Guest JustPassinBy Report post Posted September 5, 2006 Bush and the Reps in congress could have done work in 6 years to severely alleviate the effect of the oil market on the U.S.A. Like what? They've tried to drill in Alaska, but the liberals are against it. What else can they do? There's no legislation that will make people stop using oil. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060905/major_oil_d...very.html?.v=20 I guess Bush told Chevron to hold off on announcing this news until close to the elections then, right? It must have been Bush telling these oil companies to not discover anything until he needed the good news... Right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zaius 0 Report post Posted September 6, 2006 Like what? They've tried to drill in Alaska, but the liberals are against it. What else can they do? There's no legislation that will make people stop using oil. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060905/major_oil_d...very.html?.v=20 I guess Bush told Chevron to hold off on announcing this news until close to the elections then, right? It must have been Bush telling these oil companies to not discover anything until he needed the good news... Right. Did he just introduce an argument no one was actually making just so he could debunk it by posting the word "Right"? I should try that sometime. It seems like quite a time saver to skip the entire debate and go straight for the one-word sarcastic replies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted September 6, 2006 Yeah, more tactics like that are the shot in the arm Current Events needs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Art Sandusky 0 Report post Posted September 6, 2006 Bush and the Reps in congress could have done work in 6 years to severely alleviate the effect of the oil market on the U.S.A. Like what? They've tried to drill in Alaska, but the liberals are against it. What else can they do? You know, there's stuff that can power our lives that isn't made out of dead dinosaurs. The solution from the right is what's gotten us into this crack addict state with oil, and that solution is "more drilling!" The government could, I dunno, promote alternative energy sources, provide funding for any private enterprises in this field, stuff like that. Something resembling conservation could also be encouraged with more than a few brief "try to be as fastidious and conservative as possible" mentions in different administration speeches over the last year. Why not revise the gas guzzler tax standards for automobiles? There's a good, small first step that I just came up with off the top of my head. More drilling is not the answer. It's just trying to go further down a road on which you've already reached the dead end. The answer is, for now and for the next few years most likely, to try and conserve as much as possible until something more efficient comes along in terms of price, environmental impact, mileage, and performance. The oil companies, the government, and the domestic automobile companies are all complicit in this technological stagnation and have been for decades, so there's no need to point and blame. It's a global problem, let's treat it with as much importance as it deserves instead of bitching. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted September 6, 2006 Yeah, more tactics like that are the shot in the arm Current Events needs. Why couldn't it be potassium chloride Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted September 6, 2006 $2.69 at my local Wawa in the Philly suburbs........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted September 6, 2006 I've seen gas as low as $2.40 here in Flint, MI Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zaius 0 Report post Posted September 7, 2006 Yeah, more tactics like that are the shot in the arm Current Events needs. Why couldn't it be potassium chloride So long as it isn't sodium pentathol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2006 Gas is currently $2.08 here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JJMc 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2006 Gas is currently $2.08 here. Where is this? It's still $2.50-2.70 in most places in Mass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Damaramu 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2006 It's down to 2.11 or so here....could it drop below 2 bucks? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Open the Muggy Gate 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2006 2.24 on the highway here in Jackson. People are freaking the fuck out over 2.24 down here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk 34 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2006 Gas is currently $2.08 here. Where is this? It's still $2.50-2.70 in most places in Mass. $2.04, now in SW Ohio. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted September 14, 2006 $2.39 here. In NY, it's still like $2.80-$3.00 in many places. Ridiculous how things are run there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2006 Chepest I've seen throughout MI is $2.25 right now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JustPassinBy Report post Posted September 15, 2006 Gas is currently $2.08 here. Where is this? It's still $2.50-2.70 in most places in Mass. $2.04, now in SW Ohio. Ohio must have a really low gasoline tax or none at all? If Unleaded Gas is trading at 1.55, at a minimum there's usually 60 cents added to that price that reflects the actual price you pay at the pump. This extra is made up of mostly taxes and service fees. I suspect Ohio must have lower gasoline taxes than anywhere else in the country for you to get gas at that price. Its still 2.50 in Illinois. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hemme Report post Posted September 15, 2006 Around these parts it's £0.94p for Petrol & £0.96p for Diesel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2006 Around these parts it's £0.94p for Petrol & £0.96p for Diesel. Gouge-errific. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dobbs 3K 0 Report post Posted September 15, 2006 $2.599 today in the tax hell of Wisconsin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted September 16, 2006 Its still 2.50 in Illinois. I assume you're a downstater? Not because your gas price is $2.50. Because you're you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwest27 0 Report post Posted September 16, 2006 Heyyy He's about right, the lowest I've seen so far is 2.45. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Felonies! Report post Posted September 16, 2006 Nothing against downstaters. Everything against JustPassinBy. Now watch, he's from like fucking McHenry or something. It would explain his hatred for Mexicans; they've pretty much overrun the whole McHenry-Woodstock-Crystal Lake troika. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jwest27 0 Report post Posted September 16, 2006 Actually, now that I think about it, pretty much everyone I know from around here is at least a little racist. So it wouldn't surprise me at all if he was from here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest heyimbro Report post Posted September 16, 2006 Going up here..from 77 cents last week to about 84 now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tominator89 0 Report post Posted September 17, 2006 What a bunch of shit, the cheapest I've seen it in NEPA is $2.33. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Princess Leena Report post Posted September 17, 2006 Prices are slightly raising again, despite the usual end of summer lull that should be kicking in now. I guess the reasoning is we're supposed to be getting hurricanes now. So, we'll raise prices now incase one comes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
franchise632 0 Report post Posted September 17, 2006 I just filled up on the way home from work tonight and paid $2.169 for 87. I think it will be at or under $2 by the thanksgiving holiday. According to a thing I read on Drudge there is a station in Branson, MO selling for $1.859 and a station in Sheffield Lake, OH is selling for $1.849. National average is $2.519 and the award for highest gas price goes to Kaunakakai, HI at $3.929. So much for paradise huh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
franchise632 0 Report post Posted September 17, 2006 Prices are slightly raising again, despite the usual end of summer lull that should be kicking in now. I guess the reasoning is we're supposed to be getting hurricanes now. So, we'll raise prices now incase one comes. Huge hurricane implication in Tempe eh Leena?? It's such bullshit. They already have paid for the gas they have in the tanks anyway but they just fuck with the prices as they see fit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haws bah gawd 0 Report post Posted September 17, 2006 In the Graniteville area of South Carolina, its anywhere from $2.09 to $2.15 depending on where you go. Good times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alfdogg 0 Report post Posted September 17, 2006 $2.19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
