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I was way too conservative in my time estimates!
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: The price of av gas Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:49:38 -0400 From: Tman x@x Newsgroups: rec.aviation.piloting aluckyguess wrote: There are a lot of other fuels. We have enough CNG for 200 plus years. Can't put CNG in an airplane. Not too convenient for cars / trucks either (but do-able). Want to see the price of NG run up something crazy -- start doing this. We have enough oil in alaska to bring gas back to 1.50. Absolutely false. We have enough in alaska to make almost no perceptible difference in price should we engage in a full-court press to get it. It's supply and demand. Specifically, the short-run (in) elasticity of supply and demand. I think the long-run elasticity of both will surprise most everybody -- meaning that oil prices are going to go down way more than most expect. In my opinion, this will happen over t+2 to t+5 years from now. But that's just my opinion. Oh yeah, commentary in this thread about the dollar and its impact is compounding the issue. Speculators are not. Just my $145. T |
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I was way too conservative in my time estimates!
"Tman" x@x wrote in message . .. It's supply and demand. Specifically, the short-run (in) elasticity of supply and demand. I think the long-run elasticity of both will surprise most everybody -- meaning that oil prices are going to go down way more than most expect. In my opinion, this will happen over t+2 to t+5 years from now. But that's just my opinion. We are in the minority, but I also see one last 80's style worldwide oil glut in our future. Unfortunately, the market will overreact to that condition and quickly put us right back where we are today (or worse). The wise investor will buy energy stocks just when things look the bleakest. There are just too many factors happening simultaneously for fuel prices to continue their upward movement. 1) At least in the American market, gasoline consumption is down, and the market for gas guzzlers has evaporated. Just look at any American car lot and note what is now on the front row compared to what was there 18 months ago. Further, worldwide recession is moderating the growth in the world's demand for energy. 2) Given current prices, energy companies are doing all they can do to bring product to the market, including uncapping old wells that were previously unprofitable, and including whole new supplies such as the Canadian oil sands that should start coming online over the next two years. 3) As soon as the market psychology turns around (may have already happened) investors will flock to the latest "big thing" leaving oil futures and oil stocks to fall until they become the biggest bargain in decades. Then the cycle will repeat. -- Vaughn Nothing personal, but if you are posting through Google Groups I may not receive your message. Google refuses to control the flood of spam messages originating in their system, so on any given day I may or may not have Google blocked. Try a real NNTP server & news reader program and you will never go back. All you need is access to an NNTP server (AKA "news server") and a news reader program. You probably already have a news reader program in your computer (Hint: Outlook Express). Assuming that your Usenet needs are modest, use http://news.aioe.org/ for free and/or http://www.teranews.com/ for a one-time $3.95 setup fee. Will poofread for food. |
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I was way too conservative in my time estimates!
"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message ... "Tman" x@x wrote in message . .. It's supply and demand. Specifically, the short-run (in) elasticity of supply and demand. I think the long-run elasticity of both will surprise most everybody -- meaning that oil prices are going to go down way more than most expect. In my opinion, this will happen over t+2 to t+5 years from now. But that's just my opinion. We are in the minority, but I also see one last 80's style worldwide oil glut in our future. Unfortunately, the market will overreact to that condition and quickly put us right back where we are today (or worse). The wise investor will buy energy stocks just when things look the bleakest. There are just too many factors happening simultaneously for fuel prices to continue their upward movement. 1) At least in the American market, gasoline consumption is down, and the market for gas guzzlers has evaporated. Just look at any American car lot and note what is now on the front row compared to what was there 18 months ago. Further, worldwide recession is moderating the growth in the world's demand for energy. 2) Given current prices, energy companies are doing all they can do to bring product to the market, including uncapping old wells that were previously unprofitable, and including whole new supplies such as the Canadian oil sands that should start coming online over the next two years. 3) As soon as the market psychology turns around (may have already happened) investors will flock to the latest "big thing" leaving oil futures and oil stocks to fall until they become the biggest bargain in decades. Then the cycle will repeat. -- Vaughn My only real point of possible dissagreement is the use of the words "one last" instead of "another" at the beginning of the last post. Both are unfortunate situations and, at least in the US, so easily avoidable. One glaring example is the tax treatment of a personal vehicle which is also used for business--in which most small cars are only given half the tax deduction per mile when compared to most larger cars. Another, at least in Florida, is the proliferation of various impediments to the smooth flow of traffic--supposedly in the names of safety and beautification--which waste both fuel and maintenance with excessive waiting times and speed changes. Peter |
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