Yikes! It's bad enough to read about gas prices:
Many gas stations hit $3.45 or more Tuesday afternoon. Independent gas station owners say while the prices go up, their profits go down.
Even gas station employees are stunned by this latest hike. "About 9:15 Tuesday morning I raised the price to $3.49, and it was just a shell shock to everybody," said Independent Marathon Manager Rachel Parker.
But it was even worse having to get gas yesterday afternoon. I got $30 worth, and that only put the gauge needle on between half- and three-quarters full. If supply and demand works the way it's supposed to, I'll definitely be doing my part to keep gas from going to $4 a gallon.
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Ok, so you're going to do your all to keep gas from going to $4 a gallon, hmm?
Gonna stop eating?
(fuel costs to deliver food goes up too)
-Didn't think so.
Gonna freeze in the winter?
(home heating costs will rise as well)
-Didn't think so.
Gonna sweAt in the summer?
(A/C needs electricity, which ain't cheap when produced by fossil fuels)
-Didn't think so.
The tighter we pull OUR belts, the process remains in movement. All OPEC has to do is SLOW PRODUCTION,and we're really boned.
We can only do SO much without harming ourselves. (all hedonism aside)
It's only the first of MANY dominoes to fall, buddy. All we CAN do is pull out the right domino at the right time to halt the rest of them from going down.
(and cross our fingers in the process)
B.G.
Where are the millions of gallons of free flowing oil the neoCONS promised us for invading Iraq?
The bulk of our oil comes from Canada & Mexico, not the middle east...this is a consumption issue aggravated primarily by refinery capability. There is more than enough crude to satisfy demand if we could convince the tree-hugging morons and politicians to stop throwing roadblocks (pun intended) up for refinery sites.
Hey Tim...How many (new)refineries have been built in America anyway over the past 20-30 years?
Bet it's right up there with nuclear power plant construction.
How's about that drilling up in ALASKA, where we should ALSO build a max/sec GULAG for all the dangerous perps that are overcrowding our prisons here...cheap labor for refineries AND nowhere to go (for them)...whatta combo!
B.G.