Even at 135 dollars a barrel oil is cheaper than...

[WickedLou9]

You also bypassed the complex biological chemical processing that the cow does for us. The cow turns water and vegetable matter into milk. that's no small feat. The cow does that for us so we don't even have to think about it. With oil, we are the ones who have to turn oil into gasoline so we see exactly how complex it is. Milk is easier to produce only as far as you and I are concerned but for the cow, it's quite energy intensive!

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Originally Posted by WickedLou9

You also bypassed the complex biological chemical processing that the cow does for us. The cow turns water and vegetable matter into milk. that's no small feat. The cow does that for us so we don't even have to think about it. With oil, we are the ones who have to turn oil into gasoline so we see exactly how complex it is. Milk is easier to produce only as far as you and I are concerned but for the cow, it's quite energy intensive!

what are you talking about? it's so easy for a cow it can do it in its sleep!

[Dispatcher]

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

It's a good thing that our entire civilization isn't based on milk or printer ink.

Why don't we compare the price of oil to the price of a barrell of kittens or a barrel of Steven King Novels, or perhaps a barrel of midgets. I'm not really sure what the point of this comparison is.

Because the price of a barrel of kittens changes with supply and demand.
Right now there is a kitten glut. I bought 2 barrels the other day for $1.98

[Dispatcher]

Originally Posted by WickedLou9

You also bypassed the complex biological chemical processing that the cow does for us. The cow turns water and vegetable matter into milk. that's no small feat. The cow does that for us so we don't even have to think about it. With oil, we are the ones who have to turn oil into gasoline so we see exactly how complex it is. Milk is easier to produce only as far as you and I are concerned but for the cow, it's quite energy intensive!

Fine, just feed cows rotting vegetable matter and we can milk them for oil.