Originally posted by: burnedout
Saw this story earlier today. Man, my parents own a whole hilltop in KY containing at least 10 cords of fallen timber. Too bad nearly everyone heats with either electricity, gas or coal back there.
:thumbsup:
Incidentally, from what I've read, at least four new ethanol plants are opening up in Iowa in '05.
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: Spencer278
Originally posted by: Condor
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
1-2-2005 Firewood Sales Up As Oil Prices Rise
Seasoned firewood is now selling for roughly $180 to $230 a cord compared to between $140 and $160 a year ago
Ray Colton of Pittsfield, Vt., said his company has sold more than 4,000 cords this season, about 1,000 more than last year: "We're selling as fast as we produce," he said.
A cord is a stack of firewood 4 feet wide, 8 feet long and 4 feet high.
Oil prices are hovering at close to $2 a gallon in Maine, up more than 30 percent from a year ago. At $2.18 a gallon, kerosene is 56 cents more than last year. And propane averages $2.06 a gallon, up 43 cents from a year ago.
Prices are also up out West, including in Colorado, where local hardwood begins at $180 per cord and imported oak costs $300.
"Firewood at $180 a cord is still a deal compared to what it costs to heat your home with oil," he said.
Wood does pollute a lot more!
Sure it pollutes more but it is renewable. The biggest problem with wood is you have to stact the damn wood. Then move the wood inside and stack it again. Then you have to put it on the fire every few hours.
Actually you got to split the wood as well. And with an air tight wood burning stove, you dont have to add wood that often. You still have a good bed of coals in the morning with these stoves.
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
3-31-2005 Oil Surges on "Super-Spike"
Oil hurtled back up to $56 a barrel on Thursday as Goldman Sachs bank, the biggest trader of energy derivatives, said prices could ultimately surge all the way above $100.
Goldman Sachs bank said in a research report on Thursday that oil markets have entered a "super-spike" period that could see prices rising as high as $105 a barrel.
These forecasts sit at the top of a table of predictions from 25 analysts, consultants and government bodies surveyed by Reuters .
Originally posted by: arsbanned
Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: Spencer278
Originally posted by: Condor
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
1-2-2005 Firewood Sales Up As Oil Prices Rise
Seasoned firewood is now selling for roughly $180 to $230 a cord compared to between $140 and $160 a year ago
Ray Colton of Pittsfield, Vt., said his company has sold more than 4,000 cords this season, about 1,000 more than last year: "We're selling as fast as we produce," he said.
A cord is a stack of firewood 4 feet wide, 8 feet long and 4 feet high.
Oil prices are hovering at close to $2 a gallon in Maine, up more than 30 percent from a year ago. At $2.18 a gallon, kerosene is 56 cents more than last year. And propane averages $2.06 a gallon, up 43 cents from a year ago.
Prices are also up out West, including in Colorado, where local hardwood begins at $180 per cord and imported oak costs $300.
"Firewood at $180 a cord is still a deal compared to what it costs to heat your home with oil," he said.
Wood does pollute a lot more!
Sure it pollutes more but it is renewable. The biggest problem with wood is you have to stact the damn wood. Then move the wood inside and stack it again. Then you have to put it on the fire every few hours.
Actually you got to split the wood as well. And with an air tight wood burning stove, you dont have to add wood that often. You still have a good bed of coals in the morning with these stoves.
Also, modern stoves with catalytic combustors burn very efficiently and cleanly. We augment our oil heat with wood.
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
3-31-2005 Oil Surges on "Super-Spike"
Oil hurtled back up to $56 a barrel on Thursday as Goldman Sachs bank, the biggest trader of energy derivatives, said prices could ultimately surge all the way above $100.
Goldman Sachs bank said in a research report on Thursday that oil markets have entered a "super-spike" period that could see prices rising as high as $105 a barrel.
These forecasts sit at the top of a table of predictions from 25 analysts, consultants and government bodies surveyed by Reuters .
A weaker dollar has encouraged funds to switch money from treasury markets into commodities, as well as insulating fuel consumption in non-dollar economies from the impact of higher crude prices.
Originally posted by: conjur
Holy cow.
ChevronTexaco Buying Unocal in $16.4B Deal
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&n...i_ge/chevrontexaco_unocal&sid=84439559
Yeah...that'll be good for competition.
:roll:
Originally posted by: Darkhawk28
So when is Shrub gonna make the Saudis "Open the spickets."? Hmmm?
Originally posted by: conjur
Holy cow.
ChevronTexaco Buying Unocal in $16.4B Deal
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&n...i_ge/chevrontexaco_unocal&sid=84439559
Yeah...that'll be good for competition.
:roll:
Originally posted by: Darkhawk28
Originally posted by: conjur
Holy cow.
ChevronTexaco Buying Unocal in $16.4B Deal
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&n...i_ge/chevrontexaco_unocal&sid=84439559
Yeah...that'll be good for competition.
:roll:
If you're Bush.
Originally posted by: conjur
Holy cow.
ChevronTexaco Buying Unocal in $16.4B Deal
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&n...i_ge/chevrontexaco_unocal&sid=84439559
Yeah...that'll be good for competition.
