Oil Field Math

Just received this via email from a friend...

Oilfield Math


Sad but true:


Working in the oilfield with others such as myself and a wealth of
combined experience we understand the accuracy of the following.


Think of it this way:
A clunker that travels 12,000 miles a year at 15 mpg uses 800 gallons of
gas a year.
A vehicle that travels 12,000 miles a year at 25 mpg uses 480 gallons a year.
So, the average Cash for Clunkers transaction will reduce US gasoline
consumption by 320 gallons per year.
They claim 700,000 vehicles so that's 224 million gallons saved per year.
That equates to a bit over 5 million barrels of oil.
5 million barrels is about 5 hours worth of US consumption.
More importantly, 5 million barrels of oil at $70 per barrel costs about
$350 million dollars
So, the government paid $3 billion of our tax dollars to save $350 million.
We spent $8.57 for every dollar we saved.
I'm pretty sure they will do a great job with our health care, though.

Mr. Tiger... (not Woods)

There used to be a thought among other citizens of the world that Americans were arrogant. That when we visited other nations we thought ourselves superior. To me, that would be like a caged tiger complaining that the free tiger walking by is arrogant. In other words we carried (yes I am using the past tense) our selves differently because we were free(yes, again, I am using the past tense). We have lost most if not quite all of that freedom over the past 30 or so years.
That was the premise behind American Exceptionalism. It is not that we are a different, more superior race of man. We have the same genes, same abilities and the same short comings as people everywhere. The difference was that we were free. Only here did it not matter whom your parents were, if they were rich or had connections. None of these mattered. What really mattered is what you achieved. That is what made us unique. We were the first and only place that was a meritocracy and we were proud of it.
The current crop of Progressive Politicians trade in Class warfare. They sell victimhood to the ignorant and they have been since the early 20th century. The sales job went into overtime in the 1960s. What they haven't been telling their stooges is what is contained in the fine print of the contract. When they are done with the establishment of their "Classless" society, yes there will be no "Rich" or "Wealthy". There will still be classes, just as there was in the Soviet Union, as there is in Cuba or any other Communist or Socialist society. The Masses and the Ruling Elite. The Ruling Elite will bestow favors upon the connected. The irony of the Communists/Socialists is that they originated in order to overthrow the Monarchies of Europe. They merely renamed the system and do not allow a merchant class. In the Communist system there are only Serfs/peasants (masses) and the Nobility (Ruling Elite). Depending on the abilities of the General Secretary (Monarch), the position can be hereditary (North Korea, Cuba) otherwise, like some of the old European Monarchies, which were mostly oligarchies of several powerful families, a select group of the Elite (politburo) select the General Secretary from their own ranks.


 The Chinese have modified their society to allow a merchant class as did England in the 16th and 17th centuries. Like England that conquered the less free world, they are now conquering the formerly free world. Including the U.S.. They are beating us at a game we invented. Not unlike our inability to win world competitions in Baseball.

 I find it ironic that the system which finally freed human kind from thousands upon thousands of years of subjugation is being demonized as subjugation.
No Mr. Tiger, you aren't really free because you have to hunt for your food. If you have bad luck or get hurt you can starve to death. Come into this pen and be safe. You will be provided with food and shelter. Then and only then, you can really be free.

 I would rather starve...