MonkDonk

The Autos and Mentality That Ruined Detroit

I was in South Beach last weekend and there was a Ford Auto Parts convention or meeting going on there. This was at a Loew's hotel which is considered a resort hotel, where the average price per night is around $300. Now who wants to explain to me why we shouldn't make the big wigs in these companies pare down and have their damn conventions at the Holiday Inn? Why should we bail out the executives? I feel bad for all the assembly line guys but I'm not happy about your bosses sipping Mojitos and getting massages and pedicures in the Miami sunshine while their employees are chewing their nails over potential pink slips. BS. BS.

Consider 'Pull' Rather Than 'Push' for the Auto Industry

I was in South Beach last weekend and there was a Ford Auto Parts convention or meeting going on there. This was at a Loew's hotel which is considered a resort hotel, where the average price per night is around $300. Now who wants to explain to me why we shouldn't make the big wigs in these companies pare down and have their damn conventions at the Holiday Inn? Why should we bail out the executives? I feel bad for all the assembly line guys but I'm not happy about your bosses sipping Mojitos and getting massages and pedicures in the Miami sunshine while their employees are chewing their nails over potential pink slips. BS. BS.

America's Automakers in Competition with Other Governments

I was in South Beach last weekend and there was a Ford Auto Parts convention or meeting going on there. This was at a Loew's hotel which is considered a resort hotel, where the average price per night is around $300. Now who wants to explain to me why we shouldn't make the big wigs in these companies pare down and have their damn conventions at the Holiday Inn? Why should we bail out the executives? I feel bad for all the assembly line guys but I'm not happy about your bosses sipping Mojitos and getting massages and pedicures in the Miami sunshine while their employees are chewing their nails over potential pink slips. BS. BS.

Lining Up on Both Sides of Auto Bailout

I was in South Beach last weekend and there was a Ford Auto Parts convention or meeting going on there. This was at a Loew's hotel which is considered a resort hotel, where the average price per night is around $300. Now who wants to explain to me why we shouldn't make the big wigs in these companies pare down and have their damn conventions at the Holiday Inn? Why should we bail out the executives? I feel bad for all the assembly line guys but I'm not happy about your bosses sipping Mojitos and getting massages and pedicures in the Miami sunshine while their employees are chewing their nails over potential pink slips. BS. BS.

GM: The Bailout vs. Bankruptcy Meme

I was in South Beach last weekend and there was a Ford Auto Parts convention or meeting going on there. This was at a Loew's hotel which is considered a resort hotel, where the average price per night is around $300. Now who wants to explain to me why we shouldn't make the big wigs in these companies pare down and have their damn conventions at the Holiday Inn? Why should we bail out the executives? I feel bad for all the assembly line guys but I'm not happy about your bosses sipping Mojitos and getting massages and pedicures in the Miami sunshine while their employees are chewing their nails over potential pink slips. BS. BS.

Speculators Continue to Drive Oil Higher at Risk of Global Recession

Oil is a non-renewable resource, eventually we will run out of it.
Here is an interesting chain of events that nobody likes to talk about...
1. In 2000, an orbiting space probe discovered evidence of water flows on the surface of Mars. This supported a long held belief that channels and rivulets on Mars surface were created by running water long ago. Water means that life may have existed.
2. Oil is formed from the remains of animals and plants living in a water environment. Over time, the layering of sediment over the remains combined with heat and pressure result in petroleum deposits.
3. Methane was discovered in the Martian atmosphere by the European Mars express orbiting spacecraft. Methane is a hydrocarbon and has been thought to originate, as petroleum, from dead organisms. In the 1990s, a different theory was introduced suggesting that coal and oil may actually derive from methane (usatoday.com/tech/...).
4. In 2000,NASA, in conjunction with the Department of Energy and engineers from the oil and gas companies, band together to invent a robotic drill to drill "the water" from within Mars. (space.com/sciencea...)
5. In 2004, George W. Bush delivers a speech at NASA touting the exploration of the moon, Mars and beyond in the quest for valuable "resources".
6. In 2006, the prototype of the Mars drill is completed and tested.
My point is the government appears to believe that large reserves of petroleum might exist beneath the surface of Mars. Their efforts are clearly aimed at drilling Mars for "useful resources." How will they get the oil back to earth? I don't know. This may seem farfetched but then again look who's president.

Energy Subsidies and Levels of Demand

Oil is a non-renewable resource, eventually we will run out of it.
Here is an interesting chain of events that nobody likes to talk about...
1. In 2000, an orbiting space probe discovered evidence of water flows on the surface of Mars. This supported a long held belief that channels and rivulets on Mars surface were created by running water long ago. Water means that life may have existed.
2. Oil is formed from the remains of animals and plants living in a water environment. Over time, the layering of sediment over the remains combined with heat and pressure result in petroleum deposits.
3. Methane was discovered in the Martian atmosphere by the European Mars express orbiting spacecraft. Methane is a hydrocarbon and has been thought to originate, as petroleum, from dead organisms. In the 1990s, a different theory was introduced suggesting that coal and oil may actually derive from methane (usatoday.com/tech/...).
4. In 2000,NASA, in conjunction with the Department of Energy and engineers from the oil and gas companies, band together to invent a robotic drill to drill "the water" from within Mars. (space.com/sciencea...)
5. In 2004, George W. Bush delivers a speech at NASA touting the exploration of the moon, Mars and beyond in the quest for valuable "resources".
6. In 2006, the prototype of the Mars drill is completed and tested.
My point is the government appears to believe that large reserves of petroleum might exist beneath the surface of Mars. Their efforts are clearly aimed at drilling Mars for "useful resources." How will they get the oil back to earth? I don't know. This may seem farfetched but then again look who's president.

