Nickname: fong_chay_nun

Review: WTI $85/bbl by 12/31, $100 not improbable. American petrojunkies need to go cold-turkey.

Date reviewed: Aug 29, 2006 3:38 PM

Nickname: econguy

Review: If oil went to $100 and above anytime soon, it would be because speculators in unregulated trading markets pushed it there. The more shock the better for an overwhelming tech and investment response that will bury OPEC this time. The only question is how confused and inefficient the government responses will be and how many investment schemes and diversions will come along too. But a rule-breaking tech response is coming this time around, despite the environmental nuts and farm fuel special interests. Hybrid improvements, solar gains, tar sands, and hydrofrac drilling will shatter the straight line thinkers. Oh yea! Place your bets now, I have.

Date reviewed: Aug 4, 2006 10:29 PM

Nickname: Rcode

Review: Minorgod is not omniscient. A scientist in Norway is trying to sell a biodegrable plastic from garbage for the Sahara to cause flora growth. His analysis is that the primarily source of greenhouse gases is from the biosphere itself. We should not take ourselves too seriously. Remember, fear sells and there are a lot of folks who make their living from this. Read "State of Fear" and "Freakonomics", and then you will have developed a constructive but critical thinking capability. The media is here to sell "stories" and not necessarily the whole truth. Keep that in mind.

Date reviewed: Jul 31, 2006 5:29 AM

Nickname: PHANI RAJESH MULLAPUDI

Review: It is only when oil prices reach unaffordably high levels that the major corporations will truly look at cleaner & alternate fuel sources with greater commitment. So, an oil price much higher than $100 would bring about a dramatic change in the way we use fossil Fuels and take us closer to alternate/cleaner/cheaper fuels. All is well that ends well...

Date reviewed: Jul 31, 2006 4:45 AM

Nickname: minorgod

Review: I enjoy watching stupid humans (Americans, in particular) destroy their planet and choke to death on their own fumes. It makes me chuckle. I especially love it when the hottest years on record now kill large numbers of fat, stupid, humans who drive around in mobile, oxygen-eating CO2 factories while whining about the price of killing themselves. They are slow-witted creatures who spend more time worrying about celebrities and gay marriage than they do worry about the morality of the wars they've started or the future of humanity and all other species of life they are in the process of extinguishing. So it's fitting that they will soon give themselves exactly what they deserve. Stupid, stupid humans.

Date reviewed: Jul 30, 2006 12:27 AM

Nickname: romi-indonesia

Review: Factories in Indonesia already close about 35+ when oil reaches $80 per barrel. I really can't imagine if Indonesia were hit by this disaster.

Date reviewed: Jul 29, 2006 10:56 AM

Nickname: salsero

Review: We are all so concerned about the oil price, but what about the price of cleaning up the atmosphere? Some $2000 per gallon? More? See the fossil fuels come from the carbon which was absorbed from the atmosphere by the plants millions of years ago, and then stored in the ground. What that means is that the atmosphere back then had a higher content of CO2 then we can live in. Plants did very well and the global temp was higher. Green house effect. So all we are doing is creating a hostile environment for us. And since we are destroying most of the world forests, which are the basic air filter we have and we are also destroying marine life which is the major air filter, what is the real cost of a barrel of oil?

Date reviewed: Jul 29, 2006 5:15 AM

Nickname: eddiep

Review: Speaking of oil, the factor of global warming needs to be addressed post haste. I would refer anyone and every one to Al Gore's documentary, "An Inconvenient Fact". Having children and grandchildren, I feel that as a long time Republican voter, I would have to vote for Gore if he were nominated.

Date reviewed: Jul 28, 2006 3:23 AM

Nickname: norman

Review: The winners should include oil field service companies that will see increased demand and profits. Rig rates are no where near historical highs and while there are more and newer rigs coming into the market, there has been little said about a key indicator that is well footage (depth) for new wells. If these new wells need to be drilled deeper and in more challenging environments, the number of days required will go up. That means there will be fewer rigs available to drill incremental wells. I am actively working in this industry, but it may be something investors should take into account.

Date reviewed: Jul 27, 2006 11:02 PM

Nickname: aymericrdv

Review: When I read some of these postings I get the feeling that these people want the US goverment to take away the profits that the oil companies have made and that fills me with disbelief. Oil is natural resource just like copper or gold. When a prospector sells his nugget of gold for $100 this year even though it was only worth $50 two years ago would you people want to take away his extra profit? What kind of America do you want to live in? Do you want to live in a country where you can risk your money in order to make more money, or do you want to live in an America where you can have all your money taken away from you only because you have more than others? There is already a country like that. It's called Russia.

Date reviewed: Jul 27, 2006 9:42 PM