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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:41 PM Original message |
Anyone know why Oil is at $90 a barrel again? |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Probably because of Turkey & the PKK? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Has there been another escalation in the fighting? |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. No, but I don't think it's significantly cooled, either... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. That, and the Iran saber-rattling too. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because we are all distracted and the OilGuys saw another opportunity |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah, you missed the secret white dude meeting with the VP. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because they voted* a bunch of oil barons |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. because they said so! |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Ya, the |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. Those Jawbone guys have closed the spigot a bit. The Saudis are |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I missed your post while I was off searching |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Wonder how our Jawbone Boy in the White House is gonna handle this? |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I expect a winter coat drive for those who use heating oil. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Heh, you're probably on the mark, there! NT |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. Demand, demand, demand . . . |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Don't forget "Winter Mix." That's in addition to the Saudi output reports mentioned above. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. Dollar is worth less internationally so people want more of them |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. The situation in the Middle East continues to deteriorate |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. Found their excuse: slower-than-expected OPEC production increases |
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JohnnyBoots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. That's the whole point of all this, isn't it? I could see it at $120 in 12-18 months. n/t |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because the oil guys want to put an extension on their beach homes. nt |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
17. "1.86$ is unacceptable for a gallon of gasoline" |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. Partly due to declining value of the dollar |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. Because Bush and co. shit the value of our dollar away. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's easy, really |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Just wait till they get their hands on the Iranian OIL...it'll be 200$$$ a Barrel(42 gal to a barrel |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. Gas is at $3.10 a gallon in So Cal. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
28. The Turks and The Kurds |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. The price of oil is fixed by a cartel called OPEC; it is not set by the market. |
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webmatters (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-25-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. Perhaps Hugo Chavez is scaling back again... |
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