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| 03-17-04
| The Heavy Equipment Guy
Posted on 03/17/2004 2:08:40 PM PST by backhoe
This seems like this could be our ace in the hole...
4 DOLLARS A GALLON FOR GAS BY ELECTION DAY - BREAKING ON DRUDGE RADIO
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I've been saying for years the way to revive and restore the economy ( and it would have headed off these oil price problems as well ) was to-
1- drill for gas & oil like crazy- onshore, offshore, and in Alaska
2- go nuclear for power
3- convert stationary plants to clean coal technology
4- slash taxes and regulations like crazy
Wow- just in time for $3 a gallon gasoline...
Don't forget the knee-jerk reaction of all left wing liberals when it comes to energy--
First, they just lie. They always lie. They start every single argument with lies. They paint ANWR as some pristine wildlife refuge where all of our cute furry animals are sitting in green fields frolicking with each other.
Second, their history of bad predictions that never panned out are never brought up. All of this garbage was brought up decades ago with drilling in Purdhome Bay and the pipeline.
Third, the left demands energy independence but can't get their brains out of the toilet long enough to realize what it will take to do so. They won't allow nuclear, coal digging, oil drilling, offshore rigs, etc. But they instead throw out more decade old arguments about solar power and wind power (unless those windmills are off the coast of Martha's Vineyard and ruin a liberals view).
-more-
When I started driving in 1977 the price of regular was $ 0.58 per gallon.
God forbid we drill Alaska...
Most of the price of a gallon of gas is from taxes. But don't hold your breath waiting for any pol to suggest a cut. I heard three retail clerks talking the other day about how we should tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Like that would fix everything. Sheesh. People are so unbelievably clueless.
The $1.60 or so a gallon we are paying is about 80 cents gas and 80 cents tax. Europeans $4.00 a gallon is 80 cents gas and $3.20 tax.
Most of the price of a gallon of gas is from taxes. But don't hold your breath waiting for any pol to suggest a cut. I heard three retail clerks talking the other day about how we should tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Like that would fix everything. Sheesh. People are so unbelievably clueless.
More idiocy, from idiots:
Other ideas?
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KEYWORDS: backhoe; biodiesel; energyprices; ethanol; gasprices
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To: AdamSelene235
""Oil prices aren't rising. The dollar is falling""
partially ture but not totally. this would imply that oil and gasoline prices have been stable in the rest of the world, but they have been rising everywhere.
no oil prices have risen much more than other commodities, Larry Kudlow used such an analysis to show there is a bubble in oil, but not in other commodities.
To: atlanta67
drive less: I cut back my driving from about 300 miles per week to 250 or so.That's one way... I've been thinking along these lines recently--
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08/16/2005 3:41:39 AM PDT
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backhoe
To: sheik yerbouty
wrote: Form OFEC; The Organization of Food Exporting Countries.. wrote: Form OMEC; The Organization of THE Money Give-away Country..
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08/16/2005 3:52:42 AM PDT
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pageonetoo
(You'll spot their posts soon enough!)
To: backhoe
A number of alternatives become more economically viable as the price of oil goes up. It will be interesting to see what happens.
Of course if we really made any actual headway towards alternative energy sources, the cost of oil would plunge for lack of demand. Then the cycle would repeat...
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08/16/2005 4:57:54 AM PDT
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DB
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To: DB
A number of alternatives become more economically viable as the price of oil goes up. It will be interesting to see what happens.I've toyed- not seriously, just as an exercise in practical engineering- with the idea of converting an old clunker auto to producer gas-- the stuff you cook off wood, coke, or other materials that give off flammable gas when heated. It worked for Great Britain in WWII.
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08/16/2005 5:02:19 AM PDT
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backhoe
To: backhoe
Maybe I'll finally get an old Isetta "bubble car".
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08/16/2005 10:32:51 AM PDT
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sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: sheik yerbouty
Maybe I'll finally get an old Isetta "bubble car".Lord help me, I remember those- a family friend had one when I was little. Naturally I thought it was the neatest thing.
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08/16/2005 11:28:44 AM PDT
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backhoe
To: backhoe
As a child I remember someone parking his Isetta under a staircase!
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sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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Pemex and Shell Analyze Partnership to Develop Oil Field in Gulf -- Look offshore from Tampa! About a mile, mile and a half out! There is more oil under that point that the US could ever use! Oil independence is RIGHT THERE!! But, the environmentalists and good ole boys in Pensecola would rather see Arabs take over the US before allowing access to the giants pools that exist right there!!!
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New great Asian oil game
Exxon Mobil profits jump 32 percent -- I just read an article that says it could go up to $5. per gallon in 06. If that happens, I predict it will not a pretty picture for lower and middle class America. However, I have the feeling that shopping at Walmart is part of what has caused this. China is demanding more oil to make their cheap junk.
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