[SixClub] QRP and Small Engines

[K8RI (Roger on six)]

On 1/31/2011 9:41 AM, doc at kd4e.com wrote:
> I'd sure like better fuel mileage from my V-8 now that
> gas is over $3./gal
Crude is forecast to make between $100 to $150 per bbl this summer.
You do realize that even at $4.00 a gallon there would be only a couple 
of countries where it would be cheaper.
Most of Europe and Asia pay at least 50% more than we do currently and a 
good portion of that is because the us currency is the world standard.  
If we loose that then you will be looking at $6 or $7 a gallon. At $3 or 
$4 we have some of the cheapest gas in the world.
> Ignorant politicians need to open up *all* of the USA
> oil reserves!
Do you use your own reserves, or the reserves from the countries who 
don't like you first?
The main problem with our own reserves (oil fields) is we've done so 
little exploration in the last 3 decades and it takes a good 10 years to 
develop new fields.

The major reason for this is not the eco-freaks but the cost  of 
exploration Vs the value of what we can get out of the ground.  Our 
major sources of crude have intentionally kept the price low, which made 
it too expensive for us to do domestic exploration. That makes us ever 
more dependent on them.  Off shore and remote sources are so expensive 
that it costs nearly $80 per bbl just to get the stuff out of the ground 
and then the deposits have to be extremely rich like under the gulf of 
Mexico.  Most of our domestic fields are "OLD" and long past their 
peak.  OTOH we are sitting on top of some of the largest natural gas 
deposits in the world. One under the Great Lakes states, one under the 
mid West, and one under an area roughly centered on Pa. They are deep, 
but rich.  I think I remember reading that if we converted to run cars 
on natural gas there is enough to power the whole fleet for over 30 years.
> How's a Ham to be a Rover when he can't afford the fuel?
>
73

Roger (K8RI)
>> Quoting "K8RI (Roger on six)"<50MHz at rogerhalstead.com>:
>>
>>> Course I have to take into consideration how much money I wasted on cars
>>> over the 33 plus years I was working...
>> Like Carl said .... " life is too short for QRP or small engines. "
>>
>> Don W4DNR
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