[Impervius]

$70 a barrel? No, oil is gonna go straight to $19.99 a barrel.

$138 is just a big bubble that was built up by crazy speculators. That bubble is gonna pop any day now!

[socrates1fan]

The only way the price will go down is if the demand does too.

[Johny_Bloggsy]

The only way the price will go down is if the demand does too.

And that'll happen when people become depressed, scared and stop leaving the house. That happens when it cost more money to go to work then they get from work, kind of like bad EROEI except it'll be negative MROMI--Money Returned On Money Input. The combination of the two--declining income and depression--causes an economic Depression.

That's ok with me, I hate going to work anyway...

[Judgie]

The only way the price will go down is if the demand does too.

And that'll happen when people become depressed, scared and stop leaving the house. That happens when it cost more money to go to work then they get from work, kind of like bad EROEI except it'll be negative MROMI--Money Returned On Money Input. The combination of the two--declining income and depression--causes an economic Depression.

That's ok with me, I hate going to work anyway...

On seven news tonight, we heard that *some* petrol stations are starting to have trouble paying for each tanker load of fuel. I'm sure that'll confuse the average joe, whom naturally equates petrol stations as being part of the company themselves. The shortages may be closer than we thought.....