$7 gasoline in the near future???

[Coronita]

no_such_reality and arraya,

I fully agree with both of you, don’t get me wrong. I was just merely pointing out that just because some people dont’ want higher energy costs doesn’t mean that those people feel we should start socializing everything. Also just because some of us are concerned about higher energy cost doesn’t mean also that we’re in worse financial shape than say the Breeze, as he seems to suggest.

I’m trying to understand the thought process, but it’s difficult to. It seems like the suggestion is. “If you’re like me, you’re a winner that will be able to weather this recession. If you’re not like me, you’re probably a loser that isn’t as well off as me.”…Keeping in mind this coming from an enginerd, that again no offense, is no safe profession to be in either…Also having declared he is long in dollar cost average portfolio, and recently spent a hell of lot of money over memorial day weekend, drives an overpriced prius that still won’t recoup fuel savings for the next 7-8 years assuming an annual mileage of 10k/year, and commutes to downtown to work. I’m just trying to understand how one could possibly think one wouldn’t be impacted by this economy.

I’ve got a groundbreaking, earthshattering tip to save on fuel costs. Drive less. It’s probably an unfamilar concept here in CA, but the solution is profoundly astonishing.

[xironman]

Geology will regulate carbon emissions just fine.

Not entirely true. One mitigating technology we will use will probably be CTL, as mentioned in Hirsh, probably without CO2 sequestration. Though the coal supply itself is both geologically and logistically limited, this does not mean that we won’t make every effort to pull as much of it as possible, liquefy it and dump the emissions into the air. Far higher impact than the remaining oil.

[xironman]

Geology will regulate carbon emissions just fine.

Not entirely true. One mitigating technology we will use will probably be CTL, as mentioned in Hirsh, probably without CO2 sequestration. Though the coal supply itself is both geologically and logistically limited, this does not mean that we won’t make every effort to pull as much of it as possible, liquefy it and dump the emissions into the air. Far higher impact than the remaining oil.

[xironman]

Geology will regulate carbon emissions just fine.

Not entirely true. One mitigating technology we will use will probably be CTL, as mentioned in Hirsh, probably without CO2 sequestration. Though the coal supply itself is both geologically and logistically limited, this does not mean that we won’t make every effort to pull as much of it as possible, liquefy it and dump the emissions into the air. Far higher impact than the remaining oil.

[xironman]

Geology will regulate carbon emissions just fine.

Not entirely true. One mitigating technology we will use will probably be CTL, as mentioned in Hirsh, probably without CO2 sequestration. Though the coal supply itself is both geologically and logistically limited, this does not mean that we won’t make every effort to pull as much of it as possible, liquefy it and dump the emissions into the air. Far higher impact than the remaining oil.

[xironman]

Geology will regulate carbon emissions just fine.

Not entirely true. One mitigating technology we will use will probably be CTL, as mentioned in Hirsh, probably without CO2 sequestration. Though the coal supply itself is both geologically and logistically limited, this does not mean that we won’t make every effort to pull as much of it as possible, liquefy it and dump the emissions into the air. Far higher impact than the remaining oil.

[no_such_reality]

“I’ve got a groundbreaking, earthshattering tip to save on fuel costs. Drive less. ”

FLU, it’s even easier than that. Don’t stomp the gas and slam the breaks. Actually, you already said that when you said ‘drive like a pansey’.

Simply paying attention to the traffic ahead and easing off the gas instead of braking and accelerating moderately will give you 20-30% improvement compared to typical CA drving. And BTW, we’re probably on the same side here.

With high fuel prices, there are no winners. High fuel drives costs for lots of things and even if one piddles around in a smug cloud producing Prius, at $7/gal, the fuel prices are going to bust them in the rest of the economy.

My complaint wasn’t directed at you but was instead directed at the specious claims of a need to change. High fuel costs because of global consumption will drive change, but I call baloney on the change being needed for some overall good whether it’s the poser’s concept of egalatarianism, global warming or other junk.

Now if you all will excuse me, I have a strip mining venture to attend to that is making bank from the spike in battery component metals. Okay, I don’t, but face it, elsewhere in the world, they are going balls out, screw the environment, to get the metals and other stuff, our new ‘green’ selves want.

[no_such_reality]

“I’ve got a groundbreaking, earthshattering tip to save on fuel costs. Drive less. ”

FLU, it’s even easier than that. Don’t stomp the gas and slam the breaks. Actually, you already said that when you said ‘drive like a pansey’.

Simply paying attention to the traffic ahead and easing off the gas instead of braking and accelerating moderately will give you 20-30% improvement compared to typical CA drving. And BTW, we’re probably on the same side here.

With high fuel prices, there are no winners. High fuel drives costs for lots of things and even if one piddles around in a smug cloud producing Prius, at $7/gal, the fuel prices are going to bust them in the rest of the economy.

My complaint wasn’t directed at you but was instead directed at the specious claims of a need to change. High fuel costs because of global consumption will drive change, but I call baloney on the change being needed for some overall good whether it’s the poser’s concept of egalatarianism, global warming or other junk.

Now if you all will excuse me, I have a strip mining venture to attend to that is making bank from the spike in battery component metals. Okay, I don’t, but face it, elsewhere in the world, they are going balls out, screw the environment, to get the metals and other stuff, our new ‘green’ selves want.

