Why you should love $5 gas

[Two Thumbs]

Remember this?

'Two oil men' to blame for high gas prices, Pelosi says - CNN

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday blamed the "two oil men in the White House," President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, and their Republican allies in Congress for gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon.

Pelosi, a California Democrat, said multiple initiatives intended to lower high energy costs have passed the Democratically controlled House only to "run into a brick wall" in the Senate because they did not receive the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican filibusters.

"The price of oil is... is attributed to two oil men in the White House and their protectors in the United States Senate," Pelosi said in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer."

We are not to mention these facts. Remeber they new boogy man is the evul and shadowy "Oil Speculators".

And who said the left doesn't fear monger

 

[boedicca]

It's time for a sequel: Dr. Strangeoil, or How I Learned To Love $5 Gas.

 

[Two Thumbs]

The only gripe I have about your commentary is the High Mileage Car thing... WTF?

What's wrong with wanting more efficient cars? Hell, the best hybrid(besides the Volt, which is waaay too expensive to buy) only get what? High 40's/low 50's?

I'd be willing to bet that normal internal combustion cars could get that and still deliver decent performance. 40 MPG should be the norm, not the exception.

The problem with some of you is that you want your cake and eat it too. The days of Muscle Cars are over, the days of 12 MPG Suburbans and Hummers are over. Conservatives love to talk about "personal Responsibility" but turn a blind eye to this area.

There's nothing wrong with wanting a more gas efficient car, just like there's nothing wrong with wanting a less gas efficient car.

The bad about gas prices being through the roof outnumbers the good by about 1687137253468317817587.

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[iggy pop]

Remember this?

'Two oil men' to blame for high gas prices, Pelosi says - CNN

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday blamed the "two oil men in the White House," President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, and their Republican allies in Congress for gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon.

Pelosi, a California Democrat, said multiple initiatives intended to lower high energy costs have passed the Democratically controlled House only to "run into a brick wall" in the Senate because they did not receive the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican filibusters.

"The price of oil is... is attributed to two oil men in the White House and their protectors in the United States Senate," Pelosi said in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer."

We are not to mention these facts. Remeber they new boogy man is the evul and shadowy "Oil Speculators".

And who said the left doesn't fear monger

Didn't Obama promise to do away with them when he was campaigning? What happened?

 

[Two Thumbs]

Hey! With oil companies making more profits...shouldnt we all be getting some kind of trickle down effect???

Ask they government. The "earn" more per gallon than the oil companies do.


and by "earn" I mean tax the crap outta it and pass the cost onto us.

"Big" oil gets about $.08/gal
While
"Big" Gov gets $.42/gal

Can you feel the trickle? That's the government pissing on you.

 

[Two Thumbs]

I don't know man $5 gas would make me shit my pants.

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Well you could turn that into bio-fuel.

Wouldn't that be awesome?!?!? Rush hour would smell like beer farts.!!

 

[High_Gravity]

I don't know man $5 gas would make me shit my pants.

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Well you could turn that into bio-fuel.

Wouldn't that be awesome?!?!? Rush hour would smell like beer farts.!!

My biggest worry when I was unemployed was how I am going to drive to my job interviews with gas so high, at least now I am employed but damn they are trying to kill us with these high gas prices, I'm trying to find an apartment close to my job so I can just walk to work.

 

[Two Thumbs]

Remember this?

'Two oil men' to blame for high gas prices, Pelosi says - CNN

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Thursday blamed the "two oil men in the White House," President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, and their Republican allies in Congress for gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon.

Pelosi, a California Democrat, said multiple initiatives intended to lower high energy costs have passed the Democratically controlled House only to "run into a brick wall" in the Senate because they did not receive the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican filibusters.

"The price of oil is... is attributed to two oil men in the White House and their protectors in the United States Senate," Pelosi said in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer."

We are not to mention these facts. Remeber they new boogy man is the evul and shadowy "Oil Speculators".

And who said the left doesn't fear monger

Didn't Obama promise to do away with them when he was campaigning? What happened?

He made so many I can't keep track.

But he did promise to keep UE under 8%. He might have acheived that and would be a shoe in, in 2012, but he's preventing us from opening new drill sites while giving $10 billion to the Brazil oil company to drill here. [fyi, 2 weeks after Soros invested in that company, but again ]

 

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I don't know man $5 gas would make me shit my pants.

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Well you could turn that into bio-fuel.

Wouldn't that be awesome?!?!? Rush hour would smell like beer farts.!!

My biggest worry when I was unemployed was how I am going to drive to my job interviews with gas so high, at least now I am employed but damn they are trying to kill us with these high gas prices, I'm trying to find an apartment close to my job so I can just walk to work.

That is one of the "Benefits" to the Big Government / Green Agenda types: concentrating populations in urban areas means the people are easier to control.

That's a big reason why they hate the suburbs and "fly over" country.

 

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I don't know man $5 gas would make me shit my pants.

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Well you could turn that into bio-fuel.

Wouldn't that be awesome?!?!? Rush hour would smell like beer farts.!!

