Coming to your town soon ...
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medicineman
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No shit., We have agreement here. Remember when Diesel was lower than Gas. Don't you believe this will drive a lot of independent truckers out of business. As soon as people started buying diesel cars, the price started up untill it passed gas and is still rising, criminal I say, criminal. Price controls and rationing is what is needed. They're advertising on TV if you buy a new Dodge, they will guarantee you 2.99 a gal. gas for 2 years. I remember then that price was considered outrageous. I bought gas in Juarez in 1960 for 19 cents a gallon. My isn't progress a wonderful thing. Hey Redd, find a positive in this gas price scenario.
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medicineman
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I wish I had the answer. The Oil companies run the government, especially with oil men in the white house.
I don't think even Obama can do anything because congress is so tainted. The first order of business, well second actually as stopping the insane war should be job one, should be to get rid of lobbiests. Absolutely make it a felony to lobby a governmental employee. Make it a felony for a governmental employee to take any remuneration of any kind from anyone. Then stick by it by prosecuting every case.
hom36rown
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Oil companies are non profit, everyone knows that 
Crooks and Liars » The Colbert Report: Oil Profiteering
Crooks and Liars » The Colbert Report: Oil Profiteering
ViRedd
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I took the time to watch the Senate hearings today on C-Span. They had the oil company executives on the hot seat with the Democrats trying to brow beat the hell out of them. What a bunch of hypocritical assholes.
Here we have Schumer and his buddies who, over a couple of generations now, have voted down every effort to increase domestic oil production, both exploration and refining, have put the stops on all oil to coal and nuclear technology .. then turning right around and asking why the price of oil is so high. Unbelievable. Unbelievably stupid.
Schumer and several other Democrats, pompous asses that they are, kept suggesting that the oil company's profits are "excessive." This is coming from a body (both parties) who have placed our national debt over 58 TRILLION DOLLARS. I was hoping that one of the oil guys would ask: "Well Senator Schumer ... your organization has produced a debt of 58 trillion dollars and our organization has produced a healthy profit. Which is better in your mind, Senator?"
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Here we have Schumer and his buddies who, over a couple of generations now, have voted down every effort to increase domestic oil production, both exploration and refining, have put the stops on all oil to coal and nuclear technology .. then turning right around and asking why the price of oil is so high. Unbelievable. Unbelievably stupid.
Schumer and several other Democrats, pompous asses that they are, kept suggesting that the oil company's profits are "excessive." This is coming from a body (both parties) who have placed our national debt over 58 TRILLION DOLLARS. I was hoping that one of the oil guys would ask: "Well Senator Schumer ... your organization has produced a debt of 58 trillion dollars and our organization has produced a healthy profit. Which is better in your mind, Senator?"
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kronicsmurf
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Why does that not surprise me. yep i think its time to buy a scooter or a bicycle 
thats really fucked up.
thats really fucked up.OgkUsHemZZ0613
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i see the future comming and its fuckin mel gibson in mad maxx guys betta b ready for the battle for gas n oil
korvette1977
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and he is stopping by too
Gas was 19 cents down the road from where I lived durring a gas war in 64 or 65. in mexico in 81 the peso was 43 to a dollar I had just gotten gas and I was very high and I tryed to give this guy 1000 peso note a few times but he kept pointing to a 100 peso note when I looked at the pump and worked out the numbers it came up to 19 cents a gal. the guy was just honest.
I find it a positive that some will not have the money to drink AND drive so they will need to choose, and people will drive less so traffic will be way down, with these things just think of the lives that this will save.
Will not the saving of all these lives make you happy med?
Now tell me that your not happy to pay such a small sum that will end up saving all of these lives.
korvette1977
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fuck gas ride a horse ........
medicineman
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We TaRdED
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May, you do know that some people are going without food because fuel oil is so expensive. You do know that the rise is oil prices have put many families in jeopardy of losing their homes(if they didn't foreclose already) and increasing their credit card debts because of oil prices?
You do know that this is a serious problem and is affecting many peoples life styles besides taking a break from taking a joy ride and picking up ice cream or going out for a drink.
You do know that this is a serious problem and is affecting many peoples life styles besides taking a break from taking a joy ride and picking up ice cream or going out for a drink.
VTXDave
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One of my employees went without propane for 2 months because he couldn't afford it. He and his family had to take cold showers and went without heat. Another one of my employees has a 60 mile round trip commute and is now spending every other week living w/ a fellow employee here in town because he can't afford his commute anymore.May, you do know that some people are going without food because fuel oil is so expensive. You do know that the rise is oil prices have put many families in jeopardy of losing their homes(if they didn't foreclose already) and increasing their credit card debts because of oil prices?
You do know that this is a serious problem and is affecting many peoples life styles besides taking a break from taking a joy ride and picking up ice cream or going out for a drink.
We TaRdED
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Yep, its not a joke. I wonder how much welfare and food stamps are going to go up if we don't get another alternative fuel source and gas prices stay high.
ZenMaster
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What you really have to consider is that now it takes more money to transport product, and that money has to be compensated via raising the price of the product you were transporting to stay on the profit margin. So your 70cent bananas will be 99cents now. Everything will go up in price, keeping pace with the current gas prices. Its a serious problem and an immediate solution is necessary.Yep, its not a joke. I wonder how much welfare and food stamps are going to go up if we don't get another alternative fuel source and gas prices stay high.
Dankdude
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And yet the truck driver's per diem and mileage pay will remain the same.
We TaRdED
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I haven't seen you for a little bit Zen. Yes, of course the over exorbitant price of fuel is inflating the cost of most every commodity. I didn't think I have to mention that since I'm surrounded by the most intelligent gentlemen on RIU
We could easily convert over to hydrogen power soon. This is what we could do:
Everyone pays a ~200 dollars or so for a hydrogen kit and installation
Everyone spend ~300 dollars on a home hydrogen generator
Thats it, than you could double your gas mileage on your present vehicle until you bought a car that ran exclusivly off of hydrogen- that you can produce in the convince of your own home. After this was the new fad, the price of oil would plummet because of supply and demand! So, not only would you get double your gas mileage, you would be paying less for fule too. This is not science fiction, this is science fact! We have the technology and its readily available just not commercially for obvious reasons. You can buy the hydrogen kits to convert your car into a hybrid, look it up on google or something.