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Old 04-25-2011, 11:54 PM   #161 (permalink)
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Can't speak for anyone else, but it sure seems like gas is still about $2/gallon too LOW... because it still sounds like a Dukes of Hazzard rerun around here...
I still see people leaving their cars running in store parking lots, and the long line of moms idling their SUVs while picking up their little darlings at the local elementary school (which has perfectly good school buses, BTW). So whatever the price, it's apparently still cheap enough for some people to waste :-)

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Old 04-26-2011, 12:11 AM   #162 (permalink)
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I still see people leaving their cars running in store parking lots, and the long line of moms idling their SUVs while picking up their little darlings at the local elementary school (which has perfectly good school buses, BTW). So whatever the price, it's apparently still cheap enough for some people to waste :-)
I agree, they are wasteful. You also have the right to throw your money down the toilet if you choose. "A fool and his money are soon parted." Remember that this behavior is probably demonstrated by a relatively small percentage of the population.

But after being bothered by something like this, it is often taken to the next step, to say that 'a thing like that shouldn't be allowed'.

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Old 04-26-2011, 12:13 AM   #163 (permalink)
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Filled up at $3.95 on the Illinois side of the river. Ouch.
I realize our economy is not benefiting from this, but I consider the environmental and societal cost of oil production, transport and infrastructure, and emissions. Surely those have value.

But I guess that's why I visit this website--to reduce my footprint, reduce consumption, and save a few bucks.
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Old 04-26-2011, 12:19 AM   #164 (permalink)
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Filled up at $3.95 on the Illinois side of the river. Ouch.
I realize our economy is not benefiting from this, but I consider the environmental and societal cost of oil production, transport and infrastructure, and emissions. Surely those have value.
That, and $3.50, will buy you a gallon of milk. (it was $3.00 last year)
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Old 04-26-2011, 12:27 AM   #165 (permalink)
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That, and $3.50, will buy you a gallon of milk. (it was $3.00 last year)
But remember, there is no inflation. It must be caused by supply and demand, right?

I guess milk drinkers were thirstier by 17% this year...
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Old 04-26-2011, 05:58 AM   #166 (permalink)
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I paid more back in 2008 than I have yet this year. $4.189/gallon was the highest I paid back then, and I just filled up at $3.899.

We are paying a lot more than the pump price for oil. Try much of our military budget for a start. Then, take a look at the Gulf of Mexico, and Prince William Sound, AK and all the areas around oil refineries, and to smog and the myriad of health problems it causes.

The overall trend of gasoline price will always be up. Oil is finite, by definition. We are past peak oil. I know this because we have started to use the lowest quality, tar sands, etc.
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The overall trend of gasoline price will always be up. Oil is finite, by definition. We are past peak oil. I know this because we have started to use the lowest quality, tar sands, etc.
I agree about Peak Oil but the oil we are using is not the lowest quality available, its just cheaper to get at and refine that any good quality left.

If people want lower prices how are you going to get them ? Whatever can be extracted locally in the US or North Sea is very small compared to the Middle East. Military perhaps ? I think China may have a few words on that one and will be happy to go toe to toe with anyone to get what they need.
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We are paying a lot more than the pump price for oil. Try much of our military budget for a start. Then, take a look at the Gulf of Mexico, and Prince William Sound, AK and all the areas around oil refineries, and to smog and the myriad of health problems it causes.
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The overall trend of gasoline price will always be up.
That's called inflation.

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So is everything else. So what?

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We are past peak oil. I know this because we have started to use the lowest quality, tar sands, etc.
That's another non sequitur conclusion.

The quality of the source of petroleum does not matter. They DO refine it, you know.
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Why stop at $6 per gallon?

Why not $10? $12? $20? $50?

How do you benefit from the price rising?

This is not a rhetorical question. Since you are cheering on the price rise, I want to know how it benefits you.
Sure- $10, or whatever. Cool.

As already noted, my formerly quiet neighborhood would quiet down again. You see, the bulk of activity on my street is SUV driving women yapping on cell phones. This town is small. They should pry their huge butts outta those trucks and walk around. Second in sheer volume we have the punks with their mud trucks who evidently put on about 200 miles/day without ever leaving city limits. Mom and Dad might rethink the wisdom of bankrolling that if it costs them more than $100/day. The tiny remainder is probably legit neighborhood traffic.

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Indeed. It sounds like a few people here are taking pleasure at watching the economy stall. All of their friends must easily be able to pay for gas and food.
I have a fundamental disagreement with the prevailing "growth philosophy" which is, constant growth is a requirement for our system or it will all implode. This idiotic philosophy has lead to much sprawl and degradation of places and things. What is so great about it? What is so great about when our economy is humming along? Why does everyone in the small cluster****s strive to create large cluster****s? Can't they just move to congested areas if that's what they want? As far as I can tell, what we got was a bunch of McMansion building, SUV driving, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses B*** S*** and not a whole bunch more. Don't make the mistake of thinking that was the norm because that just ain't sustainable.

Yes, I can easily pay for gas, because I hardly buy any of it. And if food prices go up, I can easily pay for that too. It's quite simple if you don't go out to eat all the time, or order take-out, or only buy all the processed **** at the grocery.

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We are paying a lot more than the pump price for oil. Try much of our military budget for a start. Then, take a look at the Gulf of Mexico, and Prince William Sound, AK and all the areas around oil refineries, and to smog and the myriad of health problems it causes.
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We are past peak oil. I know this because we have started to use the lowest quality, tar sands, etc.
He's right you know. By your glib remarks I know we'll never see eye-to-eye on much of anything which if fine because I don't want to be like you.
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