Posted on 04/25/2006 1:51:47 PM PDT by Rakkasan1
just heard on the radio that Sen.Coleman wants to be notified about price gouging for gas. the site to let him know is http://gaswatch.energy.gov/
I think I'll let him know his decision to not drill in ANWR is gouging what I'll pay in the future . taxing gas at high rates doesn't help either.
Feel free to add to the list of stupid things our gubmint does to make our lives more entertwined with their sense of self importance with regards to energy.
(Excerpt) Read more at gaswatch.energy.gov ...
1. Mandatory Ethanol Mandate. Ethanol is well-known to give less gas mileage.
2. Gas Tax- The government constantly complains about gas prices when they contribute to it themselves.
3. Drilling- The government does no allow oil companies to drill off the coast of Florida and California.
4. Environmental standards- It takes refineries years to get certification to actually BUILD the refinery let alone actually run it.
Thanks for the site, I will let him know.
You tell him I've got 2 gallons in a can in my backyard and I'm demanding $50 for it. Go ahead. Someone turn me in please.
Now, many are blaming the eeeevil oil companies for price gouging but do not understand the international oil trading futures, and a dozen other factors affecting the cost of fuel at the pump.
Where do I go to complain about government price gouging on taxes?
yes-- the REAL COLLUSION AND PRICE GOUGING IS DONE BY CONGRESS....not the BIG OIL people who actuall WORK FOR THE MONEY THEY EARN!
Okay, three words...
1.6 gallons per flush
you eeeeevil capitalist pig dog.
I raise your head on Robespierre's pike!
BTTT
I used as the address
1 empty place
Kaktovik, Ak 99747
I doubt they even get it.
Here's what I wrote:
The Federal Government makes more "profit" on a gallon of gas than the oil companies. The Feds tax 18.4 cents/gallon is almost twice that of the average oil company profit of around 10 cents/gallon. Whos the gouger?
my state makes a far heftier profit than the feds do.
(not counting our hefty ethanol subsidy)
Does anyone know why Pres.Bush is not pushing another bill to drill in Anwr.I would think this would be a good time right before elections,lets see who votes no.
(Putting aside your redundant statement redundancy ;) The simple fact that it gives less "gas mileage" wouldn't matter so much if it was also priced accordingly (e.g. if it gives 10% less mileage, it's also at least 10% cheaper).
The real problem with a mandate -- which just so happens to have also been promoted by Congressman Jim Nussle, the "conservative" Republican candidate for Iowa Governor -- is simply that it's a mandate. Since it completely eliminates consumer choice, it would likely result in higher prices than we have today while the ethanol-blend competes with straight gasoline.
Yeah senator, the government's bloody fuel tax, the same one you fools piss off on everything but nation's transportation infrastructure.
It's failed to pass the Senate three times since he has been President. It did pass the Senate twice in 1995 but der slick vetoed it each time.
in the field that asks for the gas station address, just put your favorite senator's Senate Office Bldg. address.
Not in my book!
Adults would stop bickering and solve the problem now.
They had a fine chance in early 2001, but Tom Daschle placed himself and his party ahead of the country.
For five long years, years when this problem might have been attended to, polititians on both sides sat on their ample asses and accused each other of everything but doing something!!
Those over-payed paper weights are a disgrace to humanity!
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