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Originally Posted by thegoldpt
i get tired of people complaing, especially when you are driving around your Urban Assualt Vehicle around that takes $100.00 every 3 days. So i don't want to here it okay!
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Actually, Have you seen gas prices in Europe? Everyone there drives small fuel efficient cars and in England gas is nearly $7.00 per gallon...
Oil companies have stockholders..
Consumption falls..Price rises to offset the change and maintain profits.
In these volatile times, you should be happy much of excessive and ignorant America remains attracted to the beasts our American auto industry took pains to create and glamorize as our new modern daily driver and their way to relief from the competition with Toyota and Honda.
As long as that mentality continues, it offers us, the economy minded driver an option to beat our capitalistic system by simply driving circles around the clueless with smaller cars.
When America finally does wise up, (hope that doesn't happen) it'll cost you and me more, lots more.
The American auto industry is pushing ethanol big time to keep folks in their big rigs by spreading the cost of driving high profit trucks and oversized SUV's into other areas of the economy.
They're doing that rather than simply raising fuel standards and promoting smaller cars to lessen our dependence on foreign oil for the same reason gas prices will rise if demand drops...profits.
Nothing about the way we're dealing with the high cost of gas makes sense these days except as I pointed out, hope that status quo continues and those folks who love the big rigs remain ignorant, giving the rest of us the opportunity to beat the system and save a few dollars with our PT Cruisers
And one more item to ponder..
Since this discussion is about politicians and gas...Have you ever wondered why you'll never hear a politition speak out and just tell America our excessive and stupid behaviour has made us the laughing stock of the world..?
Or, just wise up America and reject excess.. Only buy fuel efficiant cars and for once do something that WILL work without shifting the cost into other areas of our economy...
Joe