To: Blood of Tyrants
Sell your car and buy one of those nice new battery powered cars that gets 45 miles to the charge.
Or convert your existing car to pure alcohol and run it on the same booze you drink.
Or ride a bike everywhere.
But this endless whine of "Big oil is screwing us!" is pathetic when the gasoline industry is subject to as much free market force as any other industry, plus all the government regulation heaped on top of that.
26 posted on
04/26/2006 6:46:45 PM PDT by
spinestein
(The mainstream news media are to journalism what fast food chains are to fine dining.)
To: spinestein
But this endless whine of "Big oil is screwing us!" is pathetic when the gasoline industry is subject to as much free market force as any other industry
Amen. No one is being forced at gunpoint to pay $3.20 per gallon for gasoline. We have a free-market economy. If you drive into a gas station and fill your tank at the current price, then we must assume that the current price is at (or below) the level at which you value the gasoline.
Personally, the high gasoline prices DO bother me. However, my solution is not in griping about "big oil" but rather in simply buying less gasoline. It's actually pretty easy to do. Walk places. Stay home.
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