Bush Once Again Fails To ‘Jawbone’ King Abdullah At His Horse Ranch Into Increasing Oil Production
Bush Once Again Fails To ‘Jawbone’ King Abdullah At His Horse Ranch Into Increasing Oil Production
During the 2000 presidential campaign, President Bush criticized the Clinton administration for high fuel prices and said that as president, he would take a much tougher approach — “jawbone OPEC members to lower the price“:
What I think the president ought to do [when gas prices spike] is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots…And the president of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price.
Last January, Bush went to Saudi Arabia to “jawbone” King Abdullah into increasing oil production in an effort to bring rising gas prices down in the United States. But perhaps because the jawboning session occurred in the comforts of the King’s horse ranch, the King declined Bush’s kind request.
Bush was back in Saudi Arabia today meeting with the King to make a second appeal for the oil-rich nation to increase its crude output. But again, instead of jawboning, Bush took the horse farm approach and failed once again:
The White House says Saudi Arabia’s leaders are making clear they see no reason to increase oil production until customers demand it.
President Bush was in the oil-rich country Friday to appeal to King Abdullah for greater production to help halt rising gas prices in the United States. […]
Bush was spending the day with Abdullah at his horse farm outside Riyadh, talking mostly out of public view over three tea services and two meals.
But Bush’s Saudi Arabia junkets are perhaps more symbolic than anything else. In fact, there’s evidence to suggest that even if the King had agreed to increase Saudi Arabia’s oil production, its effect on lowering gas prices in the U.S. would have been minimal to non-existent.
While “[n]obody has cracked the code” to the cause of high gas prices, there are other issues that contribute, such as a weak dollar. But seeing that the King of Saudi Arabia has little control of the dollar’s value, it seems Bush’s visits indicate his continued addiction to oil rather than any adherence to sound policy that helps Americans.
Brad Johnson breaks down other key components to high gas prices over at the Wonk Room.
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One more failure… stack it up there with the others… you might need to get a step ladder.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:14 pmprice of gas January, 2001—–$1.49/gal
price of gas today——$3.99/gal
Heck of a job Bushie
SNARK!!!!
May 16th, 2008 at 3:16 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
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One more failure… stack it up there with the others… you might need to get a step ladder.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I believe mountain climbing rope will be needed………
May 16th, 2008 at 3:18 pmPrytania Says: It’s time to start drilling here at home.
So big oil companys can ship it to China, right?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:19 pmMaybe your hero boosh can do some more “sword dancing”.
Maybe we can start drilling in your head,trojan, we might find some gray matter.
Still all hat, no cattle. After 7.321 years of Bush arrogance, Bush stupidity, Bush treason, Bush torture, Bush tyranny, we are still stuck in his twin quagmires, Afghanistan and Iraq. Heck of a job, Bushie…
May 16th, 2008 at 3:19 pm“You people are full of hate!”
May 16th, 2008 at 3:20 pm~VA Voter
You were quicker on the draw McMetal, about the skull drilling. What do you think we would find???
May 16th, 2008 at 3:20 pm248
Number days left of this criminal and traitorous adminstration.
Can I get an “Amen!”????
May 16th, 2008 at 3:21 pmWe all know what Vavoter is full of Matt. The same thing we would find in trojans cranium. ;)
May 16th, 2008 at 3:22 pmOh and AMEN :)
May 16th, 2008 at 3:23 pmspecialist f Says:
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You were quicker on the draw McMetal, about the skull drilling. What do you think we would find???
May 16th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
An area resembling a black hole………..
May 16th, 2008 at 3:24 pmWhat I think the president ought to do [when gas prices spike] is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots…And the president of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price.
In classic authoritarian style, this statement presumes that we can simply demand what we want and compliance is mandatory. Not only has this never been true, but now that Bush has managed to plunge America’s stock somewhere below Enron’s, nobody has much of a reason to listen to any of our demands.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
May 16th, 2008 at 3:25 pmDoes America have an Energy Policy ? Yep. A preznit grovelling like an addict for more of the black stuff.
