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Dang... I thought this thread was going to be about O'Reill'ys, the auto parts store, and how they finally realized that the pricing of parts at auto parts stores is RIDICULOUS and they needed to get real and lower pricing. Alas...
Europe wants the green deal more than the USA. So fuck them.
There's not going to be a world war over Ukraine.
Fucking talking heads promoting an agenda and using it to make money.
There's not going to be a world war over Ukraine.
Fucking talking heads promoting an agenda and using it to make money.
I think I've hit my limit for rambling old boomers this month.
That sounds good, but it's nothing but hot air and bullshit, directly because of NATO. Article 5 will drag us into this mess.... Not, "talking heads"..... And every liberal, progressive Democrat in this country wants it as much or MORE than Europe.
I’d like to also point out the US cant even feed its current rate of consumption.
Suggesting we can supply Europe... O’Reilly needs to get out of the pharmaceutical cabinet.
Quickest solution is for OPEC to open the valve. That aint about to happen. This is the dick we’re gonna have to suck for a little while
Suggesting we can supply Europe... O’Reilly needs to get out of the pharmaceutical cabinet.
Quickest solution is for OPEC to open the valve. That aint about to happen. This is the dick we’re gonna have to suck for a little while
Europe should have learned from us in the 70's, what happens when you depend on energy from people who hate your guts. O'Reilly's point is well taken. 4 years of Trump made us energy independent. European progressive idiots made that continent more dependent on Putin's. Now their ass is in the wringer, and Putin has his hand on the crank.
They, (Europe), are also the reason we won't kick Putin's ass out of Swift. Once again Putin has them by the balls. If they did boot Putin, they would be all but financially crippled themselves.... Because they're sharing the same financial bed. Yet another big mistake by the Europeans. Who refuse to think any further ahead on Monday, than Tuesday.
The progressives here, as well as in Europe, have crippled the fossil fuel industry both here and there. If we had stopped kissing these idiots asses, and listening to their non stop "global warming" bullshit, they (Europe) wouldn't be in this mess today. And we wouldn't be looking at gas prices that have damn near doubled in many parts of the country in less than a year.
There is plenty of untapped energy out there. In fact, it's an astronomical amount. The problem isn't drilling for it. The problem is stupid politics from the idiot progressive left, that prevents it from being extracted, transported and sold.
You don't stop pipelines when you and your allies need the energy they provide. You open more of them. This is what Trump was doing. The enemy here isn't Putin. He is just making the Europeans, along with us, understand the idiotic errors of our own ways.
Biden, along with the progressives who control him, are by far the bigger enemy. It just took a guy like Putin to make us realize it..... The same way OPEC opened our eyes in the 70's...... While the progressives conveniently looked the other way.
They, (Europe), are also the reason we won't kick Putin's ass out of Swift. Once again Putin has them by the balls. If they did boot Putin, they would be all but financially crippled themselves.... Because they're sharing the same financial bed. Yet another big mistake by the Europeans. Who refuse to think any further ahead on Monday, than Tuesday.
The progressives here, as well as in Europe, have crippled the fossil fuel industry both here and there. If we had stopped kissing these idiots asses, and listening to their non stop "global warming" bullshit, they (Europe) wouldn't be in this mess today. And we wouldn't be looking at gas prices that have damn near doubled in many parts of the country in less than a year.
There is plenty of untapped energy out there. In fact, it's an astronomical amount. The problem isn't drilling for it. The problem is stupid politics from the idiot progressive left, that prevents it from being extracted, transported and sold.
You don't stop pipelines when you and your allies need the energy they provide. You open more of them. This is what Trump was doing. The enemy here isn't Putin. He is just making the Europeans, along with us, understand the idiotic errors of our own ways.
Biden, along with the progressives who control him, are by far the bigger enemy. It just took a guy like Putin to make us realize it..... The same way OPEC opened our eyes in the 70's...... While the progressives conveniently looked the other way.
