Posted on 03/20/2005 5:09:02 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
LOL.
How dare you! Everyone knows SUVs are popular because they're safe! It's for the chilllllllldren!!!!! ;O)
"I'm not talking about price caps. I'm talking about increasing the sources and/or declaring war on nations that are holding us hostage now."
Declaring war on any one of the OPEC states (including Iran) is tantamount to economic suicide right now.
Maybe if we burned coal, untapped the closed wells, got going on offshore and Alaska drilling and forced manufacturers of SUVs to install more efficient engines oh and put in more public transportation, we wouldn't be over the barrel for the arabs.
Because the pipe lines go boom every single day.
"no they won't. I work in the leasing business and the hybrid manufacturers can't keep them in the factory. SUV sales are going down. People see the writing on the wall."
Yep, I drive about 40 miles a day to and from work. That means it costs me roughly $4.00 each day x 5 = $20.00 per week. Although I like my mid-size, I would consider going hybrid, with a smaller car. Saving $500 a year pays the extra premium of the hybrid over the life of the loan and then it is all hard savings to my bank account afterwars.
"Yes, I have little or no sympathy for those who choose to work many miles from home and then b*tch about the cost of getting there. They're probably the same type who build their dream home downwind from a pig farm and then hire a lawyer to do something about the stench."
Well, I would have lived in the town and state I wanted to if the average home pricing hadn't spiked up to $275k for a three bedroom. I know I am not the only one who has to drive extra miles to have a job that pays the mortgage.
Too late. $3 in SF, CA.
But, you're not complaining about the price of your chosen commute, are you? Because, if you are -- and that was the premise of my post which you quoted -- there are not only other homes, but also other jobs.
Now that oil is heading to Japan, S.Korea and China. So we are further stuck with the arabs and the oil from Canada is heading to China too.
Exactly, with natural gas so expensive to run turbines, why not corn whisky? It burns and it's renewable and dirt cheap.
"But, you're not complaining about the price of your chosen commute, are you? Because, if you are -- and that was the premise of my post which you quoted -- there are not only other homes, but also other jobs."
Actually, my biggest complaint is not spending an extra $7 more on gas a week then I use to, it's heating oil. I suppose all of us in the Northeast can all just simply move to Florida? Their are always solutions, but some of them don't mean an improvement in the quality of life equation.
If it is, we have handed the weapon to them. Whoever they are.
LOL
My next car is going to be a hybrid. My current car, a small size, is 12 years old but I'm keeping it until the wheels fall off. Some states, (TN is one I think) aren't even charging sales tax on hybrids just to encourage folks to buy them.
Or don't buy SUVs until they do. That's the best way to send the message.
I remember watching an interview with a few owners whining about the cost of filling them up all the time. Tough.
WRONG. A barrel of oil is 56 bucks today. It has 42 gallons in it. This is not 42 gallons gasoline. Assuming you get 42 gallons (You will actually get around 32 and the rest will be fuel oils and asphalts) the base cost per gallon of the refined product is $1.33 cents. to this add transportation, refining, distribution, costs of exploration, taxes and profit, the true cost is around 2 bucks or more depending on which state and their taxes. The oil companies are making good profits. The oil companies are not price gouging the public.
Bush isn't going to do anything until all of his oil industry millionaire buddies are billionaire buddies.
He and the Republican house and senate have sat on this problem for 5 years now. I remember prior to his first election, chatter here on FR was that the first thing he would do is open up ANWR for drilling. I been holding my breath ever since. I'm quite blue now.
The only thing I hope for nowadays is that he and his cronies go too far and cause a major economic collapse. Then maybe we'll do what is long overdue, and that is tar and feather the bastards and start this experiment in self government (isn't that a freekin joke?) over again.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.