Jimmy Carter advocated serious energy conversation in the late 70’s but no one bothered to listen then and no listens now.
The energy chickens have finally come home to roost on America’s economy.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:25 pmTrajan’s cranium is protected with titanium because it is a benefit that comes with being a Latin king.
Nice try, my friends.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:26 pmMCMetal Says:
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specialist f Says:
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You were quicker on the draw McMetal, about the skull drilling. What do you think we would find???
May 16th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
An area resembling a black hole………..
Something resembling Bush’s brain, you know, a marble size mass of pus.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:28 pmPrytania Says:
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MCMetal Says:
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Prytania Says:
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It’s time to start drilling here at home.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Let’s start 1st with your skull………….
“Shut up”, is that you?
It is time to start drilling at home. With more production of oil at home, more jobs are created as well.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
I need not ask if it is you ; rare to find ignorance and stupidity on your level (thankfully).
And now you’re suggesting that drilling at home will open up more jobs ?
How about finding a fuel source that isn’t finite or dirty , such as oil and coal are ?
Especially seeing what’s happened to Detroit’s auto industry the last few years ; another fuel source could be a shot in the arm for US automakers if they were willing to be cooperative…………
May 16th, 2008 at 3:28 pmBut..but..Carter vus the vurst presudent in histury.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:29 pmI agree with Joe Biden…………Every time Bush says– Iran — oil jumps and Halliburton pulls in the profits…
Saudi Arabia already said they wouldn’t help because of our poor economic policy…..their words…..
The facts are there……LOW-INFORMED and POORLY-READ voters….just watch the sound bites on TV! and vote the NRA or Rev. Hagee says to.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:31 pmBush should be the next president of Yale. His negotiating and brush-clearing abilities set him apart. The current president has been in office for a long time.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:33 pm.
I thought Bush once said that America needs to REDUCE it’s dependance on foreign crude oil… Is this why he’s entertaining the House of Saud? Invaded and occuped Iraq? Threatening Iran?
BECAUSE OF THE OIL…?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:33 pmWe have oil men in the Whitehouse while the oil industry is making record profits. hmmm…
Let’s just say that Bush didn’t exactly try very hard, here.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:35 pmThe Saudis have played Bush, Osama bin Laden has played Bush, Putin played Bush and al-Maliki has played Bush. And here’s the really pathetic part….Bush thought he was playing all of them. Has anyone been more cluelessly incompetent and out of his depth than George W. Bush? To be played by Bush, you have to be the biggest brown-nose suck-up in human history. Think Alberto Gonzales.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:36 pmQuestion: Why is no one asking about what did Exxon, Chevron and Shell do with the patents they bought up….solar, electric? There was an electric car that ran without gas…. What happened to that patent???
It was bought up by the three big guys….. The technology is there……congress gives them EXTRA tax dollars to help them find the technology……..Chevron, Shell and Exxon are sitting on……….
Ask where are those patents!!!!!
May 16th, 2008 at 3:36 pmHeh. Gee. I wonder why this puts me in mind of that Biblical reference to the ‘jawbone of an ASS‘…?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:37 pmIs “jawboning” like a hummer?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:37 pmWhat I think the president ought to do [when gas prices spike] is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots…And the president of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price.
Do you believe the Saudi oil sheiks/royal family aren’t familar with the story of Samson and how he slew an entire army with the jawbone of one such as yourself , Chimpy ?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:39 pmToddMcLauchlin Says:
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Exxon Chevron Shell - they do not have all the patents. If they were economically viable you would see more alt energies
May 16th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
They are economically viable , you colossal ignoramus ; just not for the oil companies .
May 16th, 2008 at 3:40 pmSometimes I wonder if the oil companies thought that they’d have more time to switch the addiction from oil to hydrogen or something else that they could make lots of more from. But it seems that they don’t have enough time for that transition.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:44 pmPrytania Says:
It’s time to start drilling here at home.
