******* GAS BOYCOTT MAY 15TH 2007 *******

[Yaris Revenge]

Another point to make is this: if for some incredibly strange reason the oil companies did lose some cash over this boycott (which they won't), you know good and well they'll just stop production for a day to cut back the supply. They've done it over and over again. Any time they feel the price is lower than what they want it to be, all they have to do is give their guys a day off. Sometimes they give an excuse (maintenances, mechanical failure, etc.), but most of the time there's no good reason other than supply control.

Until the demand is permanently reduced, you might as well grab another bottle of K-Y and assume the position.

~YR

[slothman86]

Originally Posted by Yaris Revenge

Another point to make is this: if for some incredibly strange reason the oil companies did lose some cash over this boycott (which they won't), you know good and well they'll just stop production for a day to cut back the supply. They've done it over and over again. Any time they feel the price is lower than what they want it to be, all they have to do is give their guys a day off. Sometimes they give an excuse (maintenances, mechanical failure, etc.), but most of the time there's no good reason other than supply control.

Until the demand is permanently reduced, you might as well grab another bottle of K-Y and assume the position.

~YR

proof in my graph

[Yaris Revenge]

Originally Posted by slothman86

proof in my graph

Ah, sorry if I restated the obvious. Depending on who's hosting the image file, my work I.S. blocks them out. I couldn't see your graph.

~YR

[ceres]

Originally Posted by Yaris Revenge

Until the demand is permanently reduced, you might as well grab another bottle of K-Y and assume the position.

~YR

Until we move to electric cars or some other fuel (like hydrogen cars that only have a 1 in 100 chance of blowing up while you're driving them!!!), China pretty much assures there won't be any less of a demand and it will only continue to rise as the country develops. Even if everyone started buying more fuel efficient cars, the sheer number of people that will start needing gas in the next 20 years won't do much to curve the demand.