Racing with high price of gas.

Just.......i dont like that nor will i use people opinions when i say something like that. Point made Intake. My biggest problem with illinois new tax is this. Ok.....we as a whole give them 66 percent more. 4 years........its gonna go down. Who is to say 4 years from now........newly elected goverment says...........oh man we need that money and dont change it. It probably will happen. Like insurance companies. After 911...they went ape on everyones insurance. 9 years later.............they never have went down to anywhere near it was before.
 
its the he11 out me right now need a surgery and replacement lol tobe able to go racing this year yes I 'm working but its not good got a few prospects but nothing biting yet the co has 5 openings but are not hiring yet but getting to oil sit. why is oil not produced in continent(sp)
 
i have noticed that the huck's convenience stores have removed or covered up all references to bp. bp owns all the huck's.. just a way to try and 'fool us" to buy stuff there, thinking its not bp. who do they think they are kidding?
 
midget racer said:
i have noticed that the huck's convenience stores have removed or covered up all references to bp. bp owns all the huck's.. just a way to try and 'fool us" to buy stuff there, thinking its not bp. who do they think they are kidding?
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I noticed that as well. BP years ago closed the terminal here in Wood River(the largest site they had at the time)and moved everything to Virginia. Well.....now they have sold the Virginia plant and putting more up for sale as well. To me..........not really selling them.....just renaming them.
 
racin90 said:
“There is potentially enough crude oil on the north slope of Alaska to last the United States of America for 200 years“
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I'm not sure where your guy comes up with 200 years worth of oil, but in my opinion it seems pretty far fetched considering what we actually know about that area.

Key word here is potentially. Until we landed on the moon, it was potentially made of green cheese. The known amount of oil held in the northern slope is zero. Until further research is done its a crap shoot. Its anybody's guess how much oil is there. Reasonable estimates (such as those submitted by US Geological Surveys) suggest that ANWAR (the largest and potentially richest area in the northern slope) holds 7.7 Billion barrels of recoverable oil. Based on the United States current daily consumption of crude (which is approx. 20 million bbls/day) ANWR is about a years supply. (7.7B divided by 20M)

Furthermore, it will take years and billions of dollars for the infrastructure to be built (pipelines, drilling facilities, production facilities, etc). Even if there is any oil there at all - remember, the proved amount as of right now is zero barrels, it's more reasonable to view it as contributing to a lesser need for imports. If you want the US to be totally free from importing oil, you will need to reduce your own personal usage (as will everyone in the country) by 60% (which is the percentage of consumed oil we import). Are you willing to refrain from heating your home on 4 out of 7 days per week, all winter long? Or not drive at all on 4 out of 7 days per week, forever more? Or cease buying products whose manufacture, packaging, and distribution are gasoline-intensive — such as all imported foods, or vegetables from California in winter that are hauled further than a few hundred miles, or a thousand other things. It's simply not gonna happen.

(courtesy of Dick Gibson)
 
racin90 said:
You might ask your members of congress why the United States is importing oil.
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Because it is cheaper. You think gas prices are high now? Wait till some fool tries to make the US independent of foreign oil and watch how high the prices go.
 
upsidedown said:
With the estimated price of gas going to $3.00 to $3.80 THIS SUMMER How will it effect your racing program?
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I think this was the question that started it all? The heck with trying to find a person to blame it all on, can't do anything about it (i don't think) so I'm just going to pay the price to go racing and b*tch like everyone else. After all I gave up drinking 6 yrs ago and gave up a lot to get where I'm at today. So by all means I'm going to go racing even if it means cutting back on other things. Heck if you don't do what you love on your time off then life will realy **** for you just going to work and going home. Jimmy Cummins you are right... that is how we went racing last year. went to a race out of town and stayed the night in the trailer then went somewhere Sunday on the way home. It was cool, a little camping under the stars with good weather and some cool friends and family makes all those hard to pay for weekends seem a little easyer to handle. Good luck to all who race this year and stay safe
 
kingeddy said:
I'm not sure where your guy comes up with 200 years worth of oil, but in my opinion it seems pretty far fetched considering what we actually know about that area.

Key word here is potentially. Until we landed on the moon, it was potentially made of green cheese. The known amount of oil held in the northern slope is zero. Until further research is done its a crap shoot. Its anybody's guess how much oil is there. Reasonable estimates (such as those submitted by US Geological Surveys) suggest that ANWAR (the largest and potentially richest area in the northern slope) holds 7.7 Billion barrels of recoverable oil. Based on the United States current daily consumption of crude (which is approx. 20 million bbls/day) ANWR is about a years supply. (7.7B divided by 20M)

Furthermore, it will take years and billions of dollars for the infrastructure to be built (pipelines, drilling facilities, production facilities, etc). Even if there is any oil there at all - remember, the proved amount as of right now is zero barrels, it's more reasonable to view it as contributing to a lesser need for imports. If you want the US to be totally free from importing oil, you will need to reduce your own personal usage (as will everyone in the country) by 60% (which is the percentage of consumed oil we import). Are you willing to refrain from heating your home on 4 out of 7 days per week, all winter long? Or not drive at all on 4 out of 7 days per week, forever more? Or cease buying products whose manufacture, packaging, and distribution are gasoline-intensive — such as all imported foods, or vegetables from California in winter that are hauled further than a few hundred miles, or a thousand other things. It's simply not gonna happen.

