Harrekin
Well-Known Member
your misunderstanding is on a basic level.
Oil is NOT energy.
oil is the building blocks of industry, the "energy" component is a byproduct which currently doesnt even cover the refinery's operating expenses.
gasoline, fuel oil, propane, etc. merely defray the costs, the rest of the expenses and all the profits come from the OTHER shit in the oil which is much more valuable and desirable.
cars run on gasoline for several interdependent reasons:
1: when cars were being developed, gasoline was super fucking cheap. oil refineries dumped that shit into a pit and burnt it off. it was JUNK, thus super cheap.
2: the oil industry is now heavily dependent on automobiles as their mobile waste disposal system, and a minor source of cash flow.
3: the alternative fuels are still more expensive than buying the oil industry's refuse (and they intend to keep it that way)
4: the oil industry has manipulated regulations to ensure that cars will continue to be a ready consumer of their waste by-products, so they dont have to pay to haul it away.
5: if oil refining technology makes a great leap forward, and fuel products becomes a much smaller fraction, or is eliminated as a waste by-product it will no longer be produced and sold as fuel, unless the price becomes astronomical. if they could produce all good stuff and zero "fuel" from a barrel of oil they damned sure would.
6: when fuel prices rise to a level where sacrificing some of the middle weight fractions to produce gasoline or fuel oil becomes profitable, the mutton heads bleat and cry about "gouging"
7: when fuel prices drop and gasoline production is scaled back in favour of more profitable fractions, the muttonheads bleat and cry about "price fixing"
8: the oil industry handles all the money in the world, every dollar, rupee, ruble, drachma, lira, frank, euro, pfennig, pound, and dong in existence, every 7 years or so, and they get to keep about 6-12% of it. thats not too shabby.
9:they dont give a fuck if you think they are assholes, you need them, and they are making a good return on their investments. without the oil industry, civilization would collapse.
10: all they want from you is a steady profit, and for you to keep using their waste products as fuel. since they are the only game in town, if you dont like it, you can pound sand.
So fucking dumb.your misunderstanding is on a basic level.
Oil is NOT energy.
oil is the building blocks of industry, the "energy" component is a byproduct which currently doesnt even cover the refinery's operating expenses.
gasoline, fuel oil, propane, etc. merely defray the costs, the rest of the expenses and all the profits come from the OTHER shit in the oil which is much more valuable and desirable.
cars run on gasoline for several interdependent reasons:
1: when cars were being developed, gasoline was super fucking cheap. oil refineries dumped that shit into a pit and burnt it off. it was JUNK, thus super cheap.
2: the oil industry is now heavily dependent on automobiles as their mobile waste disposal system, and a minor source of cash flow.
3: the alternative fuels are still more expensive than buying the oil industry's refuse (and they intend to keep it that way)
4: the oil industry has manipulated regulations to ensure that cars will continue to be a ready consumer of their waste by-products, so they dont have to pay to haul it away.
5: if oil refining technology makes a great leap forward, and fuel products becomes a much smaller fraction, or is eliminated as a waste by-product it will no longer be produced and sold as fuel, unless the price becomes astronomical. if they could produce all good stuff and zero "fuel" from a barrel of oil they damned sure would.
6: when fuel prices rise to a level where sacrificing some of the middle weight fractions to produce gasoline or fuel oil becomes profitable, the mutton heads bleat and cry about "gouging"
7: when fuel prices drop and gasoline production is scaled back in favour of more profitable fractions, the muttonheads bleat and cry about "price fixing"
8: the oil industry handles all the money in the world, every dollar, rupee, ruble, drachma, lira, frank, euro, pfennig, pound, and dong in existence, every 7 years or so, and they get to keep about 6-12% of it. thats not too shabby.
9:they dont give a fuck if you think they are assholes, you need them, and they are making a good return on their investments. without the oil industry, civilization would collapse.
10: all they want from you is a steady profit, and for you to keep using their waste products as fuel. since they are the only game in town, if you dont like it, you can pound sand.
Keep repeating that, someone might believe you.
