The one good thing about this whole situation - people are actually starting to CARE finally. I guess if it hits your wallet hard enough...

Still though, I don't think most people CARE enough, other than simple complaints. Let the price go even higher...and they'll be forced into action. I want to see what happens when oil hits $200. I want to see what starts to happen - and it may be quite frightening. For now, most people are still content with whining about it - and still go about their lives without a care.

The action level of Americans is directly proportional to the price of oil. They've been so wrapped up in movies, entertainment, and the stupidity of celebrities to see this coming. Let the price go higher...and maybe they'll understand.

The driving standard in Europe is NOT the same as the American standard. What's hurting here is that most of these people are suburban Americans, who commute at least 20 minutes or more each day to work. In some cases, these people commute an hour or more!

They want us to think this oil thing is natural, when it isn't. I think it's a smear campaign to cover over the fact that the financial elite are orchestrating this.

I'm kicking this thread up as a barrel of oil has jumped $11 to 139.01 today. That means gas at 5 to 6 bucks, at least, (assuming it doesn't get much higher) with in a few weeks.

Last August I read ON ATS that oil was going to $150 by this summer. Today an analyst said $150 by July 4TH.

Airline fares have tipled. We are getting to be locked in place. It is un-effing-believable how this has played out exactly as predicted. NO one will ever convince me that it is not scripted and contrived.

Bush better pull his head out of his a$$. I don't care how you define it in economics class - this is a recession, and maybe worse later on.



[edit on 6/6/2008 by kosmicjack]

World watcher...

You're exactly right...we are still too much in our comfort zones to really do anything about all this. Maybe we do need a collective short sharp shock, just for a very brief time, to illustrate what we would do if the situation became permanent...tough love, but maybe it's needed.

And fuel here has hit £1.42 *A LITRE* for diesel, which a lot of cars run on over here...I think that works out at just over $11 a gallon....and apparently Scotland has more oil off it's shores than Kuwait. Something aint right.