My biggest worry when I was unemployed was how I am going to drive to my job interviews with gas so high, at least now I am employed but damn they are trying to kill us with these high gas prices, I'm trying to find an apartment close to my job so I can just walk to work.

I rode a bike [peddled] to and from work until some a-hole stole it.

but hey, there's always the joy of riding the bus!! You get to meet all kinds of stran... uhm od... hmm frea... no,no........
Unique!
people on the bus.

 

[Vanquish]

Not too bright, are you?

Guaranteed that I'm brighter than you, fuckstain.

Did you know that high energy prices have a BAD effect and increase the COST of EVERYTHING?

No, you didn't now didja, you ObamaFluffer

First of all, your attempt to categorize me as an Obamabot is laughable since I've posted a lot about how he's pissed me off. So nice fail there.

Second of all, do you really think that because you FINALLY grasped the concept of transportation costs that you're a genius?

I'm simply using the dumb-ass logic that many conservatives do all the time. Oh corporate success trickles down. So let me put the pieces together for you. Higher gas = higher profits. Higher profits = more corporate success. Corporate success leads to trickle down benefits to the American people.

You can't complain about gas prices and still believe in trickle down and keep a straight face.

 

[Dr.Drock]

The only gripe I have about your commentary is the High Mileage Car thing... WTF?

What's wrong with wanting more efficient cars? Hell, the best hybrid(besides the Volt, which is waaay too expensive to buy) only get what? High 40's/low 50's?

I'd be willing to bet that normal internal combustion cars could get that and still deliver decent performance. 40 MPG should be the norm, not the exception.

The problem with some of you is that you want your cake and eat it too. The days of Muscle Cars are over, the days of 12 MPG Suburbans and Hummers are over. Conservatives love to talk about "personal Responsibility" but turn a blind eye to this area.

There's nothing wrong with wanting a more gas efficient car, just like there's nothing wrong with wanting a less gas efficient car.

The bad about gas prices being through the roof outnumbers the good by about 1687137253468317817587.

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Here's a nice breakdown.

 

[Two Thumbs]

I just posted this article in another thread. This was on the homepage of MSN. Incredible.

I especially loved this quackery:

"It's all about democracy. If we let up on the gas pedal, we'll starve those oil-rich despots out of existence."

no its not. This is part of the reason gas has gone down 25 cents so far. Because less people were driving.
When we as americans actually conserve and watch how we drive, it hits them in the wallet.
I am not talking those stupid skip a day at the pump crap. I am talking the little cuts and pull backs we can do.

But we import the most from Canada.

Why do you hate Canada?

 

[Claudette]

Jeeze.

I payed $3.69 this AM for gas.

I feel like I won the lottery. LOL

 

[Big Fitz]

I just posted this article in another thread. This was on the homepage of MSN. Incredible.

I especially loved this quackery:

"It's all about democracy. If we let up on the gas pedal, we'll starve those oil-rich despots out of existence."

Of course, drilling here and developing our own industry and supply wouldn't do that. Nooooooooo,,,,


Again, we can't conserve our way out of an energy crisis.

 

[Two Thumbs]

no its not. This is part of the reason gas has gone down 25 cents so far. Because less people were driving.
When we as americans actually conserve and watch how we drive, it hits them in the wallet.
I am not talking those stupid skip a day at the pump crap. I am talking the little cuts and pull backs we can do.

But we import the most from Canada.

Why do you hate Canada?

Canada-Mexico,and then the combined ME i believe.
Because i dont. Because i understand the fact that Oil goes onto the world market too be sold off to the highest bidder. SO its not that you are hurting nations. More like speculators and oil companies.

nice try though

That was actually humor. Sorry it went over your head.

But thanks for bringing up th boogy man of the day; Evul speculators!

Remeber when it used to be Bush's fault we had high gas prices? Why didn't anyone mention the evul speculators then?

 

[Big Fitz]

But we import the most from Canada.

Why do you hate Canada?

Canada-Mexico,and then the combined ME i believe.
Because i dont. Because i understand the fact that Oil goes onto the world market too be sold off to the highest bidder. SO its not that you are hurting nations. More like speculators and oil companies.

nice try though

That was actually humor. Sorry it went over your head.

But thanks for bringing up th boogy man of the day; Evul speculators!

Remeber when it used to be Bush's fault we had high gas prices? Why didn't anyone mention the evul speculators then?

The price of gas is dropping, while the price of oil is rising. Who will speak out for the poor oil speculators like hedge funds, union retirement plans and other investors with grandma and grandpa's nest egg!? Why isn't there a congressional investigation regarding the potential loss of profit from speculation gone awry?

 

[Bern80]

Why you should love $5 gas- MSN Money

Stop grousing about the numbers at the pump. All of this could be good for you and good for America.

What if gas hit $5 a gallon? Here are some benefits:

Fewer people would die on the road. The less you drive, the more likely you will survive, if the events of 2008, the year of the most recent gas price surge, are correct. In 2007, 30,527 died in vehicle accidents in the U.S., according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In 2008, that number dropped 12%, to 26,791.

