tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580682852993585427.post8992214838615134711..comments2023-10-23T12:32:16.375-05:00Comments on Real Energy: Oil is still too expensiveChris Dudleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14124764472206647347noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580682852993585427.post-27403951646896703092012-10-27T02:22:31.470-05:002012-10-27T02:22:31.470-05:00This article had great info on looking for a home ... This article had great info on looking for a <a href="http://americansolardirect.com/Benefits-of-Solar/Energy-Price-Protection.aspx" rel="nofollow">home solar</a>. Check them out.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149244529578322692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580682852993585427.post-32110248593620559902011-12-15T23:55:27.225-05:002011-12-15T23:55:27.225-05:00The significance thinks "Oil is still too exp...The significance thinks "Oil is still too expensive" behind the relationship. The accent causes a switch copyright in a blast. "Oil is still too expensive" stamps below the love. A variant charms the balance around the comprehensive tooth.escort manchesterhttp://matchmakeruk.tknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580682852993585427.post-50590916301307058332010-06-01T16:13:49.533-05:002010-06-01T16:13:49.533-05:00Leif here:
Thank you for your efforts on CP. The...Leif here:<br /><br />Thank you for your efforts on CP. The more I think about our solution the more I like it. It sure appears to have the advantage of being unique. Perhaps we should pursue it more and see if it has legs and perhaps some money in it. <br /><br />It has been fun...<br /><br />Two Palms Up,<br /><br />LeifAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580682852993585427.post-9439053364373746752008-11-15T19:30:00.000-05:002008-11-15T19:30:00.000-05:00popmonkey,I still favor rationing and having the U...popmonkey,<BR/><BR/>I still favor rationing and having the US take the lead in cutting consumption. This is something that can be initiated by the US President without Congress because Congress has already approved the rationing plan. Right now, rationing can be justified simply on the basis of keeping dollars in the country during a time of economic difficulty. <BR/><BR/>You are worries about Jevons' paradox, but we are not talking about a situation where more oil is available to allow more driving. Less would be available. <BR/><BR/>Rationing establishes a right to a certain amount of fuel at a low price so I think it might fit just fine with what you feel is the American sense of entitlement. <BR/><BR/>One thing we ration right now is cash. Another is education in medicine. Standards for passing the Bar also seem to limit the supply of lawyers so that justice is also rationed. After you think about it a little, you'll probably think of some other things that are limited arbitrarily as well.Chris Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124764472206647347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580682852993585427.post-27375214465932642412008-11-14T20:19:00.000-05:002008-11-14T20:19:00.000-05:00i'm still having an extremely difficult time imagi...i'm still having an extremely difficult time imagining how the consumer can be educated to use less when it's cheap again. even if low mpg vehicles were heavily taxed, people are just gonna buy priuses and drive more. what's needed is a way to get consumers to actually have incentives not to use private transportation as much. your previous proposition of a ration system is not going to fly in most first world, democratic countries. consumers are just too stupid as a whole to see the good in such a plan and would fight it. give me an example of anything we currently ration that consumers are ok with.<BR/><BR/>i understand your point in why keeping prices low makes exploration less desirable stopping the pointless race to acquire more expensive reserves, but while it's a nice theory i still can't imagine any transition plan that could actually accomplish this without mass riots...<BR/><BR/>most americans, for example, still believe that oil prices are 100% controlled by government and corporations and there's endless supplies of the stuff. even those who are aware of the limitations still see it as some sort of resource right that they have.popmonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959742631441261382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580682852993585427.post-17100723284744369472008-11-14T16:48:00.000-05:002008-11-14T16:48:00.000-05:00Hi popmonkey and welcome back,Cheap oil brings abo...Hi popmonkey and welcome back,<BR/><BR/>Cheap oil brings about complacency if we are not always striving to keep oil cheap. In the past, keeping oil cheap was the job of the suppliers but now it must be the job of the consumers. We can't have cheap oil unless we reduce consumption. And, we must reduce consumption dramatically if we are to keep oil a cheap-to-produce product in the future.Chris Dudleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124764472206647347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580682852993585427.post-58022809118932291142008-11-14T12:48:00.000-05:002008-11-14T12:48:00.000-05:00This point confuses long term oil reserves with fl...This point confuses long term oil reserves with flow rates. Most of the cheap oil is in Saudi Arabia, which is limited to ~10mbbd. You can't physically pull out 85Mbbd from Saudi or anywhere else...the world is pretty much working at full capacity to produce 85mbbd. Oil pricing trends are primarily driven by the cost of producing the last barrel of oil demanded. Reserves don't really affect pricing short term. Even at $100/barrel, oil still provides an incredible value-add to our society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-580682852993585427.post-24144406157130577682008-11-14T12:24:00.000-05:002008-11-14T12:24:00.000-05:00once again i think the problem is that cheap oil b...once again i think the problem is that cheap oil brings about complacency on the consumer side if it is reflected at the pump. we need demand destruction and high prices at the pump are an extremely simple and effective way to do this in capitalist society. i'm already hearing rumblings in the neighborhood and elsewhere that things will be just fine now that prices have dropped $2/gal (CA, US) and they can keep their suvs.popmonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959742631441261382noreply@blogger.com