Not enough to supply. Europe.
I am not against oil infrastructure being invested in the US. Biden has held it back, no doubt.
But o’Reilly....
Why not O'Reilly? The man makes perfect sense. Don't be like these idiotic Trump hating fools, who cut off their noses to spite their faces. They're the complete jag offs who gave us Biden in the first place. You don't have to like the messenger to understand the basics of the message.
His argument is with the progressives. All he is pointing out, is if both we and Europe had been EXPANDING our fossil fuel industry, instead of listening to the idiot progressives, who wanted it all but shut down completely years ago, with nothing what so ever to replace it, we wouldn't be in this mess today. Or would Europe be so dependent on Putin's oil and natural gas.
It really is just that simple. As he pointed out, you don't shut down your biggest source of fuel, until you have something else that is capable of replacing it 100%. Neither we or Europe do. And it will be decades, if not lifetimes before we ever do.
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Lol
We were energy independent for a split second when demand dropped at the end of the year(covid) And just barely. It’s because demand tanked. Those companies were also operating at a loss The idea is not sustainable. It was a fluke.
The idea that we can supply Europe with fuel is fucking ridiculous.
Bill O’riely is a Senile old fuck.
And John Kerry implores Putin to promote Climate Change amidst his war on Ukraine. Haven't we embarrassed and humiliated ourselves on the world stage enough yet? Apparently not, since our next Supreme Court Justice will be named ketanji, whose main qualification is being a radical leftist. Lovely.
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I agree. I mean, go price a standard 1990 - 2005 2 hole O2 sensor gasket. 10 bucks. Amazon has it delivered for 3.99 same day. WTF
edit - Autozone has to order it from other stores... wait 4 days
I bet all those environmentalists in Germany are probably wishing they didn't shut down those nuclear reactors that generate electricity.
ahh, who am I kidding, they don't care about their fellow Germans; they'd rather see people freeze, as long as it's not them freezing.
BS >>>"We were energy independent for a split second "
because in human years it was around 4..
please note, the article was written in Dec 2018.. and we remained independent for YEARS
energy independent under trump
Edit - Here are the months under Trump for those who suffer TDS when the USA was NOT energy independent
"Since 2019 the overall trend has been more energy production than consumption -- but there have been several months when the U.S. did not produce as much energy as it consumed, including December 2019, January, February and December 2020, and January 2021." energy independence
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You don't have a clue of what you're even talking about. Europe, as well as the United States could easily be energy independent if their governments would go all out, and beef up oil and natural gas exploration, and STOP listening to the progressive movement.
If you can't see or understand that, you have no business commenting on anything O'Reilly say's, because you don't have a fucking clue. Finding and producing fossil energy in quantity is not a "fluke". And anyone today who starts a post today with "LOL" is an idiot who wishes to broadcast that fact. For Christ's sake you can't even spell the mans name correctly.
Right. Just like you do. If you had to make a living slinging bullshit, you would starve.FYI, most of us have this one on ignore
I don’t need a news article to tell me what’s up I can look at the numbers myself here they are.
Consumption
Production
You ARE LYING!!!!
I’m not surprised people would put me on ignore.. The truth hurts
Awe... Live in your safe space.
russia has a deal to sell 100 million tons of coal to china. the green new deal and paris accords are bullshit.
Then I owe you an apology, as I misunderstood. Please accept.
And for a good part of that time those companies were operating making very little or at a loss
That rate of production is not economically sustainable and if you try to do it and start cutting in on other peoples market shares OPEC I’ll open the tap and the price and put all those companies out of business we’ve already played this game
So ignore me what you want... No skin off my dick
That rate of production is not economically sustainable and if you try to do it and start cutting in on other peoples market shares OPEC I’ll open the tap and the price and put all those companies out of business we’ve already played this game
So ignore me what you want... No skin off my dick
No worries! The way I did that it sure looked like I was talking about you. Apologies to you sir.
