From: David Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Fri May 14 2004 - 14:38:26 PDT
We are all getting screwed on oil prices.
When milk extracted from a cow, that has to be refrigerated and has a shelf
life of a couple of weeks, costs less than a gallon of stuff pumped out of
the ground and refined at 1000's of gallons per minute, something is
seriously out of whack.
Curiously Bush and Cheney aren't complaining much. Perhaps it is because
their families net worth is increasing as fast as are gas prices??
I'll be surprised if we don't see $2.50/gallon in Indiana before July 4th.
Right now regular is between $1.99 and $2.12 and diesel about $1.75. No
one is significantly pissed off about prices yet - so they will push them
up further. They will just crank the prices up until everyone starts
screaming and then back them down $.10 or so we all feel good about buying
gas at $2.60 per gallon.
If I was living on the west coast in Southern CA, I think I'd be a bit more
worried about my future fresh water supply, that the current price of gas.
If you think you are screwed now, just wait until you guys run out of fresh
water in the next few years. Denver is in the same situation. Soon you
are going to have to start using Perrier to put out the wild fires there in
a few years. So just wait - it can get worse.
Dave - trying really hard not to go totally negative on our government.
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On Fri, 14 May 2004 09:17:38 -0700, Paul A. Thomas
<bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com> wrote:
> I can't agree. The taxes do not change every week/day as gas prices do.
> at MOST they change once a year. Gas has gone up what? a dollar a
> gallon in the last year in NoCal? IMSHO Bush and Cheneys friends in the
> oil world realize they stand a good chance of not getting re-elected and
> are pulling in all they can until then. Chevron just reported record
> breaking profits, and that was after they would have hidden all that they
> could from us/the IRS.
>
> This has drawn irate derision from some before, but still feel it would
> be best if the US Government controlled the gas as a national bureau. Yes
> the books could still be cooked, however
>
> 1: We would have a better shot at finding the problems as governmental
> agencies have to report when ordered / inspectors occasionally sneak in
> to check on them
> 2: Fuel is a critical need of the Americas economy. If we had decent
> mass transit that would not be so, but due to the size of the USA and the
> way we all value our ability to go wherever we want at will I doubt that
> we will ever have effective mass transit here
>
> The same with the 9 billion dollars charged to Californians for the power
> 2-3 years ago: no one at home in the white house so we lose billions.
> OTOH it did give us Schwarzenegger instead of Davis...
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> ****************************
>
> Paul, we're getting screwed in CA for 2 reasons:
>
> 1. That gang of politicians in Sacramento keeps heaping more taxes on
> motor fuel.
>
> 2. No CA based refining facilities have been built here in far too many
> years.
> Thank you extremist greenies!!
>
> Dick
>
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-- Dave
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