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bluesbassman
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Sat Jan-01-11 03:55 PM Original message |
Oil's surge in 2010 paves the way for $4 gasoline |
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jus_the_facts
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gulf Coast Oil Geyser: Debate, Too Late, You've Built Our Funeral Pyre.... |
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bluesbassman
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I wonder how much of the $81b in profits... |
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howmad1
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Better to ask the question: |
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mindwalker_i
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bring it on! |
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bluesbassman
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. If past experience is any guide, we won't. |
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mindwalker_i
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. You're probably right |
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doc03
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well the payroll tax cut of 2% will give a person making |
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girl gone mad
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That, and the health insurance premium hikes. |
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bluesbassman
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Big Oil an OPEC have bean counters too. |
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paulk
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. if gas goes that high, we'll see a double dip recession for sure |
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NeoConsSuck
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. $4 gas was the reason |
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Downwinder
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
9. Look at it as a 30% devaluation of the dollar. nt |
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doc03
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That is the only way to pay off our massive debt, devalue the |
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dipsydoodle
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. That's part of the reason |
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Downwinder
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. If it were just inflation, profits would not go up. n/t |
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KillCapitalism
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. $4? LOL yeah maybe if we're lucky. |
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Frisbee
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Yeah, I was expecting $5 this summer... |
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neverforget
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. This is going to kill whatever economic recovery there is. |
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doc03
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That's the stated Rethug/Wall Street plan to make sure |
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truthisfreedom
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've put in an order for an electric car. |
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IDemo
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I am not jealous |
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awoke_in_2003
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Sat Jan-01-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
35. and only a very few... |
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midnight armadillo
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Sun Jan-02-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. A bike gets 900 mpg |
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xchrom
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. Think how much money $4. Gas will lift out of the economy |
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Knight Hawk
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Drive less |
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bluesbassman
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Good advice, but what if you've already adopted that strategy? |
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bhikkhu
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. I've been commuting by bike since 2008 |
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Knight Hawk
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. I hear you |
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lfairban
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. Yes, by about 25-28%. |
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Javaman
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Mon Jan-03-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Drive slower. |
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Kat45
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. "A dollar more per gallon isn't that much." Excuse me? |
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dballance
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Thanks for saying what I was thinking |
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Javaman
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Mon Jan-03-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. An addition 750 bucks a year is a freakin burden! |
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mbperrin
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
21. Talk around here is $5. Some older rigs are being |
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bhikkhu
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. yes, and here we go again. To predict the obvious: |
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dipsydoodle
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
27. Maybe it's mind over matter |
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sarcasmo
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. While 50,000 are on the waiting list for electric cars. |
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lib2DaBone
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
32. Pure speculation.. the ENRON boys up to their old tricks... |
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BeFree
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Sun Jan-02-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Carter warned us this would happen |
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Skink
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. good luck trying to trade the SUV in. |
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Historic NY
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Sat Jan-01-11 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. Maybe it time to get the speculators, for good. |
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harvey007
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. Map of current gas prices nationwide |
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jennied
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Sun Jan-02-11 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
38. The only plus side I can see is maybe people will stop buying guzzlers. |
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Safetykitten
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Sun Jan-02-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. Quiz time. What happened the last time gas spiked like this? Oh, about three years ago. |
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AlphaCentauri
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Mon Jan-03-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
45. So we are subsidizing oil companies, in other words we are paying for the golf oil spill |
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