We have enough fossil fuels to last hundreds of years in the US alone, never mind the rest of the world. The problem is assholes like Biden and the leftists that control him. The "global warming" cultists are willing to destroy our economy, and harm consumers all in the name of their global warming religion. These people are basically a cult. They can't be reasoned with or convinced with facts. They are mindless drones, like any good liberal.
If the government got out of the way, and said fuck off to the environmental assholes, we could greatly expand our own domestic energy. Just like we were doing under Trump. The main reason we are paying almost twice as much for energy under Biden, is that he has declared war on American energy. There is little to no incentive for oil companies to drill new wells or explore for oil when an idiot like Biden can destroy their investment overnight. Thankfully, when a Republican is elected in 2024, he can reverse Biden's actions. Let's hope there is still something left to save by that point.
If the government got out of the way, and said fuck off to the environmental assholes, we could greatly expand our own domestic energy. Just like we were doing under Trump. The main reason we are paying almost twice as much for energy under Biden, is that he has declared war on American energy. There is little to no incentive for oil companies to drill new wells or explore for oil when an idiot like Biden can destroy their investment overnight. Thankfully, when a Republican is elected in 2024, he can reverse Biden's actions. Let's hope there is still something left to save by that point.
I’ll just leave this here….
There is a lot of oil. The problem is if its economically smart for the companies to invest.
It is expensive to drill in this country. Deep water Gulf even more so.
Bidens is an Ass hat. And I am 100% for using and drilling hydrocarbons. Not arguing that.
But companies won’t invest if they cant make money! Part of this is something to US can’t control because OPEC has a big say depending on how much they choose to produce.
Right now OPEC is holding back to prop the price up and they’re making a fucking killing doing it. If companies in the states pick up production and start cutting in on other peoples market shares they can open the tab and kill all that investment and people lose money like what just happened.
I know everybody wants cheaper gas but that might not just be the reality of the economics of it regardless of who the fuck is president.
It is expensive to drill in this country. Deep water Gulf even more so.
Bidens is an Ass hat. And I am 100% for using and drilling hydrocarbons. Not arguing that.
But companies won’t invest if they cant make money! Part of this is something to US can’t control because OPEC has a big say depending on how much they choose to produce.
Right now OPEC is holding back to prop the price up and they’re making a fucking killing doing it. If companies in the states pick up production and start cutting in on other peoples market shares they can open the tab and kill all that investment and people lose money like what just happened.
I know everybody wants cheaper gas but that might not just be the reality of the economics of it regardless of who the fuck is president.
How many major oil companies do you know of, that went broke the last time we had cheap gas?
Chesapeake, Sand Ridge, Haliburton, Schlumberger. and those are just the big ones. Many little ones closed up shop completely. The big ones were able to file bankruptcy or downsize and rearrange.
Hope is a great thing. Thinking that the republicans are going to ride in like a knight on a white horse to save the Republic is hopium.
Haven't you had your eyes open for the last few years?
Over 100 oil and gas companies went bankrupt in 2020
More than 100 oil and gas companies declared bankruptcy in 2020 after the coronavirus...
www.houstonchronicle.com Many. Too many to take the time and go through and list
Oil is NOT guaranteed money!!! There’s risk involved, very very big risks. Especially in the United States where production costs are extremely high. No matter what you do the Middle East can pump oil cheaper.
Shale and deep water gulf production are extremely expensive. For them to be profitable the price of oil has to be high.
That is the reality of it whether you like it or not.
Regulation nation. What is the driver of production costs for $50 Alex? Why only a $50 question you ask? Because everyone should know the answer. Why do we allow unelected agencies run our country? Because our elected have abdicated their responsibility. It's a government without representation!!
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Over 100 oil and gas companies went bankrupt in 2020
More than 100 oil and gas companies declared bankruptcy in 2020 after the coronavirus...
