The price of gas

Hear hear!

My common response to this "We're runnin' outta earl!" is that I just can't
WAIT until oil becomes so damn expensive that alternative fuels finally
become reality.

Hear hear!

My common response to this "We're runnin' outta earl!" is that I just
can't
WAIT until oil becomes so damn expensive that alternative fuels finally
become reality.

Yeah, but will we be able to afford all that cool technology?

It doesn't become "viable" until oil is unaffordable.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Yeah, but will we be able to afford all that cool technology?

Yep. Just like we were able to afford kerosene when whale oil became too expensive.

George Patterson
I childproofed my house, but they *still* get in.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
Yeah, but will we be able to afford all that cool technology?

It doesn't become "viable" until oil is unaffordable.

Probably not, Jay. I would like to think that capitalism will keep prices
in check. It's always worked in the past. I've no doubt it will work in
the future.

The bonus for us is that we can finally tell the OPEC nations kiss our
shiny, hairy, American asses for good. Let 'em all kill themselves and we
will all live happily ever after.

--
Jim Fisher

in article , Jim Fisher at
wrote on 5/17/04 6:33 PM:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
Yeah, but will we be able to afford all that cool technology?

It doesn't become "viable" until oil is unaffordable.

Probably not, Jay. I would like to think that capitalism will keep prices
in check. It's always worked in the past. I've no doubt it will work in
the future.

The bonus for us is that we can finally tell the OPEC nations kiss our
shiny, hairy, American asses for good. Let 'em all kill themselves and we
will all live happily ever after.

--
Jim Fisher

Some day, historians will view our current obsession with petrolium much the
same way we look upon ancient commodities such as spices and silk. Just as
we wonder what all the fuss was about, they'll marvel at how much strife has
resulted from this particular natural resource.

Jim Fisher wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
Yeah, but will we be able to afford all that cool technology?

It doesn't become "viable" until oil is unaffordable.

Probably not, Jay. I would like to think that capitalism will keep prices
in check. It's always worked in the past. I've no doubt it will work in
the future.

If you look at the history of similar items (petroleum is a good example), they start
off with pretty high prices and then get cheap as people switch over and economies of
scale come into play.

George Patterson
I childproofed my house, but they *still* get in.

Jim Fisher wrote:

The bonus for us is that we can finally tell the OPEC nations kiss our
shiny, hairy, American asses for good. Let 'em all kill themselves and we
will all live happily ever after.


I doubt that will happen any time soon. America accounts for 25% of
the worlds oil consumption all by itself.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:Ogaqc.15021$gr.1331340@attbi_s52...
Hear hear!

My common response to this "We're runnin' outta earl!" is that I just
can't
WAIT until oil becomes so damn expensive that alternative fuels
finally
become reality.

Yeah, but will we be able to afford all that cool technology?

It doesn't become "viable" until oil is unaffordable.

I want a nuclear powered F33A Bonanza.

I want a nuclear powered F33A Bonanza.

In the 1950s (1960s?), there was a serious USAF project/study to use a nuclear
reactor to power a B-36..

Talk about long range / flight endurance records!

It was serious stuff, folks.

It was serious stuff, folks.

It was a fascinating concept, but they simply couldn't work around the
problem of inevitable accidents.

"Nuclear Plane crashes -- Thousands Perish!" simply was unacceptable then --
and now.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"