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Why Gasoline Prices Are Down -- And How to Keep It That Way
Townhall.com ^ | December 6, 2014 | Ed Feulner

Posted on 12/06/2014 12:16:40 PM PST by Kaslin

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1 posted on 12/06/2014 12:16:40 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

We have two vehicles on the go and I have noticed a big, positive difference in our budget.

Obama will of course claim this as his doings and the low info voters will eat it up.


2 posted on 12/06/2014 12:31:45 PM PST by Graybeard58 (V.33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Corinthians 10:)
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To: Kaslin

Sarah Palin was right again when she said “drill baby drill”.

and the democrats think Obama is so much better and smarter than Sarah Palin. democrats live in an alternate universe

Obama is the worst thing to ever happen to the USA


3 posted on 12/06/2014 12:34:14 PM PST by Democrat_media (The media is the problem. reporters are just democrat political activists posing as reporters)
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To: Democrat_media

” Obama is the worst thing to ever happen to the USA”

He has plenty of time left to finish us off, and he will, if not stopped.


4 posted on 12/06/2014 12:38:48 PM PST by stephenjohnbanker (The only people in the world who fear Obama are American citizens.)
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To: Graybeard58

Obama followers are crediting the One with reining in those predatory speculators in gasoline futures for the drop in oil prices.


5 posted on 12/06/2014 1:01:32 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Kaslin

Pic is Omahaha. UP and the (commie) Sage of Omaha territory.


6 posted on 12/06/2014 1:07:53 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Kaslin
"Here’s what not to do: subsidize “green” energy such as wind and solar (or any form of energy, for that matter)"

Let's "subsidize" Nuke-Lee-Ear Energy through less Gov't regulation....

7 posted on 12/06/2014 1:10:29 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Kaslin

Regarding point 4... I believe that ethanal also lowers the energy produced thereby reducing MPG.


8 posted on 12/06/2014 1:14:42 PM PST by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. ItÂ’s been found hard and not tried')
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Ethanol is murder on small and old engines too. Too corrosive on gaskets and seals. I call it engine killer.


9 posted on 12/06/2014 1:18:15 PM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Kaslin
1. Lift the ban on crude oil exports.

And institute a ban on crude oil imports? Or maybe just imports from countries that hate us, exempting Canada ...

10 posted on 12/06/2014 1:46:28 PM PST by Tax-chick (R.I.P., Dad, 11/25/14. Thanks for the lawyers, guns, and money.)
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$2.75? It’s $2.32 here.


11 posted on 12/06/2014 1:50:35 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: Kaslin

Ethanol is a huge boondoggle enriching corn farmers and ethanol companies like Poet. Ethanol fuels will ever be dependent on government subsidies and mandates for their very existence and contribute nothing to US energy independence.


12 posted on 12/06/2014 1:57:17 PM PST by The Great RJ
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

State taxes and other factors vary. I’m paying $2.59, although it may be down again tomorrow.


13 posted on 12/06/2014 2:07:59 PM PST by Tax-chick (R.I.P., Dad, 11/25/14. Thanks for the lawyers, guns, and money.)
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To: wally_bert

My dad has told me to put a product called “Sea Foam” into the tank every time I fill it up, and he says that it helps protect the engine from the killer ethanol.


14 posted on 12/06/2014 2:18:10 PM PST by Patriot777 (Imagine....that we could see Obama being hauled out of the White House kicking and screaming?)
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$2.48 in Michigan, even with our abusive gasoline taxes.


15 posted on 12/06/2014 2:24:16 PM PST by farming pharmer
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To: The Great RJ

Have you heard that they would have to plant corn on every empty spot of the United States (including farms and vacant acreage) to fuel ONE VEHICLE for one year? But the ethanol would destroy the engine, so then they’re banging their heads against the wall...or are they? Isn’t this all just a plot to wreak havoc on everyone’s vehicle to that they will end up...riding bikes like they do in China? Or maybe we could put big fans on the back of the bikes. Or ride horses and mules all over the place...naw, the manure creates greenhouse gasses, so that wouldn’t work. Or Obomination could have huge factories built like they have in his fav-rite buddy countries and have all the workers/slaves live in big bunkhouses on-site—no need for transportation then.


16 posted on 12/06/2014 2:27:35 PM PST by Patriot777 (Imagine....that we could see Obama being hauled out of the White House kicking and screaming?)
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To: akalinin

This article was written by someone who doesn’t have a clue about oil and what is going on in the oil market. The reason oil and gasoline prices are down is because the Saudi’s are flooding the market with oil which has brought demand for US oil down, as we cannot export crude oil. While everyone jumps for joy at low gasoline prices, the oil and gas industry will soon lay off thousands of US workers because drilling at this reduced price isn’t economic. This country was so close to being energy independent, but that dream is soon to be gone. The Saudi’s did this same thing in the early 80’s while our government did nothing. I know everyone wants low gasoline prices, but in the end this is going to add to the problems this country has with it’s debt, etc. I hope everyone remembers that the Saudi’s are not our friends.


17 posted on 12/06/2014 2:48:20 PM PST by abbastanza
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To: Patriot777

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080601165350AAk6KqL

An acre of corn will make about 450 gal of ethanol. If you drive 15,000 miles at 15 mpg and use 10% ethanol gas mixture then you use only 1000 gals of fuel or only 100 gals of ETOH.

I think it’s wrong to turn food into fuel.


18 posted on 12/06/2014 2:55:00 PM PST by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
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**I think it’s wrong to turn food into fuel.**

So do I.


19 posted on 12/06/2014 3:16:51 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: abbastanza

The Saudis are probably not friends of the ordinary US Citizen but you can bet your dollar savings the Saudis are friends of the Bush family.


20 posted on 12/06/2014 4:21:02 PM PST by noinfringers2
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