I live in Israel and the price is $7.84 for gallon, but I don't really care due to my "nice" paycheck.
"I don't really care"
...that's great.
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I live in Israel and the price is $7.84 for gallon, but I don't really care due to my "nice" paycheck.
Forgot to add:
As to the not allowing drilling of our own oil... Kind of seems like we have the strategy of buy everyone else's first, then start using our own. Why use your own oil reserves when they're worth $2.00/gallon when you could sell them in 10 years to other nations @ $15/gallon? Kind of like an ace in the hole. No idea if that's how it works, but it's how I think about it sometimes. The end result is the consumers still gets screwed, but where is the money flowing at the end of the day.
Odd, I see no-one asking just why the fuck gas prices are as elevated as they are now. 5 years ago gas was 1/3 what it is now and oil was only half the cost per barrel. The oil companies claim that they need the extra cost increase for future exploration? Uh, yeah and that's why they're constantly turning in record profits, their execs are making more money than they can count (as the recent probe by a consumer advocacy group found out) and the sheople that make up our population just grin and bear it.
Until everyone gets together and boycotts the oil companies by not buying any fuel for a week or so and letting them know that we're getting fed up with the profiteering that's going on we're going to keep getting raped. Of course we've only got ourselves to blame, we voted in someone that has a personal stake in big oil as president.
hydro is already exhausted and has a stunning environmental impact, and solar is not going to power this country even if you had 100% efficient panels. Maybe some homes in areas that have constant sunlight, but for the majority, no.What I'd like to see happen is us (the U.S.A.) be able to use our own resources, during the transistion to that solar (or possibly even hydro-electric) implementation, thus negating our reliance on imported fossil fuels.
Hydrogen FTW. Besides for the initial investment, it can be free fuel with solar electrolysis.
http://www.switch2hydrogen.com/
ohhhh...about 30X less square miles than the Exxon Valdez oil slick caused...
Someday, we'll stop suckling the teat of F-O-S-S-I-L fuel.
Shoot some hydrogen or propane tanks with a rifle and you'll see what I'm talking about. It takes a flame or large spark to set off an explosion post breach assuming the air/fuel ratio is correct.
I live in Israel and the price is $7.84 for gallon, but I don't really care due to my "nice" paycheck.
About the reason of why the prices are so high:
Few days ago I watched one hour long documentary about this. Basically they told that China and India are expanding and demanding more and more oil. Also the world's oil which is available for mining is almost run out. They sad that the world has 5-7 years to find and switch to alternative power or face a cataclysmic global recession
Odd, I see no-one asking just why the fuck gas prices are as elevated as they are now. 5 years ago gas was 1/3 what it is now and oil was only half the cost per barrel. The oil companies claim that they need the extra cost increase for future exploration? Uh, yeah and that's why they're constantly turning in record profits, their execs are making more money than they can count (as the recent probe by a consumer advocacy group found out) and the sheople that make up our population just grin and bear it.
Until everyone gets together and boycotts the oil companies by not buying any fuel for a week or so and letting them know that we're getting fed up with the profiteering that's going on we're going to keep getting raped. Of course we've only got ourselves to blame, we voted in someone that has a personal stake in big oil as president.
Does Israel also have a "green tax" on it's fuel sales? I was looking at population densities by country and I can see where, by a density by square kilometer, certain countries would require a tax to help offset the impact. The UK has over nine times the population density that the US has... We have 31 people per square kn whereas the UK has 246, 246?! Yeah I can see where there would be a need for funding for damage control.
I'd like someone to answer a question for me. Why is it that Mexico has fuel for ~$1.50 a gallon cheaper than the US? From what I understand their fuel taxes are pretty steep. If someone says it's because the demand isn't as high then why the hell is it that our demand is sharply down yet the prices continue to climb higher and higher? I'll be willing to bey dollars to donuts that the gas being sold over there is coming from here.
- Batteries are heavier and more toxic, and you've still got charge time
- Hydrogen generation can be done with solar or plug-in electrolysis solutions (cheap after initial investment)
- Hydrogen vehicles would have a much longer lifespan than electric battery vehicles
- Hydrogen fuel stations can be setup similar to current gas stations for people taking extended trips
- Electric vehicle range is much more limited for longer road trips, thus you'd need longer stay periods for recharging, even with quick-charge technology
But I'd rather have the sturdy hydrogen tanks in my vehicle than 20 gallons of gasoline in a flimsy plastic tank. With the prototype hydrogen vehicles currently in testing, they mount the tanks in between the chassis and have them surrounded by removable metal plates. Highly unlikely to explode in a Hollywood style explosion. When gaeous tanks are breached, they usually just evaporate all their holdings within a second or two. Shoot some hydrogen or propane tanks with a rifle and you'll see what I'm talking about. It takes a flame or large spark to set off an explosion post breach assuming the air/fuel ratio is correct.
lulwut? ahaha no. That would be a huge waste, especially based on the fragility/longevity of the product. It wouldn't be nearly as dependable either, and it wouldn't power the entire US. Those are hippie dreams you're hearing, not real life solutions.