Many. Too many to take the time and go through and list
Oil is NOT guaranteed money!!! There’s risk involved, very very big risks. Especially in the United States where production costs are extremely high. No matter what you do the Middle East can pump oil cheaper.
Shale and deep water gulf production are extremely expensive. For them to be profitable the price of oil has to be high.
That is the reality of it whether you like it or not.
Yep regulation is part of it.
But that doesn’t take away from the fact that its expensive. You could remove all the regulation you want and shale production and deep water offshore production is expensive.
Do you have any idea the amount of money it takes to operate a large offshore rig???
Are you aware of how shale is extracted? It is an expensive process
How about tar sands?
Exploration( finding it)?
How about leasing the land?
Drilling Exploration wells?
Daily cost of offshore rigs?
You can cry, bitch and whine about the politicians and regulations. You cannot get around the fact that these are expensive processes.
Drilling the middle east is not as complicated or expensive. Its easily accessible and easy to extract. Cheaper slave labors.
So what? It costs money to make anything. Production costs vary constantly. It's part of the price of doing business.
The fact is oil prices were cheap under Trump, and continued to stay cheap until Biden did everything possible to raise them with over regulation. Trump made it cheaper for oil companies to turn a profit by reducing those regulations.
Supply and demand for oil fluctuates the same as it does for everything else. Companies manage to survive, or else go broke. Such is life in the business world. Oil is no different.
If Trump had won the election, and were President until 2024, the oil industry would not have collapsed under cheap prices. That's ridiculous. It would be thriving simply because oil would have been cheaper to produce. They could have afforded to sell it for much less, and still turn a substantial profit.
We've had cheap gas before, and we'll most likely have it again. As always the strong will survive, the weak will go broke. Oil does not have to be $100.00 @ barrel for oil companies to make money. Profits rise and fall accordingly. Just like any other business that produces a sellable commodity. Be it steel, cars, lumber, or gas.
We just saw one of the largest rises in lumber prices in recorded history take place just this past year.
Now prices are coming back down. The bigger producers like West Fraser and Weyerhaeuser will survive, and still be profitable. Smaller operations will be forced out. Happens all day every day. Again, oil is no different.
FYI, most of us have this one on ignore
Opec is holding back production. That has more of an affect thananything that Biden is done. Are you aware over the past couple months the US has been ramping up production. We’re producing about 1-2 million more barrels a day now than were just a few months ago. That whole supply and demand thing that you’re finally talking about is why production got cut back it takes a while to get all that stuff going again... and as you acknowledge it’s a risk.
Tell me more about how we are going to supply Europe with oil.. with out negative repercussions. In detail.
I’m making popcorn and coffee right now.
Here is a perfect example of exactly what I'm talking about. Katerra lumber filed for bankruptcy after entertaining some of the highest lumber prices in history. They still managed to go broke.
Why? Because they were managed by idiots who didn't know what the fuck they were doing. Their facilities were capable of outputting 13 million board feet of timber per year, during one of the most demanding periods of high prices for their product in modern recorded history. Along with some of the the highest prices per board foot ever.
They were investigated by the Securities & Exchange Commission for fraud. Not to mention they had over 26 OSHA inspections and complaints. In short they were idiots, who ran a massive lumber operation straight into the ground, during one of the most profitable times in the history of the business.
There are oil companies who do much the same. They get fat, lazy, and stupid during times of high oil prices. Then prices drop and they can't turn a buck. It's not because the cost of making their product is too high. It's because they're run by incapable idiots who can't compete in a competitive marketplace. Ala K-Mart, Sears, and J.C. Penny's.
Many of these oil companies are no different. And they'll go broke in the exact same way.
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Why? Because they were managed by idiots who didn't know what the fuck they were doing. Their facilities were capable of outputting 13 million board feet of timber per year, during one of the most demanding periods of high prices for their product in modern recorded history. Along with some of the the highest prices per board foot ever.
