gallon gas good for the consumer
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TomT
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Yeah and now we are going to be happy to pay just $2/gallon.
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It is known as "conditioning".
I used to joke about road construction to widen the roads. I would say what they would do is make the road narrow with those barrels for a year, then get rid of the barrels. The road "feels" wider, therefore it is.
Tom
I used to joke about road construction to widen the roads. I would say what they would do is make the road narrow with those barrels for a year, then get rid of the barrels. The road "feels" wider, therefore it is.
Tom
EddieS'04
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I agree with Caymens analogy of conditioning....:lol:
A K
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LOL Tom.
John Salov
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around 2055
Gavin Allan
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I'll be dead by then, so it won't bother me.
Ryan Schaecher
Well-Known Member
Amazing how they said in the 60's that we would be out of Oil by 2000.... Last reports I saw showed more known untapped oil exists today than there was in the 60's....
The 60's also gave us the concept and outcries of GLOBAL COOLING....
I don't believe in any of the following:
-Global Cooling, -Global Warming, -Global oil shortages, -Government interventions, -Socialism, -Social healthcare, -Unions, -Junk Science, -Purely Evolutionary Theorems, -Liberalism, -Abortion, -Kennedy Conspiracy, -Dan Rather, -Mary Mapes, -Moon Shot Conspiracy, -Income Redistribution, -Gun Control, -Second Hand Smoke conspiracies, -Brady Campaign, -Handgun Control Inc, -the Democratic Party, -Gay Marriage, -"I Was Born That Way", -Disfunctional Families, -Non-Chistian Values, -"Happy Holidays", -"It Takes a Villiage", -"It was about Sex", -Taxes, -"Government Knows Best", -"Right To Privacy", -9th Circuit Court of Appeals, -Elvis is alive, -Aliens are amonst us, -Iraq did not have WMD's, -Bush Lied, -Social Security, -....
The 60's also gave us the concept and outcries of GLOBAL COOLING....
I don't believe in any of the following:
-Global Cooling, -Global Warming, -Global oil shortages, -Government interventions, -Socialism, -Social healthcare, -Unions, -Junk Science, -Purely Evolutionary Theorems, -Liberalism, -Abortion, -Kennedy Conspiracy, -Dan Rather, -Mary Mapes, -Moon Shot Conspiracy, -Income Redistribution, -Gun Control, -Second Hand Smoke conspiracies, -Brady Campaign, -Handgun Control Inc, -the Democratic Party, -Gay Marriage, -"I Was Born That Way", -Disfunctional Families, -Non-Chistian Values, -"Happy Holidays", -"It Takes a Villiage", -"It was about Sex", -Taxes, -"Government Knows Best", -"Right To Privacy", -9th Circuit Court of Appeals, -Elvis is alive, -Aliens are amonst us, -Iraq did not have WMD's, -Bush Lied, -Social Security, -....
mookie
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Regarding running out of oil, it seems like the magic number is "40 years".
When I first heard "40 years" it was the early/mid '70's!
When I first heard "40 years" it was the early/mid '70's!
Derek Hale
Member
I recently read that there are two sides to the oil debate, one side says we have enough oil to last hundreds of years at current demand because oil is not a true fossil fuel, its made from within the earth and seismic events and pressure push it towards the surface, which is why it appears to be in pockets which associate it with fossils.
Another school of thought is that it isnt made that way, but that we still wont be running out anytime soon. As someone said, there are more oil sources known today, and more abundant ones at that, then at any time since we started using oil. He does not believe we have hundreds of years of it if demand continues to increase, but neither of these groups believe there to be any threat of a shortage.
It is possible for Saudi Arabia to have some production issues though, but there are more abundent sources that SA out there that just need the financial backing to get moving.
Aside from that, I dont think anyone wants to be using oil in the next 50 years, it may not contribute completely to global warming, since that is generally thought to be a junk theory since the earth has been self-warming since the ice age, and no accurate records show to what degree. But it is bad for our air and it is bad for our planet on the whole. I dont see this even being in issue in 15-20 years.
Another school of thought is that it isnt made that way, but that we still wont be running out anytime soon. As someone said, there are more oil sources known today, and more abundant ones at that, then at any time since we started using oil. He does not believe we have hundreds of years of it if demand continues to increase, but neither of these groups believe there to be any threat of a shortage.
It is possible for Saudi Arabia to have some production issues though, but there are more abundent sources that SA out there that just need the financial backing to get moving.
Aside from that, I dont think anyone wants to be using oil in the next 50 years, it may not contribute completely to global warming, since that is generally thought to be a junk theory since the earth has been self-warming since the ice age, and no accurate records show to what degree. But it is bad for our air and it is bad for our planet on the whole. I dont see this even being in issue in 15-20 years.
Keith McElroy
Active Member
Which is why we all need to be driving the flex-fuel ST. If production of E85 could kick it in high gear (because of demand), it could be much cheaper and renewable.
Aside from that, I was just happy to pay $2.20/gallon this morning - credit to the conditioning theory.
Aside from that, I was just happy to pay $2.20/gallon this morning - credit to the conditioning theory.
Jake Levin
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I'm with you eledhel, I was so nice to fill up for $2.19/gallon and see my fuel bill be ~$40 for the first time in months!
John Mastrocco
Active Member
When they talk about running out of oil it is always in reference to known supplies in areas where they know to look. If new supplies are discovered (for whatever reason) this pushes out the 'run-out' date. It doesn't necessarily mean we will never run out or that the people making the estimates don't know what they are talking about, it's just what happens when you make estimates from known data that does not and cannot include 'unknowns.'
Oh, and I happen to believe in most, but not all, of what RShek doesn't believe in. (To point out two things on which I agree with HIM - Kennedy Conspiracy and Elvis is Alive.)
But, hey! If we were all the same wouldn't it be boring?
Oh, and I happen to believe in most, but not all, of what RShek doesn't believe in. (To point out two things on which I agree with HIM - Kennedy Conspiracy and Elvis is Alive.)
But, hey! If we were all the same wouldn't it be boring?
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