Comments on: High Oil Prices Here to Stay? http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/high_oil_prices_here_to_stay/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:42:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: floyd http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/high_oil_prices_here_to_stay/comment-page-1/#comment-139660 floyd Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:30:54 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/07/high_oil_prices_here_to_stay/#comment-139660 So how does the price of gasoline in 2007 compare with 1971 or1981? How about the price of a house, or car, or average wages? Or compared to the consumer price index? I hate to say this, but I'm guessing that gasoline isn't as high as some of us think it is. So how does the price of gasoline in 2007 compare with 1971 or1981?
How about the price of a house, or car, or average wages? Or compared to the consumer price index?
I hate to say this, but I'm guessing that gasoline isn't as high as some of us think it is.

]]> By: Steve Verdon http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/high_oil_prices_here_to_stay/comment-page-1/#comment-139591 Steve Verdon Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:15:22 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/07/high_oil_prices_here_to_stay/#comment-139591 I don't buy the "there are absolutely no substitutes" line of argument. History is littered with these kinds of predictions. As for a political peak, there is nothing that says it has to be a permanent peak unlike with a geological/physical peak. I don't buy the "there are absolutely no substitutes" line of argument. History is littered with these kinds of predictions. As for a political peak, there is nothing that says it has to be a permanent peak unlike with a geological/physical peak.

]]> By: MrGone http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/high_oil_prices_here_to_stay/comment-page-1/#comment-139557 MrGone Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:31:51 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/07/high_oil_prices_here_to_stay/#comment-139557 Careful what you wish for. Peak Oil, whether political or geological, implies the end of our current period of growth and the beginning of permanent decline. There are very simply NO substitutes for oil, real or imagined (well except fusion). Careful what you wish for. Peak Oil, whether political or geological, implies the end of our current period of growth and the beginning of permanent decline. There are very simply NO substitutes for oil, real or imagined (well except fusion).

]]> By: markm http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/high_oil_prices_here_to_stay/comment-page-1/#comment-139517 markm Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:59:06 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/07/high_oil_prices_here_to_stay/#comment-139517 "The higher prices will encourage more conservation and lead to more investment in alternative fuels" That may be true elsewhere but here in Michigan that doesn't appear to be the case. Gas is down to $3.09 from $3.39 and at either price the roads are packed. To achieve conservation (at some economic price) the price is going to have to go much higher IMO. "The higher prices will encourage more conservation and lead to more investment in alternative fuels"

That may be true elsewhere but here in Michigan that doesn't appear to be the case. Gas is down to $3.09 from $3.39 and at either price the roads are packed. To achieve conservation (at some economic price) the price is going to have to go much higher IMO.

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