$7 gallon gas by 2012
05-01-2008, 11:34 AM
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Trust me- i was as shocked as you were!
12 bolt moser with 4.10 gears - in 6th gear at 65mph- its at 17-1800rpms - at 70mph- its at 1900rpms, and just at 74mph its at 2k... BUY ONE! D1SC..
05-01-2008, 12:07 PM
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1. Tap Alaska
2. Tap the Dakotas
3. Tap the Rockies (haha)
4. Give middle eastern countries the finger
5. Promote switchgrass ethanol
6. Continue pushing for alternative fuels/transportation means
7. Increase, nuclear, solar, and wind power stations
8. Require that people take an extra driving test in order to but an suv or truck. Most of the people i see lumbering along the highway at 19mpg are house wives and soccer moms. People that really need the truck/suv will have to take the hit on this one.
I'm sure there are other things but that is what i could come up with quickly. And i firmly believe that washington is a part of the problem because they do more talking that actual legislating. I'm not saying that this particular administration is to blame or president bush, all i'm saying is that washington has become a fat bloated pig of a government, and they'd rather line their pockets that help help the country that they've sworn to make better.
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
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2. Tap the Dakotas
3. Tap the Rockies (haha)
4. Give middle eastern countries the finger
5. Promote switchgrass ethanol
6. Continue pushing for alternative fuels/transportation means
7. Increase, nuclear, solar, and wind power stations
8. Require that people take an extra driving test in order to but an suv or truck. Most of the people i see lumbering along the highway at 19mpg are house wives and soccer moms. People that really need the truck/suv will have to take the hit on this one.
I'm sure there are other things but that is what i could come up with quickly. And i firmly believe that washington is a part of the problem because they do more talking that actual legislating. I'm not saying that this particular administration is to blame or president bush, all i'm saying is that washington has become a fat bloated pig of a government, and they'd rather line their pockets that help help the country that they've sworn to make better.
"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
V
Flame suit on.
05-01-2008, 12:10 PM
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Gas Prices around the world
Most expensive places to buy gas
Rank Country Price/gal
1. Sierra Leone $18.42
2. Aruba $12.03
3. Bosnia-Herzegovina $10.86
4. Eritrea $9.58
5. Norway $8.73
6. United Kingdom $8.38
7. Netherlands $8.37
8. Monaco $8.31
9. Iceland $8.28
10. Belgium $8.22
111. United States $3.45
Where gasoline is cheapest
Rank Country Price/gal
1. Venezuela 12 cents
2. Iran 40 cents
3. Saudi Arabia 45 cents
4. Libya 50 cents
5. Swaziland 54 cents
6. Qatar 73 cents
7. Bahrain 81 cents
8. Egypt 89 cents
9. Kuwait 90 cents
10. Seychelles 98 cents
45. United States $3.45
155 countries surveyed between March 17 and April 1, 2008. Prices not adjusted for cost of living or exchange rates.
Correction: A previous version of this chart showed Russia as the 8th cheapest country to buy gas. Russia is the 38th cheapest.
05-01-2008, 01:41 PM
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12 CENTS per gallon in Venezuela!!!!!!! From the same article:
Obviously a LOT of the problem is that we IMPORT oil and a lot of it. Tapping new fuel sources and new oil sources is the only way prices are going to come back down.
And don't listen to the B$ about win-fall profit taxes on the oil companies....
If they do that.... it won't help YOU... it will help the government. YOU will not see ANY or very little of it. In the end, it will only drive the price up any way.
Gas price: It's all about government policy. Gasoline costs roughly the same to make no matter where in the world it's produced, according to John Felmy, chief economist for the American Petroleum Institute. The difference in retail costs, he said, is that some governments subsidize gas while others tax it heavily.
In many oil producing nations gas is absurdly cheap. In Venezuela it's 12 cents a gallon. In Saudi Arabia it's 45.
The governments there forego the money from selling that oil on the open market - instead using the money to make their people happy and encourage their nations' development.
In many oil producing nations gas is absurdly cheap. In Venezuela it's 12 cents a gallon. In Saudi Arabia it's 45.
The governments there forego the money from selling that oil on the open market - instead using the money to make their people happy and encourage their nations' development.
And don't listen to the B$ about win-fall profit taxes on the oil companies....
If they do that.... it won't help YOU... it will help the government. YOU will not see ANY or very little of it. In the end, it will only drive the price up any way.
05-01-2008, 09:32 PM
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The price right now is artificially high because of the fu*kin speculators on wall street. Its past due for a BIG correction .
And when it finally comes watch it drop like a lead balloon.
Right now we are all getting fucked at the pump by everybody & anybody even remotely connected to big oil . From the ******** to the mom & pop gas stations . They all know that they got us over a barrel ,so get the vasoline out and just grin and bare it for the time being .
And when it finally comes watch it drop like a lead balloon.
Right now we are all getting fucked at the pump by everybody & anybody even remotely connected to big oil . From the ******** to the mom & pop gas stations . They all know that they got us over a barrel ,so get the vasoline out and just grin and bare it for the time being .
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05-01-2008, 11:19 PM
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^^^^You are right on that one.... Market speculation is causing some of the cost increases.... Though....I doubt there will be a market correction unless there is an increase in supply.
Maybe we could all buy Exxon stock.... if you owned enough... your dividend payments might off set your cost in gas... that is until when it does drop and you lose your as$ in your stock investment
Maybe we could all buy Exxon stock.... if you owned enough... your dividend payments might off set your cost in gas... that is until when it does drop and you lose your as$ in your stock investment
05-02-2008, 03:14 AM
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05-02-2008, 12:06 PM
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I agree ethanol is **** especially ethanol from corn, because it has something like half the potential energy of gasoline. However at the end of last year I started reading articles on switchgrass ethanol. It produces something like 5 time more energy that ethanol synthesized from corn (some one please check my facts) and switch grass is almost like a weed so it is very easy to grow. Ethanol is just a bandaid anyways, but it would be a good supliment to gas if it was pushed correctly. The real key for the near future (next 10 years) is drilling new wells in alaska, and the dakotas to help break our dependency on foreign oil.