They were investigated by the Securities & Exchange Commission for fraud. Not to mention they had over 26 OSHA inspections and complaints. In short they were idiots, who ran a massive lumber operation straight into the ground, during one of the most profitable times in the history of the business.
There are oil companies who do much the same. They get fat, lazy, and stupid during times of high oil prices. Then prices drop and they can't turn a buck. It's not because the cost of making their product is too high. It's because they're run by incapable idiots who can't compete in a competitive marketplace. Ala K-Mart, Sears, and J.C. Penny's.
Many of these oil companies are no different. And they'll go broke in the exact same way.
Bankrupt Katerra sells off massive factories | Woodworking Network
Engineered wood giant Katerra has sold two of its massive manufacturing plants after filing for bankruptcy.
www.woodworkingnetwork.com Lumber...Here is a perfect example of exactly what I'm talking about. Katerra lumber filed for bankruptcy after entertaining some of the highest lumber prices in history. They still managed to go broke.
Why? Because they were managed by idiots who didn't know what the fuck they were doing. Their facilities were capable of outputting 13 million board feet of timber per year, during one of the most demanding periods of high prices for their product in modern recorded history. Along with some of the the highest prices per board foot ever.
They were investigated by the Securities & Exchange Commission for fraud. Not to mention they had over 26 OSHA inspections and complaints. In short they were idiots, who ran a massive lumber operation straight into the ground, during one of the most profitable times in the history of the business.
There are oil companies who do much the same. They get fat, lazy, and stupid during times of high oil prices. Then prices drop and they can't turn a buck. It's not because the cost of making their product is too high. It's because they're run by incapable idiots who can't compete in a competitive marketplace. Ala K-Mart, Sears, and J.C. Penny's.
Many of these oil companies are no different. And they'll go broke in the exact same way.
Bankrupt Katerra sells off massive factories | Woodworking Network
Engineered wood giant Katerra has sold two of its massive manufacturing plants after filing for bankruptcy.
Talk about the oil industry not the lumber industry
We can't supply ourselves with affordable gas because of the nit wit in the White House. Along with all the green fucking idiots who put him there, and control him.
Let our oil companies run the way they were under Trump, unmolested for the next 5 to 8 years, and we'll be drowning in it. And fuck OPEC! They've proven in the past they are more of a danger to themselves, than they are to the rest of the world.
It's no different when they're managed by idiots. And YES, you have plenty of idiots in the oil industry. And even bigger ones controlling them.
You realize we’re producing just about as much crude now is we were under Trump?? ( not including other hydrocarbons)
Your argument is some delusional fantasy about how evil Biden is you hate OPEC you hate fucking everybody but yet you can’t come at me with any actual real factual information about how you’re gonna fix the problem
you’re just pissed off that you have to pay more to pump enjoying Bill O’Reilly and his irrational hissy fit.
OPEC who is in control of most of the world oil supply is responsible for the current raise in price. Not the USA!!!!
Not Biden, Not Trump, not the companies producing in the United States... OPEC!!!
Again explain to me exactly how we’re gonna supply Europe with fuel. In detail sustainably for the next couple years
Opec and a resurgent demand
Because the only problem is the one in your empty fucking head. You have to allow business to run unrestricted when you want and NEED everything they can produce.... PERIOD.
You don't increase the regulations that are strangling them. Which then in turn increase their production costs, and raise the prices of their product.
Biden is an incapable fuck head, who can't put a coherent sentence together without a Teleprompter. And who needs notes to answer yes or no questions. And he's strangling the oil industry, when he should be allowing it free reign, to produce as much needed product as possible.
You're like the blind old guy who keeps tripping over the same crack in the sidewalk.
Look at that massive cut Opec made in their production... I wonder if that would spike the price of oil????
You have no factual argument.
Look at that massive dip that occurred right around the time the Covid panic set in and demand dropped.
Those super low prices were a fluke.
