On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 1:42 PM, wrote: > > I agree with G... in order for there to be a proper and fair game of supply > and demand. The oil companies have been found guilty of price fixing before, > they're doing it again espeically with an administration willing to look the > other way.
If there is pricing collusion among the big retail gasoline sales companies, that can be remedied, but supply and demand (along with speculation about future supply and demand) is what has driven oil over $100/barrel. > I wish the scooter option was viable, 35 miles one way on a scooter on the > highway isn't my idea of safe I'm driving my Corolla again so I'm about as > gas friendly and green as I can get,. If electric cars would become > prevalent, I'd go with that option. Mad props to T-Bone for being able to > pull off the scooter deal. I have the same problem. CA freeways are just not safe for a scooter. I'd love to see electric cars, but we're still a long way from having a good enough battery to enable normal and reliable travel. > We'll go into alternative energy kicking and screaming, with the oil > companies blocking it every way that they can. I disagree. The smartest companies are putting R & D money into all kinds of other technologies. Keep in mind, though, most huge companies are decidedly bad at real innovation. They are good, though, at recognizing innovative companies and acquiring them. I think it is highly likely that the big oil companies will start acquiring alternative fuel producers. Their expertise isn't just in oil and gas exploration, production, and refining, they are also experts at logistics and retail sales. If the fuel being supplied changes, who cares? It's still basically the same business at the retail level. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265146 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
