Originally Posted by article

The fall of the House of Saud seems the most far-fetched of the six possibilities, and it's the one that generates that $262 a barrel.

More realistic -- and therefore more chilling -- would be the scenario where Iran declares an oil embargo a la OPEC in 1973, which Browder thinks could cause oil to double to $131 a barrel. Other outcomes include an embargo by Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez ($111 a barrel), civil war in Nigeria ($98 a barrel), unrest and violence in Algeria ($79 a barrel) and major attacks on infrastructure by the insurgency in Iraq ($88 a barrel).

Originally Posted by 2Hybrids

Yes, it's a fragile world on which we live. Any of those scanerios could happen. Therefore, reducing dependcy on any of those clowns should be our first priority.

Originally Posted by Delta Flyer

CNN/Money discusses what happens if a major OPEC nation either embargos their oil or falls to revolution.



Still want to keep that Escalade?

Originally Posted by AZCivic

Well the tough part is that you can't really pick and choose what nations you're getting oil from because it's a world market. We're all competing for the same finite resources. I think I would re-phrase what you said to: reducing dependancy should be our first priority. Higher fuel economy mandates should be taking place right now while we can still afford it, not later, when high energy costs have dragged the economy down.

Originally Posted by PriusGuy04

... .......LOL, or we could go and geneticly hybrid horses, (eat less & travel farther).

Originally Posted by Wbruff

No there would be too much brown horse gasses, err green house gasses eminating from their exhaust port