Posted on 05/22/2014 1:34:55 PM PDT by Olog-hai
And poverty has vanished , and job growth is soaring.
I used to think it was a bad thing for Ireland when they had $4/gallon gasoline for ages. Since the gas prices have gone up here, though, it’s varied between $7 and $8 per gallon. (And that’s aside from the fact that 57 percent of the price is tax, changed over to “carbon tax” in recent years.)
My truck gets pretty poor mileage, so I got a low miles Honda S2000 which, driven normally, gets 30 mpg. It’s an economy move I told Mrs. Slim. ;)
NOT TO WORRY SUBJECTS!!! Obama has declared that all new cars shall double the mileage they currently have. By a wave of his magic scepter this shall be done.
I think this is the “peace dividend” from disposing of that nasty dictator and former CIA employee, Kadaffi.
This weekend, gas prices will be at their Worst. Ever. Here.
What year S2000? Some of those got high 13s in the quarter mile.
The US still has cheap gas, compared to the rest of the world.
In Europe and here in the Philippines, gas has always been in the $4 range. The advantage, however, is that I have never needed or wanted a car while outside of the US. Back in the states, a car was mandatory in order to go ANYWHERE.
2005, adult owned and garage kept with 29K on the clock. It’s got a 2.2 liter four normally aspirated that redlines at 8000. When the V-Tec kicks in at 6K it sounds like a mad badger in a blender.
Top speed is supposed to be 160, but I’ve only found Youtube videos going up to 157.
Great car, everything you need and nothing you don’t.
US gas is even cheaper in terms of base price without any taxes.
Ireland is shorter on so-called “mass transit” than some other countries in Europe, so one would want a car for travel. And of course, there is no shortage of cars in countries such as France and Germany, themselves big car-making countries (France with Renault, Peugeot, Citroën; and we all know the German makes).
Hold on to that one if you can. Might end up being a classic. That model put the Prelude to shame.
Will do, my family keeps cars about forever. My 78 year old mother has a first year Miata. (1989)
So what? Millions of people are happy to pay these high gas prices. They’re buying gas, aren’t they? Just like those 8.5 million people who are happy with Obamacare.
then post the correct data
it’s all I can find
I’m not defending it as gospel, but I want to see your data
“Under my plan, energy costs will necessarily skyrocket.”
- Barack Hussein Obama
The 19th Amendment strikes again in Red Hampshire, as Democrat Governor Maggie Hassan signs a bill raising our gas taxes four cents a gallon. Don’t worry, though...it’s for a good cause.
I’ve got a first year Miata also.
In another 20 yrs, they may well be valued like a 67 Camaro is today.
Of course that presumes there will be enough wealth in America then.
Remember how bh0 made such a campaign issue about how HIGH gas prices had risen under G.W. Bush? And how he promised to do ‘everything necessary’ to get them lowered. Another promise that expired 10 seconds after it left his mouth.
Harwood, June 10, 2008: As difficult as this is for consumers right now, is, in fact, high gas prices what we need to let the market work, a line incentive so that we do shift to alternative means of energy?
Obama: Well, I think that we have been slow to move in a better direction when it comes to energy usage. And the president, frankly, hasn’t had an energy policy. And as a consequence, we’ve been consuming energy as if it’s infinite. We now know that our demand is badly outstripping supply with China and India growing as rapidly as they are. So…
Harwood: So could these high prices help us?
Obama: I think that I would have preferred a gradual adjustment. The fact that this is such a shock to American pocketbooks is not a good thing. But if we take some steps right now to help people make the adjustment, first of all by putting more money into their pockets, but also by encouraging the market to adapt to these new circumstances more quickly, particularly US automakers, then I think ultimately, we can come out of this stronger and have a more efficient energy policy than we do right now.
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