You have to diversity your energy portfolio as a country. There's over 150 years left of coal power just in the US resources to be energy independent, there's over 50 years of untapped reserves of oil by conservative scientific reviews in the US to be energy independent, there's enough uranium in the world to power the entire world for hundreds of years or even more if you reprocess the fuel, there's good places to setup solar/wind/geo where it is appropriate, etc.
With $4.50 per gallon of gas I will personally invade Kuwait.
Seen it all.. but no thanks to the sodium reactor. Maintenance is a bitch and so are the potential for clogs.Uranium sucks, check this out:
http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news-toshiba-micro-nuclear-12.17b.html
and those are old news.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/analysis/nucenviss2.html
http://dwb.adn.com/front/story/4214182p-4226215c.html
http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/next-energy-news-toshiba-micro-nuclear-12.17b.html
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/physics/sobel/Nucphys/breed.html
http://nuclear.inl.gov/gen4/sfr.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_IV_reactor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_metal_cooled_reactor
That one does make me laugh too. Turning a FOOD crop into FUEL? Eh?!?! Price of food is already rocketing because of this. And there just ain't enough room to grow all the fuel you guys need in the US.Wait! spending crap tons of money on ethanol from corn is the answer LOL. Makes me want to leave for another country just knowing about that bullshit.
Wait! spending crap tons of money on ethanol from corn is the answer LOL. Makes me want to leave for another country just knowing about that bullshit.
That one does make me laugh too. Turning a FOOD crop into FUEL? Eh?!?! Price of food is already rocketing because of this. And there just ain't enough room to grow all the fuel you guys need in the US.
Maybe it's time to go back to the Saddle? I'd be very tempted by a horse and cart for the daily commute. Rush hour traffic is so slow that a horse can easily keep up. And it also means that I can have a quick sleep while the horse takes me home...
Yeah, there has never been a case of the Oil Industry blocking the attempts to cut it out of it's cartel like stranglehold over the American public.
The "Kool-Aid Kar"
(a Little-Known Lynchburg Attraction on Wheels)
Believe it or not, this car runs on Kool-Aid. Over twenty years ago, during the energy crisis in the late 1970's, local inventor Roy Calloway devised a carburetor that overcame evaporation problems with sugar-based fuels in gasoline engines.
Needing a soluble mixture for the sugar, his experimentation led him to the popular children's drink, Kool-Aid, which he discovered to have just the right properties. Eventually, Calloway perfected the fuel mix (80% Kool-Aid and 20% methanol or ethanol) which, together with his special carburetor, provided an alternative to gasoline in gasoline-based engines.
Calloway's attempt to secure a patent, however, was blocked by the major oil companies, who enlisted the help of the powerful Washington Crude Oil Lobby in eventually getting laws passed that have kept Calloway's invention from seeing the light of day...almost that is.
Calloway, in defiance of a little-known federal law that forbids the operation of any motor vehicle that burns a sugar-based fuel, can frequently be seen cruising around Lynchburg in his lime-green "Kool-Aid Kar."
Risking arrest each time he hits the road, Calloway has decked his car out with signs and decals that bring attention to the unfair treatment he has received at the hands of the big oil companies and the Federal Government.
In fact, from various convictions through the years, Calloway has spent a total of seven years in jail; but he refuses to be silenced.
According to Calloway, grape-flavored Kool-Aid provides the best mixture and results in the best mileage - 89 miles to the gallon.
Happily I live in an urban area with a decent/good pubtrans system. I stopped driving my car back in 2006, and finally sold my car last year after it sat unused in my driveway long enough to grow moss.
I have a 20 mile commute each way every day, that I used to spend an hour driving (traffic sucks here). Which I have replaced with the bus/train for less than what I was spending per week on gas 2 years ago.
My commute is about 20 minutes longer now, but I have time to read 3-4 books a week due to having about 2.5-3 hours of dead time each day, that I didn't have when driving (because I had to drive).