Idiot. Have you ever been to Rock Srpings Wyo? Evanston Wyo?
Sidney Mt.?
Even if we started drilling MORE! it would still be 10 years, at the least, until the crude oil that would come out of those wells would be in our gas tanks. What are we going to do until then? I say we convert our vechiles to run on hot air and then everyone could stuff a republican in our tanks.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:44 pmI meant lots of MONEY from…
May 16th, 2008 at 3:44 pmWhy would they listen to a bafoon?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:45 pmToddMcLauchlin Says:
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They are just beginning to become viable. Have you ever built a biodiesel plant? Or a solar plant?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
When did I ever claim to being an inventor , designer or an engineer ?
And they have always been viable ; it’s just a question of “when” people were finally going to get fed up or desperate enough to actually move away from oil……….
May 16th, 2008 at 3:45 pmJust another campaign promise ignored along with restoring dignity to the office of the presidency, foregoing nation building and taking the strain off our armed forces. Meanwhile, every time the Shrub leaves the country he has to deal with indignities like Putin making fun of him, those ungrateful Iraqi’s sneaking U.S. officials under tight security while openly honoring the president of Iran with an official state visit and now his Saudi overlords turning down his plea for more oil. Think this spoiled rich kid ever gets tired of having his lunch money stolen by these international bullies?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:46 pmI can imagine these same idiots (Prytania, ToddMcLaughlin) arguing against those bedanged, noisy, smelly horseless carriages…
May 16th, 2008 at 3:47 pmToddMcLauchlin Says:
Exxon Chevron Shell - they do not have all the patents. If they were economically viable you would see more alt energies
What the fck does a patent have to do with making alternative fuel? The process to make Ethanol has been in the public domain for centuries, Einstein.
Sheesh.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:47 pmGotta wonder if the chymp got to milk any horses at the King’s ranch?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:50 pmToddMcLauchlin Says:
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Mary, I think your comment is honest - but exxon, for example, is extremely profitable because they take 20 year scopes on all of their projects. They dont even have to hedge they are so efficient. They are extremely well ran, and if the market signaled to move to hydrogen, etc… they would move faster than anyone.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
They’re so “efficient” , they have operators that are smashed when guiding one of their tankers ……..
Todd , are you retarded ?
Do you actually believe that a company making $30 billion in profits and more for the last 3 straight years , is going to move away from that in any manner ?
BTW
I couldn’t resist visiting your hilarious site again , and picking up some more “pearls” of your wisdom , like this :
The only problem with President Bush’s remarks to Israel on the 60th anniversary is that it is not being said every day.
I could not agree with the President more on this issue. The Democrats are appeasers on the war on terrorism, no different than Chamberlain.
You don’t see that Chimpy is responsible more than any other individual in strenghthening and helping terrorists and terrorism in their schemes because of his ignorance and moronic policies ?
Your blind loyalty is appalling………..
May 16th, 2008 at 3:52 pmTodd: I believe you’re a liar.
I don’t take anyone who can’t spell the simple words “riding” and “business” seriously.
Have a nice day.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:52 pmOn second thought, Todd, DON’T have a nice day.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:54 pmToddMcLauchlin Says:
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McMetal: That just isnt true. If they were viable people would be using them. It is basic economics. THey are just beginning to become profitable, so now you see an increase in alt energies.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Yes , “basic economics” stipulates that the company making the highest annual profit in human history , is not going to allow nor be involved in any way in relinquishing that stranglehold on that insane amount ………..
Viability isn’t about profit-making or economics ; and people aren’t using other sources because alternative fuel ideas and inventions have been suppressed………
May 16th, 2008 at 3:56 pmSomehow the phrase ‘jawbone of an ass’ comes to mind, and I just can’t stop laughing.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:57 pmChevron is the lesser of the evils. Otherwise, oil men are in the business to swim in cash by keeping their business model permanent across the world. That means lip service for alternative fuels while executives laugh behind closed doors.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:57 pmWhoosh!
