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Mike you are right on the nose with that reply.
I noticed the industry change to SUV type vehicle during the Collision's of the 80-90's when smaller cars were becoming death traps.
The most common reply from people I ask why they bought theirs is: "They feel safer in a larger vehicle"
About Gasoline :
http://money.canoe.ca/News/GasCrisis/home.html
I noticed the industry change to SUV type vehicle during the Collision's of the 80-90's when smaller cars were becoming death traps.
The most common reply from people I ask why they bought theirs is: "They feel safer in a larger vehicle"
About Gasoline :
http://money.canoe.ca/News/GasCrisis/home.html
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Originally Posted by mikemc
I doubt that gas prices will drop so long as people in this country continue to buy gas pigs, proving they don't mind paying high gas prices. Sorry if that steps on anyone's toes, just simple economics.
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Oddly enough, where I'm at it's stabilized at around $2.18/gal and dropped a penny or two in the last 10 days. Just under 50 cents of that is tax.
Perhaps this excerpt from a news story (source = http://www.spokesmanreview.com/spoka...ection.spokane) will help explain a bit about why energy prices are so high: "A single New Mexico family and a dozen big oil companies, including one once headed by Commerce Secretary Don Evans, control one-quarter of all federal lands leased for oil and gas development in the continental United States despite a law intended to prevent such concentration, federal records show."
Perhaps this excerpt from a news story (source = http://www.spokesmanreview.com/spoka...ection.spokane) will help explain a bit about why energy prices are so high: "A single New Mexico family and a dozen big oil companies, including one once headed by Commerce Secretary Don Evans, control one-quarter of all federal lands leased for oil and gas development in the continental United States despite a law intended to prevent such concentration, federal records show."
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Yeah, I think the 3 R's of environmental discipline (REDUCE, reuse, recycle) have gone the way of the dinosaur. The bottom line is that we are just plain using/wasting too much gas. I see new homes popping up farther and farther away from the cities, resulting in longer and longer commutes by people driving larger and larger vehicles with lower and lower gas mileage. Not to mention, the speeds I see on the interstates (and in town, too) have increased quite a bit, also resulting in lower mileage. Consolidate trips, folks. (Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now....sorry)
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why is diesel so much cheaper than gas??
and also i heard(from a very unreliable source) that they are going to raise the price of diesel to about the same as gas. With taxes. and just give the trucking industry a tax refund, so they dont go down.
not sure but ive heard that bak in the 80s they didnt and you started seeing more people drive diesels.
Just wonderin
and also i heard(from a very unreliable source) that they are going to raise the price of diesel to about the same as gas. With taxes. and just give the trucking industry a tax refund, so they dont go down.
not sure but ive heard that bak in the 80s they didnt and you started seeing more people drive diesels.
Just wonderin
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Interesting comments from an 80 year old man on the relative value of a gallon of gas (morning paper). When he started driving, gas was $.16 per gallon and since he earned $1.00 a day (plus lunch), it took him an hour and a half to earn that gallon. Even at today's prices and at minimum wage, you can earn three gallons in an hour. He says gas at today's prices is a good deal - maybe he is right.
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From: Topsfield, MA
Originally Posted by Ford15926
why is diesel so much cheaper than gas??
and also i heard(from a very unreliable source) that they are going to raise the price of diesel to about the same as gas. With taxes. and just give the trucking industry a tax refund, so they dont go down.
not sure but ive heard that bak in the 80s they didnt and you started seeing more people drive diesels.
and also i heard(from a very unreliable source) that they are going to raise the price of diesel to about the same as gas. With taxes. and just give the trucking industry a tax refund, so they dont go down.
not sure but ive heard that bak in the 80s they didnt and you started seeing more people drive diesels.
If they raise the price of diesel, the truck drivers are the ones who buy it the most, so they'd be the ones taking the brunt of the cost...then get a refund for that? Sounds like a big waste of time and money to me.
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well, no mustang, the reason for doing that is to get more money out of the consumers pockets. if they charged 2 bucks a gallon for diesel the trucking would go under....or the cost of our good would go up ALOT....too much in fact
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