High_Revs_17
08-14-2005, 01:29 PM
Something to ponder...before I was in the hospital around mid May fuel prices for 87 octane were less than $2.00/gal. When I was released in early July they were up over $2.00 and now it's rediculous and getting worse. I guess when I get my cast off and am able to drive again I'll have to sell the car (which is only 5 months old) and get a new bike.
Due to the rise in world fuel comsumption being random 2nd & 3rd world countires that are just starting to enter the "industrial revolution", current prices at $67.00/ barrel are estimated to rise to $75.00 by next summer, we'll be reduced to bicycles by then. All the soccer moms in their towering SUVs won't be smiling at that point. This will have a dramatic effect on the price of everything. Trucking industries which make up a large percentage of our transported goods will either go on strike or imply large surcharges for to make up for their enormous costs for fuel causing a domino effect on the price of the goods they're shipping, including the cost of shipped fuel to service stations (FYI the average gas station owner only makes about .10 cents per gallon, nearly 50% of the total cost per gallon covers government taxes while the rest covers the cost of everything that's involved with the fuel itself ie production, shipping, etc...). D.O.T. costs for highway/ road maintenance will rise. Nearly all forms of public transportation will induce enormous fees. The fishing industry will be effected as well among many others being anything that's fuel dependent.
It just doesn't seem like anyone's getting the big picture here...higher oil prices effect the cost of everything else we depend on in life and unless something is done to reduce the costs everything will be so damn expensive that it will cause an economic melt down due to massive inflation. I think it's time for us to start tapping Alaska a bit more. Wake up Bush, cuz no one's planning on buying hybrids anytime in the near future?! :nuts:
Due to the rise in world fuel comsumption being random 2nd & 3rd world countires that are just starting to enter the "industrial revolution", current prices at $67.00/ barrel are estimated to rise to $75.00 by next summer, we'll be reduced to bicycles by then. All the soccer moms in their towering SUVs won't be smiling at that point. This will have a dramatic effect on the price of everything. Trucking industries which make up a large percentage of our transported goods will either go on strike or imply large surcharges for to make up for their enormous costs for fuel causing a domino effect on the price of the goods they're shipping, including the cost of shipped fuel to service stations (FYI the average gas station owner only makes about .10 cents per gallon, nearly 50% of the total cost per gallon covers government taxes while the rest covers the cost of everything that's involved with the fuel itself ie production, shipping, etc...). D.O.T. costs for highway/ road maintenance will rise. Nearly all forms of public transportation will induce enormous fees. The fishing industry will be effected as well among many others being anything that's fuel dependent.
It just doesn't seem like anyone's getting the big picture here...higher oil prices effect the cost of everything else we depend on in life and unless something is done to reduce the costs everything will be so damn expensive that it will cause an economic melt down due to massive inflation. I think it's time for us to start tapping Alaska a bit more. Wake up Bush, cuz no one's planning on buying hybrids anytime in the near future?! :nuts: