Gentlemen, there sems to be a lot of handwringing and wailing going on

[2 Strikers?]

If you really want to solve the problem in the middle east and rid us of the pesky militantist Islamists then go green.

Ween us off of our ridiculous dependency on the the only thing they have we want and need.

Pester your MP, vote greenparty, invest in fusion, divest your portfolios of oil based enterprises.

Stop f**king bitching and set about sending these c**ts back to the stone age impoverishment they were enjoying before Amco and Shell and BP

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[IUFG]

[redgunamo]

Nobody can understand it but he just cannot let her go.

Only, this love of ours predates oil by several hundred years http://www.awimb.com/images/smiley_icons/ohwell.gif

[Berni]

demonstrating at the moment - are able to simply flood the world with oil and make alternatives completely economically unviable.

[Berni]

when the real thing is available for 30-40 dollars a barrel.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

There still seems to be plenty available.

[IUFG]

[Berni]

'world's cheapest fluid'. wd eco-benders

[redgunamo]

[Berni]

Fossil fuels are going nowhere, I'm afraid.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Berni]

I'm pretty sure that by now we were all supposed to be living in Mad Max times.

[IUFG]

https://www.teslamotors.com/en_GB/models/preowned/090197

[IUFG]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Hubbert_Upper-Bound_Peak_1956.png/1280px-Hubbert_Upper-Bound_Peak_1956.png

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/World_Oil_Production.png

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Do you?

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

[Berni]

ever-increasing oil price. I certainly know of many other alternative fuel projects that are currently f**ked - not least biofuels.

[Pat Vegas]

Would have been better all round driving in drunk cars

[Berni]

[redgunamo]

[Pat Vegas]

It was a token comment from me to add to the proceedings.

[2 Strikers?]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/saudi-arabia -to-raise-petrol-prices-by-up-to-40-as-low-oil-price-hits-ho me-a6788496.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/saudi-arabia-to-raise-petrol-prices-by-up-to-40-as-low-oil-price-hits-home-a6788496.html)

[2 Strikers?]

for 2015, how long can they keep that up?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/saudi-arabia -to-raise-petrol-prices-by-up-to-40-as-low-oil-price-hits-ho me-a6788496.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/saudi-arabia-to-raise-petrol-prices-by-up-to-40-as-low-oil-price-hits-home-a6788496.html)

[PSRB]