Can Saudi Arabia Push Down the Price of Oil?

Oil is a non-renewable resource, eventually we will run out of it.
Here is an interesting chain of events that nobody likes to talk about...
1. In 2000, an orbiting space probe discovered evidence of water flows on the surface of Mars. This supported a long held belief that channels and rivulets on Mars surface were created by running water long ago. Water means that life may have existed.
2. Oil is formed from the remains of animals and plants living in a water environment. Over time, the layering of sediment over the remains combined with heat and pressure result in petroleum deposits.
3. Methane was discovered in the Martian atmosphere by the European Mars express orbiting spacecraft. Methane is a hydrocarbon and has been thought to originate, as petroleum, from dead organisms. In the 1990s, a different theory was introduced suggesting that coal and oil may actually derive from methane (usatoday.com/tech/...).
4. In 2000,NASA, in conjunction with the Department of Energy and engineers from the oil and gas companies, band together to invent a robotic drill to drill "the water" from within Mars. (space.com/sciencea...)
5. In 2004, George W. Bush delivers a speech at NASA touting the exploration of the moon, Mars and beyond in the quest for valuable "resources".
6. In 2006, the prototype of the Mars drill is completed and tested.
My point is the government appears to believe that large reserves of petroleum might exist beneath the surface of Mars. Their efforts are clearly aimed at drilling Mars for "useful resources." How will they get the oil back to earth? I don't know. This may seem farfetched but then again look who's president.

The Great Oil Deception: Part Three

Oil is a non-renewable resource, eventually we will run out of it.
Here is an interesting chain of events that nobody likes to talk about...
1. In 2000, an orbiting space probe discovered evidence of water flows on the surface of Mars. This supported a long held belief that channels and rivulets on Mars surface were created by running water long ago. Water means that life may have existed.
2. Oil is formed from the remains of animals and plants living in a water environment. Over time, the layering of sediment over the remains combined with heat and pressure result in petroleum deposits.
3. Methane was discovered in the Martian atmosphere by the European Mars express orbiting spacecraft. Methane is a hydrocarbon and has been thought to originate, as petroleum, from dead organisms. In the 1990s, a different theory was introduced suggesting that coal and oil may actually derive from methane (www.usatoday.com/tech/...).
4. In 2000,NASA, in conjunction with the Department of Energy and engineers from the oil and gas companies, band together to invent a robotic drill to drill "the water" from within Mars. (www.space.com/sciencea...)
5. In 2004, George W. Bush delivers a speech at NASA touting the exploration of the moon, Mars and beyond in the quest for valuable "resources".
6. In 2006, the prototype of the Mars drill is completed and tested.
My point is the government appears to believe that large reserves of petroleum might exist beneath the surface of Mars. Their efforts are clearly aimed at drilling Mars for "useful resources." How will they get the oil back to earth? I don't know. This may seem farfetched but then again look who's president.

Peak Oil Stocks for the Future

Like I said the me-me-me generation

Peak Oil Stocks for the Future

Yeah, so sorry I hurt your feelings there. Anything important to say about, oh I don't know, OIL??? The actual topic?

Peak Oil Stocks for the Future

Hey surgcare, do you like music? Records evolved into 8 tracks before they evolved into CDs. 8 tracks were shortlived failures but it got people thinking of alternatives didn't it? You have to start somewhere.

Peak Oil Stocks for the Future

I agree vehicles are the first things that must change and I am a proponent of fuel cell technology myself.
But what about the dependence on by-products. What will we pave our roads with? Will we have to recycle more of our plastic? Will there still be plastic? And what about jet fuel? I don't want to be the first passenger on the experimental trans-continental flight powered by a mystery fuel source.
The changes that have to be made because of the extent of our dependence on ANY oil from ANY source are so mind boggling it makes me dizzy. When by products are considered as well, think of all the changes to the infrastructure that will be required.

Peak Oil Stocks for the Future

I am joining your revolution sivere.
I agree alternatives must be pursued and fast. But the problem is financing and politics. Where do you get the money to completely overhaul the American infrastructure and where do you get the money to grease the political machine?...oops...did I just say that? What I mean is old dogs don't learn new tricks...not even for a bone....
What we really need is for Americans to start using their brains instead of allowing themselves to be led like cattle to the slaughter. Whose bright idea was it to use all the corn (that we need to EAT by the way, i.e. survive) for a biofuel? What a dumb idea, and don't think we aren't paying the price for that one too.

Peak Oil Stocks for the Future

Shaggie, I too puked in my mouth but only because it reminded me my tank is almost on E and undoubtedly the cost of a gallon of gas has increased today.
Thoroughbred, (nice tag, way to go Big Brown) Nintendo can make 50% net on its products and most of America would not care because you can't fit a Nintendo in your gas tank. What I mean by that is that without gasoline I cannot get to work and I can't make the money to pay for more gas. However, you are right about politicians...but we put them there, right? Last I heard they don't even fill their gas tanks, we do with our taxes.
Mr. Ellard, nice article. We are a impulsive people, and greedy. Until demand diminishes (which it will not because last time I checked there were way too many me-me-me baby boomers) we will be paying more at the pump. Hey baby boomers, maybe you can stop buying your kids those fancy cars and paying for their gas. Make them get jobs and learn the value of a dollar... oh wait, does a dollar have any value today?