$7-a-gallon gas?The folly of O's oil-spill 'fix'

NY Post ^ | 6-18-10 | BEN LIEBERMAN

[CincyRichieRich]

President Obama has a solution to the Gulf oil spill: $7-a-gallon gas.

That's a Harvard University study's estimate of the per-gallon price of the president's global-warming agenda. And Obama made clear this week that this agenda is a part of his plan for addressing the Gulf mess.

So what does global-warming legislation have to do with the oil spill?

Good question, because such measures wouldn't do a thing to clean up the oil or fix the problems that led to the leak.

The answer can be found in Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's now-famous words, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste -- and what I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before."

[Army Air Corps]

It still requires fuel to operate the machinery for planting and harvesting.

[Glenn]

be careful in anything approaching high water; the sidemount engine is very susceptible to total ruin if it gets too wet.

Thanks for the tip!

[the OlLine Rebel]

“their pissant little countries all have public transportation”

Actually, you answered most of the question right in the 1st part - they’re LITTLE. We’re big and spread out. People wonder why we had big cars all the time while Euro’s were so “advanced” with teeny ugly cars, and that’s the answer - they don’t understand BIG, because they’re all tiny inherently. Even together they don’t have our “big sky country”.

[the OlLine Rebel]

That’s still 30mpg - albeit you don’t have the stability or the capacity of even an EconoBox.

[b4its2late]

Yep.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Just pick up a $100 Mercedes like I did...

[Renderofveils]

I hedged by buying a Mini Cooper two weeks ago

It's a shame the guberment won't allow the diesel version to be imported. I wouldn't mind the 63mpg and being able to do all of the engine maintenance with the parts I've got in the shed.

[Renderofveils]

The report projects $7 per gallon in 2020. Hate to break it to these ivory tower types, it’s going to be much higher than that once inflation starts kicking. Print/borrow/print/borrow/print has consequences.

[OB1kNOb]

I’ll give you $200 for it! Quick double your money profit? ;-)

[mellow velo]

People still need to eat. Increased transportation costs will just be passed on from the food companies to the consumers. The same with other petroleum-based products (plastics, etc.).

Can you say inflation?

[dragnet2]

$4 gas had a large part in crashing the economy. $7 would kill it for good.

It'll be dead on the floor given the fact that millions only make 6 or 7 per hour....

This happens, and people will be exchanging canned food for gifts this Christmas.

[nascarnation]

The new EPA diesels have far more emissions claptrap than any gasser. You better have a bank of computers and interface boxes in the shed.

[Irisshlass]

Grow a garden and start canning.

[CRBDeuce]

The Clueless 0ne-in-chief ban on drilling will put the spurs to that $7 and get us there in a hurry. He won’t even need Crap-and-Tax. The deepwater rigs are headed to Brazil, Cuba/China, and we won’t get them back. The contracts will be ‘force majeured’ out of US hands and offered to highest bidder. Only Americans who might win are the lawyers.

[Gondring]

...and? Food prices will go up.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

I can see November from my house.....

[Utilizer]

Yar, or mebbe a bit better since I am not exactly sure how much the reserve really held. My first bike, a 650cc ricerocket did better than that, but as I said I did not buy the Hog for its fuel efficiency. The other nice thing about it was I can’t tell you how many times I would be waiting at a stoplight and some cager would call out “Hey, nice bike”. Yes, I did customize it some. *smile*

[Utilizer]

People-carry capacity was unimportant as well. Nimbleness was great, as well as being incredibly surefooted due to a very low centre of gravity.

[The Theophilus]

So, For all of my energy saving habits i can now expect a tripling of my energy bills?

As a part of your comprehensive energy saving strategy, don't include bicycling as a substitute for your motor vehicle. Around here in FR, child rape is viewed as being less sinful than inconveniencing a motorist for even one second.

[pabianice]

My brother left me his 1974 Cadillac Sedan de Ville. THERE was a car, 6,000 pounds of Detroit steel, 500 Cu inch engine, 8 city, 11 highway. You could actually see the gas gague needle move down on the highway. Man, was it safe. Once I month I had to scrape the Corollas and Hundais out of the wheel wells. It was so big I had to look through the steering wheel to see. I miss it.