Think gas prices are high now? Wait until 2010

[Inky_Wretch]

One of the world's top oil experts predicts $12-15 a gallon gas in the USA then ...

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20080521145247.aspx

I'm telling you, the Amish will eventually run the nation.

 

[PeteyPirate]

And we'll be killing each other over butter.

 

[zagoshe]

Wow -- rationing of oil -- Good thing the enviromentalist whackos are prohibiting us from drilling for new sources of oil in order to save Papa the Polar Bear and his sea lion pals.....

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

and some papers will still only offer $.30 a mile

 

[PeteyPirate]

Somebody's been mainlining steroids today.

 

[Grimace]

And we'll be killing each other over butter.

 

[alleyallen]

Somebody's been channeling Yawn today.

Fixed.

 

[Bubbler]

Wow -- rationing of oil -- Good thing the enviromentalist whackos are prohibiting us from drilling for new sources of oil in order to save Papa the Polar Bear and his sea lion pals.....

Good thing, head-in-their-sand conservatives keep trotting out this tripe even though there's no evidence whatsoever to suggest drilling will help, or, that it does a damn thing about the larger problem of dependence on oil.

But keep trying to call "scoreboard" in this idiotic conservative-liberal talking point spat, while mucking up the works of the problem, and the country while you're at it, with cheap demagougery for the sake of cheap demagougery.

 

[Trey Beamon]

Well, I've always wanted a unicycle.

 

[zagoshe]

Good thing, head-in-their-sand conservatives keep trotting out this tripe even though there's no evidence whatsoever -- well, at least none that us liberals want to acknowledge as being credible or unbiased even though there have been plenty of groups who have come up with some very compelling evidence to suggest there is plenty of oil in Alaska and off of our shores and if we were to drill it would help us greatly in the short term-- but the reason we don't want to acknowledge it is if we do drill in Alaska and find oil it will shoot all of our crackpot tree-hugging theories to hell and further prove our silly irrational beliefs have held this country back for far too long -- to suggest drilling will help, or, that it does a damn thing about the larger problem of dependence on oil.

But keep trying to call "scoreboard" in this idiotic conservative-liberal talking point spat, while mucking up the works of the problem, and the country while you're at it, with cheap demagougery for the sake of cheap demagougery.

Fixed.....

 

[Norman Stansfield]

and some papers will still only offer $.30 a mile

In 2010? Will there really be any papers left?

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Good thing, head-in-their-sand conservatives keep trotting out this tripe even though there's no evidence whatsoever -- well, at least none that us liberals want to acknowledge as being credible or unbiased even though there have been plenty of groups who have come up with some very compelling evidence to suggest there is plenty of oil in Alaska and off of our shores and if we were to drill it would help us greatly in the short term-- but the reason we don't want to acknowledge it is if we do drill in Alaska and find oil it will shoot all of our crackpot tree-hugging theories to hell and further prove our silly irrational beliefs have held this country back for far too long -- to suggest drilling will help, or, that it does a damn thing about the larger problem of dependence on oil.

But keep trying to call "scoreboard" in this idiotic conservative-liberal talking point spat, while mucking up the works of the problem, and the country while you're at it, with cheap demagougery for the sake of cheap demagougery.

Fixed.....

actually you done broke it

 

[Shaggy]

I'm sure our sportswriter salaries will increase accordingly.















HA!

 

[schiezainc]

I'm sure our sportswriter salaries will increase accordingly.
HA!

Yes, but that's because our salaries will go up $1.20 an hour while we're expected to write the stories, take the photos, layout the pages, print the pages, deliver the newspaper to customers, take out their trash, tell them they make a wonderful beef stew, then go back to the office and change the lightbulbs, fill the vending machines, answer the phones, sell ads, evaluate distribution and come up with cost-cutting ways of doing more with less.

But that $1.20 extra? Boy, that's going to be sweet.

 

[apeman33]

and some papers will still only offer $.30 a mile

I'd love 30 cents a mile! We have this stupid sliding scale based on how high the price of gas is but it doesn't account for anything over $2.70 and caps out at 23 cents.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

There's going to be a panic in this country that you only read about in the books. All this is just the rumble of the thunder.

Go to a bar and keep your ear open, listen to the utter dissatisfaction and unhappiness.

 

[Rex Harrison]

Food/energy shortages, which could lead to riots and looting, scare the **** out of us grocers.

I plan on buying another shotgun and a ****load of rounds sometime in the next year. Realistically, we know we'll lose the store in the event of a real panic.

 

[TrooperBari]

Food/energy shortages, which could lead to riots and looting, scare the **** out of us grocers.

I plan on buying another shotgun and a ****load of rounds sometime in the next year. Realistically, we know we'll lose the store in the event of a real panic.

That's interesting. Have you actually worked out plans for such events, Rex?

 

[Starman]

Drill, drill, drill. Burn, burn, burn more gas. Roast the whales, burn down the forests, fill the oceans with crude. Drive all the way to the bank in your 2-MPG Super Mongo Hummer.

It's good for the economy, and it's good for America. [/Oilpublican Party platform]

 

[Twoback]

Wow -- rationing of oil -- Good thing the enviromentalist whackos are prohibiting us from drilling for new sources of oil in order to save Papa the Polar Bear and his sea lion pals.....

Good thing, head-in-their-sand conservatives keep trotting out this tripe even though there's no evidence whatsoever to suggest drilling will help, or, that it does a damn thing about the larger problem of dependence on oil.

But keep trying to call "scoreboard" in this idiotic conservative-liberal talking point spat, while mucking up the works of the problem, and the country while you're at it, with cheap demagougery for the sake of cheap demagougery.

Look, you can argue that the cost of drilling in the Alaskan wilderness will outweigh its benefits.
That's a defensible position.
But it's a bit silly to keep making the case that finding more oil in America wouldn't help ease the problem of the U.S. having to import too much oil. It makes no sense. How much it will bring down the cost is impossible to determine. It's a guess, just like this fellow predicting $10 gas.