Doc
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Exxonmobil just reported profits of $40.6 BILLION , all time record. You get rid of all the ILLEGAL immigrants then we sure as heck would be using a lot less fuel .
justintime said:In some ways the oil business is almost obscene in the money that is being made. In my area, many of the oil wells being drilled ,have produced enough oil to pay for the drilling costs by the time the pipe is pulled and the drilling rig is moved off the site. For those fortunate to have oil rights, it has made many people multi millionaires in a very short time. I have a good friend who farms close to me, who makes 1 million a week from oil. There are many in the purebred cattle industry in Canada who have built their herds with oil money.
Many so called experts are predicting oil to high $150 a barrel in the next few years, which is over 50% more than it is right now. If that is the case, we will really see a change in the way we do things. One of my neighbours told me recently that his fuel bill during harvest last fall was $1400 a day. That may be OK with today's grain prices but grain is bound to drop again probably as soon as some country has a bumper crop again. Add these fuel prices to $400,000 combines, $325,000 Tractors and $185,000 air seeders etc etc etc, and farming appears to be a bigger game of chance than those offered in Vegas.
A tool push on a drilling rig recently told me that he had increased the wages $10 per hour right across the board, in hopes of getting enough workers. I asked if he would put that in terms that I could understand and he said that this means a kid out of high school washing equipment with a water hose would clear about $4000 a month. Someone who had worked on the rig for 5 years would average about $10,000 a month. Besides this, they have health benefits and there is also an unwritten rule on the rigs that workers can fill their trucks with diesel fuel, from the drilling rig tanks. That is why you never see a gas truck at a rig site. I asked this guy why he was having so much trouble getting enough workers at those wages and he said " the reason is that every time we do a random drug test we lose about 1/2 of our workers". I guess that is a sign of the times. Personally, I think that if I had a chance to make $10,000 a month after working for 5 years, that I would be satisfied with having a beer on my day off, and be able to resist using drugs.
The problem that most of us in agriculture in the US and Canada have, is that we are very dependent on oil and its byproducts. Most everything we do, involves driving several miles. The next few years are going to get " very interesting".
garybob said:"Static Population"
Don't they practice that in China?
Can you fully explain your theories? My 'Hillbilly' mind can't fathom controlling the population, without equating this idea to EXTREME Government intervention into our personal lives.
GB