May 16th, 2008 at 3:58 pmTwo thumbs up for the Saudis they played the game well and won. The Saudi Government watched and feed the idiot Bush Family and Dark Cheney for many many years waiting like a scorpion to attack. Like the Turtle/Scorpion story. The Saudis saw idiot baby Bush and feed him what ever he wanted, while dealing the Daddy Bush. Then 2000 election came and everything was in place even Bandar was attached to keep track of baby Bush. Yes Bush/Cheney told Americans that taking Iraq would make oil prices cheaper as the US would control the oil. Little did the Idiot Team know it was poker at it’s best. Most Americans didn’t even know the US gets oil from Iran. Then the time came to call the game and the winner is the Middle East. What does baby Bush and Dark Cheney do, well they beg for more oil and what does the now Powerful Saudi King say NO! Yes it takes a smart patient Leader to win it all. While Americans were told to hate the Middle East, the Middle East has been buying up the USA. Yes China got in on the sale too. To watch a US President drop so low as to keep begging for oil is just sad. The World Leaders can tell a strong, determined, qualified, experienced Leader and right now there’s only one. But the American people just want rebate checks and watch American Idol and hope things change. When we hit our second Great Depression, Americans will wake up and demand a Great American Leader like Hillary Clinton come in and save us all. Funny how people really don’t care who saves their lives when their about to die, but it’s all about race/sex when we’re doing ok. When the 9/11 attack came there were no direction not to hit only blacks or whites the bomb just killed Americans.
May 16th, 2008 at 3:58 pmMy comment 3:37 PM, about filling the strategic reserve, copied from wikipedia, is STILL awaiting moderation?
Sheez O’ Pete TP has the moderator been drinkin agin?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:59 pmJ Says:
We have oil men in the Whitehouse while the oil industry is making record profits. hmmm…
What would happen to the price of beer if McCain were elected?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:59 pmToddMcLauchlin Says:
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Once again, if fighting terrorism only produces it, why don’t we just throw down our arms and walk away? would this make us safe?
Also, Exxon makes profits only if there is a market. THey are market driven, not market controlling. It really is basic economics. If there was money to be made in alts (and there is, and they put a significant amount of research into it) they would do it.
I just dont think you understand business or economics. So, you have to resort to conspiracy
May 16th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
How much “reasearch” are you going to put into moving away from the very thing that brings untold amount of profit to you ?
Especially when it is something completely removed from a specialized area , such as oil extraction and processing ?
Please tell me you aren’t serious ; you have to be beyond ignorant and gullible to be making the sort of claims you are about Exxon………
May 16th, 2008 at 4:00 pm#41 ToddMcLauchlin Says:
If they were viable people would be using them. It is basic economics. THey are just beginning to become profitable, so now you see an increase in alt energies.
We have to build an infastructure in this country to support some of the alternatives. Which should have been done at least 10 years ago. This way the transistion could have been gradual and less expensive.
The car manufacturers need to jump on board also. If the government had started making mandates for the conversion, not just in alternative fuels but in other ways such as Green Vehicles. We would not be in the situation we are currently in. Begging the Saudi’s, which have already told us “No” we want to make sure future generations will be secure.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:00 pmSt Auggie, I can just see the bumper sticker now:
A Case of Beer in Every PotBelly!
May 16th, 2008 at 4:01 pmSaint Augustine Says:
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J Says:
We have oil men in the Whitehouse while the oil industry is making record profits. hmmm…
What would happen to the price of beer if McCain were elected?
May 16th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Absolutely nothing , because McSkidMark is a part of the Budweiser family , which makes beer that is similar in looks , smell , consistency and probably taste to mountain goat urine ……….
May 16th, 2008 at 4:03 pmCool.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:06 pmBush is appeasing Muslims!
Bush is appeasing Muslims!
Bush is appeasing Muslims!
