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NYSlimes wants to keep gas prices high
From the minds that brought you 91 octane pee-water:
Now, however, the energy risks so apparent in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have created both the urgency and the political opportunity for the nation's leaders to respond appropriately. The government must capitalize on the end of the era of perpetually cheap gas, and it must do so in a way that makes America less vulnerable to all manner of threats - terrorist, environmental and economic. The best solution is to increase the federal gasoline tax, in order to keep the price of gas near its post-Katrina highs of $3-plus a gallon. That would put a dent in gas-guzzling behavior, as has already been seen in the dramatic drop in the sale of sport-utility vehicles. And it would help cure oil dependency in the long run, as automakers and other manufacturers responded to consumer demand for fuel-efficient products. LeftyScum |
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Let them jack up the prices some more. I loved all of the talk about extracting shale oil & drilling in alaska when we hit $3.40/gal awhile back.
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Is it true that you don't even own a Porsche?
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I'm too po'...But I do have an 05 Evolution MR with new Zeal coilovers...
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10-24-2005, 08:43 PM
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Too poor? Doesn't that car list at around $35,000?
Your car is probably more expensive than about 99.5% of the Porsches around here. 
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10-24-2005, 08:52 PM
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Not the flat nose 911, or RS I want.
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10-24-2005, 09:02 PM
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10-24-2005, 09:09 PM
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Damn fine photographer...
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Lancers are cool.
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10-24-2005, 10:12 PM
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1st paragraph correct. 2nd paragraph of managing a market through taxes probably appeals to their readers?
They failed to report that the recent oil price increase is following the pattern of every "oil price bubble" the US has ever experienced. Supply shock, high oil prices, doomsday , gov't screw ups, new oil discoveries, oil markets resume downward price trend. Gov't control barriers of where to drill for oil are managed in the typical gov't fashion. As soon as they get out of the way the markets resume in the typical historical way. Meanwhile until the political issue is resolved it's costing the US GDP growth.
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Everyone especailly republicans here on this BBS, really like to cry about gas prices.
Where I live it has not really seemed to actually stop people from going out on the weekends. I do not mind gas prices. They will go up, so be it. I still have a job that I have to go to every morning. I say, Quit your cryin! |
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10-25-2005, 05:18 AM
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Why do we not have natural gas diatribes? Last year, the stuff was around $5-6 per Million BTUs. Lately, it has been trading around $13 per Million. That will really put a huge dent in the wallets of Americans. Where's the call for Americans to move out of 3600 SF McMansions and curb their electricity use (natural gas fired electric plants). jurgen |
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10-25-2005, 05:42 AM
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WTFE no I wont be crying like you. see, If I lost my job, I would go find a new job. Thats how it works in the real world. If you cant find a new job it means that you are too picky. I find it disturbing that Bryon wants to drill for oil for no other reason than to just piss off the people who do not want it in Alaska. |
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Anything that keeps the surplus of suburban cowboys and soccer moms in their lightly loaded empty pick ups/suburbans/excursions/tahoes off the road is good in my book.
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The concept is good - high prices lead to conservation & alternatives - but the execution is wrong.
Anything that would result in what would essentially be governmental price controls is counter to a free market economy. Let the market determine its equilibrium point for the commodity. Trust me, when the scarcity scare hits again, we'll be wishing for the prices of today. I'm going to go listen to "Red Barchetta" now.
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Kind of like arguing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin... Is this really going to happen?
$3+ a gallon? My own thinking is we collect the tax or pay it to the mullahs. The era of cheap gas is going the way of the nickel cigar. |
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