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OK, then who?

Me? I guarantee you I'm the wrong person, yet I'm the one being talked to, thru this thread.

I'm sorry, a**holes or not, those in power do not like being talked about negatively on their social media pages - I think more pressure can be brought thru those sources than just writing them a letter....

 

All this because I posted someone's photo of gas at $6 a gallon?

Me, I'm just glad I drive a MINI instead of a 14 mpg SUV

Last time gas spiked to $4/gallon Escalades and Explorers becames half priced cars, and motor homes dropped like proverbial rocks in value. I wonder if we'll have the same kind of backlash this time, or if we've become somewhat numbed to it?

 

I don't think decreasing demand here will do anything, cause the rest of the world will just suck up the extra, keeping demand up means keeping prices up.

China added more cars to their roads last year than we did, and will continue to do so every year, so will India.....the overall worldwide demand is not going to go down from what we do here.

The only real long term answer to me is fusion powered cars, running on garbage.

I need a Mr. Fusion!

 

What exactly is an "energy policy" to you?

I'm curious....

 

I've always been open to discussion, I just don't have a lot of time or interest in pointless rants.

My point is that like a lot of things, we say we need a new one, but no one seems to know what the old one is, and what it should be. Mind you I'm of the opinion that less gummint can only be a good thing, so I'm in your corner on that topic for sure.

Using minimark as an example, "We need to fire everyone at the DOE and close it down"....

OK, then what?

If you're suggesting that the DOE doesn't really do anything and no one would miss it if it was gone, OK. Again, I'm in the less gummint is a good thing camp all the way. But, it must do something, doesn't it?

It's just that sweeping blanket statements like "We need a new energy policy" don't really mean anything, do they? They're just a way of expressing frustration at a situation beyond our control and ability to even influence.

Another one I hear a lot " We need an new immigration policy" or "We need to get tough on immigration".....what does that mean exactly?

It doesn't mean anything except "I'm tired of things the way they are and they need to change"

Air, it's all just hot air......

The point of the picture to me is - get ready, its coming to your neighborhood soon. Get out your bicycle and air up the tires, dust off those walking shoes, start looking for a new house closer to your job or a new job closer to your house.

In a way, i wonder if gas prices like this could usher in a new living environment - similar to the way we used to live in this country, with the house upstairs and your business downstairs. with small shops serving the local community first, and people walking to work because their job was right there in the neighborhood.

We could be in for an major shift in how we all live.

Edit: Nathan I agree about corn ethanol being a complete waste of time money and resources. If we want to run on alchohol, we should do like Brazil, and do it 100%. however we don't have the same crops and growing season they do, it might not be do-able here as it was there. For those not familiar, you should look into how Brazil handles their fuel needs, it's pretty interesting, and they went thru hell in the 70's and early 80's till car technology finally caught up with the fuel they mandated.