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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:17 PM Original message |
Saudi prince calls for lower oil prices(so US and Europe don't wean off oil) |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. drug dealer calls for cheaper crack |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's precisely what I thought... |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-29-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. when hitler wrote mein kampf lots of people thought he wouldnt really do those things he said nt |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well if he does not want us to have alternatives then the Saudi's |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. Too late. |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Austin has a pretty good |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 05:11 AM Response to Original message |
6. This assumes the Saudis have the ability to lower the price ot $80 |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Exactly. nt |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. Unfortunately for the prince, the Saudis need $84/bbl to break even |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yep. The Saudi Gov has lost its political wedge from oil. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. They should be able to raise the price by withholding exports, though. |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It would be good for the planet |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. No, the planet - as in all the life that uses it besides us. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I get it---the Saudi oil sheiks don't want their people out in the streets, so they'll buy them off |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Revive the space shuttle program for Saudi princes? |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. This calls for a picture |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. ewwwwwww |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. too late. I commute on a 50+mpg Motorcycle. My next car will be a fully electric Nissan Leaf |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I live near work & try not to drive much |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. It'll be fun to watch what happens to Saudi Arabia when they no longer have oil |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Without oil, they were desert nomads looking for grass & water for their herds that desertfied the |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-30-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. But they can't just smoothly go back to that life |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 04:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. In some respects |
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toddwv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
23. Well, since righties are blaming Obama for high gas prices. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
24. About 20 years or so ago there was an article in the NY Times, where Saudi |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-31-11 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
26. Take THIS, Saudi princes: solar EV carports (in cold, grey CT, no less) from GE |
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