Yep, what scares me is it IS sooo true-But, we like our cars
don’t we?!? Some of us have Classic Hotrods that REALLY
eat it up! Well, don’t complain too much-do you LIKE to walk
to work?? Or do you own every remote control there is,and
your body would scream out-loud if you walked 1 way to work? Those plastic bottles of “purified” water are a petro-
product,did ya know that?? All Plastic is….
winjill
The point being that it’s government bureaucracy in all of its insidious forms that has run the price of gasoline up a LOT.
Every bleeep fool ‘requirement’ that the stupid legislators and government bureaucrats who are NOT engineers, DON’T understand engineering, and DON’T even care that they don’t know what they are talking about, causes the crude oil to be more difficult to get, the gasoline refined from that crude oil to be more expensive to refine, and the heating value of that refined gasoline to be lower than it previously was. So the engines running on that gasoline have to burn MORE of the fuel to get the same energy output from the fuel! And worse yet, the design criteria of the engines themselves have been meddled with by these bureaucrats in ways that make them less efficient than they previously were so they have to burn even MORE fuel to get the same energy output from the engines.
And then I won’t even go into the inflation of the money supply caused by blowing money that we don’t have on idiotic, immoral, illegal, pointless, futile and EXPENSIVE wars that we don’t need. Thereby burning even MORE fuel in the process of running the wars and disrupting the economy and PRODUCTIVE output of the Arab oil states as regards to crude oil supply.
Buuuuut-will admit this- my ‘ol man works for a plastic botteling company-He is a mecanic on those BIG bleeep
machines that pump ‘em out!!, No wonder I can’t get him to
go green!!-Hummm,didn’t think of that til now…….DUHHH!!!
Hey Lew!! I had a cat like that-she ate everything she saw!
I think she was poisened w/anti-freeze-coolent. Sooo, if she or he goes out, be careful. To All: Anti-freeze-coolent is
sweet to animals. even if cat’s DON’T hv a “sweettooth” they
will drink water w/it in it. PUUULEEEZZE B careful w/the stuff!!
One more thing-it’s an upper folks!! I hv another grey tabby-
she’s an inside cat-AND weighs 17 lbs.!! adorable but, I know, unhealthy. She’s soooooo cute tho!!!!!
About the comic- the turtle needs a new rider-birds of a feather-etc….
In answer to the most common questions I am asked:-
1) Yes
2) No
3) It depends on the brand of mayonnaise
4) Once, and it hurt like the dickens for a week.
Hey BigChief - in the US, subsidies to oil companies keep the price of gasoline artificially low. Compare the pre-tax price of gasoline in the US to almost any other country in the world that is a net importer of oil and you’ll find that the US prices are almost absurdly low. If the subsidies ended, gasoline would triple almost overnight.
Part of the problem is that we tend to think of oil only in terms of fuel, and not in terms of pharmaceuticals, synthetic fibers, and the myriad bits of plastic: CDs, DVDs (and cases for them), circuit boards, shopping bags, beverage bottles, ink, paint, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
They say it’s just the way it is.
Is that how the cookie crumbles?
When money talks, everybody listens.
Be careful what you wish for,
‘Cause you just might get it all.
And then some you don’t want.
The multinational conglomerates
The big financial institutions
The monarchy and the oligarchy
The big business of politics and religion
From the silent majority to the creative minority
Somebody else is controlling the world.
But as far as God is concerned,
The universe is in perfect working order.
I need to laugh, and when the oil driller is out.
I’ve got something for our toolpusher’s roustabout.
I feel good, in a very roughneck way.
I’m drilling mud as a derrickhand , and it’s a sunny day.
Good day sunshine !!
Now this really scary! It would make the current situation pale in comparison.
The well from hell
This would be the apocalypse of the gulf and could bankrupt the entire country! Hopefully it will give the powers-that-be a cautionary pause for reflection.
If deep water drilling is so bad … WHY is the government giving $20 BILLION to George Soros’ Company to drill 3 times deeper than BP did in the Gulf???
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
BP’s not the only one with a leak.
*Good Morning, Ladywolf, ♠Lonewolf♠ LuvH8 & Tanya
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Bad choice right now, Peter!
Good Morning, LuvH8, Grog, Ladywolf, Woodeye, Tanya(hope you’re having fun!) & Everyone.
ladywolf17 over 14 years ago
I’m really hating *BP* right now.
Hello and Good morning Big Sister, Tanya Grog, Lonewolf, WoodEye, and the rest of you wonderful comic followers.
runar over 14 years ago
Take a look at this BP ad from 1999. Oddly prophetic, isn’t it?
ksoskins over 14 years ago
How about:
You’re swimming in product!parethed over 14 years ago
It is prophetic runar, that the turtle and bird are covered in oil…
BigChiefDesoto over 14 years ago
You might be interested in reading this set of articles.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/fuel-consumption/gas-price.htm
winjill over 14 years ago
Yep, what scares me is it IS sooo true-But, we like our cars don’t we?!? Some of us have Classic Hotrods that REALLY eat it up! Well, don’t complain too much-do you LIKE to walk to work?? Or do you own every remote control there is,and your body would scream out-loud if you walked 1 way to work? Those plastic bottles of “purified” water are a petro- product,did ya know that?? All Plastic is…. winjill
mrsullenbeauty over 14 years ago
But hey, bet they don’t have dandruff!
