MAD_DOHC

Ignorace is bliss isn't it?

Its a great idea, and even if it did work, wouldn't make a difference to them. Middle East is going to make money regardless. Don't buy gas for a week, think they care? There are plenty of other countries lining up for it. India, China, Japan. We would do nothing but hurt ourselves by not buying gas and prices would not go down. Look at your oil companies for the high gas prices.

Need 2 B Lower

Im just mad I cant cruise without costing myself 10 bucks a night. Its the one thing I loved to do :-(

(F-)

[QUOTE=blah]The Alaskan reserve is only enough to last the country 4 months. QUOTE]
sorry bro, but that is the national reserve, and that is a very conservitive estimate.
also, to add fuel to the fire, the middle east is home to only 27% (give or take, this is off the top of my head from collage geolegy 5 years ago) most of the rest is untaped in more hostile enviroments such as siberia (incredibly rich in fossil fuels, but undeveloped for the most part because it is part of russia) and nothern canada.

Hatch Man(GsR)

I live in pungo, down near munden park. It takes me 30 minutes to get anywhere... I fill up more than once per week, and it blows. Not THE reason I took the turbo kit off the coupe, but it contributed...

I think we (the United States) need to buy oil fields in various oil rich locations around the world. Then create an American oil company to control it. This American Oil company will drill for oil, and sell oil to refineries ONLY in the us. This way, we can set the price. The only reason we are paying this much for gas is because we are not in control of the supply, nor are we willing to put money up front for oil fields.

Like somebody said before, the oil companies do not need the United States, there are plenty of other countries after more oil. I was wondering what would happen if the middle eastern oil companies decided to cut off the oil supply to the US (especially in a time of war with the middle east), and give it to China. What would the United States do in a scenario like this?

reocamaro

well, if W.'s still in charge, he'd probably keep reading to the kids. But, no, seriously, I think he'd jump up and down flailing his arms screaming, "that's not fair! that's not fair!" Then he'd want to blow something up. Typical right winger approach, I can't get my way so I want to blow something up.

Most loved fact about gas prices. Price for one gallon of gas: 2.99$ Price for one gallon of starbucks mocho latte (or whatever flippin' choices they have these days) ~20$ Damn, whiners.

88mr2sc

here is an email i received from a friend, hell its worth a shot...








Subject: A plan to lower gas prices



The following is plan to lower gas prices that may work. Please read and pass on. Jim


>I think it is at least a try and the time it takes to send it!
>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:08 AM
>Subject: a plan to lower gas prices
>>
>>GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work
>>
>>This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola
>>executive It came from one of his engineer buddies
>>who retired from Halliburton. It's worth your
>>consideration.
>>
>>Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to
>>hitclose to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer and it
>>might
>>go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down? We
>>need to take some intelligent, united action.
>>
>>Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea. This makes
>>MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain
>>day" campaign that was going around last April or May!
>>The oil companies just laughed at that because they
>>knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by
>>refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience
>>to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever
>>thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can
>>really work. Please read on and join with us!
>>
>>By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at
>>about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently
>>$2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the
>>oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us
>>to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at
>>$1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to
>>teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace..not
>>sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each
>>day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we
>>are going to see the price of gas come down is if we
>>hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their
>>gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
>>How?
>>
>>Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop
>>buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if
>>we all act together to force a price war.
>>
>>Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T
>>purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies
>>(which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not
>>selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their
>>prices. If they reduce their prices, the other
>>companies will have to follow suit. But to have an
>>impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon
>>and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now,
>>don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and
>>I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of
>>people!!
>>
>>I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us
>>send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) .. and
>>those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 =
>>3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches
>>the sixth group of people, we will have reached over
>>THREE MILLION consumers.
>>
>>If those three million get excited and pass this on to
>>ten friends each, then 30 million people will have
>>been contacted! If it goes one level further, you
>>guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
>>
>>Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people.
>>That's all!
>>(If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million
>>and all you have to do is send this to 10 people....
>>Well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician.
>>But I am so trust me on this one.) :-)
>>
>>How long would all that take? If each of us sends
>>thise-mail out to ten more people within one day of
>>receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be
>>contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you
>>didn't think you and I had that much potential, did
>>you! Acting together we can make a difference.
>>
>>If this makes sense to you, please pass this message
>>on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL
>>THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP
>>THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
>>
>>Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator

....AJ....

my ASS!! I pay about $20 more to fill up. And I don't think anyone really gives a shit how much you pay and how much you can afford. 40+ dollars to fill up a 14 gallon damn tank is just plain aggravating.

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Ok so you pay an extra $400 a year. Is that really so fucking bad? If is you need to either buy a bike or get a better paying job. I never braged about how much I make so STFU.

....AJ....

My job pays just fine fucker. The point is, no matter how much we get paid and whatnot, no one really likes paying so much for something that's such a necessity. So I take it you're contempt with the raising prices? Good, then fill my gas tank too K? And yes $400/year is that fucking bad. It's 400 I coulda done something else with.

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I dont know why you are getting so pissed off at me but I say once again...
And yes Im fine paying $100 to fill up. I do it every saturday. And I listen to all the soccor moms in their minivans complain about $40 to fill up when it used to cost em $30. And do I say a word? Nope I just stand there next to my big ass truck and smile at em while they stare at me