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"Some Analyst Predicting $3/Gal of Gas this Summer"

from JoeUser Forums

Sorry, no link as it is Fox news Radio.  But I am going "say what?".  What a stupid statement!  We are already there!  And it is not summer!  Where do they get these analysts?  From Sears?

Seriously, what moron is not predicting it?  Excuse me?  Have you noticed that Gas has shot up about 50 cents a gallon over the last 3 months?

Why do we have talking heads instead of investigative reporters?

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Reply #26 from JoeUser Forums Top

I hear at Sam's they have a similar brand to "Analyst" called "Industry Expert", but they're more like three for ten. If you don't have a membership, you can still get them at Wal-Mart, too, but it's more like five bucks each. A bit pricier, and I don't know if Fox can afford "Industry Experts".

  Does Target carry them?

Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top

What do you mean "torpedoed." Clearly it's not that common of knowledge--seeing as how I work on Energy issues in DC and didn't realize that the dems blocked the Energy Bill. I was pretty sure the President signed it into law in August.

Parts of the original plan were killed in congress, so that the ending result was a bunch of pap.

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Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top
Sam Chonino

Great Question:
Just a question, Colonel - are you going to continue to spout rhetoric or are you going to offer some sort of solution?

Go to www.saveusanow.com as see what I have done. Yes I have offered solutions.
Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top
WE have no effective energy policy after 5 1/2 years into the Bush administration. Another failure!


Yeah, because Clinton was SO effective in creating an energy policy in EIGHT years!
Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah, because Clinton was SO effective in creating an energy policy in EIGHT years!


C'mon, guys, has any president actually given a damn about energy issues? As long as the barrels keep rolling in, the government will keep NOT caring . . .

Go to www.saveusanow.com as see what I have done. Yes I have offered solutions.


Okay. At least you have done something. I stand corrected. But I still think that you're a bit "skew", as they say in South Africa.

Does Target carry them?


Archer Farms may make a knock-off brand, and they've probably given it a cooler name to spice it up, like "former industry insider", but it's all the same difference.

You do pay for that fancy name, though . . .
Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top
And COL:

The name is "San" Chonino, as in "Saint" in spanish, rather than "Sam" as in "Samuel".
No offense received, just setting the record straight.
Reply #32 from JoeUser Forums Top

Yeah, because Clinton was SO effective in creating an energy policy in EIGHT years!

Shh!  Dont punch holes in Col's dream world.  He bites.

Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top

The name is "San" Chonino, as in "Saint" in spanish, rather than "Sam" as in "Samuel".
No offense received, just setting the record straight.

I like the new one.  Sans Chonino.

Reply #34 from JoeUser Forums Top
I like the new one. Sans Chonino.


But, Doc, I'm suffering from a lot of chaffing . . .
Reply #35 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thanks San

Gideon

In case you have not noticed, Bush has been president for the past 5 1/2 years. He and Draft Dodger Dick were the OIL MEN - remember!
Reply #36 from JoeUser Forums Top
Col... like it has been pointed out before. It's called classic supply and demand. With limited quantities of a resource, you price your product at the highest point the market will bear. Actually, gas in the US is still far cheaper than the rest of the world. We're paying below market value for it.

Do I like these gas prices? Hell no... it's cutting into my wallet something fierce. What I am doing though is limiting my driving as much as possible. I drive to and from work, which runs me slightly over a gallon a day. I do all my shopping on one day and try to hit stores in the same area. I don't take as many road trips etc. I'm balancing my willingness to pay against what I want to do. With consumption continuously growing, and OPEC not increasing output, the only direction the price of gas can go IS up. And with a strategic resource that is as limited as this is, you actually want to do everything you can to discourage consumption. A government subsidy would increase demand, drain the resource quicker, and in the background drive the price/value of oil up even further.

Short of tapping ANWR, there is nothing we can do to shift the price of gas down considering what the world trading value of it is. The real answer to this issue is one part citizens reducing their consumption, and one part emphasis on advancing hybrid and alternative fuel cars. The last part being the responsibility of industry and research institutions.

It's all pretty basic economics that's driving this current crisis. And you'll not that even though gas is at (or above in many places) $3/gal, Americans haven't dropped their consumption much at all. The price has not yet hit the point of diminishing returns... which means while we gripe about the price, we're still more than willing to pay it. Maybe we'll cut back when it hits $5/gal, or maybe $10/gal. But the point at which we start to cut back consumption, that's the actual value of a gallon of gas.
Reply #37 from JoeUser Forums Top
C'mon, guys, has any president actually given a damn about energy issues? As long as the barrels keep rolling in, the government will keep NOT caring . . .


