I really wonder what the real statistics are in america?
Suicide is one thing, but it seems a bunch of folks with family problems also tend to take down their spouse and often their own children...all too often someone suspects something...but that's not always the case.
The impossible cost of medication and doctors means some people, fearing a rest home, take the short cut to the pearly gates. I suspect it will be more common in the future.
Consumer prices rose modestly in March amid signs a spike in gasoline costs was ebbing, but inflation still outpaced workers' earnings and threatened to undermine spending
gasoline prices will come down. They've dropped 14¢ since last week around here. I filled up for $3.55 today...no ethanol. - diesel for farm use is $3.51.
But it seems like the inflation rate reported does not budge when gasoline goes UP but they do want to trumpet that when it goes down... Clearly, Obama has gave all the signals that he is willing to use the Strategic Oil Reserves as a way to keep prices down until the election.
Meanwhile the oil companies are attempting to bypass the TranCanada mess by reversing gas pipelines to the area to accept oil from the Dakatos. We are producing so much natural gas associated with those liquids that nat gas prices have plunged to a record ratio with oil. And the price is below $2 already. The nadir is generally July when the storage has to move the gas or shut wells in. Very hot summer will increase the use some, but natural gas reserves finding costs are over $3 per MCF.
Under emergency order natural gas is being vented and burned in the Dakotas...a total waste of natural gas. But there is no where to go with it and to shut it in, means to shut in the oil which is much needed. Every coal plant in America ought to be made into "dual fuel" plants that run on both coal and / or natural gas and the conversion of cars to natural gas should be done post haste... sadly, it just got bad press as an
Oklahoma installer was killed when he unscrewed a valve from a tank thinking the tank was empty. It was not. It had 3600# of pressure in it. The valve shot through the side of the pickup bed, struck the man...pretty grusome end. But we need nat gas cars and to stop wasting natural gas...and for crying out loud, it is the energy of the future, so we should not be selling it overseas...even if it does bring $11 an MCF in Europe.