BigChiefDesoto over 14 years ago
The point being that it’s government bureaucracy in all of its insidious forms that has run the price of gasoline up a LOT.
Every bleeep fool ‘requirement’ that the stupid legislators and government bureaucrats who are NOT engineers, DON’T understand engineering, and DON’T even care that they don’t know what they are talking about, causes the crude oil to be more difficult to get, the gasoline refined from that crude oil to be more expensive to refine, and the heating value of that refined gasoline to be lower than it previously was. So the engines running on that gasoline have to burn MORE of the fuel to get the same energy output from the fuel! And worse yet, the design criteria of the engines themselves have been meddled with by these bureaucrats in ways that make them less efficient than they previously were so they have to burn even MORE fuel to get the same energy output from the engines.
And then I won’t even go into the inflation of the money supply caused by blowing money that we don’t have on idiotic, immoral, illegal, pointless, futile and EXPENSIVE wars that we don’t need. Thereby burning even MORE fuel in the process of running the wars and disrupting the economy and PRODUCTIVE output of the Arab oil states as regards to crude oil supply.
lewisbower over 14 years ago
I ride public transit I haven’t been in a private car in 3 years I buy responsibly. But I still demand petroleum products
As they say, if Americans didn’t demand drugs, there wouldn’t be drug violence.
If Americans didn’t demand oil, there wouldn’t be spills
Think about it as you drive alone to work
winjill over 14 years ago
I don’t drive at all,I walk.
winjill over 14 years ago
Buuuuut-will admit this- my ‘ol man works for a plastic botteling company-He is a mecanic on those BIG bleeep machines that pump ‘em out!!, No wonder I can’t get him to go green!!-Hummm,didn’t think of that til now…….DUHHH!!!
winjill over 14 years ago
Hey Lew!! I had a cat like that-she ate everything she saw! I think she was poisened w/anti-freeze-coolent. Sooo, if she or he goes out, be careful. To All: Anti-freeze-coolent is sweet to animals. even if cat’s DON’T hv a “sweettooth” they will drink water w/it in it. PUUULEEEZZE B careful w/the stuff!!
winjill over 14 years ago
One more thing-it’s an upper folks!! I hv another grey tabby- she’s an inside cat-AND weighs 17 lbs.!! adorable but, I know, unhealthy. She’s soooooo cute tho!!!!! About the comic- the turtle needs a new rider-birds of a feather-etc….
waycyber over 14 years ago
In answer to the most common questions I am asked:- 1) Yes 2) No 3) It depends on the brand of mayonnaise 4) Once, and it hurt like the dickens for a week.
runar over 14 years ago
Hey BigChief - in the US, subsidies to oil companies keep the price of gasoline artificially low. Compare the pre-tax price of gasoline in the US to almost any other country in the world that is a net importer of oil and you’ll find that the US prices are almost absurdly low. If the subsidies ended, gasoline would triple almost overnight.
Part of the problem is that we tend to think of oil only in terms of fuel, and not in terms of pharmaceuticals, synthetic fibers, and the myriad bits of plastic: CDs, DVDs (and cases for them), circuit boards, shopping bags, beverage bottles, ink, paint, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
waycyber over 14 years ago
In the UK, petrol is about 120p per litre. That’s about 8.2 dollars a gallon.
joseph_allen2020 over 14 years ago
They say it’s just the way it is. Is that how the cookie crumbles? When money talks, everybody listens. Be careful what you wish for, ‘Cause you just might get it all. And then some you don’t want.
The multinational conglomerates The big financial institutions The monarchy and the oligarchy The big business of politics and religion From the silent majority to the creative minority Somebody else is controlling the world. But as far as God is concerned, The universe is in perfect working order.
I need to laugh, and when the oil driller is out. I’ve got something for our toolpusher’s roustabout. I feel good, in a very roughneck way. I’m drilling mud as a derrickhand , and it’s a sunny day. Good day sunshine !!
TheSkulker over 14 years ago
Now this really scary! It would make the current situation pale in comparison.
The well from hellThis would be the apocalypse of the gulf and could bankrupt the entire country! Hopefully it will give the powers-that-be a cautionary pause for reflection.
napaeric over 14 years ago
US wants oil, WELL we got it. I am thinking electric car sounds pretty good right now.
Wildmustang1262 over 14 years ago
Put the circle with slash on his billboard with “NO SWIMMING!” BP OIL SPILL IN THE WATER!
Poor thing on the bird and turtle They were covered with a lot of oil. And of course, the smell, too! EWWWW! COUGH! COUGH! COUGH!
Neanderthal over 14 years ago
BP lowered the boom all up and down the beach.
ladywolf17 over 14 years ago
You Spammers just don’t know when to quit. Why can’t you go to Amazon or Ebay or something like that.
rekam Premium Member over 14 years ago
LW18, just Flag them the way I do whenever I spot them.
CashewJim over 14 years ago
Flag em, Flog em (mentally), and Forget em!
CashewJim over 14 years ago
BP* = *Bad Practices
Ooops! Premium Member over 14 years ago
Good Evening Everyone!
That is not a good swim.
TheDOCTOR over 14 years ago
If deep water drilling is so bad … WHY is the government giving $20 BILLION to George Soros’ Company to drill 3 times deeper than BP did in the Gulf???
Mihir Asher over 14 years ago
Yeah … the billboard should read “Nature is swimming in our profits!” It almost sounds eco-friendly!