I just wish dodge would get their act together and offer a Bi-Fuel CNG
Dakota. Then you could
run on CNG which is a bit cheaper.
At 12:25 AM 9/17/00 -0700, you wrote:
>As far as I know the US reserve only has 570 million barrels of oil on hand.
>It only has a capacity of 700 million barrels. The US currently consumes 19
>million barrels of oil a day. At that rate we would only have oil for 30
>days at minimum and 36 days maximum. I don't think that is the answer. I
>have heard that they have found a rather large oil field in Khazakstan that
>could make OPEC look very small. Who knows what will happen.
>
>Chris Oertell
>Arcadia, Ca
>coertell@earthlink.net
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>1998 Dodge Dakota Sport V6 Regular Cab Emerald Green
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <AWyseGuy@aol.com>
>To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2000 7:33 PM
>Subject: Re: DML: Good news on Power Wagon
>
>
>> In a message dated 9/16/00 1:02:34 PM Central Daylight Time,
>rap777@juno.com
>> writes:
>>
>>
>> << The depressing fact to me is that after so many years of dull, lifeless
>> vehicles compared to the late sixties, there has suddenly been a
>> groundswell of performance vehicles with each manufacturer trying to
>> "out-muscle" the other. Now, here comes the oil industry again attempting
>> to spoil the party. Yesterday there were reports out that oil could hit
>> $40 a barrel by this winter. I am not totally dismayed by this report as
>> it is part sensationalism and part opportunism and I also realize that
>> higher prices lead to more exploration and production from wells that
>> were considered marginal at lower market prices for crude thereby making
>> more oil available and a greater supply, etc., etc.
>>
>> I guess what does bother me is that the high prices for oil will have a
>> negative effect on the current trend to higher performance and more
>> power. It tool the industry a long time to get over the fuel "shortage"
>> of the early seventies.
>> >>
>>
>> Too bad we can't just get someone ease up and let some of the reserves out
>so
>> the price could go back down. Why buy it when we have plenty of our own
>> sitting around waiting to be used.
>> Aaron
>>
>
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