Gas Panic! Why high gas prices are the best thing for America and the world

The Prometheus Institute ^ | 06/14/2006 | Matt Harrison

[ansel12]

All this troll does is posts the articles from the prometheus Institute

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Is that you Matt? Matt Harrison?

Do you read anything other than the Prometheus Institute?

[RightWhale]

Is this about gasoline? What is gasoline, anyway?

[Red Badger]

All the more reason we should switch to diesel and Biodiesel fueled engines on a national scale. Ethanol alone just won't make it...........

[Sgt_Schultze]

There's likely more traffic here than at PI. How would anybody ever see what he writes if he didn't post it to FR?

[Kenny Bunkport]

As an aside, I'd LOVE to work for some organization with the name of "The Prometheus Institute."

[Kenny Bunkport]

"GAS PANIC!"

That's the way I felt after bean burritos for dinner last night.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

Prometheus was the figure from Greek Mythology that gave humans fire and paid for it by having an eagle eat out his heart every day.
Evey time that I go to the gas station to fill up, I feel a bit like Prometheus. However, there is a silver lining, high gas prices will accelerate the science work on alternative fuels. Unfortunately, this will probably benefit my children and/or grandchildren, but probably not me. I have a life expectancy of about 25 years, and I don't foresee much changed until after 2030.

[ChildOfThe60s]

[Gorzaloon]

Very good thoughts, except for this:

Ethanol, the Great Green Hope for alternative energy zealots, isn't catching on because it's too expensive relative to gas. An easy solution? Make gas more expensive.

Ethanol has lower energy content and delivers fewer Miles Per Gallon. We already notice it with 90/10% Gas/Ethanol.

This means we have to buy more fuel than ever, by volume, and the article already agrees tha it will be still more expensive.

Therefore, a larger percentage of household income will be spent for fuels...Fuels that have lower energy content.

So in a sense, at least, the Arabs win a battle. Not the war, but a battle, at least.

If we CAN switch to oxygenates we need a more efficient and faster way to make them-Faster than a scaled-up moonshine still.

[sionnsar]

John Kerry thought so, when he frowned effeminately and stogily derided our "dependence on oil."

Is that a reference to Bill & Monica?

[ChildOfThe60s]

Oh yeah? We had Korean yesterday for lunch. 14 side dishes, nearly all of them varities of kimchi. I was practically an alternative fuel source all by myself. Good thing I don't smoke.

[TexasCajun]

This is what all democrats think but are afraid to say out load.

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After filling up a tank of gas several times recently in Canada at $4+ a gallon I'm thinking we have it pretty good with our gas prices here in the States.

[TexasCajun]

Why did your pal "Swimmer" Kennedy kill that Windfarm?

The perfect fuel?

[Sgt_Schultze]

Do you read anything other than the Prometheus Institute?

Probably not

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[strange1]

...I was practically an alternative fuel source all by myself. Good thing I don't smoke.

I hope that's not copyrighted, I intend on using that one again. Thanks!

[dhs12345]

Agreed. Ethanol is just pie in the sky.... as a direct substitute for gasoline.

[loreldan]

Be patriotic; support high gas prices!