Sorry I am spamming the News today

I am in the Transportation Business or Some may call it the Trucking Industry and Fuel Prices are monitored to the penny. The DOT announced today that the United States is likely to see $6 and $7 dollar gas per gallon in as soon as 6 months. This is due to the lack of fuel the states is getting from over seas oil companies, combined with the steady use of fuel by today's society, combined with the lack of fuel efficient vehicles. This is a scary thing to imagine. Something that I can tell you about $6 and $7 dollar gas you will see an increase in price across the board. For example the average price for a gallon of milk when gas was $2 a gallon was $2.59. $3-$4 a gallon gas it went to $3.89 a gallon. With the price of gas going to $6-$7 dollars a gallon, a gallon of milk is going to cost an estimated $5 a gallon

I am not a tree hugging hippie, but I may consider selling my SUV sometime in the future. I know in my industry gas prices are putting companies out of business left and right. With the prices of Fuel, people who work for minimum wage are not going to be able to afford to drive to work. It is also theoried that Bus transportation will soon be the main source of travel for families and individuals since the price of Diesel fuel is going be much cheaper than jet fuel. Jet fuel is estimated to be about $11 a gallon :8 SCARY!!!

Just a heads up. I know it is something that scares me since I work for a company that has about 125 semis....

I say we drill all the reserves we have. If the govt needs someone to you know, disperse the protesters and hippies I'm free to go help them.

There is no lack of oil in the wolrd, its just the fuckin greedy arabs that wanna rape us cause the govt won't drill for our own oil. I wish we would take the oil out of Iraq right now, they don't use it for shit. Stuff makes me mad. I'm tryin to buy a motorcylce but that's about all I'll do in this situation.

And don't be scared Horseshoe, seriously. It's the fear of a recession or crisis that causes one. The media blows things out of porportion all the time.

You say don't be scared... In my industry everything revolves around FUEL! Did you know that the United States of America is the largest producer of Oil. Most people do not know this, and the thing is, the USA is also the number 1 consumer of oil. Secondly, we sell a majority of our oil to China... also a fact that most people do not know, which is shitty since we could boost our own economy by staying within the country. Thirdly, the US government up to 2008 did not want to force auto manufactures to create high MPG vehicles because by doing so it would lower the amount of oil consumed therefor hurting our economy. In the late 1990's Bill Clinton proposed a bill that made it a law that US Auto Manufactures only produce vehicles that get 20+ MPG on any vehicle that is rated a consumer high weight capacity vehicle such as SUV's , Trucks, and Vans. This may not sound like a huge increase in what we have now, but in the late 1990's SUV's were only getting 8-12 miles per gallon, it was a big step. This got shot down by lobbiests before it made it to the house. Too many republicans were worried that it would cut into their profits and dampen our economy. I would consider myself to be a republican so I am not bashing the republican party.

The US has tried to impose less usage and alternate fuels in the past, however the current president has not picked up on this trend. The US government also stepped in and told the major Truck manufactures to focus on and only on lowering the amount of pollution a semi produces, and not the MPG that a truck gets. Lowering pollution is great, but what was overlooked by increasing MPG also decreases pollution. The Government has provided many restrictions on companies to lower MPG not increase MPG until this year. So, with this big crisis, of which is a crisis as of now, it is imperative that we monitor the price of gas. Like it or not, gas dictates the price of everything one buys, other than porn. I threat only because of what I have seen in my industry, which is one of the leading signs to a depression, and that is the decrease of commercialized goods which starts with the transportation industry.

It is a bad situation when a family can not afford to pay for the gas in their vehicle to go to work to pay to support their family.

This is just my 2cents on why it is a big deal, and it IS something to be scared about.

Ok, well you be scared then. I will not be.

Yeah I agree that it is going to be a concern. Because of supply and demand, the price of gas is going to keep going up until people's driving habits change. That is not going to happen anytime soon since commuting is so hardcore ingrained into the way we do things here. Gas is going to keep going up until people look at the price of gas and say "Holy shit that is wicked sick expensive, I'm not going to drive as much any more."

Sorry dude I gotta call bullshit. Some of those facts sound like they came from a chain mail you got through your email dude lol. The US doesn't produce the most in crude oil...that would be Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has been producing more oil than the United States since 1992. For 2006 alone the United States produced 6871 barrels while Saudi Arabia produced 10859 barrels. And as far as exports go, I don't know for sure if we export to China but I know we import more than we export for sure. Our net export is around -12% (we import 12% more than our total number of exports).

What I'm also not so sure about is the motives that Congress shot down the bill because it would hurt our economy. If anything the rate of consumption of oil was at it highest during the Clinton administration increasing by 2000+ barrels over his administration. While the Bush administration (as of 2006 numbers) have our consumption increasing only 1000 barrels since the end of the Clinton administration. In fact, in 2006 we even decreased our consumption over 2005 and are getting close to what our consumption rate was back in 2003. I'm sure gas prices play some part in that decrease in consumption though since gas prices started rising quickly in 2004. Because if you really think about it, republicans would want the cost of oil to stay low so you keep buying more cars and have more money for non-essentials. Higher prices for oil means that everyone stays home more often...less travel (which hurts the travel + tourism industries), less wear on vehicles (no more new cars...especially no more SUVs).

I understand where you're coming from in that its a growing problem, but those facts are either just false or misleading and seem to be semi-conspiracy-theory-ish.

whiz, you are masterful. that is all.

What those figures do not take into account is off shore drilling. In addition to our off shore drilling the United States (Includes off shore drilling at 13,636 barrels) pumps more oil than Saudi Arabia (11, 035 barrels) these are 2007 numbers from a Department of Transportation Magazine. The Clinton administration had it set where oil production was to be raised by 2,000 barrels of gas each year. That is per day I believe. And by 2004 it was supposed to be up to 10,000 barrels increase. When Bush came on he nixed that and lowered it, decreased the amount of fuel we keep for ourselves, and export to china. I forget the percentage of oil from Alaska goes to China, but it is a fairly large amount.

Oil companies suck dick.

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