Ahhh WTF happened to gas prices?

Originally Posted by Gumby

This makes me wonder where that hydrogen fuel cell is... So in the mean time, has anyone considered another solution to the rising gas prices; whether it is hybrid, smaller gasoline vehicle, diesel, etc? I personally wouldn't mind owning a VW TDI and have considered buying one.

Heh heh! That hydrogen fuel cell died between the time you posted the original topic and the time it took for me to respond. I think the longest a hydrogen fuel cell has lived is roughly 48 hours.

I've heard that Toyota make's the best hybrids. With one of their newer bybrids able to get up to 60 miles a gallon. Usually a average of 40 mpg. Next time I get a vehicle I'll probably look into that.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by nabhan

There was an article about the Oil Sands in Alberta. There's enough untapped oil there to last all of North America over 50 years. It's estimated that the oil reserves there are 2nd only to Saudi Arabia, and may even be more.

And yet, every day gas gets more expensive.

And there's your answer. Producing oil from tar sands is not cheap or practical. Might be faesible in the future. Just not right now.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

Lastly, do you even have a source for this claim? I've never ever heard of Alberta's Oil Sands.

I'll back up his claim. Outside of traditional sources such as; NY Times, Wall Street Journal that have all talked about it in some detail. 60 Minutes just ran a segment on it not too long ago.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by www.sega.co.jp

I'll put it simply, any time there's negative news about the Middle East (such as the attempted bombing of a Saudi refinery, the Dubai port takeover, and possible Iraq Civil War), gas prices climb. They do so because oil companies know that most people will accept the climb due to hostile conditions in the supposed world capital of oil output.

No, there's small price hikes because of those situations. Not because people will accept them. There's so little spare capcity right now. Any little negative effect on production will affect prices. So of course a attempted bombing of a Saudi refinery, (HOW MUCH DAMAGE?!) or news of a civil war in Iraq, (WHAT ABOUT PIPELINE DISRUPTIONS?) or the big one you missed; War with Iran. (OIL EMBARGO?!) could cause a small increase, it not a outright jump in oil prices.

Then there's the small one everybody seems to misses; Chavez threatens to stop shipping oil to the US and to close down Citgo refineries in America.

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