Posted on 04/07/2008 4:34:19 AM PDT by Kaslin
I want to ‘reign in’ profits too. . .I want to ‘reign in’ the profits that government officials are making off each gallon of gas.
On a Sunday afternoon, I can go anywhere in town and see thousands of cars at malls, sporting events, et al. These are not 'essential' trips, but these same people will complain about the price of an 'essential'.
If the burden of fuel prices is so high, why are they still spending a hundred dollars or more to go to a game or a concert, and why are they buying more 'stuff' at the mall?
bump! Do you have the original file of these, where none are cut off? Or perhaps a link to it?
Yet another reason I’ll be staying home on election day.
Of all the republicans running for president, we’re stuck with the worst one as the republican nominee.
On the other hand, it is simple math to understand that if the vehicles your family drove got twice the mileage, you would pay half as much at the pump.
What effect would an additional 1-2 million BPD of US production have on an oil market that currently is sees demand at 86 million BPD and rising?
If the US currently has 4% of global proven reserves - approximately 21 billion barrels, how long can it continue to produce approximately 7.5 million BPD assuming consumption neither increases nor decreases? What is the time period if it pumps 2 million more bpd?
If you figure these things out, you might rethink your position. I will make a bet though - you won't bother. Keeping with the saying, "you can't reason a (wo)man out of something he wasn't reasoned into", you can keep believing your myths, but they are myths nevertheless.
I made a thread about it here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1997877/posts
When I get the file hosted, I’ll put the link on this thread.
How do you know the type of vehicles we drive? Unfortunately, being in the construction business, tools, ladders, materials etc, don’t fit in a Celica. As for me, I drive a 6 cyl. vehicle. I don’t live in a city, for me to do the things that I have to do I must drive.
You’re exactly right but for some reason they don’t want to stand up for their country and country men. I think they are there to comfortably bask in their salaries and benefits while they reap the harvests of their power. We only count when they need our vote.
If you read what I wrote you would see that I made absolutely no assumptions about the vehicles you drove. I simply presented and easily understood mathematical formula that said, if you doubled your gas mileage, you would halve your gas bill.
I assume that you have done your own calculations as smart business person regarding the price of diesel vs. gasoline and the relative efficiency of each and decided wisely on your vehicle purchases based on that. Right?
Regardless, based on the information you gave me I would be willing to bet you could find a vehicle to replace each in your fleet that was 50% more efficient. Of course, you might not be able to get it in the US because the demand is too low, but perhaps eventually you will.
By the way, have you concerned yourself with the math of US production versus its proven reserves? The US has 21 billion barrels of oil. If it pumps 7.5 million per day, how long with 21 billion barrels last? Maybe you will rethink your drilling scenario once you pull out your calculator.
If John McCain can call himself a “conservative,” any fool with socialist ideas has every right to do the same IMO.
Quite a big effect probably. Prices are set at the margin and the addition of a couple million barrels to the market would have an impact far beyond its percentage of the total.
Using your numbers, the US could supply itself for a fantastic 7 years and 8 months. And thats supposing we cut all imports from Canada, Saudi Arabia, Venezuel... So the reality is that those 21 billion barrels would last quite some time. To the point where new technologies allow us to obtain oil from previously unreachable sources, which just keeps on happening.
Maybe you are of the mentality that if it only helps a little and doesnt solve the entire problem, then its not worth making the effort.
Of course we also have the little problem of not having built a refinery since 1976.
Chances are that person wasn’t a Republican or a conservative at all. Liberals love to do that, pretend that they are conservative and then try to wheedle you on one of their pet issues.
Does anyone happen to know how much is a gallon of gas in Mexico? Because they nationalized their oil, right?
Doing something by Executive Order doesn't make it so forever. Anything that one president does by EO can be reversed by the next president on his first day in office.
You are a liar. You definitely assumed what type of vehicle they drive by telling them to get a smaller one. Thus you were assuming they drive big ones, and drive them because they want to not because they have to. Furthermore, your stupid, and it is stupid there is no other word for it, statement that all we will get if we drill is a few million barrels of oil just does not even deserve a reply.
We have billions of barrels in the ground that we are not allowed to get because of nonsensical enviro laws. On top of that you must add the refineries that we haven't built, which is one of our main problems, over the last 30 years.
There is no "long term" solution, at least not at this point in time. Drilling for new oil and building new refineries is the answer that will take care of the immediate need, and then it will take years to see the effect of this, and research can be ongoing to find your mythical long term solution. There is none available now.
If you people who believe that we are almost out of oil are so sure of this, then just lie back and wait, it will happen soon enough, according to you, and then you can push your "long term" solutions.
Meanwhile I will relegate you to the troll pile where you belong.
Your point would be valid if only one company were making obscene profits.
Stupid analogy, They are not loosing money on the gas, that’s my point. They are making a killing because we have no alternative but to pay.
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