Well that is a good reason.

Demand for high-mileage cars could grow. The key word here is "could." Hybrid sales rose quickly in 2007 as gas prices climbed, then dropped noticeably in the second half of 2008 as gas prices plummeted from over $4 to $1.60. This time around, despite gas prices climbing steadily over the past year, hybrid cars shrunk from 2.9% of new vehicle sales in 2009 to 2.4% in 2010, according to Ward's Auto. Meanwhile, sales of trucks, SUVs, crossovers and minivans rose from 48% of the market to 51% from 2009 to 2010. In addition, the average fuel economy rating of new vehicles sold in 2010 was 22.2 mpg, down from 22.3 mpg in 2009.

So we are bing pushed into it. At least you can admire the honesty.
Shorter security lines. Airlines fares are extremely fuel-price reactive. Soon, hardly anyone will be able to afford to fly willy-nilly around the country or globe. You will breeze through the maze of airport checkpoints.

yeeaah, Breezing through the shake down is what I worry about. but About the loss of jobs this will create. and lets not mention the increase in the cost of imports.

Less pollution. Less driving means cleaner air. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "pollution from vehicles causes two of our worst air pollution problems, smog and carbon monoxide." There are no solid figures on how many Americans die annually from car-produced pollution, but a 2008 study by Great Britain's University of Birmingham linked pneumonia deaths to pollution from motor vehicles.

That's a no brainer.

Less congestion. Ever notice how well rush-hour freeway traffic flows on the minor holidays when most of the rest of us are working? A 2% drop in miles driven can make a big difference, allowing you to drive faster, although you now won't want to. According to the Department of Energy, on average every 5 mph you drive over 60 is like paying an extra 24 cents per gallon (based on a $3.79 price).

That's b/c companies that hired drivers no longer can affored to pay them and they lost their jobs.

High prices lead to lower prices. Mackubin Thomas Owens, a professor of national-security affairs at the Naval War College and the editor of Orbis, the journal of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, theorizes that if gas prices rise enough, the government will open up areas now closed to oil production and oil companies will be able to invest in more-expensive methods of extracting oil. Soon we will be drowning in the stuff, and prices will drop again.

MSN meet Barrack Obama, Barrack Obama meet MSN. They will be lying to cover your ass the entire time you are Pres.

End of wars. According to National Defense Magazine, the cost of "in theater" gasoline to our troops in Afghanistan can range from $100 to $600. The Army estimated fuel can cost up to $400 a gallon if the only way to ship it is via helicopters. (Black Hawk helicopters get 0.74 mpg, while F15-E strike fighters get 0.41 mpg.) And that was last year's prices. Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya might get too expensive for America's taste.

*sigh* So I guess all those scientist that said it would lead to the opposite occuring were lying to us.

It's all about democracy. If we let up on the gas pedal, we'll starve those oil-rich despots out of existence. Oh, we import as much from Canada as from Saudi Arabia and Venezuela combined.

Ahhh, If only we could drill more here. but again


You have to love what they are teaching the left.

If you can't afford to go to work, that's a good thing b/c you won't die in a wreck and other people can get to work faster and you are not polluting.

Never mind the increasing cost of everything that is ever delivered using gas. Which is everything.

It really is fun watching the hypocrisy of the left. Especially the left wing media. Funny how the story changes depending on which party sits in the oval office. This should be shown in journalism classes as exhibit A of 'spin'. The same story that was bad and Bush was to blame for and just had to do something about is now 'good' now that Obama is in office.

 

[Zoom-boing]

There's nothing wrong with wanting a more gas efficient car, just like there's nothing wrong with wanting a less gas efficient car.

The bad about gas prices being through the roof outnumbers the good by about 1687137253468317817587.

That's why only took issue with one part of the OP's commentary on the MSN piece.

There is something however, wrong with wanting a less efficient car. It's not responsible. Once again... Personal responsibility is a staple argument for the right. What's more irresponsible than tooling around in a Hummer and bitching about gas prices?

Oh really? I drive a 2004 Honda Pilot with 45,000 miles on it. It's been paid off for years. Is it as fuel efficient as a Prius or Ford Fiesta? Nope. However, it holds all five of us (plus the dog) thus only requiring us to drive one car on trips, rather than two. Hey look, we're helping to save the planet! In order to compensate for the high gas prices that car gets driven less. Hey look, we're lowering our carbon footprint! Money is tight, so we didn't sell the Pilot and buy a car (and incur a car payment) that we can't afford. Hey look, we're living within our means! We're planning on getting this car to at least the 200,000 mile mark. Hey look, we're taking care of what we own and making it last, rather than spending money we don't have on a shiny new bauble! You leftists don't have a clue. Your idea of personal responsibility is to have everyone be a Tiny Tim with their bowl out saying 'please Uncle Sam, can I 'ave some 'ore?'.

 

[Spoonman]

IDK, my car runs better on $5 gas than it does on $3 gas.

you get what you pay for .