Posted on 02/01/2021 12:40:22 PM PST by KeyLargo
I have a vintage unused bumper sticker that says, “President Carter...KISS MY GAS!” That was probably as coarse as one would get on a bumper sticker back then. (That and “If this Van’s Rocking Don’t Come Knocking!”) I remember the Plains Wonder Boy asking everyone to turn their thermostats down at night, but 55 seems lower than I can recall.
Ah...remember it all well.
I’ve seen video’s of him speaking; like Bush but a Democrat. Wimp.
And the cause of high food and other products prices.
I wasn’t born yet.
Can someone tell me why there was a gas shortage in the ‘70s?
https://modernfarmer.com/2014/02/living-legacy-d-c-tractorcade-35-years-later/
Its all coming back with Slo Joe and the Hoe.
At that time I was delivering subs and pizzas and drove my VW beetle. Got $3.00/night for fuel, needle went from E to 3/4 tank, had a half tank left end of night. What a great deal, plus pay, tips and free food and soda all night! Huge subs, inch of meat and cheese plus veggies & dressing! Priced at $2 for a footlong! Those were the days, they’d even make a roast beef sub for mom along with mine to go, no extra charge!
55 is lower than I recall as well. It was actually 65. The writer may have somehow gotten this mixed up with the 55 mph speed limit.
I worked with a guy, a Baptist of the very legalistic type, who set his thermostat back to 55 all the time.
His wife and two little kids were at home in the freezing cold all day, and the kids ended up getting sick and he still wouldn’t turn the heat up, while he was in his nice, warm office all day for work.
My family did drop the thermostat a few degrees, which was really no hardship. My parents kept the house way too warm.
I doubt it’ll get that bad. But we need to pay $5.00 per gas for a while. See how Americans like it. We tend to be hypocrite when it comes to this kind of stuff. We said we want green energy. But we aren’t willing to make sacrifices and of course, we prefer cheap and plentiful energy.
Whatever happened to Carters “battery bank” to have 20% of energy coming from solar power?
I remember, but the lines did not bother us. We could still keep gas at home because my dad farmed alittle. Remember when they outlawed keeping gas at home?
I was only 14, but I remember President Cardigan’s term very well. Even a kid could recognize how hapless he was.
Also did not understand why a former Navy reactor officer was so averse toward “nook-ee-er” energy. Guess his Chief of Staff Amy advised against it.
“Biden will have us repeating those long lines, only the gas will be $4-$5...”
Nah. We’ll be locked in our homes for the entirety of his STOLEN _residency, hiding under our beds with our face diapers on. We won’t need any gasoline; nobody is driving anywhere for the duration. ;)
Remember his “fireside chats”? I bet he thought he was Mr. Rogers talking to children.
I’m still fortunate enough to have a job.
I remember the farmers going to DC and plowing up the ground at the mall.
And to think that there is a coot as POTUS that is even dumber than Carter.
That brings back memories.
That happens every time they ask everyone to conserve. Water, fuels, natural gas, electricity, etc...
People conserve and down goes the use of product and revenues. Companies/utilities raise the price and now it costs more and the gov says the same and raises the taxes on it.
Never ending cycle.
PS. My favorite Ice Cream Tillimook just made the containers 1 inch shorter and charge the same price.
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