"Tom Sherman" <
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> Mark "Pollyanna" Leuck wrote:
>
> > "HHS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> >
> >>Oil prices up. Car- free cities a distinct possibility.
> >>
> >>Sooner the better. Best of all possible worlds.
> >>
> >>Bike to your cost effective library and check out the Mad Max movie.
> >>
> >>Bring it on.
> >
> >
> > Wishing bad times to support your chosen hobby, selfish and moronic
> > statement. Keep wishing, you may however not like what you end up
getting
>
> Our society has refused to prepare for the consequences of burning large
> quantities of fossil fuel. Therefore, as a society, through our
> irresponsibility we will have earned the disastrous consequences of
> excessive carbon dioxide emissions and future energy shortages.
>
> Enjoy the coming suffering, destruction and death of the 21st century!
>
> --
> Tom Sherman - Earth (Downstate Illinois, North of Forgottonia)
It's one thing to predict or speculate about a bad event, quite another to
hope and pray it happens. The current high price of oil is based more on
speculation than supply and demand, it's a bubble
And its a very short-sighted view, in many cases more new oil will be pumped
because it is now profitable to do so, Canada's "slush" reserves and even
some Texas fields are a good example. Contrary to popular belief the oil
producers don't want long term high prices because it causes the market to
look for other sources of crude or alternative energy sources which reduces
their overall market percentages later which is the reason why OPEC doesn't
have the same power over the market they did back in the 70's
And assuming the worst case scenario such as HHS seems to desire he will
then have to pay at least double for his next recumbent bike (thats assuming
todays manufacturers are still in business after the collapse) and parts for
his current bike will be astronomical, that is assuming he has a job left to
pay for said parts.
All I can say is I'm damn glad I got my new Terracycle 70mm titanium idler
today instead of next year..whew!
