*YOU* are responsible for high gas prices

[Kurt Ullman]

Who is this Hugh fellow and why is he given people subsidies?? (Sorry but my ability to ignore high, hanging curveballs has never been very good--grin)

[Han]

The Daring Dufas wrote in news:jkfoke$u4g$1 @dont-email.me:

I'm afraid they are indeed. I also think that by their drastic squeeze on spending, they will achieve the opposite of what they desire in the financial markets, but that is hopefully just a scary nightmare.

[HeyBub]

Regrettably, an occasional excess (the one you reference happened thirty-two years ago next Tuesday) is the price we must pay for a market more stable than one without speculators.

[HeyBub]

He said "*IS* cost effective without subsidies".

That means NOW. Not some project that may be cost effective in the nebulous future.

[HeyBub]

Are you insane? Ninety percent of oil products go for transportation. You can't operate an 18-wheeler off of windmills or solar power (not to mention hydroelectric, nuclear, or geothermal).

First, it's not EVERY scientist, it's a few mendacious pseudo-scientists. Second, India and China have zero pressure to reduce fossil fuel, that's half the planet right there.

Correct, although the price of the raw material is the larger part. If, for example, the price of oil dropped to $50/bbl or increased to $200/bbl, there would obvously be a large change in the pump price.

No one person, group of persons, or industries can collude to manipulate the price of oil. There are seven major oil companies in the U.S., but hundreds more around the world. They'd ALL have to be in on any funny business.

Heh! A vote for Obama in smaller states will also be wasted.

But we may be too hard on the president. Just today, while visiting Oklahoma, he said: "... we have approved enough miles of pipelines to circle the globe."

Way to go, Big O!

[Stormin Mormon]

Do you ever wonder, if the both major parties are controlled by a larger force? Or, maybe the Republicans are fools? Was it 1992, Slick Willie (young guy with great hair) versus the war cripple. Bob Dole. The young guy with the silver tongue and great hair won.

Forward to 2008. Socialist O, young guy with great hair. Versus John McSame, the war cripple. Am I seeing a pattern?

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Obama. With economy recovering, the Republicans self-destructing with their obsession with sex and contraception, and the lack of a credible Republican candidate, increasing gasoline prices is a way to make voters unhappy enough to oust an incumbent.

[krw]

Nah, the poor slob lives in the crumbs at the bottom of my laptop's keyboard.

[Country]

Gas was about 15 cents more a gallon during part of the Bush administration than it is now. Does that mean that Bush wanted high energy prices too? Or should we chalk it up to his incredible incompetence like most other things he did?

[krw]

Wait a week. Spring has just sprung.

You aren't very bright, even for a leftist loser. Hussein has *SAID* he wants fuel prices to be significantly higher. His energy secretary has pointed to Europe and considers $9/gal a reasonable price. Now, tell me which cabinet secretary under Bush said the same.

What a stupid shit leftist.

[Han]

" [e-mail]" wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Now you are really going back centuries. But it is a good example of speculators suckering people.

[Kurt Ullman]

Very good and the fact that it goes back centuries is an good indication that this isn't something that is new or even unusual.

[krw]

Nothing new under the sun?

[Han]

" [e-mail]" wrote in news: [e-mail]:

See, it was always a solar thing ...

But my wife's hyacinths are in full bloom, and so is the forsythia ...

[krw]

Everything was about a month early here (my cherry tree bloomed in mid-February). Earlier this week the pollen count was 9369! I don't think I have allergies but I've been sick for three weeks and Cefdinir doesn't seem to have done a thing.

[Han]

" [e-mail]" wrote in news: [e-mail]:

According to google that's an antibiotic, so it shouldn't do much if anything for allergies. Maybe you mean Zyrtec, or ceterizine? I go and hand over my driver's license and get ceterizine-D. That works for me, but my new doctor told me to watch out, it makes you less careful, so check your reactions before driving ... Nothing happened, but I did notice ...

[krw]

No, I meant Cefdinir (I was reading the bottle ;-). I've never had big problems with allergies before so the doc is treating the chest, throat, sinuses, and ears, with the antibiotic, except that it's not working. I only have a couple of days of it left. If it is bacterial it's tough stuff and will love it when if I stop taking the Cefdinir. If it's allergy, it'll last years longer. :-(

[HeyBub]

Yep, there was a spike in July of 2008, caused by the threatened oil shutdown in Nigera (our 3rd largest foreign oil supplier). Three months later, the price of gas had fallen to $1.61/gallon.

Shortly thereafter, the new administration has presided over a steady climb in the price of gasoline.

[HeyBub]

Maybe. It looks like 2012 will be a Mormon with great hair vs. a man with a burr cut.

[The Daring Dufas]

I used to get terrible sinus infections requiring antibiotics until one day out of desperation, I took the hose from my Hover vacuum cleaner and held it to my nose while running. I felt a couple of sharp painful tugs under my left eye and my sinuses were clear. After that day, I've never had another debilitating sinus infection. ^_^

TDD

[krw]

No thanks. That sucks!