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[martin-montreal]

Hey guys,

I got a funny pic recently about gas price (see below). But that made me think:

• Toys are made in plastic
• Plastic come from oil
• Oil price is going up
• Toy price will follow

How long do you think kids will still be able to play with toys made in plastic? I mean, toys made in wood have existed (right  ). So they can come back...




Martin

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[Propergrounds]

I was at the gas station the other day.
a dude pumped .27 cents worth of gas.. bought a pack of smokes and left.
No joke.

reminded me of ricky from the trailer park boys

[bandonov]

I love this thread... Time to VENT!

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I had to post this one...

[latinjoe22]

If prices of plastic and gas keep going up, we'll need to switch to electric cars. As for toys, I think they'll be out of the picture too, since they will become too expensive as well. I predict that will be collecting food in the future because:

1) we already buy it
2) you can buy it either loose or mint in box (that's a lot of cereal boxes for you mr. 5h4rk  :lol:)
3) you can still play with it although it is socially not accepted in most civilizations, but the good news: you can still play with it
4) Unless you're a mint in box collector of course, you can eat it, this way you get to enjoy what you collect.
5) And you can display it.

[morgardee]

Watch the movie "Who Killed the Electric Car" and then prepare to weep.

Basically all cutting edge technology on electric batteries for cars have been purchased by the oil companies. The one successful electric car that came out a few years  was only leased to people and when the lease came up the company took all the cars back and crushed them all. They even had Tom Hanks on Letterman talking about his electric car and how great it was. People were lined up for this thing, huge waiting list, it worked and they destroyed them all and hoped everyone would forget that it worked.

Hydrogen technology isn't reasonable. It still causes pollutants and is far away from being a reasonable option.

Back in the 80's when electric cars first became a popular subject the oil companies responded by giving us gas super cheap. That kept us hooked on gas when we were thinking of breaking away.

[Sundance]

electric ars still pollute. you need to get the electric into the car and you need the metal and plastic to build the car.

wanna be REALLY green? either walk or ride a horse.