[2ndDivisionVet]

Who knew Time magazine was still around?

[clamper1797]

They were getting pressure

[Defiant]

At the White House, 1979:

"I can't believe they're making fun of my sweater! It has been proven that lowering the thermostat to 65 and wearing a sweater can save us 10 percent on our heating costs, more than new drilling would. I guess some people just are ignorant."

"There, there, Jimmy. In your second term you can take care of those bastards".

[Apercu]

They blew it!

[alecqss]

Not only Time... Obama has just claimed that McCain agree with him on his “inflation” energy plan. This “news’ gets carried by all majors, Reuters, etc. Apparently pointing out that proper tire pressure saves gas is equal to the “energy plan”.

It saves, alright, and in about a few thousand years (assuming car and its owner are still here) it will yield a noticeable cash savings. In meantime, Obama is just content with average Joe paying essentially second mortgage to drive to work. Pressure is proper or not...

[MarineBrat]

Time Magazine... found in fine HMO waiting rooms across the country.

[marron]

If all we could get from offshore drilling was 200,000 bpd twenty years from now, there wouldn’t be any pressure at all to drill, and there wouldn’t be any need to ban drilling there.

If they are banning it, its because people want to drill there, because there is oil there. No one is going to invest hundreds of millions for a payoff 20 years from now; they’ll invest hundreds of millions because they can make billions right now.

[ETL]

INFLATE HERE, INFLATE NOW!

[Miss Didi]

Drive-Bys Cover for Obama on Inflating Tires

"Energy Independence" Insanity

[MeSpikeLibs]

I got a subscription to that magazine for Christmas a few years ago. I used the magazine pages to stuff boxes when I moved later that year. It was good for something.

[jpl]

What shall we ever due to cure this raging national epidemic of Americans driving around with underinflated tires?

[Fresh Wind]

My mileage drops off by about 5-10% during the winter when the EPA mandated winter gas blend kicks in.

Tire pressure won’t fix that one, Obama.

[NathanR]

Obama is like the dishonest auto mechanic, who when a motorist brings in a car for a tuneup, over inflates the tires instead. The car gets better mileage, however the tuneup was not done, and any underlying problems were not fixed. The wear on the tires will be worse, and could actually damage the car.

[gridlock]

Also, to realize the kinds of gains Obama is talking about, you have to more ore less assume that everybody is driving around with underinflated tires, and can’t figure out that it makes sense to fill them up unless somebody from Washington tells them to.

This, of course, fits right in with their general view of the voter. They assume that we are all idiots incapable of taking care of ourselves and legislate based on that assumption.

[Happy Rain]

Let all the air out of your tires and see what mileage you get.Inflating them DOES save gas—plus you don’t hear quadrophonic “floop-floop-floops” while you drive.
Get of Obama’s Barrack ;)

[FFranco]

Americans don’t want the government telling them what pressure their tires should be inflated to, or when to get a tune-up. Americans want a president who will allow the oil companies to develop resources where ever they are found. That’s the American way.

[steve-b]

Currently crude oil is at around $120 per barrel, not $60. At the elevated prices we are now experiencing and are expected to experience in the future, vastly greater quantities of OCS oil (or ANWR oil, or shale oil) can profitably be exploited

The problem with this argument is that it means, "Additional drilling is worthwhile if and only if gas prices remain at $4/gallon". Oh, yeah, that'll really make the case politically....

[dead]

I was listening to the radio this morning, when the NPR news feed came on. They went even further than the Time magazine spin and said that Obama was responding to "Republican derision that we could save gas by properly inflating tires" then cut to Obama saying "They ignorantly laugh at that idea, but every expert says we could save gas by inflating our tires properly."

The report totally ignored the fact that Republican derision was not directed at the idea that properly inflated tires can save gas, but Obama's retarded idea that the savings could equal all the oil available by drilling in the US!!

I know quite a few people who consider themselves well-informed because they listen to NPR every day. Dopes.

[Bender2]

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Do they make a windbag pressure gauge for political speeches?

"Cap'n, this is Scotty, I dun thing the warp drive engines can take anymore pressure."

[DManA]

What proof does Obama have that people chronically under inflate their tires? For the sake of argument, let’s say they do. So what? What can a President do to change that?