How oil and gasoline are priced - and why it may not be so important to harp on it...

How oil and gasoline are priced

i took the easy way out and just asked some folks on a messageboard...

i think i may have to drop this issue altogether for a while. it has occured to me that i have choices to make in life. i have options... but continued ranting, raving, and thinking about resource depletion and economic collapse doesn't help make those choices easier. it just confuses things, as sometimes it leads me to discover that the best choice to make in light of it contradicts my principals in exchange for security in life, relationships, etc... sticking to one's principles one hundred percent of the time is a great way to live, but it requires complete independence, and I, of course, am married. i wouldn't trade that for anything--including the right to act like a stark-raving-anti-capitalist-whistle-blowing-sky-is-falling-commie-pinko-bastard-freak.

priorities being what they are, i think i must concentrate on building a happy home first. things are going to play themselves out the way they will, regardless of my mouth. what's most important for us to do now is keep earning... if the wife and i are on the same page we can get through anything together. if i alienate her with constant talk about peak oil and how it affects our lives, and apply it to every decision while belittling her position because "i've done more research..." i guess i have to go back and re-read my post about balance, because i kinda went off the deep end. it's just hard to realize where to draw the line. the truth doesn't help in doses that are too large...