Rising gas prices

[tweety2300]

Gas prices make me glad I sold my Buick that was getting 7mpg. Am I the only one that laughs when I see a big ass truck getting gas? Why buy a new car that gets 35mpg? I paid 400 for my Honda and I get 38 mpg runing 80 with a bad o2 sensor

And for the people that say drill domesticly even if they do itl still be a few years before that gets to the gas pumps

And the coal burning people have you never heard of hydro electric or solar power? Most people that can afford a brand new hybrid should be able to afford a small solar panel that would be more than enough to charge the battery

[SeR_Cyclops]

Man, Solar panels are not worth the money. For a system that is large enough for a house I read an article on the internet and this guy installed systems for a living and he said it takes 20 years to get a payout on a solar system.... That is a terrible investment.

[tweety2300]

You can get a small solar panel installed for like 5k if you have an electric car then after gas it will probly pay for its self before you pay the car off

[Jackie chan]

Gas prices are pretty annoying. It really doesn't make any sense. Prices are supposed to rise and fall according to the amount of money that people have. Well every year, employees earn a little less compared to how much they did the year before with the slightly lower prices. Contracts take away benefits without making these changes apparent. If you're working for a huge company like Kroger or walmart, one of these companies that makes so much money it's not even funny, you should be making more money too. You shouldn't be getting a sad excuse on why you can't keep the same benefits as the year before, but at the same time there saying: "make sure you buy our stock, we made record profit this year!" You look at them like "WTF!! Buy your fickin' stock with what!! You don't pay us shit!" People make respectively less and less every year compared to the people who make more. Sure minimum wage is up, but it's not worth anything. Since companies are being treated as people, they hold the majority of the money here in the Glorious country that is the USA. Since these "people" have so much money, the prices won't go lower. Gas prices (well all prices really) should be priced based solely On the 99%. And all the other shit thats made in china for $0.02 should be sold in america for like $0.04. That would still be a profit of double what they're into it. Companies need to be honest and the money needs to go back to the people and government. suvs are the other problem. I hate SUVs. :end rant:

[zoom zoom sp20]

It's been over $1.50 a litre for regular unleaded in Australia this week for the first time in 3 years
I only use premium unleaded in my car so that's higher still

[Smooth1]

Obama is spewing his crap about how we have produced more oil here under his admin. Lies....lies ....lies. Yes we have......on privately owned land. Not federal. He has slowed oil production under his watch. Only 1 permit last year for offshore drilling. Again he takes credit for something he has nothing to do with. This man lies all the time while sending his family on vacation(on our dollar)all the time. His girls just got back from Mexico for spring break and now it's off to Vegas.

[tweety2300]

Would you rather Busch be back in office? Or worse one of the idiotic candidates we have? I wish Hillary would run again

[SeR_Cyclops]

There were more jobs when bush was in office, and a lot less national spending.

[tweety2300]

Are you freaking serious? The ignorance the media put into people's heads. I'm not even into politics but at least I know what's going on. Explain how Obama fucked everything up when it was already like that when he went into office?

[SaUcE]

He isnt saying that he 'fucked everything up'. He is pointing out that his solutions have not made headway in the past four years, and he often spins situations where he had little influence to appear as if the gains or benefits where his doing. I dont think anyone is so right as to believe our current economic state is Obamas fault.

In all honesty, it is no presidents fault. They dont have control over it. To think any president could control the economy, abortion, gay marriage, religion, etc is foolish. We have been squabbling over abortion for 100 years. Show me one president who single handedly did anything about it. Yet every single election it is in the top ten main talking points.

Campaigning is seeing what the hot buttons are for the majority, then coaxing the side you believe will win you the election.

[Cleverfrog]

this thread really got off topic. We went to over 4 bucks a gallon last week.

[SeR_Cyclops]

I am not pin pointing the state of our current economy on any one ADMINISTRATION. Because congress was there when all of this was going on also. BUT im telling you that as a Economics major, evidence shows that the great depression would have ended MUCH sooner if the government was not trying to spend us out of it. Now that is not some dude at a news paper that had intro to micro and macro in college saying that. Those are published articles from PHD professors that conducted research. So my problem with the current administration is how when running for office in 2008 they criticized Bush for spending too much money. saying it was unpatriotic and Bush was taking the credit card out in the name of our kids future from the bank of china to spend all this money. FACT: Bush spent 4 trillion in 8 years, Current administration has spend 6 trillion in less than 4. Government spending is not as efficient as private sector.

The start of the current economic meltdown started in Clinton's years in the office.

[flatlander937]

I'm not going to get into this political BS... as I think every one of them are dirty bastards... but look here for a really well-written explanation of all the stuff in this picture: http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/379


MAKE SURE YOU MOUSE OVER ALL THE ITEMS IN THE PICTURE AND READ THE MEANINGS OF ALL OF THEM.





That artist is a true patriot IMO.

[D1_ZX6R]

Just pumped today at 4.06 here in Colorado makes me want to drive my motorcycle again but there's to many idiots on the road

[tweety2300]

Gas actually went DOWN .14 at a gas station here today