At $10 a barrel of oil, your gas would be cheap, but your job could be gone. Oil producers would cease operations because they would not be able to turn a profit, which translates to a loss of jobs and a hit to the economy. After all, oil production is a driver of income growth, gross domestic product and economic recovery. “Ten dollars is possible but not for a sustained period of time,” said Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst at Gasbuddy.com. Although gasoline would be about $1 a gallon, DeHaan said it’s a “short-lived win for motorists at the pump.” “It could lead to a recession,” he said, adding that the oil and gas industry would affect all sectors of the economy. Anything is possible, but both analysts and economists consider the possibility of $10-a-barrel oil laughable — even though the cost for a barrel over the past […]