Re: Oil Spicket Going Dry

From: Don (one-if-by-land_at_concord.com)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 04:20:44 GMT

"Tim O'Flaherty" <pinwheels_Fudge_@gwi.net> wrote in message
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> "Don" <one-if-by-land@concord.com> wrote in message
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>> "Tim O'Flaherty"> wrote
>> > [ In 1970, a bushel of wheat could be traded for a barrel of oil in the
>> > world market. It now takes nine bushels of wheat to buy a barrel of
> oil. ]
>>
>> What would you rather have, food or gas?
>
> With my diet lately I seem to get both. :-(
>
>
>> Just hold back on the food and the oil price will plummet.
>
> Maybe, but others have food too and oil is limited and becoming more so.

So?
People can walk.
They can't do without food.

>> > It will only get worse as oil becomes more expensive. Takes oil to
>> > make
>> > and
>> > ship grain too unless we want to use horses and sailing ships.
>>
>> If they are buying, then they can come pick it up too.
>> Again, who is hungrier, the man with the food or the man with the oil?
>>
> Sure but we need to be able to make food without oil or with less oil to
> still eat. Oil is finite.

Which doesn't negate what I said.
Hold back, they'll come.
Guaranteed.

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