Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
...."Big Oil" doesn't need any new excuses to spank the public.
Just saw in print and electronic media our supplies are up much more than anticipated and today we got another gasoline price hike.
Quentin
Modelcar wrote: ...."Big Oil" doesn't need any new excuses to spank the public.Just saw in print and electronic media our supplies are up much more than anticipated and today we got another gasoline price hike.
When I refer to the consumer getting spanked, the spanking will be administered by the government, not by Big Oil. The government will levy new taxes on Big Oil for the stated purpose of using the money to find alternative fuel. This will make the public feel good because they think that the government is punishing Big Oil. Of course Big Oil will simply pass the tax on to the consumer. Wouldn't you do the same if you were Big Oil?
Do you want to pay more taxes so the government can solve this energy problem?
....We're paying lots of taxes right now for expenses many don't agree with....It will continue to happen too.
To paraphrase an old joke (and somebody's tag line)
"The TAXES will continue until morale improves."
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
From the WSJ:
"World oil demand is rising twice as fast as a year ago, straining the petroleum industry's ability to keep up with global needs and likely resulting in higher and more-volatile prices for some time to come.
"I wouldn't be surprised to see prices at new highs" this year, said Roger Diwan, an analyst at PFC Energy, a Washington industry-consulting group. "It just needs a trigger to go to $79 a barrel." The trigger could be anything that threatens to reduce the flow of oil, he said, from a Gulf of Mexico hurricane to turmoil in the Middle East to an industrial accident at producing or refining facilities."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118244896550143693.html?mod=home_whats_news_us
Dave
The mandatory mileage requirement is a joke. I recall I think.. 28 miles to the gallon was mandatory and everyone did build cars just enough to get the 28 mpg in some cases.
Not very many were making the effort to get up into the 40's and 50's The ones that did were so small and lightly built that I consider them death traps. There are a few around where I work and I hate having to move these little things; it's a hazard just getting into these beat up, broken down and wore out vehicles pouring oil all over the engine compartment.
Makes me consider Moller Skycars instead.
....If anyone thinks raising the CAFE standard for future autos will be an intelligent change....I'd wager a guess it's not.
More expensive vehicles....and expenses connected with that industry on down the line will add all kinds of costs.
Plus, the drivability will go out the window compared to now.
In my opinion, we have a decent CAFE standard right now, required to attain decent milage. Leave it alone....!
....How about some of those crummy little and wierd 3-wheelers I saw in England some years ago...Just what we need.
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