lawrocket 3 #1 April 24, 2008 Bush says that there is no emergency worthy of tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), or even to stop adding 60k barrels per day to it. McCain has called for the govt. to stop adding to it right now, but not to release it except for emergency. Obama would also call to stop adding oil to it, but differs on thinking that it could be used for short-term disruption. Obama says this ain't it. Hillary, of course, not only wants to stop buying, but to start releasing it. Where do you stand on it? My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #2 April 24, 2008 QuoteBush says that there is no emergency worthy of tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), or even to stop adding 60k barrels per day to it. McCain has called for the govt. to stop adding to it right now, but not to release it except for emergency. Obama would also call to stop adding oil to it, but differs on thinking that it could be used for short-term disruption. Obama says this ain't it. Hillary, of course, not only wants to stop buying, but to start releasing it. Where do you stand on it? How much oil do we have? I'd say start using some of it, if it would bring the fucking prices down a bit."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #3 April 24, 2008 QuoteHow much oil do we have? http://www.spr.doe.gov/dir/dir.html - 701 million barrels. We sold about 10 billion barrels of it after Katrina. Quotesay start using some of it, if it would bring the fucking prices down a bit. I don't think this is an "emergency" worthy of sellign off our reserves. Meaning that this is less than two months supply for us. Two months can go pretty quickly. We as a country use about 13 million barrels of crude per day. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #4 April 24, 2008 Let the prices stay high. It will be better for us in the long run. Otherwise we'll start slacking off again & fat-ass Americans will want to go back to driving around in giant SUVs the size of their living rooms. A few years down the road, we'll REALLY be fucked, because we'll have made no effort to reduce demand. Let fuel prices stay high. Auto companies will be forced by the free market to come out with alternatives. Sometimes it is better in the long run to just tough it out. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diablopilot 2 #5 April 24, 2008 Leave it alone. If we went Hillary's way, we'd never pay it back.---------------------------------------------- You're not as good as you think you are. Seriously. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #6 April 24, 2008 I can see doing something like selling it now for deficit reduction, as was done in 96-97. Clinton did it, but I'd reckon it would be considered "profiteering" by today's admin. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #7 April 24, 2008 it's a rare investment made by the Feds that will increase in value. Tapping it during an election year is about as retarded as politicians can get (and McCain's proposal to cut the gas tax for the election, err I mean summer.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #8 April 24, 2008 QuoteQuoteHow much oil do we have? http://www.spr.doe.gov/dir/dir.html - 701 million barrels. We sold about 10 billion barrels of it after Katrina. Are you saying that, after Katrina, we sold over 14 times as much as we currently have in total?Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #9 April 24, 2008 No. I made a mistake. I should have written "million." I make mistakes. I own them. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #10 April 24, 2008 keep saving since our military machine won't run without it.www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #11 April 25, 2008 Quotekeep saving since our military machine won't run without it.Well if Hitler Jr., er, I mean Bush would invade Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and maybe Russia they'ed have plenny oil for the Military Machine. And hell why not Africa just to make sure we piss EVERYBODY off!I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 210 #12 April 25, 2008 Quote Quote keep saving since our military machine won't run without it. Well if Hitler Jr., er, I mean Bush would invade Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and maybe Russia they'ed have plenny oil for the Military Machine. And hell why not Africa just to make sure we piss EVERYBODY off! IMHO high gas prices can be laid right at the doorstep of the DEM controlled congress. Of course they wouldn't fuck with the economy, especially in an election year.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,118 #13 April 25, 2008 QuoteLet the prices stay high. It will be better for us in the long run. Otherwise we'll start slacking off again & fat-ass Americans will want to go back to driving around in giant SUVs the size of their living rooms. A few years down the road, we'll REALLY be fucked, because we'll have made no effort to reduce demand. Let fuel prices stay high. Auto companies will be forced by the free market to come out with alternatives. Sometimes it is better in the long run to just tough it out. If the government is still buying oil, then the "free market" isn't free of government interference.