I Just Paid $4.34 for Regular Gas!
Posted 18 weeks 12 min ago byI just paid $4.34 for regular gas! Now I live close to work and drive a simple V6 medium size car, but the price is starting to hurt. But I am disappointed to hear so much fingerpointing at politicians when the true fault lies within us.
No one forced Americans to buy SUV's, trucks, and large vans in millions. The public demanded it and the market provided what was demanded. Every car out in the road should be a hybrid by now. Period. And not just hybrids but economical hybrids that the average joe can afford. Something that reminds us of the revolutionary effect of the Model-T. This is not just possible, but has been for years. But where there is no demand, there is no investment in technology or production.
We all know that since the 1970's gas was no longer a dependable and reliable source of energy for our vehicles. OPEC proved that. The current WORLD demand is proving that unreliability once again. Politicians react to the public, and most of us wanted big-BIG-BIGGER vehicles. And why not? I love driving my friend's 4x4 truck. A doge ram. You feel great. The strength and speed are wonderful, but that is a joy everyone should have understood was a luxury that ended in 1979.
Anyone who knows my blog knows I don't like Senator Obama and won't vote for him, so don't consider this an endorsement of him. An experienced state legislator wont fix the problem any more than Ronald Reagan or Bill Clinton did. Presidents are not gods. I fthe people want trucks and SUVS, then the market will produce them. Period. What we need is leadership in understanding that hybrid technology is more than a green liberal issue but a national security issue. The man for that is John McCain.
I know there are those who would argue that all we need is to get our oil from the Arctic. The evidence is clear that the reserves there will sustain prices AS THEY ARE and then the reserves will putter out because they are nothing like the oil reserves of the Middle East.
We need to wake up. A Global competition for resources is beginning and we are on the losing side already. China and India are eating up world resources at an exponential rate. We need to become as independent from oil as possible. Otherwise the age of American dominance is over. We can do it. Look at Japan. The islands are volcanic rock but they are an economic powerhouse. They also all drive small vehicles. That's just reality. We need to deal with it like they did. It's our turn.
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Everyone is waiting for the monkey to go first-reply
Submitted on June 8th, 2008 by AnonymousI agree, we should not look to politicians to solve our but instead let them know what we want and if they can't or won't deliver whats best for our country then out they go.
A big part of whats necessary is General Motors and Ford and any body else to manufacture automobiles that get > 50 miles per gallon and are dependable. Tax incentives to produce and buy this type of transpotation would spur our economy. If they can't or won't then its back to bicyles or horse drawn wagons. At least the only BS would be on the roads instead of out of the mouths of politicians only interested in their parties and their own political ambitions.
Gas Prices and the American Economy
Submitted on June 8th, 2008 by AnonymousIts my feeling that what we are experiencing in gas price increases and devaluation of our currency is closely related to and directly propotional to our countries save Iraq policy at any cost.If Iraq is worth saving I sure would like to hear why.
WELL HERE IS ANOTHER THOUGHT.. COAL?
Submitted on June 7th, 2008 by Skye RiversThanks Hamilton. I woke up today in a cold sweat thinking OMG a horse. OMG... how do I do this. I feel like I am going to be having a newborn and now that I have it, what do I with it now :) But, in getting back to oil... and drilling here. I agree, but I don't agree in drilling the Artic. I think for us to depend on anyone outside of our own resources we then become dependent on other countries at the expense of our own welfare. There was some talk on the possibilities of mining coal, and turning it into fuel. There were pros and cons, but my feeling is why not. There also was some talk about opening the reserves we have stashed for an emergency. Well, I feel this is an emergency and this needs to be done. I also believe there are other ways that are available to us, but our government is holding back do to money, greed and the corrupt oil companies.
If hindsight is 20/20; you would have thought the American people would have learned from Bush...... but no. The American people are like teenagers. They know it all, want to do it their way, go for the latest fad and then kick themselves for not listening. Obama is not the answer. McCain is not the answer. I am not saying Clinton was the answer, but I feel she was much closer to what was needed to bring this country back home in heart and spirit.
Everyone as I have shared is waiting for everyone else to change. Stop waiting. Start acting. If you care about your children and your children's children, start now or there will be nothing left for them.
Well,
Submitted on June 7th, 2008 by HamiltonMy ancestry is Native American my grandmother was a full blooded Cherokee. It’s from her and my mother that I first learned a deep love of our earth. I’m a Christian, my grandmother was not, she worship as her mother had and her mother before that. She gave thanks for all the earth gave her and never took more than she needed to feed or cloth herself and us grand kids which she often had to do. I don’t find Christianity any different in regards to our steward ship of this planet.
I think it’s just dumb not to drill for our own oil. Of course we should be, and should have been developing cleaner, safer more efficient forms of energy. The fact of the matter is; right now the cleanest, safest most efficient form of energy available in mass supply is oil. We have enough of our own, with major advancements in technology to retrieve it, to certainly offset present very high gas prices. Forty years ago when radical environmentalist convinced this country that we would destroy our planet by drilling for oil and building refineries equals centuries of advancements in equipment used and process available for retrieving our own resources. We can get our stuff more efficiently and without any damage to our environment. We can respect and care for our planet while giving thanks for what she gives us for sustenance.
The continued argument not to do so is not a conservation issue it’s a political issue. There is a very powerful and well funded radical group of people in this country and around the world who are dedicated to the destruction of the United States of American in particular and worldwide freedom in general. The ultimate goal is a one world government established as the savior of mankind.
Gas prices are not ever going to come down; we have waited too long and been tragically inactive for decades. No president will be able to do anything positive to lower prices with the exception of taking control of all foreign and domestic oil companies and rationing gas. This is exactly what the left and Senator Obama intends to do. It has been the political plan for years, oil being by far the highest profit industry in the world.
Skye, I applaud the changes you’ve made and the intelligent steps you are putting into place to remain mobile in a world on the verge of grinding to a halt.
EVERYONE IS WAITING FOR THE MONKEY TO GO FIRST...
Submitted on June 6th, 2008 by Skye RiversFirst of All, I don't support John McCain, but from the subject matter of this topic, it is about the price of gas and not about sparring candidates and issues though I do know whomever gets in office is going to have to deal with that. But since I don't have all night, I wanted to touch on a few things and leave it at that respectively.
I agree with all you have shared, BUT I don't agree with drilling the Artic for Oil. I agree that people should take a good hard look at the reality of what is in store for ALL of us if we don't start paying attention to Mother Earth and her resources. My feeling is you can only drill so long before there is nothing left to drill; you can only dump garbage into her core until there is no more room to dump; you can only blow up so many countries before there is nothing more to blow up or fight over and so on and so on...
The price of gas is outrageous! I was going to trade in my 1999 RX300 Lexus for a Smart Car which I thought was a smart idea, and still may. My family members had a problem with it because they felt is was not a safe car to be driving out on the road. I am a bit perplexed. Especially when I see a Hummer. I don't get it. Don't they get 9 miles per a gallon? So I actually bought a horse today... seriously! A minnie that I am getting a cart for and have moved to the country where there is a general store and a post office. What more do I need? I guess all those years watching "little house on the prairie" rubbed off on me and I am going back to basics. I consider myself lucky to be able to have that luxury. For others, you have a choice as well. It's that hundredth monkey effect. Unfortunately everyone is waiting for the first monkey.