tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697922.post112570010893569194..comments2023-09-08T05:55:36.069-05:00Comments on The Cincysundevil Made Me Do It: The Gas SituationCincysundevilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213545857413956977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697922.post-1126450602017948322005-09-11T09:56:00.000-05:002005-09-11T09:56:00.000-05:00Stupid cars! Stupid oil! Stupid gas! Stupid presid...Stupid cars! Stupid oil! Stupid gas! Stupid president!!!Scarlet Hiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755027348114773769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697922.post-1125963842854622412005-09-05T18:44:00.000-05:002005-09-05T18:44:00.000-05:00Man, I really need to simplify and just BIKE it! T...Man, I really need to simplify and just BIKE it! This IS NUTS!!! <BR/><BR/>It would be nice if more cities invested in GOOD public transport, too. Not just the big cities like NYC, Chicago, and San Fran, for example.Modiglianihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542754383806481453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697922.post-1125937497993172962005-09-05T11:24:00.000-05:002005-09-05T11:24:00.000-05:00What Lindsay hasn't mentioned here is the Peak Oil...What Lindsay hasn't mentioned here is the Peak Oil problem. Peak Oil is the point at which any particular oilfield has exhausted half of its reserves, in other words the field has passed the peak of its production and is in decline. At this point the cost of extraction increases as the oil has to be extracted from deeper reserves. Drill bits have to be drilled deeper, greater pressure is required to pump the oil to the surface. Therefore as the cost per barrel for extraction increases, so the cost per barrel rises in the world markets.<BR/><BR/>What most people don't understand is that oil is not merely used for fuel. Oil is used in the manufacture of plastic, and right now the world would fall apart without plastic. Worse still, oil is used in the manufacture of pesticides and fertilisers. The mass production of foodstuffs depends on oil.<BR/><BR/>The US passed the Peak Oil mark years ago. North Sea Oil has also passed Peak Oil, as have most of the South American reserves. The middle-east and Asia will be passing it within the next five years.<BR/><BR/>The US government estimate that the total oil yeild for the planet is approximately 3000 billion barrels. Others estimate it is only 2000 billion. We have so far used approximately 1000 billion of these, and we are using it at a greater rate every day. If we carry on using oil at the current rate we will have exhausted the worlds supply in 40 years.<BR/><BR/>With all the above taken into account that means that in 40 years... you know the scenes of famine in Africa you see on the television, that's going to be us. Maybe not us exactly, I'll be 80 years old by then. But our children. <BR/><BR/>So when I see people complaining that gas is too expensive (and incidentally the price of gas in the US is approximately half that in the UK, one third of that in the Netherlands) my reaction is to say, wrong, it isn't expensive enough. It should be at least twice that. More if possible. Because only if we increase the price can we discourage people from using it needlessly. And the additional revenue generated should be pumped into alternative forms of transport, and research into alternative fuel sources.<BR/><BR/>I know it isn't a popular viewpoint. But it's the only one that makes sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697922.post-1125775467375687642005-09-03T14:24:00.000-05:002005-09-03T14:24:00.000-05:00IG-So true; my friend's in the South were saying t...IG-<BR/>So true; my friend's in the South were saying that gas was being rationed to like $20 per car!! <BR/><BR/>I wish I was coordinated enough for a Vespa (sigh)Cincysundevilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14213545857413956977noreply@blogger.com