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #14 April 25, 2008 QuoteNo. I made a mistake. I should have written "million." I make mistakes. I own them. I do too. I wasn't trying to be critical, just wanted to make sure I was reading the correct numbers.Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,118 #15 April 25, 2008 QuoteQuoteHow much oil do we have? http://www.spr.doe.gov/dir/dir.html - 701 million barrels. We sold about 10 billion barrels of it after Katrina. Quotesay start using some of it, if it would bring the fucking prices down a bit. I don't think this is an "emergency" worthy of sellign off our reserves. Meaning that this is less than two months supply for us. Two months can go pretty quickly. We as a country use about 13 million barrels of crude per day. And 365,000 barrels of that goes to the Department of Defense alone.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GQ_jumper 4 #16 April 25, 2008 And 365,000 barrels of that goes to the Department of Defense alone. Quote which equals less than 3% of the daily consumption, I'm sorry I fail to see why this should even be mentioned at all. Do you think the military should perhaps switch to fluffy bunny powered tanks and carriers powered by magic rays of sunshine that cheer them up when they're feeling blue? Powering the types of vehicles used by the military with any type of alternative fuel or a more fuel-efficient engine isn't exactly in the cards when you strap on the amount of armor and equipment they have to carry. On the OP's question, I don't see any reason to tap into the reserve, if people don't like paying the high prices than carpool, or here's a crazy idea, get of ur fatass and walk somewhere every once in a while. Maybe cars would get better mileage if they weren't weighed down by the fatasses that occupy this country. Tapping into the reserves is about as smart as digging into your emergency savings account cause you want to take a trip to vegas.History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kallend 2,118 #17 April 25, 2008 Quote And 365,000 barrels of that goes to the Department of Defense alone. Quote which equals less than 3% of the daily consumption, I'm sorry I fail to see why this should even be mentioned at all. . 3% of the entire US oil consumption is negligible, right. No effect on anything. Like, it's only 6x more than is being put into the strategic reserve.Ever hear of supply and demand?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites GQ_jumper 4 #18 April 25, 2008 3% of the entire US oil consumption is negligible, right. No effect on anything. Like, it's only 6x more than is being put into the strategic reserve. Quote So you're saying we should get all the units deploying to Iraq to carpool to save on gas?History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kelpdiver 2 #19 April 25, 2008 Quote3% of the entire US oil consumption is negligible, right. No effect on anything. Like, it's only 6x more than is being put into the strategic reserve. Quote So you're saying we should get all the units deploying to Iraq to carpool to save on gas? Sailboats. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kallend 2,118 #20 April 25, 2008 Quote3% of the entire US oil consumption is negligible, right. No effect on anything. Like, it's only 6x more than is being put into the strategic reserve. Quote So you're saying we should get all the units deploying to Iraq to carpool to save on gas? No, I'm saying bring them all home and have a military that is maybe just a bit bigger than China's and Russia's combined, instead of being 50% of the entire world's.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites idrankwhat 0 #21 April 25, 2008 Possibly stop adding to it but I don't think we should release it. Higher prices are making a difference in people's habits. Ford is selling more compacts and fewer trucks now. People's habits and mindsets are changing which is good in the long run. Also, we may need those reserves if Cheney gets his way and starts a war with Iran or if McCain gets elected this fall. $0.02 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites idrankwhat 0 #22 April 25, 2008 Quote Quote IMHO high gas prices can be laid right at the doorstep of the DEM controlled congress. Of course they wouldn't fuck with the economy, especially in an election year. How'd they do it? The only way I can see the blame being shifted to the Democratic Congress is to say that they screwed up enough to allow the Republicans to take over both the Executive and Legislative branches at the turn of the century. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDekker 1,465 #23 April 25, 2008 Keep stockpiling it. If Obama or Clinton become president and start dicking around with Nafta, you may see a major disruption coming from your largest supplier.....Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zipp0 1 #24 April 25, 2008 I want $10 a gallon oil. Then maybe (finally) we will work on alternatives. Sure it will hurt, and fuck the economy, but in the long run it will be for the better. -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites idrankwhat 0 #25 April 25, 2008 QuoteI want $10 a gallon oil. Ouch, that's $420 per barrel! 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kallend 2,118 #17 April 25, 2008 Quote And 365,000 barrels of that goes to the Department of Defense alone. Quote which equals less than 3% of the daily consumption, I'm sorry I fail to see why this should even be mentioned at all. . 3% of the entire US oil consumption is negligible, right. No effect on anything. Like, it's only 6x more than is being put into the strategic reserve.Ever hear of supply and demand?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GQ_jumper 4 #18 April 25, 2008 3% of the entire US oil consumption is negligible, right. No effect on anything. Like, it's only 6x more than is being put into the strategic reserve. Quote So you're saying we should get all the units deploying to Iraq to carpool to save on gas?History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kelpdiver 2 #19 April 25, 2008 Quote3% of the entire US oil consumption is negligible, right. No effect on anything. Like, it's only 6x more than is being put into the strategic reserve. Quote So you're saying we should get all the units deploying to Iraq to carpool to save on gas? Sailboats. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kallend 2,118 #20 April 25, 2008 Quote3% of the entire US oil consumption is negligible, right. No effect on anything. Like, it's only 6x more than is being put into the strategic reserve. Quote So you're saying we should get all the units deploying to Iraq to carpool to save on gas? No, I'm saying bring them all home and have a military that is maybe just a bit bigger than China's and Russia's combined, instead of being 50% of the entire world's.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites idrankwhat 0 #21 April 25, 2008 Possibly stop adding to it but I don't think we should release it. Higher prices are making a difference in people's habits. Ford is selling more compacts and fewer trucks now. People's habits and mindsets are changing which is good in the long run. Also, we may need those reserves if Cheney gets his way and starts a war with Iran or if McCain gets elected this fall. $0.02 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites idrankwhat 0 #22 April 25, 2008 Quote Quote IMHO high gas prices can be laid right at the doorstep of the DEM controlled congress. Of course they wouldn't fuck with the economy, especially in an election year. How'd they do it? The only way I can see the blame being shifted to the Democratic Congress is to say that they screwed up enough to allow the Republicans to take over both the Executive and Legislative branches at the turn of the century. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDekker 1,465 #23 April 25, 2008 Keep stockpiling it. If Obama or Clinton become president and start dicking around with Nafta, you may see a major disruption coming from your largest supplier.....Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zipp0 1 #24 April 25, 2008 I want $10 a gallon oil. Then maybe (finally) we will work on alternatives. Sure it will hurt, and fuck the economy, but in the long run it will be for the better. -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites idrankwhat 0 #25 April 25, 2008 QuoteI want $10 a gallon oil. Ouch, that's $420 per barrel! Yea, we'd definitely be working on alternatives at that price. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
kelpdiver 2 #19 April 25, 2008 Quote3% of the entire US oil consumption is negligible, right. No effect on anything. Like, it's only 6x more than is being put into the strategic reserve. Quote So you're saying we should get all the units deploying to Iraq to carpool to save on gas? Sailboats. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites kallend 2,118 #20 April 25, 2008 Quote3% of the entire US oil consumption is negligible, right. No effect on anything. Like, it's only 6x more than is being put into the strategic reserve. Quote So you're saying we should get all the units deploying to Iraq to carpool to save on gas? No, I'm saying bring them all home and have a military that is maybe just a bit bigger than China's and Russia's combined, instead of being 50% of the entire world's.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites idrankwhat 0 #21 April 25, 2008 Possibly stop adding to it but I don't think we should release it. Higher prices are making a difference in people's habits. Ford is selling more compacts and fewer trucks now. People's habits and mindsets are changing which is good in the long run. Also, we may need those reserves if Cheney gets his way and starts a war with Iran or if McCain gets elected this fall. $0.02 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites idrankwhat 0 #22 April 25, 2008 Quote Quote IMHO high gas prices can be laid right at the doorstep of the DEM controlled congress. Of course they wouldn't fuck with the economy, especially in an election year. How'd they do it? The only way I can see the blame being shifted to the Democratic Congress is to say that they screwed up enough to allow the Republicans to take over both the Executive and Legislative branches at the turn of the century. