Oil shortage/issues?

[JavierH19]

if it comes to it ill buy the supertech sae 30 off highway diesel and some atf to mix.

 

[tolian21]

Good news that you can still find some oil that meets API and your vehicle specs. This is much better situation than empty shelves in grocery stores …

 

[Blagoje]

You are correct about the selfish and shortsighted folx...mostly from my wealthy families. They are usually quick to show their colors.

When the US supported the enemy of oil producers the US knew that would cause a shortage of oil. So the middleclass gets it again..

These shortages are usually caused by politics...the politics of money....the wealthy's money.

I was under the impression the US was a net exporter of oil...could be wrong..

..thanx for your reply as it is important for all of us to keep an open mind..myself included.

I surmise that the US can buy foreign oil for less than it can sell its own native oil. American oil gets sold to the highest foreigh bidders, likely including other economic aid (to include military), while oil imported into the US actually supplements domestic economic interests. That is how I would do it or at least that is what I would think would make the most sense.

That has been a standard fare practice for over a century since the Great Rapprochement and the US has perfected the art of gunboat economics that they learned from the Brits in the twilight of their leviathan empire.

 

[Crash Bandicoot]

Great and I mean great post SteveG4...

Tell you all a story...

I was batboy for the local baseball single A team Peninsula Pilots. First night I was in their dugout... A bad and I mean BAD environment. Next night I went to the visitors dugout. Winston Salem Spirits. Cubs single A farm team. Much better atmosphere there for sure.

One guy a catcher for them was actually nice and friendly to me. He was called Wally... A nickname for him. He really was a really good guy. He did fuss at me for pouring dirt through my hands on that hot Sunday afternoon game... To his great credit he apologized shortly later. I was rooting for him that whole time. Wally was a very good player no doubt.

I looked up the 1991 Winston Salem Spirits baseball roster last year.... Curious if Wally made it to the Major leagues... And sure enough... Wally did. And he played catcher in the big leagues for 11 seasons.... He had some good years too. Playing for the Cubs and a couple of other MLB teams. That's a darn good career in any professional sport. His name was Matt Walback...

I never forgot Wally and how he was so nice to me as a 15 and half year old kid.

And sometimes... Good guys actually do all right. Not too shabby.

10 years of service time is automatic 100k per year pension and lifetime full paid bennies for MLBPA. Good deeds, karma and all that.