Thread: How are gas prices affecting you???

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Well in reality,we do have an excellent source for combustable fuel,and its source nobody wants near them either. Funny thing is,everybody has to have at least one,and millions of tax dollars are spent to build the sites and then not take advantage of the fuel they produce. The fuel is called methane,and every single landfill produces it. Most places I know of just burn it off,instead of putting it to work. Hank

The comments by Dave are encouraging. It makes economic sense to build a new refinery in the N/S-Dakota region and of course boom town mentality is a dynamic process. You can find references to Marathon Oil drilling near Bismark ND and if/when the oil sands in Canada are piped out it will be from a region roughly north of Bismark. Some of the drilling sites are on Indian land and some on Federal land. From what I can understand the oil is really deep and requires horizontal drilling under a lake. In the case of the Canadian oil sands in Saskatchewan and perhaps also near Bismark, the oil may require piping steam down the well hole to liquify the petroleum or treating crushed shale with steam in the case of the Canadian oil sands. That is why the sources were previously too expensive but with oil now at over $135/bbl it is possible to get the oil and make money after all the expense. As Itoldyouso and others have mentioned U.S. gas is still much cheaper than in other parts of the world but the recent sudden jump in price is making tough growing pains in the U.S. economy. Thanks for the local info Dave, it looks to me that the price of gas will remain high but it is there for maybe the next century from new sources in North America. For me to answer the question of this thread, it is ranging from depressive worry over "why should I build a SBC 350 which will at best get maybe 24 mpg using an AOD" to "Hey, never mind being on a fixed income in an inflationary situation, there will still be some gas for quite a while". Overall the main problem is the inflation that the increase in oil prices brings to folks on fixed incomes, but considering the roadster will probably only be used on summer weekends all I have to do now is get one of the 34-36 mpg little Chevys for everyday use. Thanks for the chance to discuss this and thrash it out!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder