[ale] OT: gas going up this weekend

[Tom Freeman]

On Thu, 28 Apr 2011, David Tomaschik wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Geoffrey Myers
> <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> Jim Kinney wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 2:04 PM, The Don Lachlan <ale-at-ale.org
>>> <http://ale-at-ale.org>@unpopularminds.org <http://unpopularminds.org>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     Georgia used to have very inexpensive gas. Now, it's the higher side
>>>     of average and the national average is between 3 and 4 times what it
>>>     was 10
>>>     years ago.
>>>
>>> National average (today) is $3.88 and Ga is $3.76. We're still lower
>>> than average and the new tax bit won't change that.
>>>
>>>  http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/?redirectto=http://fuelgaugereport.opisnet.com/index.asp
>>
>> You know what they say about average?  A guy is standing with one foot
>> in a bucket of frozen water, the other foot in boiling water.  On
>> average he should be okay. ;)
>>
>> Personally, being below average doesn't comfort me.  I think the price
>> of gas is too high.  I don't know who to blame.  It sucks.
>>
>
>
> I'm sure this flies against what everyone else thinks, but I actually
> think the price of gas is too low.  The government really needs to
> stop subsidizing big oil, because the motivation to move away from oil
> as our primary energy source is not enough at current gas prices.
> Whether or not you believe in "Peak Oil", the facts are: oil is a
> non-renewable resource, it is becoming increasingly inefficient to
> extract the oil that does exist, and every dollar spent on imported
> oil is a dollar leaving the U.S. economy.  Regardless of your beliefs
> on climate change, it is clear that urban pollution is mostly due to
> internal combustion engines, and that urban pollution is a significant
> contributor to asthma, chronic bronchitis, and other respiratory
> diseases.  Some scientists believe that smog may also contribute to
> heart disease and cancer.
>
> Continuing to rely on a resource where primary sources are in unstable
> regions such as the Middle East and some parts of Latin America, a
> resource that damages the environment, a resource that drains the
> American economy, is just not smart.  Mainstream America is incredibly
> short-sighted, looking at next month, next quarter, or next year, and
> not at the next decade, the next generation, or the next century.
>
You mean that there are hidden costs to driving?? Costs that are carried 
by other people?

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