U.S. Gas Prices Near Record High

Comment #13

four4me — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:50:35 GMT

There is plenty of oil even though other countries are joining us in the fun of driving. THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FUEL MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN THE USA. We sort of stopped building them and to build one takes up-wards of 5 to 10 years. There are no plans to build additional ones and it was determined that buy this time the big three automakers would have solved the fuel problem and designed a gasoline free engine. That idea is still in the development stage. Don't hold your breat... [ More ]

Comment #12

konane — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:03:45 GMT

Everything is plastic now which comes from crude, a greater consumer of petroleum than gasoline as Jarasan alluded to. Look at the plastic everywhere and know why crude is so high.

Comment #11

LOTTOMIKE — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:13:38 GMT

i agree,i've had to work an extra day due just to rising gas prices,we all need to bitch because if we don't its going to continue to get worse.its getting downright scary.

Comment #10

JAP69 — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:06:02 GMT

A couple years ago I could drive back and forth to work for $25.00 a week. Today my weekly cost is close to $100.00 a week with no increase in wages. Don't want to bitch but the crunch is hurting.

Comment #9

jarasan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:03:49 GMT

There is another little talked about issue with ethanol, if the powertrain of said vehicle doesn't have the technology to use the ethanol mixture efficiently, the fuel efficiency of the vehicle goes down the toilet, the powertrains of most vehicles on the road were designed to run on gasoline 100%, the ethanol messes this up big time, my fuel efficiency has worsened by close to 10%-15% which is approx. the percentage component of the ethanol in the gas mixture now at your gas pump. I think someone should invent some sort of easy retrofit for auto-engines to take advantage of the ethanol component in gasoline (10% ethanol), it may not be so simple. I drive a lot for work, my MPG has gone down for the count, I keep my vehicles tuned up, no better. Gas smells nasty now, used to smell much better! You can really detect the ethanol.... [ More ]

Comment #8

time*treat — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:31:33 GMT

The lobbyists for the huge companies that do business with the corn farmers have seen to it that (more efficient) non-food ethanol takes a distant back seat to the corn-based ethanol. The price of corn is now following fuel prices instead of food prices. Since corn (starch, syrup, kernels) is used in much of the food chain and to feed livestock, you will see a *big* increase in the prices of food (chicken, beef, cereal, milk, fish, soup) to go along with the increases in the price of gasoline. Some of us have been blogging about it. It's not just in the States, either. They are feeling it in Europe and Australia, too.... [ More ]

Comment #7

jarasan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:04:39 GMT

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Comment #6

time*treat — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:38:35 GMT

We know where to oil is. In the industrialized nations, it's a regs nightmare to drill for it & build refinery capacity. NIMBY (It seems we have this topic every spring). But not to worry. The long term goal is to make it too costly for the commoners to drive autos.

Comment #5

konane — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:03:28 GMT

I frankly object to price controls set by OPEC and feel supply and demand should float on the world market not contained within this conglomerate, however don't know the long range implications to world economies if that were the case.

Comment #4

Tenaj — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:57:51 GMT

It's enough of everything to go around over and over. Economics is just a "term" used to hide behind flesh and blood, greedy, corrupt human beings.

Comment #3

NBey6 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:22:37 GMT

Take back your power, America The Beautiful and walk. Make the sacrifice, if you can and walk. DO NOT give these greedy whoremongers your life force so easily. Make them earn it. Stay away from the pumps, drive your most efficient car,if you must drive and those taking their children to school so their kids can feel special, teach them about, conservation and United We Stand

Comment #2

konane — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:46:02 GMT

As a side "benefit" of dollar devaluation and tanking the economy it's far easier to continue with dissolution of the US as we know it into the North American Union with out dollars being replaced by the Amero currency. Due to environmentalist lawsuits no new petroleum refineries have been built in [if memory is correct] 20 years. Additionally every time a bill comes up to drill in oil rich ANWA it's defeated by environmentalists soooooo we have to continue purchasing from OPE... [ More ]

Comment #1

LOTTOMIKE — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:18:14 GMT

GREED.

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