do you think that oil companies are screwing themselves over?

with gas going up, people are finding ways to use a lot less gas. on yahoo it says that a lot of people are moving closer to jobs/family/ect. people are taking bikes, motorcycles and scooters to work because they take no/little gas (the scooter store in my town has a sign saying 90MPG). wich is also in a way hurting the car companies.

do you think, in short term, or long run, that oil companies are screwing themselves over? or are they maybe forcing us to find an alternate form of fuel.

They will either adapt to a changing enviorment, or die out.KaptainKernal

Capitalism FTW

But they wouldn't be screwing themselves if they were allowed to drill offshore

They will either adapt to a changing enviorment, or die out.KaptainKernal

race for pinks my vacuumcar is faster than yours.

Let's just cut the crap of vehicle transportation and get those fancy mancy teleporters they have been using in Star Trek forever.

Beam me up Scotty.

oxygen fuel car that primarily runs on human crap. FTWhell_blazer899

[QUOTE="hell_blazer899"]oxygen fuel car that primarily runs on human crap. FTWThePlothole

I'd say you're a democrat.

[QUOTE="ThePlothole"][QUOTE="hell_blazer899"]oxygen fuel car that primarily runs on human crap. FTWhell_blazer899

I'd say you're a democrat.

[QUOTE="hell_blazer899"]

[QUOTE="ThePlothole"][QUOTE="hell_blazer899"]oxygen fuel car that primarily runs on human crap. FTWThePlothole

I'd say you're a democrat.

welcome to the real world. politicans promoting raisin taxes on fuel cars, nuff said.

with gas going up, people are finding ways to use a lot less gas. on yahoo it says that a lot of people are moving closer to jobs/family/ect. people are taking bikes, motorcycles and scooters to work because they take no/little gas (the scooter store in my town has a sign saying 90MPG). wich is also in a way hurting the car companies.

do you think, in short term, or long run, that oil companies are screwing themselves over? or are they maybe forcing us to find an alternate form of fuel.

Invisible_Kid2

the car companies want to adopt something similar to brazil. and the technology is just waiting to be used. but the oil companies arent allowing new fuels to be used at gas pumps.

our car industry is being held hostage.

would be cool to get cars that run on carbon dioxide and then made the dioxide into oxygen...

then pretty much all of our problems would be gone

would be cool to get cars that run on carbon dioxide and then made the dioxide into oxygen...

then pretty much all of our problems would be gone

lolwaffles

It can be done. I'm no chemist but surely there is a way to seperate the carbon from the oxygen. The carbon "waste" could then be recycled.

Synthetic Oil, people.

http://www.ls9.com/index.html

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would be cool to get cars that run on carbon dioxide and then made the dioxide into oxygen...

then pretty much all of our problems would be gone

Boba_Fett_3710

It can be done. I'm no chemist but surely there is a way to separate the carbon from the oxygen. The carbon "waste" could then be recycled.

Why do people keep thinking the oil companies set the prices? They have nothing to do with it.The_Mac_Daddy

They don't set the price of crude oil, but they most certainly set the price of their processed products.

[QUOTE="Boba_Fett_3710"][QUOTE="lolwaffles"]

would be cool to get cars that run on carbon dioxide and then made the dioxide into oxygen...

then pretty much all of our problems would be gone

ThePlothole

It can be done. I'm no chemist but surely there is a way to separate the carbon from the oxygen. The carbon "waste" could then be recycled.

Solar energy isn't where I feel it should be.

[QUOTE="The_Mac_Daddy"]Why do people keep thinking the oil companies set the prices? They have nothing to do with it.Oleg_Huzwog

They don't set the price of crude oil, but they most certainly set the price of their processed products.

and profit maybe 10% on that price? which is pretty low compared to companies like goog or microsoft whose profits are in the 20-30% range.. yet no one is screaming for a windfall profit tax on google....

They're making record profits right now.sonicare

they are selling more product than ever before... of course their profits will be higher than ever. has thier actual profit margin dramtically increased?

has thier actual profit margin dramtically increased?comp_atkins

Quite the opposite. Crude oil's price has increased five-fold over the last decade, while the price of gas has barely doubled over the same period. Hmmm... maybe the oil companies aren't as evil as we like to think?

Why do people keep thinking the oil companies set the prices? They have nothing to do with it.The_Mac_Daddy

they have a lot to do with it, but all these silly liberals dont realize that the government makes more money off of a galon of oil than the oil companies do.

BUT GOVERNMENT IS THE SOLUTION TO EVERYTHING GUYS!!! MSNBC TOLD ME SO! I NO 4 A FAKT!

pretentious,

They're making record profits right now.sonicare

Oil companies sell to A LOT more sources than just the gas stations. You paying $4+ at the tank isn't making them record profits..

Ultimately, No. They'll be the leading companies of "alternative" energy IMO. Companies like ExxonMobile have WAYYYYY too much invested in the future of their business not to have contingency plans for skyrocketing fuel prices.

Conversely, does anyone truly believe our high cost of fuel is truly just "The Oil Companies Fault!!!"? I think the way people answer this question will say a lot about what they do or do not understand about economics and our current abysmal politicians in Washington.

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[QUOTE="The_Mac_Daddy"]Why do people keep thinking the oil companies set the prices? They have nothing to do with it.comp_atkins

They don't set the price of crude oil, but they most certainly set the price of their processed products.

and profit maybe 10% on that price? which is pretty low compared to companies like goog or microsoft whose profits are in the 20-30% range.. yet no one is screaming for a windfall profit tax on google....

THANK YOU COMP! Finally, another voice of pointing out the Hypocrisy of Windfall Profits Taxation....funny how "environmentalists" like Gore love bashing the oil industry, but then NEVER mention the 80% profit range on the Hedge Funds they own. Me thinks I smell a rat.

They havent, yet. People are suckers, we keep bending over and gumping down the overpriced gas. I am for it though, this encourages innovation and this will end up creating real alternatives to gas. Hopefully soon, Automakers will get the picture: We don't care about SUV's, Gas-Gussling trucks, or even hybrids, we just want an alternative to fuels, we want to stop being slaves to the Saudi's. I can't wait for the Electric Car to be resurrected.

On a side note, I see these commercials all the time about Exxon and BP investing in alternaive methods of energy. These ads disgust me, anyone who actually falls for this crap it a pathetic fool. These guys make billions playing the American driver like a puppet, why do you think they really want to shift their profits to other resources?

i just remembered watching something about the electric car. its been a good while ago so i dont remember it detail for detail.

remember the cars that hooked up to an outlet and ran on nothing but electricity? what ever happend to them? the video im thinking of had a guy asking the same thing. come to find out they took them to some place in arizona or somewhere and had them all destroyed. i dont remember why. i dont think he went into detail.

im still going to buy a scooter when i recieve my stimulas check.

i just remembered watching something about the electric car. its been a good while ago so i dont remember it detail for detail.

remember the cars that hooked up to an outlet and ran on nothing but electricity? what ever happend to them? the video im thinking of had a guy asking the same thing. come to find out they took them to some place in arizona or somewhere and had them all destroyed. i dont remember why. i dont think he went into detail.

im still going to buy a scooter when i recieve my stimulas check.

Invisible_Kid2

Electric cars at present don't solve anything. Since most of the world's electricity is still produced by the burning of fossil fuels.