Bush is appeasing Muslims!
May 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pm… which makes beer that is similar in looks , smell , consistency and probably taste to mountain goat urine … -MCM
I think that was Billy Beer..and would you leave my goat out of this? 8-P
May 16th, 2008 at 4:09 pmXisithrus Says:
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… which makes beer that is similar in looks , smell , consistency and probably taste to mountain goat urine … -MCM
I think that was Billy Beer..and would you leave my goat out of this? 8-P
May 16th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Actually , no I wasn’t ; the US doesn’t make very good beer at all.
And keep your damn goat on a leash or something………..
May 16th, 2008 at 4:12 pmThey’ve used him and are now tossing him to the side. The best part is that he’s to self-consumed to see it. The worst part is we suffer. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!
May 16th, 2008 at 4:13 pmOsama Bin Laden gives Chimpy the finger on a daily basis ; and the clown believes he’s going to get the oil sheiks to do his bidding , when they can buy and sell his stupid useless ass 100 thousand times over ?
Chimpy has to be the most delusionally arrogant twit to ever be created on this planet………
May 16th, 2008 at 4:15 pmXis, looks like you punked the crap out of Toady. Nice work.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:17 pmBTW, his web site is a piece of reichwing crap. I went there looking for some evidence of his claim to be involved with alternative energy plants. Poor delusional toady. Ribbet.
And the cost of plastic surgery faced blond bimbos for pasty faced old farts, well that would just raise the price of beer too wouldn’t it?
May 16th, 2008 at 4:22 pmIt is difficult to jawbone with his nose stuck so far up the fat sheiks anus.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:23 pmDamn. Zimzone beat me to it.
We are appeasing dictators in a country where the state religion is Wahhabism.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:26 pmDidn’t the 9/11 terrorists come from Saudi Arabia? Yeah I can see now why Bush had to divert attention to Obama wanting to negotiate with the Iranians so nobody would pay attention to him sucking up to the Saudis.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:28 pmCheck out Dependable Renegade (through Atrios) for some very funny pictures of our dismal preznit and his hero, the King. Good stuff and all safe for work.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:30 pmToddMcLauchlin Says:
McMetal: That just isnt true. If they were viable people would be using them. It is basic economics. THey are just beginning to become profitable, so now you see an increase in alt energies.
It costs about $1 to produce a gallon of ethanol currently (or was before the high gas prices affected crop prices). Even if that charge $2 per gallon and have the same average 48 cents tax, it is cheaper than the current average price of gas.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:34 pmTodays high prices are 90% caused by oil company % OPEC greed
57. Chimpy has to be the most delusionally arrogant twit to ever be created on this planet………
The smaller chimps who voted not once but twice for Chimpy are to blame!?? Are 49% of Americans really knuckle-dragging neanderthals?
May 16th, 2008 at 4:39 pmMCMetal Says:
Viability isn’t about profit-making or economics ; and people aren’t using other sources because alternative fuel ideas and inventions have been suppressed………
Exactly, Like all the patents for more fuel efficient carburetors the oil companies bought over the years and shelved.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:40 pmCaption Contest:
How dooz dthat horse seeemen taste, booshey?
May 16th, 2008 at 4:45 pmAt the time of Bush’s jawbone statement, a barrel of oil was nearing the shocking price of $28 a barrel. Now $28 buys only 6.14 gals of diesel fuel (at 4.559 a gal here in NJ).
May 16th, 2008 at 4:49 pmWayne Says:
Todays high prices are 90% caused by oil company % OPEC greed
No, much has been caused by the outsourcing of the production of many of our goods. This has helped those countries to develope their industry, raise their standard of living and started them on the path of comsumption. They are now competitors in the world market for oil. Prices will continue to rise until people cut back on consumption which will lower demand that will bring prices down.
Meanwhile, gas rationing might help, or reducing the cost of public transportation, anything to get people out of their gas gussling vehicles. Oh, we could stop the wasting of millions of gallons of fuel our military is burning up every day and bring the troops home.