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDekker 1,465 #23 April 25, 2008 Keep stockpiling it. If Obama or Clinton become president and start dicking around with Nafta, you may see a major disruption coming from your largest supplier.....Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zipp0 1 #24 April 25, 2008 I want $10 a gallon oil. Then maybe (finally) we will work on alternatives. Sure it will hurt, and fuck the economy, but in the long run it will be for the better. -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites idrankwhat 0 #25 April 25, 2008 QuoteI want $10 a gallon oil. Ouch, that's $420 per barrel! Yea, we'd definitely be working on alternatives at that price. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
kallend 2,118 #20 April 25, 2008 Quote3% of the entire US oil consumption is negligible, right. No effect on anything. Like, it's only 6x more than is being put into the strategic reserve. Quote So you're saying we should get all the units deploying to Iraq to carpool to save on gas? No, I'm saying bring them all home and have a military that is maybe just a bit bigger than China's and Russia's combined, instead of being 50% of the entire world's.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites idrankwhat 0 #21 April 25, 2008 Possibly stop adding to it but I don't think we should release it. Higher prices are making a difference in people's habits. Ford is selling more compacts and fewer trucks now. People's habits and mindsets are changing which is good in the long run. Also, we may need those reserves if Cheney gets his way and starts a war with Iran or if McCain gets elected this fall. $0.02 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites idrankwhat 0 #22 April 25, 2008 Quote Quote IMHO high gas prices can be laid right at the doorstep of the DEM controlled congress. Of course they wouldn't fuck with the economy, especially in an election year. How'd they do it? The only way I can see the blame being shifted to the Democratic Congress is to say that they screwed up enough to allow the Republicans to take over both the Executive and Legislative branches at the turn of the century. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDekker 1,465 #23 April 25, 2008 Keep stockpiling it. If Obama or Clinton become president and start dicking around with Nafta, you may see a major disruption coming from your largest supplier.....Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Zipp0 1 #24 April 25, 2008 I want $10 a gallon oil. Then maybe (finally) we will work on alternatives. Sure it will hurt, and fuck the economy, but in the long run it will be for the better. -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites idrankwhat 0 #25 April 25, 2008 QuoteI want $10 a gallon oil. Ouch, that's $420 per barrel! Yea, we'd definitely be working on alternatives at that price. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
idrankwhat 0 #21 April 25, 2008 Possibly stop adding to it but I don't think we should release it. Higher prices are making a difference in people's habits. Ford is selling more compacts and fewer trucks now. People's habits and mindsets are changing which is good in the long run. Also, we may need those reserves if Cheney gets his way and starts a war with Iran or if McCain gets elected this fall. $0.02 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idrankwhat 0 #22 April 25, 2008 Quote Quote IMHO high gas prices can be laid right at the doorstep of the DEM controlled congress. Of course they wouldn't fuck with the economy, especially in an election year. How'd they do it? The only way I can see the blame being shifted to the Democratic Congress is to say that they screwed up enough to allow the Republicans to take over both the Executive and Legislative branches at the turn of the century. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #23 April 25, 2008 Keep stockpiling it. If Obama or Clinton become president and start dicking around with Nafta, you may see a major disruption coming from your largest supplier.....Canada. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zipp0 1 #24 April 25, 2008 I want $10 a gallon oil. Then maybe (finally) we will work on alternatives. Sure it will hurt, and fuck the economy, but in the long run it will be for the better. -------------------------- Chuck Norris doesn't do push-ups, he pushes the Earth down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
idrankwhat 0 #25 April 25, 2008 QuoteI want $10 a gallon oil. Ouch, that's $420 per barrel! Yea, we'd definitely be working on alternatives at that price. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