:roll:
4-7-2005 Congress Votes to Extend Daylight Savings Time By Two Months To Conserve Energy
Hmmm. I thought according to the P&N Doom and Gloomer Elite there were going to be spikes to $105.00 a barrel.Originally posted by: EndGame
Oil Prices Drop Sharply As Gas Plummets
By BRAD FOSS, AP Business Writer
Oil futures prices fell more than $1 a barrel Thursday afternoon, following the lead of gasoline futures, and brokers said there appeared to be further momentum lower.
"It's collapsing," said Ed Silliere, a broker at Energy Merchant Intermarket Futures in New York. "The market was extremely overbought."
Light, sweet crude for May delivery dropped $1.45 to $54.40 a barrel in afternoon trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange. After an early decline of nearly 8 cents, gasoline futures recovered some lost ground and were down 4 cents to $1.62.
On Wednesday the U.S. Energy Department said the supply of unleaded gasoline stood at 212.3 million barrels, or 5.5 percent higher than last year. However, gasoline demand remained healthy, up 2 percent from a year ago.
Tetsu Emori, chief commodities strategist at Mitsui Bussan Futures, said he expects high gasoline prices to persist as "people are accumulating inventories before the summer driving season."
The government report also showed that the nation's inventory of crude oil was 317.1 million barrels, or 8 percent higher than last year.
"U.S. oil demand is holding up well, and will help to support prices at lower levels," investment bank Barclays Capital said in a note. "There is ... nothing in the U.S. data to support another push."
Emori said the current oil market remains "highly exaggerated," and that if prices followed market fundamentals, they should hover around the low $40 range.
"Although demand still remains strong, supplies are normal, as seen from the U.S. reports," he said. "Even the current spare capacity is not that tight."
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<b">tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050407/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices_75">Oil Prices Drop Sharply As Gas Plummets </a>
And to answer another question I read in the thread, my sister and her husband live near London. The price of "Petro" has risen $.88 a litre there since the 1st of the year.
Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
Hmmm. I thought according to the P&N Doom and Gloomer Elite there were going to be spikes to $105.00 a barrel.Originally posted by: EndGame
Oil Prices Drop Sharply As Gas Plummets
By BRAD FOSS, AP Business Writer
Oil futures prices fell more than $1 a barrel Thursday afternoon, following the lead of gasoline futures, and brokers said there appeared to be further momentum lower.
"It's collapsing," said Ed Silliere, a broker at Energy Merchant Intermarket Futures in New York. "The market was extremely overbought."
Light, sweet crude for May delivery dropped $1.45 to $54.40 a barrel in afternoon trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange. After an early decline of nearly 8 cents, gasoline futures recovered some lost ground and were down 4 cents to $1.62.
On Wednesday the U.S. Energy Department said the supply of unleaded gasoline stood at 212.3 million barrels, or 5.5 percent higher than last year. However, gasoline demand remained healthy, up 2 percent from a year ago.
Tetsu Emori, chief commodities strategist at Mitsui Bussan Futures, said he expects high gasoline prices to persist as "people are accumulating inventories before the summer driving season."
The government report also showed that the nation's inventory of crude oil was 317.1 million barrels, or 8 percent higher than last year.
"U.S. oil demand is holding up well, and will help to support prices at lower levels," investment bank Barclays Capital said in a note. "There is ... nothing in the U.S. data to support another push."
Emori said the current oil market remains "highly exaggerated," and that if prices followed market fundamentals, they should hover around the low $40 range.
"Although demand still remains strong, supplies are normal, as seen from the U.S. reports," he said. "Even the current spare capacity is not that tight."
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<b"><b">tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050407/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices_75">Oil Prices Drop Sharply As Gas Plummets </a>
And to answer another question I read in the thread, my sister and her husband live near London. The price of "Petro" has risen $.88 a litre there since the 1st of the year.
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Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Hmmmm, I thought according to the P&N Elite that the run up in Oil & Gas prices was not affecting anything????
Republicans and Democrats came together over this :shocked:
4-7-2005 Congress Votes to Extend Daylight Savings Time By Two Months To Conserve Energy
The panel agreed in a voice vote to move the start of daylight-saving time in the United States -- which occurs when clocks are turned forward by one hour -- one month earlier to the first Sunday in March.
The end of daylight time would be moved back one month to the last Sunday in November.
Supporters of the amendment, sponsored by Michigan Republican Fred Upton, said it would save about 10,000 barrels of oil a day because offices and stores would be open while it was still light outside and therefore use less energy.
The move would also help businesses in downtown areas, supporters said. "There's more economic activity, because people feel they can walk around safely," said Democrat Edward Markey of Massachusetts.
Originally posted by: TastesLikeChicken
Hmmm. I thought according to the P&N Doom and Gloomer Elite there were going to be spikes to $105.00 a barrel.Originally posted by: EndGame
Oil Prices Drop Sharply As Gas Plummets
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Originally posted by: Engineer
Maybe I'm missing something here, but how does changing DST save 10,000 barell's per day of oil? Stores still use the lights in the day as they do at night/dark?
If you really want to save energy and use less oil, retime and re-sensor about 99% of the stop lights in this country. Keep traffic flowing better and use a ton less gas/oil.
