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$5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now! |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:23:46 2011 the price of a gallon of gasoline has reached $5.29 in Orlando, Florida, ABC News reports. A pair of gas stations near the airport in that city are charging $5.29 and $5.19 for regular gas, and more prices north of $4/gal. are being seen around the country as unrest in the Middle East continues. This week, protests are planned in Saudi Arabia, which is the largest exporter of oil to the US, and coupled with increasing prices for everything from foodtuffs to clothing to airfares, the ongoing economic recovery could be swiftly trabsformed into a devastating "double dip" recession.I think we are in for a very rough year. Modern human civilization needs food and oil if it is to survive, and when these are priced out of the reach of ordinary working people, trouble ensues. DISCLAIMER: This is my opinion. I am not an economist. This is not financial advice. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 6 07:38:51 2011, in response to $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:23:46 2011. I agree with your post. And have said it many times. Unfortunately, leftists here don't agree. |
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Posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 07:45:20 2011, in response to $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:23:46 2011. So its looking like this may happen even quicker..Wealthy folk>>>Working Poor Folk.. My opinion,since some people tend to word hump a lot here... |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:46:22 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 6 07:38:51 2011. I'm a "radical, militant, leftist liberal", to use LuchAAA's words, and the fact that our ability to function as a civilized society depends of affordable food and oil has always been readily apparent to me. Never mind the fact that transporting food to market depends on oil, modern farming depends on oil, too...We are about to find ourselves in deep trouble, the kind of trouble we haven't seen in this country since the Great Depression. In the worst case, there will be a noticeable contraction in the numbers of people living on this planet. |
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Posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 07:48:41 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:46:22 2011. In the worst case, there will be a noticeable contraction in the numbers of people living on this planet.Hoping it dont come to that. |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:55:43 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 07:48:41 2011. When countries decide it is better to take by force what they cannot obtain through trade, people will die.When people cannot feed their children and become desperate enough to take by force what they cannot afford to buy, people will die. When farmers consume locally what they would ordinarily have shipped globally, people will die. The near-term future isn't looking too good. Consider: The price of corn has doubled over the last six months. The price of wheat has more than doubled over the past year. The price of soybeans is up about 50% since last June. The price of cotton has more than doubled over the past year. The commodity price of orange juice has doubled since 2009. The price of sugar is the highest it has been in 30 years. (Sources: USA Today, investors.com) If you are not rich, with good political and corporate connections, it's about to get a whole lot harder to put bread on your table. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Sun Mar 6 08:22:45 2011, in response to $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:23:46 2011. You know who may be in the best shape to handle this, at least around Metro NY? The MTA's fixed route operations---who locked in their fuel contract when fuel was in the mid-high $2 range. |
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Posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 08:35:19 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:55:43 2011. If you are not rich, with good political and corporate connections, it's about to get a whole lot harder to put bread on your table.So in other words.. Wealthy Folk>>>Working poor folk.. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 08:44:13 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:55:43 2011. The ice age is coming, the sun's zoomin in, meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin, engines stop running...your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 08:46:37 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 08:44:13 2011. The ice age is coming, the sun's zoomin in, meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin, engines stop running...your pal, Fred, Eff it see you in the Next Life. :o) |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 6 08:50:47 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:55:43 2011. lmao. You're not a calm person. Take a deep breath. Compose yourself. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 6 08:54:19 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 08:44:13 2011. lol. He's in a tizzy over two airport gas stations gouging business people returning rental cars. |
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Posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 08:55:57 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 6 08:54:19 2011. You need to see it on the Hutch Pkwy in the Bronx those two Citgo's are taking people to the cleaners... |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 6 08:58:50 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 08:55:57 2011. And they don't normally? |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 6 08:59:26 2011, in response to $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:23:46 2011. Modern human civilization needs food and oil if it is to survive, and when these are priced out of the reach of ordinary working people, trouble ensues.Sound like the script from a Glenn Beck hybrid seed commercial. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 09:01:04 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 08:46:37 2011. I'll be wearing the lederhosen with silk insides so they don't chafe LOLyour pal, Fred |
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Posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 09:03:08 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 6 08:58:50 2011. Not as bad as now they did now, they did a story on em in the local news it got so out of hand. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 09:03:17 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:55:43 2011. We'll just do the time honored thing. Kill the rich.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 09:03:54 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 09:01:04 2011. LOL you go Fred with yer bad self! |
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Posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 09:06:42 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 09:03:17 2011. You will be on the front Lines Fred? |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 09:08:20 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 09:06:42 2011. I just might, Railman.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 09:08:50 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 09:03:54 2011. LOL, it's the caffeine, R.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Railman718 on Sun Mar 6 09:12:18 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 09:08:20 2011. Word Brother word. |
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Posted by JayMan on Sun Mar 6 10:21:11 2011, in response to $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:23:46 2011. It's too bad that we didn't get off this stuff when we had the chance years ago, so we didn't have to depend on those crazy people (in the Middle East).US military intervention in Libya might be a good idea at this point. |
