Comments on: Red State Road Trip: An Economic Perfect Storm

By: wolfcreek

wolfcreek — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:18:53 +0000

As easy as it is to get angry at Big Oil – and I’ll admit it’s awfully easy – the major reason that gas and diesel prices are going through the roof isn’t corporate greed. It’s supply and demand. Demand around the globe is increasing, while oil supplies have been flat since 2005. Couple stagnant supplies with rising demand and prices go up dramatically. This particular phenomena is called Peak Oil. Get used to it. We’re at the very top of the worldwide oil production curve, and global oil supplies are poised to shrink. Which means that gas and diesel prices will continue to go up, and up, and up. So will the costs of food, airline tickets and everything we ship across the country or around the world. The only sane short-term response is conservation.

By: gannonguckert

gannonguckert — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:07:34 +0000

PA may not be red like Idaho, but it is deeply red-biased purple. All working-person political advocates must view it as a likely loss to the dumbshits comprising the mindset of the numberless dumbshit neighborhood bars of the small towns and suburbs of PA. Occasionally, said inhabitants wake up to the fact that Wall Street doesn’t represent them, but that can never be assumed to transpire. Yes, I know more than a little about PA.

By: Beerfart Liberal

Beerfart Liberal — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:12:48 +0000

since when is PA a red sttae?

By: JayBur

JayBur — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:53:22 +0000

I fear the Repug plan is too steal everything they can before it’s over and anything they can’t steal they will destroy. Classic scorched earth retreat.