(courtesy of Dick Gibson)
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betcha you drive a prius also with a Obama sticker on it
 
kingeddy said:
I'm not sure where your guy comes up with 200 years worth of oil, but in my opinion it seems pretty far fetched considering what we actually know about that area.

Key word here is potentially. Until we landed on the moon, it was potentially made of green cheese. The known amount of oil held in the northern slope is zero. Until further research is done its a crap shoot. Its anybody's guess how much oil is there. Reasonable estimates (such as those submitted by US Geological Surveys) suggest that ANWAR (the largest and potentially richest area in the northern slope) holds 7.7 Billion barrels of recoverable oil. Based on the United States current daily consumption of crude (which is approx. 20 million bbls/day) ANWR is about a years supply. (7.7B divided by 20M)

Furthermore, it will take years and billions of dollars for the infrastructure to be built (pipelines, drilling facilities, production facilities, etc). Even if there is any oil there at all - remember, the proved amount as of right now is zero barrels, it's more reasonable to view it as contributing to a lesser need for imports. If you want the US to be totally free from importing oil, you will need to reduce your own personal usage (as will everyone in the country) by 60% (which is the percentage of consumed oil we import). Are you willing to refrain from heating your home on 4 out of 7 days per week, all winter long? Or not drive at all on 4 out of 7 days per week, forever more? Or cease buying products whose manufacture, packaging, and distribution are gasoline-intensive — such as all imported foods, or vegetables from California in winter that are hauled further than a few hundred miles, or a thousand other things. It's simply not gonna happen.

big
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grv an sipe said:
also....86% of our crude oil comes from canada. OH..if you knew how much fuel we spend in sending fuel to middle east it would blow your mind away especialy since the worlds largest oil reserve is already over there.Tell me the oil companys arent in the goverments pocket!
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Not sure what color the sky is where you plucked this information from. But here are the real numbers (from the US Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.doe.gov)

The daily average of crude oil imported to the US for the month of October 2010 totaled 8,489 thousand barrels per day (their verbage not mine). We imported an average of 1,840 thousand barrels per day(again, their verbage) from Canada. I'll go ahead and do the math for you.....that is 22%. Not 86% (here is a direct link to the page where I obtained this information http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/...ons/company_level_imports/current/import.html )

And from the same website....
Average daily production (thru Oct 2010) of US Crude Oil is 166,940 barrels/day. During this same time period the average daily US export of crude oil averaged 42,000 barrels/day. Thats about 26% of the crude produced in the US. And it did not go to the middle east, as you say it did...... I'll wait and see if you have the kahonies to search the governments website and find out where it was actually exported to.

Congratulations, you misinformed a few hundred people with your post.
 
they need to find a way to get hybrids and E -85 onthe same vehicle and get more vehicles and types using it of course more production maybe someday
 
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STRNGRTHANDIRT said:
Maybe the "teabaggers" will cut back on eating out as much so they can afford to go to the races.
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so how is that hope and change working for you
 
racin90 said:
Its one reason i bought a motorcycle. I knew this was coming. Been to alot of seminars and let me tell you........noone has one answer to why gas is sooooo high. One guy says its due to china and their demand for fossil fules. Another says its due to the weak US dollar. Funny thing is.................all the oil companies are still making record breaking profits. To me........its all about greed. I also seen a great demonstration which shows we have enough oil now to keep us running for another 200 years.........at current useage. And thats not tapping new resource areas. That is using what is being pumped now. All this is going to do is raise goods(which are up anyway) put strains on businesses which haul goods....and make everyone tighten their belts more. Kinda funny how they thought reducing our input to social security was going to put more money in our pockets to spend. But then............wammo. They drop this. Plus.........Illinois raised their personal income tax 66 percent. Now i see where our lovely goverment is going to let state go bankrupt. So........if Illinois goes chapter 11 and wipes the books clean..........why do they need to raise the taxes to cover the hole they dug in the first place?
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Maybe the oil companies, should deliver 1 barrel of oil to each persons back door and say here's your fuel for the year!! Im sure we wouldn't say anything about greed then, huh?
The government makes more % wise on a gallon of gasoline than the oil companies do, where your comment about their greed?
 
kingeddy said:
Not sure what color the sky is where you plucked this information from. But here are the real numbers (from the US Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.doe.gov)

The daily average of crude oil imported to the US for the month of October 2010 totaled 8,489 thousand barrels per day (their verbage not mine). We imported an average of 1,840 thousand barrels per day(again, their verbage) from Canada. I'll go ahead and do the math for you.....that is 22%. Not 86% (here is a direct link to the page where I obtained this information http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/...ons/company_level_imports/current/import.html )

And from the same website....
Average daily production (thru Oct 2010) of US Crude Oil is 166,940 barrels/day. During this same time period the average daily US export of crude oil averaged 42,000 barrels/day. Thats about 26% of the crude produced in the US. And it did not go to the middle east, as you say it did...... I'll wait and see if you have the kahonies to search the governments website and find out where it was actually exported to.

Congratulations, you misinformed a few hundred people with your post.
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I too believe everything published by mein guberment,comrade!
 
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