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Posted by bingbong on Sun Mar 6 11:12:41 2011, in response to $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:23:46 2011. ...as if the proposed republican budget cuts wouldn't plunge us into a double dip on their own. |
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Posted by bingbong on Sun Mar 6 11:15:12 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Mar 6 08:59:26 2011. OMG! He's into that?????? |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Mar 6 11:23:32 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 07:55:43 2011. LOL! That is all a whole bunch of "sky is falling" BULLSHIT! |
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Posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:24:03 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 6 07:38:51 2011. Unfortunately, leftists here don't agree.Wrong. I am probably one of the "leftists" here and I agree completely. My biggest concern is the complete and total lack of urgency on the right to think of any energy source beyond oil. |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 11:25:45 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Mar 6 11:23:32 2011. When you are paying $5 or $6/gal. for gas this summer, and $5 or $6 for a loaf of bread, I'll remind you of that post. |
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Posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:26:58 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 09:03:17 2011. I'm not sure if that will happen.The other day I posted that there will be a MAJOR class conflict and people disregarded it and stated that Americans won't ever view things on a class level. I am holding firm to my argument that within the next 10 years (probably sooner) there will be a MAJOR class conflict in this country. |
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Posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:29:26 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayMan on Sun Mar 6 10:21:11 2011. It's too bad that we didn't get off this stuff when we had the chance years ago, so we didn't have to depend on those crazy people (in the Middle East).I agree. We were too busy "debating" global warming that we decided that since there was a debate on global warming, there was NO urgency to move on from oil. Now that's biting us in the butt. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 11:31:47 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:26:58 2011. I hear "let 'em eat cake" just once and I'm the guns of the navarone.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by bingbong on Sun Mar 6 11:39:34 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:29:26 2011. Not to mention that since the late 60s, there's been talk of running OUT. We've needED alternatives for sometime, so we can use what oil we have for things we NEED it for (jet fuel is one example). |
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Posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:40:40 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by bingbong on Sun Mar 6 11:39:34 2011. I'm not very hopeful of anything happening before 2013 at the earliest, as the GOP holds the purse strings and they're not really in favor of any alternative energy not named "nuclear" or "clean-coal." |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 6 11:41:05 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 11:25:45 2011. I already pay $4.39 for a loaf of bread. The world won't end if it hits $6. I'll probably just start buying that Mexican bread. The van-something. |
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Posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 11:41:13 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:24:03 2011. That's because there's always "plenty of oil".your pal, Fred |
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Posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:43:27 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Fred G on Sun Mar 6 11:41:13 2011. There might still be "plenty of oil" in some people's minds, but much of it is tied up in countries which don't necessarily like the United States and are motivated to stick it to us as much as possible. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 6 11:46:31 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:43:27 2011. What percentage of our oil comes from the middle east? |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 6 11:46:38 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:40:40 2011. And the leftists refuse to accept nuclear technology. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Mar 6 11:49:27 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by JayZeeBMT on Sun Mar 6 11:25:45 2011. $6 for a loaf of bread does not mean that civilization as we know it will collapse. That is the BULLSHIT in your post. |
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Posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:50:56 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 6 11:46:31 2011. 23 - 25% |
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Posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:52:27 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 6 11:46:38 2011. I'd accept it as a last resort. I really don't think that the risk of using it is worth it though. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 6 11:52:50 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 6 11:46:31 2011. No, most of our oil comes from Canada and Mexico. I guess Tony thinks Canada is one of those countries... :)http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 6 11:54:33 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Mar 6 11:49:27 2011. But he's right, it certainly won't help it.I find a lot less money in my pocket than did a year ago, as I am putting double what I used to in my car. That money is no longer being spent on other goods. The same with all things that are going up. The more you spend on the necessities, the less you are spending on the non-necessities, and that hurts the economy....and badly. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 6 11:55:20 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:50:56 2011. There you go. That can be replaced if we had to. We could ween ourselves off oil if we had to without civilization collapsing but it will happen slowly because we're not yet running out of oil. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 6 11:56:30 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by Easy on Sun Mar 6 11:55:20 2011. 
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Posted by Easy on Sun Mar 6 11:58:10 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:52:27 2011. I'm not against nuclear power but it has little to do with oil. Our power comes from natural gas and coal. Oil is a small player. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 6 11:59:22 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by TonyG on Sun Mar 6 11:50:56 2011. 2/3 of our oil is from DOMESTIC sources, or Canadian/Mexican. That's why this raising of prices over the last month was totallyt speculative, as places like "Egypt", etc mean nothing to us in terms of oil use. If the Democrats weren't so negative about using more of our own it would further help the situation.
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Posted by vfrt on Sun Mar 6 12:07:25 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 6 11:54:33 2011. Obama and his EPA boss are jumping for joy today. We fat Americans need to use less petroleum products becasue we are bad greedy people. Start drilling onshore and offshore today and within 2 years the oil will be out of the ground. We can do that and develop alternatives at the same time. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Mar 6 12:26:59 2011, in response to Re: $5.29/Gal. Gas In Orlando, Fla. Now!, posted by vfrt on Sun Mar 6 12:07:25 2011. Exactly. |
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