Duck Rodgers
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My problem is I just can't grasp pump price/barrel price dislocation. It makes about as much sense to me as the pricing on airfare. There has be a better way to standardize that.
Interesting WSJ article on gas prices and Obama
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Well don't you kniow that in America today anyone who disagrees with your opinion is evil, rascist, socialist, nazi, communist or someother such nonesense?
No. I also demand my weekly bag of apples and soup from the kitchen because "they took the money from [me] in the first place".
What dislocation? Oil is selling for $2.57/gallon. Adding on $0.75 for shipping, refining, gas station profits, and taxes tells me prices are "too low".
A lot of the gas we use in Utah comes from the area and sells for much lower than Cushing prices.
I didnt mean anything by it. I was just curious on his opinion on that.
Me personally I plan (and am actively working on) never being in position where I ever need to take that money.
I personally can't wait until gas is over 6 or 7 bucks a gallon. Then, and only then, will things change. We're drug addicts, and our drug is oil. If our drug of choice becomes too expensive, or is limited in its supply, then we find something else. It's natural, it happens. As a nation and as a worldwide community, we simply must go forward with alternate energy solutions, and high gas prices is a great way to kick it in the *** and get things going.
I love getting 45mpg in my prius, by the way.
I love getting 45mpg in my prius, by the way.
Maks me wonder if a more European way of travel will take hold. more busses, trains, taxis...
I doubt it, at least here in Utah. UTA is already a big time loser and imo, is going to have a hell of a time staying afloat without some sort of government interference. Taxi's don't do anything to help this situation, since you know, they use the same gas.
Actually they would. As the taxis are already there. Now it is 1 car instead of 2 lol.
Also the argument can be made that the public transit is a dud here in Utah because there is a very low demand. But what if that demand dramatically increased because the average person cannot afford gas.
I guess I don't understand your point on Taxi's, but you may have a point on mass transit, although I don't see it happening.
Oh I do not either. Just an outloud thought I guess.
As far as taxis they are already all over the place. For example I call my local taxi service to take me somewhere. Well now my car is off the road and less gas is used. That taxi would have been on the road anyways.
Edit: I guess one could argue that an increase demand would lead to more taxis and thereby negate the savings.
I'm a huge proponent of an additional $1.00 gas tax completely offset with a payroll deduction and a prebate to social security recipients. Then, you remove the ethanol/electric car subsidies as a $1.00 tax is an effective subsidy to all alternative fuel. I'd also like to pair it with a roll back of some EPA stuff as the decreased fuel consumption would more than offset any increase in stationary emissions.
Everyone wins here. Free marketers win, consumers win (by having a choice of saving that tax break and oil prices would drop), industry wins which means job seekers win, trade deficit wins, and the federal deficit wins. You can see why there is no political party for me. We can't do anything that makes sense.