Hiring trends for 2008
11-13-2007 | 05:22 PM
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Not sure about that! First you have the "sweet Nigerian crude" that produces the lowest percentage of sulfur when it's refined. Second, you have the Saudi's, followed by the Russians (Soviets), then bringing up the rear would be the Venezuelan oil which produces the highest percentage of sulfur when refined.
11-13-2007 | 05:30 PM
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Um, Canada, the country we import the majority of our oil from? And the Soviet Union no longer exists, or has not yet reformed. And I thought that it was the other way around, that sweet light crude had the lowest sulfur content, and was therefore easiest and cheapest to refine, not that it produces the lowest percentage of sulfur.
, so I thought that I would just help them a little bit.You know, I forgot about the Canadians. How much of our total oil imports come from Canada?
11-13-2007 | 05:34 PM
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11-13-2007 | 06:08 PM
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People will still need to travel, regardless of oil prices. Two years ago, I was paying $1.59/gallon of gas. Now, we pay $3.00. I am not traveling any less than I did 2 years ago.
Oil prices will not stop people traveling by air. If anything, it will increase airline flying since it costs so much to fill up, and they rather pay for a ticket to get there quicker rather than gas. Airlines will just use it as an excuse not to pay their employees more.
Oil prices will not stop people traveling by air. If anything, it will increase airline flying since it costs so much to fill up, and they rather pay for a ticket to get there quicker rather than gas. Airlines will just use it as an excuse not to pay their employees more.
11-14-2007 | 09:51 AM
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I just wonder if their will be a continual eroding of hiring mins because frankly all the "JET" carriers ( aka regionals ) are having trouble getting enough applicants they are willing to hire. And thats just with minimal growth and attrition.
11-14-2007 | 10:38 AM
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I dunno. The economy has been incredibly resilient towards oil prices. In 2002, when a barrel of oil still went for about $22, any economist would have probably said that there would be chaos if the price of oil increased 5 fold in 5 years. Well, here we are, things are relatively normal still. One thing that I don't totally understand is that when oil was trading at $22 and below, fuel was about $1.15/gallon, but oil has increased in cost by almost 5 times, but fuel has only increased by 3 times, but now is when Exxon is making record profits, not back then. Hmmm??
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