269 users online now!   CONTACT US | ADVERTISE | REGISTER       

About this Page -- This is a discussion on Saudi king urges consumers to get used to high oil prices. within the forum Politics. Saudi king urges consumers to get used to high oil prices King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, whose nation is the ...

Go Back   VolNation > Other Forums > The Pub > Politics

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 07-01-2008, 11:59 AM   #1 (permalink)
On a Hallowed hill
 
OrangeEmpire's Avatar

Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Delaware, OH
Posts: 40,270
Saudi king urges consumers to get used to high oil prices

Saudi king urges consumers to get used to high oil prices

Quote:
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, whose nation is the world's number one oil exporter, called on consumer countries to get used to high prices in comments published on Tuesday.

"Consumer countries have to adapt to the prices and the mechanisms of the market," the king said in an interview published by the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassah.
"We have nothing to do with the current sharp increase in crude prices," he said reiterating the Saudi position that speculation, rising demand and the taxation of oil products in consumer countries were to blame. "These countries must reduce their taxes on fuel.. if they want to contribute to easing the burden on ordinary consumers," he said.
How dare he even propose the idea of taking money away from the government!

Thoughts?
__________________
Rise glorious to the sight!

OrangeEmpire is offline   TOP Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2008, 09:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
No Post For You!
 
OWB's Avatar

Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 40,858
Quote:
Originally Posted by OrangeEmpire View Post
Saudi king urges consumers to get used to high oil prices



How dare he even propose the idea of taking money away from the government!

Thoughts?
Wouldn't that mean a pay cut for you if that happened? How are the State police handling the high gas prices? Anything changing?
OWB is offline   TOP Reply With Quote
Old 07-01-2008, 10:29 PM   #3 (permalink)
tim
Just Win Baby
 
tim's Avatar

Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,990
Wonder how the Saudi king would like eating sand?
tim is offline   TOP Reply With Quote
Old 07-02-2008, 03:04 AM   #4 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
ole_orange's Avatar

Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Brentwood
Posts: 3,413
I FREAKIN read today that gas is 0.40 $ a gallon in Saudi-freakin Arabia!

Am I the only that is pissed off by that?
__________________
Future Tennessee Vol Season ticket holder!
ole_orange is offline   TOP Reply With Quote
Old 07-02-2008, 08:31 AM   #5 (permalink)
extra crispy gamecock
 
KB5252's Avatar

Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Ashland City,TN
Posts: 11,822
Quote:
Originally Posted by ole_orange View Post
I FREAKIN read today that gas is 0.40 $ a gallon in Saudi-freakin Arabia!

Am I the only that is pissed off by that?
only if you think our government should subsidize oil products.
KB5252 is offline   TOP Reply With Quote
Old 07-02-2008, 01:33 PM   #6 (permalink)
VolNation Labs
 
Chemvol's Avatar

Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Clarksville, TN
Posts: 2,351
Quote:
Originally Posted by ole_orange View Post
I FREAKIN read today that gas is 0.40 $ a gallon in Saudi-freakin Arabia!

Am I the only that is pissed off by that?
A standard practice among large oil producing nations. Iran and Venezuela have large gasoline subsidies as well.
__________________
"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." ~ Ronald Reagan, First Inaugural Address (January 20, 1981)
Chemvol is offline   TOP Reply With Quote
Old 07-02-2008, 01:35 PM   #7 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
allvol123's Avatar

Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 18,558
Quote:
Originally Posted by ole_orange View Post
I FREAKIN read today that gas is 0.40 $ a gallon in Saudi-freakin Arabia!

Am I the only that is pissed off by that?
Go live in Saudi Arabia and see if the $0.40 a gallon gas is worth the lifestyle change.
allvol123 is offline   TOP Reply With Quote
Old 07-02-2008, 03:31 PM   #8 (permalink)
Junior Member
 
Plano Vol's Avatar

Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 1,677
We missed a golden opportunity to negotiate a long term oil contact at favorable rates when Saddam had brutalized Kuwait and was sniffing ol' Abdullah's butt thinking about his next conquest.

Of course that's all forgotten now
Plano Vol is offline   TOP Reply With Quote
Old 07-02-2008, 04:05 PM   #9 (permalink)
Irrelevant since 09/2007
 
droski's Avatar

Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 10,488
i'm not sure eliminating taxes and therefore raising demand for oil is the best way to lower the price.
droski is offline   TOP Reply With Quote
Old 07-04-2008, 08:25 PM   #10 (permalink)
But seriously folks...
 
SWIL's Avatar

Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 6,111
Until oil reaches a price that is unacceptable to the American consumer (and we start really creating demand for alternative fuels/energy sources), we're stuck with the high prices.
SWIL is offline   TOP Reply With Quote
Old 07-04-2008, 08:53 PM   #11 (permalink)
Roid Rage
 
Vol Mania 21's Avatar

Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Huntsville, Al
Posts: 37,548
Quote:
Originally Posted by ole_orange View Post
I FREAKIN read today that gas is 0.40 $ a gallon in Saudi-freakin Arabia!

Am I the only that is pissed off by that?
ah we aren't much more than that. just ten times more, not to bad
__________________
WEIGHT ROOM

Vol Mania 21 is offline   TOP Reply With Quote
Old 07-06-2008, 08:46 PM   #12 (permalink)
Senior Member

Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Vietnam
Posts: 1,454
Quote:
Originally Posted by ole_orange View Post
I FREAKIN read today that gas is 0.40 $ a gallon in Saudi-freakin Arabia!

Am I the only that is pissed off by that?
Damn right, that's outrageous. That is 3 times what it cost in Venezuela(0.12/gallon). Those Saudi's should be protesting in the streets over high fuel cost.
overseasorange2 is offline   TOP Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Bush urges Israeli occupation end OrangeEmpire Politics 20 02-09-2008 12:10 PM
My answer to the high gas prices! dan4vols Politics 4 04-19-2006 12:30 PM
Gas Prices VolInsider The Pub 13 09-24-2005 03:25 PM


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:06 AM.

 

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.2.0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24