May 16th, 2008 at 4:51 pmRUCerious Says:
Caption Contest:
How dooz dthat horse seeemen taste, booshey?
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May 16th, 2008 at 4:52 pmI was thinking more….
“where’s the carb on this? Damn this is good shit! Why do you have that tablecloth and bungee cord on your head? Wow dude, I am blasted!”
The Bushes and the Saudi TERRORIST financiers.
A Portrait in (un)American TREASON.
Sincerely,
NRA Gun Nut(e)s
May 16th, 2008 at 4:57 pmAsswipe bush should wipe the sheikspunk off his chin.
May 16th, 2008 at 5:01 pmSomeone posted this earlier. The last thing that Bush wants is OPEC and SA to increase production.
Read it and weep. This is from Greg Palast.
http://www.gregpalast.com/ bush-didnt-bungle-iraq-you-fools/
May 16th, 2008 at 5:08 pmPrytania: the age of oil is OVER.
Too bad so many of you reichwingers are too bloody stupid to see it.
May 16th, 2008 at 5:31 pmLeftside Annie Says:
Prytania: the age of oil is OVER.
Too bad so many of you reichwingers are too bloody stupid to see it.
If that statement were only true. You my friend are the stupid one for thinking you can flip a switch and end our need for oil. This situation is very complicated and by just simply stating the age of oil is over show your lack of understating. I wish the problem were as easy as just blaming Bush which by the way is an obsession of this site and it followers. Sounds like a good bumper sticker. Have a problem? Just blame Bush!!
May 16th, 2008 at 5:45 pmThe cure for high gas prices IS High gas prices.When gas was less than a dollar a gallon, NOBODY was talking about any of this.
May 16th, 2008 at 5:51 pmAmerica needs a Massive retrofit in it’s infrastructure. We need lightweight electric cars, and renewable energy to power it.We need out communities redesigned away from dependence on the automobile and commuting to work and shop. 30 years ago, president Carter Warned us about this…the moral equivalent of war was his phrasing. No One Listened..now we are running out of time.
We Can do this…we must do this…but first we need Real Political leadership…and the oil men out of the whitehouse.
Badger Says:
I agree!
May 16th, 2008 at 5:55 pmI wish the problem were as easy as just blaming Bush which by the way is an obsession of this site and it followers. Sounds like a good bumper sticker. Have a problem? Just blame Bush!!
Don’t be so humble. We blame you as well. Toady.
May 16th, 2008 at 6:02 pmBush is still looking for his first win - at ANYTHING!
Stolen elections with the help of Diebold don’t count!
May 16th, 2008 at 7:01 pmIs it possible that the Saudis can’t increase their oil production?
I don’t claim to be an expert, but a quick google search shows that the Saudis have been very secretive about their oil production. There is some speculation, some of it based on satillite photos, that the Gwahar field which is the biggest in the world has peaked in output. Once an oilfield is mature, water has to be pumped into the ground to create pressure to remove the remaining oil. The Saudis are pumping in huge amounts of sea water to maintain their current production level, 5+ million barrels a day . As time goes on the water content of the oil coming out of the ground increases which eventually is very bad news for the producer.
P.S The Mexican Canterell oilfield is the 3rd largest in the world, but has ALREDY PEAKED and is in decline.
May 16th, 2008 at 7:29 pmToday the Mexican Dept. of Energy announced that Mexico is going to face a severe energy crisis in the near future.
Texas oil well production rates are no where near where they were at their peak 30-40 years ago, even with more efficient technology.
Oil is not going to completely disappear, but we are in for an extreme lifestyle change.We are headed for $150-200/barrel oil very soon. In a few years gas guzzling SUV’s will go the way of the dinosaur.
Why do I have the feeling that back in 2000, Dick Cheney knew all this?
flavorino Says:
Perhaps the oil companies have decided the best way to force drilling off American coastal waters is to jack the price up, and cry about middle eastern supply.
