The price of gas & the Alaskan pipeline

**White Rascal** · 08-07-2006, 06:37 AM

Would someone please explain to me why shutting down the Alaskan pipeline would cause the price of gas to spike? It's my understanding that most of the oil from Alaska is exported anyway. WTF is up with that?

**Zboner** · 08-07-2006, 06:46 AM

an excuase so they can raise prices

**jad628** · 08-07-2006, 06:55 AM

Originally Posted by Zboner

an excuase so they can raise prices

x2. Period.

**98-LS1** · 08-07-2006, 07:54 AM

I think we need to organize some sort of a militia and track down these oil company CEO's, kill them and force them to drop the oil prices. Kinda like we do to a communist country, go in and knock out the government to install a democracy. This is BS though, any damn excuse they get to raise prices and fuck the little man...

**White Rascal** · 08-07-2006, 09:48 AM

They need a reason to raise prices? Hell, I thought they only raised the price on days that the sun came up in the east.

**Firehawk1120** · 08-07-2006, 11:52 AM

unfortunately the people of our society are greedy and ignorant. The only way to hurt the oil companies would be to stop driving and our society is too high and mighty to do that.

until people stop buying gas and driving their cars everywhere they go the prices will continue to increase. Use less of it the supply goes up and the prices come down.

**Hurley711** · 08-07-2006, 01:20 PM

Originally Posted by Firehawk1120

unfortunately the people of our society are greedy and ignorant. The only way to hurt the oil companies would be to stop driving and our society is too high and mighty to do that.

until people stop buying gas and driving their cars everywhere they go the prices will continue to increase. Use less of it the supply goes up and the prices come down.

And how am I supposed to get to the corner store exactly? Well??

**Shpoone** · 08-07-2006, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by Firehawk1120

unfortunately the people of our society are greedy and ignorant. The only way to hurt the oil companies would be to stop driving and our society is too high and mighty to do that.

until people stop buying gas and driving their cars everywhere they go the prices will continue to increase. Use less of it the supply goes up and the prices come down.

Here in Denver, there is absolutely no choice but to drive to get anything done during a day. Unlike most cities I visit overseas, we have basically no other way....the bus system blows, we have no real train system, and it may take you 2-3 hours to get a taxi; which will cost you $60.00 for a 15 mile trip. Bottom line is that we have no other choice here...not sure about other cities, but if we don't drive, we don't work/shop/live.

**derrinx** · 08-07-2006, 05:07 PM

hey everyone lets all buy hybrids

to quote stan from southpark;
"hey people now people now
come one now people now people now
buy hybrids now people now
come one evrybody people now people now"

goooood show...
anywyas yeah, i live in nyc, so i take a lot of public trans whenever i can, saves me gas and lowers demand

**Stone** · 08-07-2006, 05:10 PM

Yea its STUPID!! Our gas went up 9 cents!!!! Good thing i filled up before my car got (and still is) brokeded!!

**Sarge** · 08-07-2006, 05:10 PM

I dont give a shit. I'll drive muscle cars till they pry the keys from my cold dead fingers. I aint scared of no $5 buck a gallon gasoline.

**derrinx** · 08-07-2006, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by 05 Stone Srt-4

Yea its STUPID!! Our gas went up 9 cents!!!! Good thing i filled up before my car got (and still is) brokeded!!

how long its gonna take to get it running again??did you do somehtign to the tranny or somehting?

**Stone** · 08-07-2006, 05:14 PM

Just broke teh gear selector.(hopefully) Just waiting on the part to come in. I was gunna take it apart today and get it ready for the new one but it was raining. But im 99.9% sure thats it. The only other posible thing it could be is the input shaft on teh tranny............if thats teh case i gotta take out some vacation time to put it back to stock and bring it back to the dealer for the "warranty" hehehehe!!!

**Hurley711** · 08-07-2006, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by Sarge

I dont give a shit. I'll drive muscle cars till they pry the keys from my cold dead fingers. I aint scared of no $5 buck a gallon gasoline.

Sarge.....feel like paying off my mortgage???

nightstalker50 · 08-07-2006, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by Sarge

I dont give a shit. I'll drive muscle cars till they pry the keys from my cold dead fingers. I aint scared of no $5 buck a gallon gasoline.

the way i see it..... if gas get to $5 a gallon maybe i will have the roads to myself

**Frozen WS6** · 08-07-2006, 07:48 PM

What's interesting is once it was announced that they were shutting it down and didn't know for how long. Our gov Frank Taxcowski, as we call him, started pushing his plan for the LNG pipe line. Which is the worst deal for Alaska. He wants the oil companies to have complete control of it. Alaska's oil provides between 6 to 10% of the oil for the lower 48 states. This isn't the first time its been turned off, they pipeline has been turned off twice before.

**Frozen WS6** · 08-07-2006, 08:03 PM

I almost for got, the oil companies will probably still make record profits!
This also means that my yearly dividend from the oil pipeline will end up being less!