That was my point. Col was singling out Bush (again), my point was the same as yours, that it's not just a REPUBLICAN thing, as the illustrious Col would have you believe.
Reply #38 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah it hurts but let drive peopel to try new things and THINK!


Right, sushi, because a BIKE would be SO practical for my family being 12 miles from the nearest city of reasonable size. There's an "urban-centric" bias to your thinking that disturbs me.

If gas hits $4 a gallon and stays, it will probably put me out of work. But, no matter, the ends justify the means, right?
Reply #39 from JoeUser Forums Top
Gideon

In case you have not noticed, Bush has been president for the past 5 1/2 years. He and Draft Dodger Dick were the OIL MEN - remember!


Col,

In case you have not noticed, Bill Clinton was President for EIGHT Years. His Vice President was the author of a book called "Earth in the Balance", and they did a good job of PREACHING environmental stewardship, but an absolutely PATHETIC job achieving it.

Maybe if you'd try to work on fixing your own damn pathetic, failed party instead of demeaning others' parties, we'd get something done!
Reply #40 from JoeUser Forums Top
Maybe if you'd try to work on fixing your own damn pathetic, failed party instead of demeaning others' parties, we'd get something done!


Strong work, Gid, strong work. I have to agree. It does no good demeaning anybody's party, that just makes those who aren't members disaffected. Col, let's calm down and work on getting us a new national party chairperson, because howard Dean is a nut.

Right, sushi, because a BIKE would be SO practical for my family being 12 miles from the nearest city of reasonable size. There's an "urban-centric" bias to your thinking that disturbs me.


Therein lies the problem. it's all fine and dandy to want to decrease car usage, but this isn't Europe. Most of Europe was designed for walking. Most of America was designed for driving. It just doesn't work any other way except for in large urban centers.
Reply #41 from JoeUser Forums Top

Reply By: COL GenePosted: Friday, April 21, 2006
Thanks San

Gideon

In case you have not noticed, Bush has been president for the past 5 1/2 years. He and Draft Dodger Dick were the OIL MEN - remember!

Col Klink, go away.  I dont comment on your idiocy.  Dont pollute mine.

Reply #42 from JoeUser Forums Top

Reply By: ZoombaPosted: Friday, April 21, 2006
Col... like it has been pointed out before. It's called classic supply and demand. With limited quantities of a resource, you price your product at the highest point the market will bear. Actually, gas in the US is still far cheaper than the rest of the world. We're paying below market value for it.

Zoomba, I hereby declare you sane, rational and lucid!  You are a conservative!  SMart too!

Reply #43 from JoeUser Forums Top

That was my point. Col was singling out Bush (again), my point was the same as yours, that it's not just a REPUBLICAN thing, as the illustrious Col would have you believe.

And you are right.  Unfortunately.

Reply #44 from JoeUser Forums Top

If gas hits $4 a gallon and stays, it will probably put me out of work. But, no matter, the ends justify the means, right?

As harsh as this may seem, what else is going to drive down demand?

Reply #45 from JoeUser Forums Top

In case you have not noticed, Bill Clinton was President for EIGHT Years. His Vice President was the author of a book called "Earth in the Balance", and they did a good job of PREACHING environmental stewardship, but an absolutely PATHETIC job achieving it.

That means nothing.  And notice that no one is questioning Algore on that now?

Reply #46 from JoeUser Forums Top

Therein lies the problem. it's all fine and dandy to want to decrease car usage, but this isn't Europe. Most of Europe was designed for walking. Most of America was designed for driving. It just doesn't work any other way except for in large urban centers.

ANd yet something must be done.  Alternative fuels will not be viable as long as 'filling up' is not painful to all of us.  This is not Europe.  But it is not 1970 America either.

Reply #47 from JoeUser Forums Top
As harsh as this may seem, what else is going to drive down demand?


Dr.,

I understand that. But understanding doesn't feed my family.
Reply #48 from JoeUser Forums Top
ANd yet something must be done. Alternative fuels will not be viable as long as 'filling up' is not painful to all of us. This is not Europe. But it is not 1970 America either.


I agree that we MUST do something. What, I'm not sure. But I don't think that Ethanol is going to be the savior many are expecting it to be. But - what, then? Any ideas from y'all out there in cyberspace? Or should we keep bashing everybody?

I understand that. But understanding doesn't feed my family.


I really feel for you, Gid. I hope that rising gas prices don't cost you your job, for you and your family's sake. You'll have my prayers, for what that's worth.