May 16th, 2008 at 7:47 pmKing Abdullah must feel like a philistine getting beaten by the jawbone of an ass.
May 16th, 2008 at 8:41 pmThis is all hype,
America only imports 15-17 % of its oil from Saudi Arabia, what about other countries like Nigeria,Venezuela, Mexico,Norway and many others…that we don’t talk about?!!
May 16th, 2008 at 8:43 pmCrude Saudi oil takes months after arrival to be processed.
American oil companies said repeatedly that hey don’t have enough refineries to process imported oil.
How much does it cost to build a refinery?!!
Then you have the Wall Street’s future commodity traders who sets the price of oil,and making billions of this commodity in short period of time.
Then you have the health of the dollar under which all sales of oil are priced and made,which lost half ot its value to the Euro in the last few years.
Then you have the tax on every sold gallon to consumers…
In many states it is about 1/5th to 1/6 of the price of a gallon.
So, it is not all Saudi problems; many of these problems are ours.
It is easy to sit down and blame the Saudis,and ignore our own share of these problems…
What have we done since 1973 Oil crisis…?!!
nothing.
What advancements in science and technology we achieved to help save energy in the last 20 years..?
few…
What plans do we have ,other than stupid Hillary’s and McCain plans for summer driving designed to score few political points,and put $30.00 TO $40.00 in drivers’ pockets in 3 months.? !!
Yes, we have a serious problem…and it will be bigger as our cities and population get bigger.
What mass transit systems and plans to build more do we have…?
Not many
You can keep blaming Saudi Arabia,but that will not solve anything…
The Problem is ours..and it should be solved by us,and we should look somewhere else outside this daily hype of putting the balme on Saudi Arabia only.
Oil is a commodity, just like any commodity..and it is subject to demand and supply…when our demand is reaching the roof,and on the other hand supply is getting lesser,besides the dollar value is nosediving,then the price per gallon will go up.
We need leadership that cares and also willing to be supportive to new and fresh ideas ,not only in the Administration , but also in the House and Senate.
Max-1 Says:
I thought Bush once said that America needs to REDUCE it’s dependance on foreign crude oil…
He did. In a SOTU speech from a few years ago. Said he wanted to wean the U.S. off of foreign oil within 10 years. But, a few days after that, several administration spokesmen said that Bush wasn’t being serious.
May 16th, 2008 at 11:10 pmGEE, Thanks alot Dubya, you Shrub!!!!!!!!!!
May 17th, 2008 at 2:07 amAmerica be afraid, be VERY afraid . . . China makes 90% of our underwear . . . it will be tough to cover the large number of asses in Washington if they cut production . . .
May 17th, 2008 at 5:05 amI think the Saudis are very smart….they are saving their oil for the future. Imagine what will happen to them when they run out of oil, if they don’t take care of it, they’ll be running around on camels trying to sell each other figs and goat meat.
I don’t want to sound rude, but you Americans should learn to use less fuel. Why not try driving smaller cars? Your vehicle fleet looks like it spent a month eating at McDonald’s. Also, some mass transit would help you out.
If you want to, come to Spain and see how we do it, of we can send you some our government experts to show how it’s done. But I’m not sure we can get much expertising done in the USA if you have a President like Bush.
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:39 pmLeftside Annie-
WOW - please share the secret with me - if OIL is “OVER” - how should we ship our goods across this country?
June 4th, 2008 at 11:53 pmAnd how are we continuing to manufacture “alternative” vehicles without oil? And are tractors and airplanes running on fairy dust these days?
Heh - Pedro - care to compare the geographies????????
June 4th, 2008 at 11:57 pm(Not to mention the economies?)
How come some comments written without offensive language do not show up on the site? I’m specifically referring to comments written by ToddMcLauchlin that people have responded to and included his original quote, but I don’t see the quote he posted before their responses.
June 13th, 2008 at 1:41 am