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Re: RV Fuel Issues & Prices - Post 'Em Here!
Nero supposively fiddled while Rome burned - well the U.S. may still be fiddling - while Russia drills in the Arctic. No problem for them! They are off to find oil, gas, gold, all the riches they can dig up in the extreme temperatures. The following is a piece from the article linked below. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday toured a new Arctic oil rig intended to boost Moscow's position in the intensifying competition for northern energy reserves. Putin also met ministers and top oil executives in the Severodvinsk shipyard to discuss prospects for developing more Arctic fields, which are estimated to contain up to a quarter of Russia's proven oil and gas reserves. "The Arctic zone is a guarantee of Russia's economic power. Oil, gas, gold, diamonds and phosphates -- it's all there," Artur Chilingarov, a member of parliament who is also an Arctic explorer, told AFP before the meeting. "We need to find new oil fields ... We need to go offshore," he said. Rest of article is: Here331Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV Fuel Issues & Prices - Post 'Em Here!
I haven't read all 71 pages of this post to see if this idea has been presented before, but is it just a coincidence - or why is it that every time the price of oil drops - as it did last week to $131 at one point, then the next day or shortly thereafter, Iran or Russia or Hugo Chavez - comes out with new threats or shoots off missiles (now it appears that the missiles shot off by Iran are old missiles or bogus video - as being reported on Drudge right now and N.Y. Times tomorrow - (supposively) - and then the price of oil races right back up to new highs. Russia, Iran and Venezuela are all big oil producers and they make a ton of extra money for every dollar the price increases. Just curious to me.332Views0likes0CommentsRe: RV Fuel Issues & Prices - Post 'Em Here!
This is not really a rant or rave about the PRICE of fuel, but I figured it would get moved anyway, so I'll just post this link here. This article from the Houston Chronicle explains how Texans anyway (and I suspect other states as well) are likely getting shorted of the fuel they buy - by malfunctiong gas/fuel pumps - which just adds insult to injury to those angry about high fuel prices. How can you know for sure - unless your tank is almost completely empty when you fill up - or you are filling a special size gas can, etc. - so you are just at the mercy of the state to do its job. The article states that the state only checks pump measurements every four years, unless there is a specific complaint. Link is: Here306Views0likes0Comments
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