Oil Prices WorldWide

[=D.C.L.I=Everest]

They got permission to drill in the Alaskan wildlife refuge? :eek: Bastards... Well, just another example of money over nature, I guess. *starts saving for a ticket to Alaska to go see the reindeer before they disappear...*

The problem lies in the way we consume oil nowadays. There\'s more oil needed than the world can dig up. Booming - well, more like big-banging... - economies like China and India are the direct reason why oil is so expensive. What they demand on top of what the rest of the world needs is simply too much to handle. And when it\'s such a hassle, the prices go up.

Frankly I don\'t get why Americans would be complaining so much about high oil prices. You need 3 dollars for a gallon? Over here, you\'ll need about 5 euros for 4 litres (1 gallon = 4,404883772 litres - 1 euro is 1.28878 - you do the math), if you\'re lucky to find it that cheap anymore. You think you\'re paying too much for your oil??? :\\

In my opinion, people can\'t complain about high oil prices while driving ?berswallowing cars everyday, en masse. I don\'t want to nag everyone into riding a bike to work or school, or walk or whatever, but if you don\'t chip in, then don\'t complain. In a way, oil is only just as expensive as you like to make it yourself.

I might only be some tree-huggin\' hippie from a liberal dwarf state, but if I ran the world, all fossil fuel prices would be linked to the individual\'s needs. If you don\'t need oil to live your everyday life, you\'d pay a small fortune for it, and vice versa. Oh, and everyone would get a free bike