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It's better than that! Used steel barrels go for around $29 a piece. All you need to do is buy oil, dump it out somewhere, and then sell the barrel for $17 prof

It's better than that! Used steel barrels go for around $29 a piece. All you need to do is buy oil, dump it out somewhere, and then sell the barrel for $17 profit!

PakG1 7y ago
See, this is why we need a good EPA in the US and similarly good in other countries. To protect against capitalists like you who don't care about externalities. ;) Now go make a financial derivative so I can trade on used steel barrels.
- lowdose 7y ago
  And a link to his innovation.
- tengbretson 7y ago
  With these profit margins I should easily be able to afford a fancy national marketing campaign to cover my ass. I can see it now. Oil – It comes from the earth. We're just returning it.
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- teraflop 7y ago
  You're not thinking outside the box. Buy the oil, burn it for power, sell the barrel, and use a portion of the profit to pay for carbon credits. Voila, an infinite supply of clean energy.
Mikeb85 7y ago
Storage isn't included when you buy oil. You don't actually get a steel barrel.
chrisseaton 7y ago
You don't literally get the barrel when you buy a 'barrel' of oil.
- castratikron 7y ago
  Joke ---- Head
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  - chrisseaton 7y ago
    It doesn't make any sense as a joke - oil isn't sold like the setup of the joke says.
    - tengbretson 7y ago
      I hope it doesn't ruin your day to hear that chickens also don't typically cross roads.
      - indigochill 7y ago
        That's why everyone wants to know why that one did!
      - jabits 7y ago
        You don’t live on Maui...
        Jagat 7y ago
        You mean Kauai?
        aksss 7y ago
        Frickin’ chickens!
propogandist 7y ago
"That Time I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil", an interesting read: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/that-time-i-tried-to-buy-some-crude-oil https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/that-time...
agumonkey 7y ago
rent it for others to dump oil in it, ponzi oil scheme
teilo 7y ago
Thank goodness that oil is not actually stored in barrels, then.

It's better than that! Used steel barrels go for around $29 a piece. All you need to do is buy oil, dump it out somewhere, and then sell the barrel for $17 profit!

PakG1 7y ago

See, this is why we need a good EPA in the US and similarly good in other countries. To protect against capitalists like you who don't care about externalities. ;) Now go make a financial derivative so I can trade on used steel barrels.

lowdose 7y ago
And a link to his innovation.
tengbretson 7y ago
With these profit margins I should easily be able to afford a fancy national marketing campaign to cover my ass. I can see it now. Oil – It comes from the earth. We're just returning it.
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teraflop 7y ago
You're not thinking outside the box. Buy the oil, burn it for power, sell the barrel, and use a portion of the profit to pay for carbon credits. Voila, an infinite supply of clean energy.

Mikeb85 7y ago

Storage isn't included when you buy oil. You don't actually get a steel barrel.

chrisseaton 7y ago

You don't literally get the barrel when you buy a 'barrel' of oil.

castratikron 7y ago
Joke ---- Head
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  [deleted]
- chrisseaton 7y ago
  It doesn't make any sense as a joke - oil isn't sold like the setup of the joke says.
  - tengbretson 7y ago
    I hope it doesn't ruin your day to hear that chickens also don't typically cross roads.
    - indigochill 7y ago
      That's why everyone wants to know why that one did!
    - jabits 7y ago
      You don’t live on Maui...
      - Jagat 7y ago
        You mean Kauai?
        aksss 7y ago
        Frickin’ chickens!

propogandist 7y ago

"That Time I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil", an interesting read: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/that-time-i-tried-to-buy-some-crude-oil https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/that-time...

agumonkey 7y ago

rent it for others to dump oil in it, ponzi oil scheme

teilo 7y ago

Thank goodness that oil is not actually stored in barrels, then.