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Next week should be promising.
Don't forget that the USA is an oil EXPORTER as well as importer. What we don't need at the moment, the oil companies export to wherever they can get the biggest profit. They're not going to shut off the taps or keep it in holding tanks waiting for demand to increase when they can sell it elsewhere; and they're not going to refine it into gasoline for which there's no demand. US demand is down so they simply sell the suplus overseas to the countries with demand...India, etc. That depletes the domestic supply. Oil companies and the financials shot themselves in the foot by speculating to drive up prices during the last year of this Administration; it stimulated conservation which in turn is reducing demand and bringing the price down. For the first time since deregulation the consumer is in control of the price of oil - until OPEC decides it's dropped enough and cuts production. That's not far off. I wish it wasn't so, but they DID increase production to take advantage of the higher prices - which didn't affect the price BTW, so it's just a matter of time before they cut back with the price down.The only way there was a crude depletion is if the oil execs pumped massive amounts of oil to temporarily fill up their expansive swimming pools and jacuzzis. You want to see market minipulation - there it is!
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Car restrictions begin in Beijing
Beijing's authorities have introduced drastic traffic rules in a bid to remove more than one million cars from the streets ahead of the Olympic Games.
The move, part of the fight against the Chinese capital's infamous pollution and congestion, restricts residents to using their cars on alternate days.
Officials hope about half of the city's estimated 3,300,000 cars will be forced from the road over the next two months.
A slew of measures to boost air quality has been implemented for the Games.
Construction workers have been ordered to down tools and high-polluting industries are cutting production.
The authorities have ordered firms, shops and other organisations to stagger work times to cut traffic volumes.
They are also encouraging as many people as possible to work from home.
The city's public transport system has been improved to cater for millions of Beijingers forced to ditch their cars.
Surveillance system
The new car restriction, brought in from Sunday, is enforced using the driver's registration number.
Odd-numbered registrations are allowed to use their cars one day, even-numbered the next.
More than 10,000 detection devices including cameras and "ultrasonic and microwave" scanners have been installed to catch anyone breaking the rules.
Drivers caught by the surveillance network will be fined 100 yuan ($15; £7.50).
The move reflects the importance officials are placing on combating air pollution - which remains a pressing problem just weeks before the start of the Games on 8 August. The International Olympic Committee has said it could postpone endurance events of more than one hour on days when the pollution is too bad. Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7515907.stm
Published: 2008/07/20 05:22:53 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
That's what the USA imports every day from OPEC. Now if every major US city took half the cars off the streets for just 2 months think what the effect would be.Quick short-hand 10gal week, 3,300,000 cars, 8 weeks, 44gal(barrel), = ~ 6mil barrels.
That's what the USA imports every day from OPEC. Now if every major US city took half the cars off the streets for just 2 months think what the effect would be.
Birch gets my full and unreserved "Amen, Brother" to that one.If the consumer can afford to pay for what they drive - why worry. You want more miles per gallon get a Yugo or better a used 1967 Volkswagon. You need more available cash - disconnect Showtime or caller ID. Does anyone really need a cell phone - that costs alot.
I don't want to ever see those days again.I like the idea of even-number ending and odd-number ending plates driving on alternate days.
Wish I could afford such luxuries.You need more available cash - disconnect Showtime or caller ID. Does anyone really need a cell phone - that costs alot.
7 out of every 10 barrels of OIL is imported![/quote]
Lets lower it to 4 out of every 10 and call it a day.
If I worked at home, I'd call out sick and go to work! Huh ?Reason enough for the goverment to get on the ball with teleworking?
I like the idea of even-number ending and odd-number ending plates driving on alternate days.
I don't want to ever see those days again.
If I worked at home, I'd call out sick and go to work! Huh ?
If the consumer can afford to pay for what they drive - why worry.