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09-03-2005, 10:53 PM
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09-03-2005, 11:21 PM
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Re: sure fire way to fix the gas crisis...
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as the price goes up more wells come on line. as most wells cannot produce at the current prices anymore. higher prices means more oil. but more oil isnt the problem. its too much useless driving big cars. the real solution is to tax cars by size or miles per gallon they get. and return that tax to the smaller cars that are fuel effecient. this way it does not penalize the poor as they get cheaper gas, and those that want to splurge pay the piper. or put a 5000 surcharge on cars that get less than 30 mpg and it it back to those who buy one that does. if most of the cars on the road start getting 30 mpg there will be lots of gas around and less pollution to breath for some time. i think the current system is fine. you pay for what you use. but it seems most people are griping about the cost of a product that they waste. and can do something about it by driving around more carefully. you save about 30 cents a gallon every ten miles an hour you slow down and can cut the average persons gas bill in half by doing that and getting a small toyota or honda. [/ QUOTE ] The government offers a huge subsidy for cars over 6000 lbs. I don't see that changing soon either.
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#54
09-03-2005, 11:53 PM
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Re: sure fire way to fix the gas crisis...
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If theres x amount of oil in the ground there is x amount of oil in the ground regardless of the cost of x [/ QUOTE ] So you basically don't know what they mean when they quote sizes of oil fields?
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#55
09-04-2005, 12:04 AM
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Re: sure fire way to fix the gas crisis...
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quit being so dam weak-tight and start drilling in alaska already... [/ QUOTE ] Doesn't do any good unless we get more refineries. US refineries are operating at capacity. That's why the problems in Louisiana are making a big spike in gas prices, it's reducing our capacity to refine oil. We can bring crude in through other ports, be we have lost some of our capacity to convert oil into petrol (temporarily).
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#56
09-04-2005, 01:08 PM
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Re: sure fire way to fix the gas crisis...
[ QUOTE ] The government offers a huge subsidy for cars over 6000 lbs. I don't see that changing soon either. [/ QUOTE ] I could be wrong Ed, but I believe that subsidy/tax break ended at the end of 2004. It was ludacrous when it existed and I hope you're wrong about it still being in place.
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