[no_such_reality]

“I’ve got a groundbreaking, earthshattering tip to save on fuel costs. Drive less. ”

FLU, it’s even easier than that. Don’t stomp the gas and slam the breaks. Actually, you already said that when you said ‘drive like a pansey’.

Simply paying attention to the traffic ahead and easing off the gas instead of braking and accelerating moderately will give you 20-30% improvement compared to typical CA drving. And BTW, we’re probably on the same side here.

With high fuel prices, there are no winners. High fuel drives costs for lots of things and even if one piddles around in a smug cloud producing Prius, at $7/gal, the fuel prices are going to bust them in the rest of the economy.

My complaint wasn’t directed at you but was instead directed at the specious claims of a need to change. High fuel costs because of global consumption will drive change, but I call baloney on the change being needed for some overall good whether it’s the poser’s concept of egalatarianism, global warming or other junk.

Now if you all will excuse me, I have a strip mining venture to attend to that is making bank from the spike in battery component metals. Okay, I don’t, but face it, elsewhere in the world, they are going balls out, screw the environment, to get the metals and other stuff, our new ‘green’ selves want.

[no_such_reality]

“I’ve got a groundbreaking, earthshattering tip to save on fuel costs. Drive less. ”

FLU, it’s even easier than that. Don’t stomp the gas and slam the breaks. Actually, you already said that when you said ‘drive like a pansey’.

Simply paying attention to the traffic ahead and easing off the gas instead of braking and accelerating moderately will give you 20-30% improvement compared to typical CA drving. And BTW, we’re probably on the same side here.

With high fuel prices, there are no winners. High fuel drives costs for lots of things and even if one piddles around in a smug cloud producing Prius, at $7/gal, the fuel prices are going to bust them in the rest of the economy.

My complaint wasn’t directed at you but was instead directed at the specious claims of a need to change. High fuel costs because of global consumption will drive change, but I call baloney on the change being needed for some overall good whether it’s the poser’s concept of egalatarianism, global warming or other junk.

Now if you all will excuse me, I have a strip mining venture to attend to that is making bank from the spike in battery component metals. Okay, I don’t, but face it, elsewhere in the world, they are going balls out, screw the environment, to get the metals and other stuff, our new ‘green’ selves want.

[no_such_reality]

“I’ve got a groundbreaking, earthshattering tip to save on fuel costs. Drive less. ”

FLU, it’s even easier than that. Don’t stomp the gas and slam the breaks. Actually, you already said that when you said ‘drive like a pansey’.

Simply paying attention to the traffic ahead and easing off the gas instead of braking and accelerating moderately will give you 20-30% improvement compared to typical CA drving. And BTW, we’re probably on the same side here.

With high fuel prices, there are no winners. High fuel drives costs for lots of things and even if one piddles around in a smug cloud producing Prius, at $7/gal, the fuel prices are going to bust them in the rest of the economy.

My complaint wasn’t directed at you but was instead directed at the specious claims of a need to change. High fuel costs because of global consumption will drive change, but I call baloney on the change being needed for some overall good whether it’s the poser’s concept of egalatarianism, global warming or other junk.

Now if you all will excuse me, I have a strip mining venture to attend to that is making bank from the spike in battery component metals. Okay, I don’t, but face it, elsewhere in the world, they are going balls out, screw the environment, to get the metals and other stuff, our new ‘green’ selves want.

[TheBreeze]

[quote=no_such_reality]

My complaint wasn’t directed at you but was instead directed at the specious claims of a need to change. High fuel costs because of global consumption will drive change, but I call baloney on the change being needed for some overall good whether it’s the poser’s concept of egalatarianism, global warming or other junk.

[/quote]

You’re right. There is an infinite supply of oil. No need to change.

By the way, I hear that Beijing doesn’t have any environmental regulations. Look like a nice place to live, no?

[img_assist|nid=8131|title=A nice day in Beijing|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=450|height=315]

[TheBreeze]

[quote=no_such_reality]

My complaint wasn’t directed at you but was instead directed at the specious claims of a need to change. High fuel costs because of global consumption will drive change, but I call baloney on the change being needed for some overall good whether it’s the poser’s concept of egalatarianism, global warming or other junk.

[/quote]

You’re right. There is an infinite supply of oil. No need to change.

By the way, I hear that Beijing doesn’t have any environmental regulations. Look like a nice place to live, no?

[img_assist|nid=8131|title=A nice day in Beijing|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=450|height=315]

[TheBreeze]

[quote=no_such_reality]

My complaint wasn’t directed at you but was instead directed at the specious claims of a need to change. High fuel costs because of global consumption will drive change, but I call baloney on the change being needed for some overall good whether it’s the poser’s concept of egalatarianism, global warming or other junk.

[/quote]

You’re right. There is an infinite supply of oil. No need to change.

By the way, I hear that Beijing doesn’t have any environmental regulations. Look like a nice place to live, no?

[img_assist|nid=8131|title=A nice day in Beijing|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=450|height=315]

[TheBreeze]

[quote=no_such_reality]

My complaint wasn’t directed at you but was instead directed at the specious claims of a need to change. High fuel costs because of global consumption will drive change, but I call baloney on the change being needed for some overall good whether it’s the poser’s concept of egalatarianism, global warming or other junk.

[/quote]

You’re right. There is an infinite supply of oil. No need to change.

By the way, I hear that Beijing doesn’t have any environmental regulations. Look like a nice place to live, no?

[img_assist|nid=8131|title=A nice day in Beijing|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=450|height=315]

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