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Irishknight -> One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 6:33:41 PM)
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4380921.ece I got this one in my email today. Its not a bad idea at all.

GreedyTop -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 6:36:38 PM)
cool!

RealSub58 -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 6:42:23 PM)
~ W ~ A ~ L ~ K ~ ~ R ~ I ~ D ~ E ~ THE ~ B ~ U ~ S ~ ~ B ~ I ~ K ~ E ~

slaveboyforyou -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 7:34:54 PM)
Hey we have lots of coal, we could always go back to steamships. It's a neat idea, but I don't see it being anymore than a novelty.

thornhappy -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 7:58:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: RealSub58 ~ W ~ A ~ L ~ K ~ ~ R ~ I ~ D ~ E ~ THE ~ B ~ U ~ S ~ ~ B ~ I ~ K ~ E ~ 8 miles / 2 buses and 1.5 hours / no shoulders and 50mph limit Oh yeah, it snows here and also rains a fair bit. thornhappy

Vendaval -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 8:01:00 PM)
Horseback riding? Donkey cart races? Pumpkin carriages drawn by teams of white mice?

Thadius -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 8:49:19 PM)
Gasoline dropped another $.60 per gallon on the wholesale market today... expect to see some of that over the next 30 days... Not to mention another day of drops in the price of a barrel of oil.

Alumbrado -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 8:56:28 PM)
Wholesale/barrel prices having been dropping for several days, but they are still creeping up at the pumps... that alone pokes a big hole in the 'Its the SUVs stupid' explanation for high prices. They are charging whatever people are willing to pay, regardless of supply, demand, alternatives, or anything else.

Thadius -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 9:08:46 PM)
Prices have dropped over a quarter since the presidential moratorium was lifted. Results may vary, but I paid less than $4 for a gallon of gas, and it felt good.

bipolarber -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 9:09:23 PM)
Pretty much. As we've all noticed, all it takes anymore is a headline to cause the prices to spike. I'm surprised that Dolly's hitting the eastern coast of TX hasn't cuased a .20 cent jump yet...

Thadius -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 9:11:58 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: bipolarber Pretty much. As we've all noticed, all it takes anymore is a headline to cause the prices to spike. I'm surprised that Dolly's hitting the eastern coast of TX hasn't cuased a .20 cent jump yet... There was a slight spike when Dolly was announced to be headed that way, but it was reversed as soon as they realized it wasn't going to affect the refineries.

Alumbrado -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 9:13:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Thadius Prices have dropped over a quarter since the presidential moratorium was lifted. Results may vary, but I paid less than $4 for a gallon of gas, and it felt good. I would love that...here they've gone up 3 to 5 cents over the same period that barrel prices have dropped more than $10.

Thadius -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 9:18:29 PM)
Sounds like some serious gouging goin on down that way... Oil is down over $20 in a week. Then again the gas stations are always slow to lower the prices, but let a storm pop up someplace and they will raise the price without blinking, even though they won't be paying the price of raised wholesale gas prices for over a month.

DDraigeuraid -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 9:20:16 PM)
Sailing merchant ships will come back. The price of oil will in all likelehood not drop below $100/bbl. Sailing vessels with new technology (electric winches, roller furling, newer sail materials) will reduce the number of hands necessary. Sattilite tracking to help avoid storms, plus an auxelery diesel. Non time sensitive cargoes...? Cabins for passengers? They will not completly replace the modern cargo freighters, but I think they could make money. Dragon

GreedyTop -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/23/2008 10:45:07 PM)
the station across the street from my house is charging $3.91 for reg. unl. and has been for over a week. I'd love to see more cargo sent the 'old fashioned way'. Of course, I love the tall ships...

pahunkboy -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/24/2008 5:19:31 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Irishknight http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4380921.ece I got this one in my email today. Its not a bad idea at all. That is a pretty horse.

Termyn8or -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/24/2008 5:33:08 AM)
I have this crazy whacked out idea again. How about we make products here in the US instead of importing everything except paper clips and toilet paper. It'll never happen will it ? T

thishereboi -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/24/2008 5:37:38 AM)
Sailing ships are very cool. It would be nice to see them make a comeback.

thishereboi -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/24/2008 5:39:20 AM)
You been smokin' that wacky tobacky again?

boytoy4female -> RE: One alternative to high oil prices (7/24/2008 5:40:20 AM)
What a novel idea! That won't happen as long as you keep shopping at Wal-mart and showing manufacturers that inexpensive is more important than our economy.

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