Am I missing something?

b cole:

Current high oil prices, the collapse of food-for-fuel initiatives

Wednesday, December 31, 2008: NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil for February delivery closed up $5.57 at  $44.60 per barrel.

http://www.wtrg.com/daily/crudeoilprice.html

I understand people wish to promote their products and services, but do they not keep up with the times? current high prices of oil? seems relatively cheap to me at the moment. (not that it wont go up as soon as OPEC figures out another way to jack it sky high again).

isnt it a general concensus that right now, oil is fairly cheap and plentiful?

I could be wrong, often am. But prices are down to what they were a few years back, at least they are around my neck of the woods.

Do you really think Oil Prices wil stay low for long?  This is only a temporary blip. Prices will be going back up shortly.

no i dont think they will stay low for long, thats why i mentioned in my post that OPEC will try to drive the prices up again.

my only point was, to be current, and seemingly more valid and apt, on the spot of the times, todays news so to speak, the stated "with the high price of oil" could have been altered to reflect todays current market, it just flows better, one see's so many pages online. stating something along the lines of:

NEXT WEEK, come see the BRAND NEW SHOW thats sure to amaze and thrill.......................................etc etc etc

for this years calandar, click on the big 1984 logo and see what events you'll regret missing.

its just my opinion, in a technology as current as biofuels, algae, going green and all of that, the data reflected on the web pages would at least be current. and currently, oil prices are practically rock bottom.

It sounds like your a jatropha fan in Texas.  Are you a commercial jatropha grower.  It sound like you are concerned about the price of algae oil (biocrude) vs the cost of a barrel of oil.  Even at current prices of a barrel of oil, algae is competetive. Also, one thing the oil companies can not do is get the sulpher out.

If you would like "current data", we can send you an algae production calculator. If you think that algae producers and algae universities are putting on a show, you need to come and check out the NAA quarterly events.  Depending what you are going to make the algae oil biocrude in to will depend on the cost in a continuous flow process.

yea im a jatropha fan, i wasnt really concerned, and hope my comments didnt come off as antagonistic at all. they werent meant that way, merely as constructive, i probably resemble froggy a little in that area. I just like things up to date and factual.

I'd like to be a jatropha farmer. I think every small farm started here in the U.S. can reduce our dependance on foriegn oil. Im not sure what you mean about oil companies getting the sulphur out. from what i see at the stations, and read online. we currently produce a very low sulphur content diesel. I thought it was mandated as well.

i really dont care about the price of algoil or petro fuels, I think we should move ahead with every possible alternative, both for green reasons, and for the US becoming more self reliant. I looked into doing algae, to be honest, its beyond me bud. in both intelligence and financial. im still trying to find a few acres simply to grow some trees. and all the chemistry involved in algae??? bleh, it hurts my brain just trying to think of it. while i could learn it. i like simple plans.

nothing, to me is simpler than, plant a seed, water it, watch it grow, pick the fruit, deseed it, let them dry, put them in a oil press, filter the oil and sell it. take the residue and spread it back onto the land as fertilizer, or bag it and sell it too.

get me started on mixing co2 and figuring sunlight percentages vs amount of lipids in a pbr plus algae feed (does purina make that?) and i'll have a mental meltdown. gaaaaaaa. too much information to deal with LOL.