I am close to everything that I need, and not driving helped me lose about 10 extra pounds that I was unable to lose after the initial 50 that I dropped a couple of years ago.
P.s. w1r3tap, you wouldn't know what a real communist was even if they were beating you with a stick labeled communism. The only true communist society was during the Paris Commune in the 1860's. Please stop using the terms communist/socialist until you actually get a grasp of what they are/mean.
lulzP.s. w1r3tap, you wouldn't know what a real communist was even if they were beating you with a stick labeled communism. The only true communist society was during the Paris Commune in the 1860's. Please stop using the terms communist/socialist until you actually get a grasp of what they are/mean.
With $4.50 per gallon of gas I will personally invade Kuwait.
Yeah, there has never been a case of the Oil Industry blocking the attempts to cut it out of it's cartel like stranglehold over the American public.
The "Kool-Aid Kar"
(a Little-Known Lynchburg Attraction on Wheels)
Believe it or not, this car runs on Kool-Aid. Over twenty years ago, during the energy crisis in the late 1970's, local inventor Roy Calloway devised a carburetor that overcame evaporation problems with sugar-based fuels in gasoline engines.
Needing a soluble mixture for the sugar, his experimentation led him to the popular children's drink, Kool-Aid, which he discovered to have just the right properties. Eventually, Calloway perfected the fuel mix (80% Kool-Aid and 20% methanol or ethanol) which, together with his special carburetor, provided an alternative to gasoline in gasoline-based engines.
Calloway's attempt to secure a patent, however, was blocked by the major oil companies, who enlisted the help of the powerful Washington Crude Oil Lobby in eventually getting laws passed that have kept Calloway's invention from seeing the light of day...almost that is.
Calloway, in defiance of a little-known federal law that forbids the operation of any motor vehicle that burns a sugar-based fuel, can frequently be seen cruising around Lynchburg in his lime-green "Kool-Aid Kar."
Risking arrest each time he hits the road, Calloway has decked his car out with signs and decals that bring attention to the unfair treatment he has received at the hands of the big oil companies and the Federal Government.
In fact, from various convictions through the years, Calloway has spent a total of seven years in jail; but he refuses to be silenced.
According to Calloway, grape-flavored Kool-Aid provides the best mixture and results in the best mileage - 89 miles to the gallon.
"We saw a real change in the industry demand for pickup trucks and SUVs in the first two weeks of May," Ford Motor Co (F.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief Executive Alan Mulally said last week. "It seemed to us that we reached a tipping point where customers began shifting away from these vehicles at an accelerated rate."
Despite these conservation efforts, Americans should not expect prices at the pump to fall any time soon.
Though rising public transport use could put a dent in oil companies' refining profits, "the amount of volume of oil this actually results in when you compare it to the oil market in the world, it would actually be quite small," said Kevin Lindemer, managing director of Global Insight Energy Services.
Then You'll have even more food crysis and the vicious cricle goes around and around until WWIII explodes.
BTW don't consider Argentina if food is just what concerns you, they have they crysis too now.
I wonder when congress is going to allow oil exploration in our own country.
They did and have. We just used it all up. You used to be able to dig oil with a Fisher-Price shovel in Pennsylvania.
lol, do you have any idea how much in untapped oil there is in and around the US?They did and have. We just used it all up.
Food Crysis? Is that the sequel by Crytek?
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
A more basic problem in this country is how it is setup. You HAVE to drive a car in most places. No bike trails, no sidewalks, grocery store 10 miles away. Don't forget how many people live in the suburbs, rural areas with no public trans. For people in the country, there is no choice. Yes, you can reduce your trips per week and don't run to the store for that tomato you forgot, but overall, not much you can do. Also, in places where there is public transportation, I doubt the system is robust enough to handle a massive influx of new riders.
Odd, I see no-one asking just why the fuck gas prices are as elevated as they are now. 5 years ago gas was 1/3 what it is now and oil was only half the cost per barrel. The oil companies claim that they need the extra cost increase for future exploration? Uh, yeah and that's why they're constantly turning in record profits, their execs are making more money than they can count (as the recent probe by a consumer advocacy group found out) and the sheople that make up our population just grin and bear it.
Until everyone gets together and boycotts the oil companies by not buying any fuel for a week or so and letting them know that we're getting fed up with the profiteering that's going on we're going to keep getting raped. Of course we've only got ourselves to blame, we voted in someone that has a personal stake in big oil as president.