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Bleacher Creature (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:53 AM Original message |
Here're the savings from Arctic drilling — 75 cents a barrel |
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shain from kane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. That just might get rid of that .9 cents that they tack on the end. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yup.... ANWR Will Do Nothing |
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xioaping (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. It will do 79 cents a gallon less |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. edited for below |
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xioaping (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Scratch that. Just saw it was 75 cents a barrel, not a gallon n/t |
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xioaping (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. But a question |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Sorry... the "possible" positives come up short |
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xioaping (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Conservation will produce more energy |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. conservation.... exactly |
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xioaping (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I made effort and it paid off |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. *raised eyebrow* Just wondering how often are you at home though? |
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xioaping (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Home every night |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. That probably explains our bill difference then as the average electric bill |
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xioaping (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. That might be part of it |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Not everyone lives in a warm climate. In the northeast |
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xioaping (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Even in Northeast you can cut down |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. As a practical matter - the pipes have to be kept from freezing. There are |
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xioaping (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Its a long ways between frozen pipes and 78 degrees |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Of course. I often wake up to 50-60 degrees F but I don't want to cut it much |
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xioaping (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Definately a different situation |
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dutch-Eddie (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. LoL, we do not need American oil, Let's just sue OPEC and |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. About three years ago NPR did a story on ANWR |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I remember a repug senator (can't remember which one) say that the appeal |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Never happened. I'm not sure were you heard this but it is not true. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. I'm hoping we would not need it 10 years from now! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. At most it would only supply 2-3% of our needs at a HUGE expense |
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legin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. I could easily disagree with the Department of Energy |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. At this point I think it might make oil more expensive. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. The price of oil has no bearing on the cost of extraction. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Well, except most of our economy is based on fossil fuels. |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. We have oil underground in much of the continental U.S. |
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MJJP21 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. Saudis said it best |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm not convinced this is a supply or demand problem |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I'm pretty sure most of the price of crude is due to speculation and the futures market |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Something's been crooked for the last year. |
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Outlier (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. T Boone Pickens |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
27. Wow, that drilling could buy us reversal of a whole afternoon's price rise! |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. This report states we should keep paying what OPEC wants ? which is $150, $200 , $300. bbl . |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I agree |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Yes, we should stop sending cash to Exxon, Halliburton, Unocal, and so on. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yeah!!! Cuz they're not subject to American law, but Prince Asswipe and Sheikh Headhacker are n/t |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 08:08 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Fill ’Er Up With Dictators (September 27, 2006 ) a NYTimes look back OpEd |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-23-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. Even if ANWR had the most overly optimistic estimate of reserves, its 300 days worth of oil, MAX... |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
39. We will have hit a new low point in this country, if the ANWR is opened up to drilling. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
45. Oil in the Sand |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
46. wow - a decimal point -that will soon disappear in the ridiculous |
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