Is that weeping, or the clickity-clack of keyboards coming up with another name for "Yet another fuel surcharge" to bury into the ticket price? ;)

stick your head out the window, you can hear this entire, formerly great country, weaping...screw delta and united.

Finally, those barrels of oil I buried i my backyard back in the mid 90s are worth a fortune.

I hear the sound of celebrations going on at the ExxonMobil HQ. If you look closely at Dallas, you can see the city swaying to blaring music. One big party here in Texas. I wish I worked in oil now.

One big party here in Texas.

I'm starting to wonder... does this make it more economical for whatever oil is left in Texas to be extracted now? I'm wondering if Texas is headed for a repeat of the late 1970s oil boom.

At this rate, the oil barons will soon be running the country! Oh, wait...

I'm gonna go drill for my OWN oil.

Gonna start around the corner, in that nice flat lot that says "Chevron."

Anyone wanna go in as partners?

My personal jet-pack runs on used french fry oil.

Eat it.

Why so much concern for the airlines. They're business being hit like we all are.

I'm more concerned about my home heating oil bill. Deliveries costing $1000 plus hurt a LOT!

@greenpepper: I presume you're somewhere that gets pretty darn cold, like New England or the Great Lakes states?

Big dumb question, here.

I really want to know: If people are losing jobs or losing ground against inflation and thus choose to spend less money, if gas/oil prices rise so people can't afford to fly for recreation (as opposed to business), if houses are repo'ed and then stand empty, and renters are evicted because owners default on mortgages... How the hell does the economy not simply collapse? What measures can turn this implosion around? (Obviously I didn't take econ in college. Curse all those irresistible lit courses!)

@ElizabethD: How about when college students can't afford to travel back and forth to college.

will make you wonder how they can do it. At this rate walking and taking public transport is starting to sound better by the minute.

The SUV boom is finally catching up with us.

Suddenly those Escalades and Suburbans aren't all that much fun to drive anymore, are they?

It's all supply and demand. We use less, prices will go down.

My expedition is still a blast to drive :)

@Timmus

It makes it cost-effective to drill into new areas that are more expensive to access. The Barnett Shale formation here in N. Texas is being heavily drilled now that the oil companies can afford to put the technology into getting the gas out.

I worked for an oil & gas company in the mid-90s, and there wasn't a new well going in within 200 miles, and half of the existing ones were pumping water. Now I pass by three on my way to work every day.

Honestly now, I get a little bit tired of always hearing about record oil prices. I mean, oil prices are rising, generally speaking. Although some days the prices might drop a little, the overall trend is upwards. Why is it news-worthy _every single day_ that oil has hit another record high? We already know it's still getting more expensive.

I think we should just comment on changes in the first or second derivative of oil prices - that would be much more useful information.