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SkyHigh · 05-21-2008, 06:36 AM

If the end is coming I have always thought it better to buy other peoples oil while it is still relatively cheap and keep ours safely in the ground. Those environmentalists could be forcing our nation to save our oil till we really need it.

Personally I hope that the prices advance slowly but continuously upwards. People need time to adjust their lives to the changes that $400 dollar a barrel oil will bring. The government could step in and regulate the price so that we have supply troubles and that would really stink. I would rather pay $10 a gallon and be able to still buy fuel when I need it than to have a government mandated price but none available to buy or forced rationing.

We all need to take the long and hard look at what our lives will be like under $10 gasoline and make changes now. As pilots we all have a lot hanging on the availability and cost of fuel. Perhaps it is time to start looking at other career fields? Railroad engineer or Greyhound bus driver perhaps?

Skyhigh

05-21-2008, 06:36 AM	#10 (permalink)
SkyHigh Gets Weekends Off Joined APC: May 2005 Position: Self-employed, C-150 CA Posts: 4,885	The End If the end is coming I have always thought it better to buy other peoples oil while it is still relatively cheap and keep ours safely in the ground. Those environmentalists could be forcing our nation to save our oil till we really need it. Personally I hope that the prices advance slowly but continuously upwards. People need time to adjust their lives to the changes that $400 dollar a barrel oil will bring. The government could step in and regulate the price so that we have supply troubles and that would really stink. I would rather pay $10 a gallon and be able to still buy fuel when I need it than to have a government mandated price but none available to buy or forced rationing. We all need to take the long and hard look at what our lives will be like under $10 gasoline and make changes now. As pilots we all have a lot hanging on the availability and cost of fuel. Perhaps it is time to start looking at other career fields? Railroad engineer or Greyhound bus driver perhaps? Skyhigh __________________ Work smart. Work to live. Don't live to work.