Thank you, Obama - gas $2.13/gallon
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Thank you, Obama - gas $2.13/gallon
| Sat, 11-08-2008 - 7:43pm |
I guess since we can already blame Obama for Russia's belligerence and the disastrous economy, logic would dictate that he is to credit for me paying $2.13/gallon for gas today.

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Sopal
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There was a plus to high gasoline prices, just as there's a plus to high natural gas and fuel oil prices. We were conserving more, looking for alternatives to fossil fuels, and not giving the energy companies carte blanche to bleed us to death
I devoutly hope that Obama has an energy plan which considers the possible link between fossil fuels and global warming. I hope he realizes the true cost in foreign policy formulation and "defense" spending, created by our over-reliance on resources controlled by loose-cannon OPEC leaders. I hope he's willing to have the nation experience short-term pain for the sake of long-term gain.
Gettingahandle
Ignorance is Nature's most abundant fuel for decision making.
Facts stifle the will, hobble conviction.
Gettingahandle
Ignorance is Nature's most abundant fuel for decision making.
>>> There was a plus to high gasoline prices, just as there's a plus to high natural gas and fuel oil prices. We were conserving more, looking for alternatives to fossil fuels, and not giving the energy companies carte blanche to bleed us to death
Forced conservation only meant that people were hurting...some choosing to forgo food because driving was a necessity. And you probably noticed, but despite all of the searching, no one found an alternative to fossil fuels (which probably aren't "fossil" fuels anyway)...and the energy companies (I presume you meant oil companies) have made record profits, so it's tough to see how "we" took away their "carte blanche."
>>> I devoutly hope that Obama has an energy plan which considers the possible link between fossil fuels and global warming.
It's a myth. Even if man-made global warming was a reality...and it's not...our contribution is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO small as to be utterly insignificant.
>>> I hope he realizes the true cost in foreign policy formulation and "defense" spending,
I think Obama's plans for complete capitulation to our enemies will cut down appreciably on our defense spending.
>>> created by our over-reliance on resources controlled by loose-cannon OPEC leaders.
You do realize that we get VERY little oil from OPEC nations, don't you?
>>> I hope he's willing to have the nation experience short-term pain for the sake of long-term gain.
I think with Obama, it's pretty much going to be all pain.
Would you have been equally fervent in defending horse breeders, farriers, stable owners, etc., a hundred years ago?
Fossil fuels "aren't 'fossil' fuels"? Huh?
Oil companies ARE making record profits. We haven't yet taken away their ability to make money hand over fist--even as they blather on about the uncertainty of future earnings, need to drill more, fewer environmental restrictions....blah, blah, blah. But as other technologies become widely used, mass-produced, and by extension, cheaper, alternative energy companies will have a chance to prove viable competitors--and profits won't be solely in the pockets of oil companies. Hasten the day! However, change isn't easy and fossil fuels have been subsidized, heavily, for over half a century.
Got substantiation for your claims about global warming? Or are we just supposed to accept, on your word and that of vested interests, that human activity is such a piddling contributor to ice melting off the North Pole?
Regarding the claim that Obama plans on "complete capitulation to our enemies". Please provide the quote and/or links.
I realize that we get a sizable amount of our oil from OPEC. http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/quickoil.html Stats are from this past September.
The past eight years have seen the nation go from thriving economy to foundering, international super-power status to has-been status, and massive unease from the populace at large about the future of the country. http://www.conference-board.org/economics/ConsumerConfidence.cfm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96599102&ft=1&f=1003
Only time will tell how well Obama does but he won't have to work real hard to look better than the execrable leader we've had since 2001.
Gettingahandle
Ignorance is Nature's most abundant fuel for decision making.
Facts stifle the will, hobble conviction.
Gettingahandle
Ignorance is Nature's most abundant fuel for decision making.
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