Of course I get it. Still doesn't change the fact that the speculators are driving the price.
First of all, gas is not predicted to tit $10/gal. $5 maybe. Second, it is not because of turmoil, it is speculation, plain and simple (like you).
If you are worried, perhaps you should utilize some of Obama's work, buy an electric car and get your $7500 credit. If you were smart enough, you could even get some subsidized photovoltaic panels to charge it with.
Oh, there is no doubt in my mind, some of them would LOVE to see the entire system of government collapse and Communist Socialists take over America! To that ends, the rising cost of fuel isn't a concern, but an aide to their ultimate objective. But for right now, they need to get Obama reelected, and I don't see that happening if gas goes to $10 a gallon...or even $5 a gallon. The ramifications on the economy will not be overcome, and the 'blame game' is not going to work for them.
Well dixie i believe some crisis will justify martial law from here on in... The EndGame is upon us. Reelection is not an issue.
I've been calling for a "mission to the moon" style effort at energy independence. The president should spearhead an effort to be energy indecent within 10 years.
I've been calling for a "mission to the moon" style effort at energy independence. The president should spearhead an effort to be energy indecent within 10 years.
My favorite kind!Pornographic energy?![]()
Move infrastructure into LNG rather than gasoline for cars, use the oil and coal for electricity, roads, plastics, etc. Drive for independence quickly, we can be independent within a matter of years. Many decades to see real "renewable" energy viability, but we have the resources to be independent quickly, we just need to be willing to use them.It can be done. The left has to get onboard w/ "drill, baby, drill", though - it's got to be a kitchen sink approach. We need domestic drilling as a stop-gap (for about 5-7 decades, so maybe a bit more than a stop-gap); obviously, we need to further promote and fund R & D into wind, solar, bio, geo and tidal; and we need to start changing our infrastructure - now, as opposed to when we start to realize real shortages, and not the fake ones we've seen up until now.
I'm just curious about this... now that it's pretty clear the rising gas prices are not because of Bush's Big Oil friends, but because of OPEC and what's happening in the Middle East. It's pretty obvious what our foreign policy is going to be there, so I am just wondering, how do the Democrats plan to rescue the economy when gas tops $10 a gallon?
The way I see it, this is going to be difficult at best, and I don't believe the voters are going to buy that it's the fault of Republicans or GW Bush... so, you better be thinking of something quickly! As the price of fuel rises, it's common sense that consumer goods are going to rise proportionally in price, along with the inflation we're already seeing because of 'quantitative easing' by the Feds.
I guess we can remain in denial a little while longer, but eventually, even the dumbest of the dumb are going to catch on here. Markets are all still fairly good at the moment, but that will likely change as well. It's about to get really bad across the board, I am afraid, and Democrats seem to be a bit flat-footed on this, no one is even talking about it. Shouldn't we be developing a "plan" for when we have gas that no one can afford?
Move infrastructure into LNG rather than gasoline for cars, use the oil and coal for electricity, roads, plastics, etc. Drive for independence quickly, we can be independent within a matter of years. Many decades to see real "renewable" energy viability, but we have the resources to be independent quickly, we just need to be willing to use them.
We can do this, let's elect somebody smart enough to see the need over their own overpowering need to press their will on others. The idea that we can replace it with "green" energy with no real overlap is preposterous, and actions speak louder than words. We aren't in "kitchen sink" mode, and never will be with this President. He's unwilling to go far enough, and doesn't appear to see the pressing need.
going after the reserves is not an answer, short or long term.
For decades we've let the left hold the country back on a comprehensive energy policy that could get us off foreign oil dependence, so much so that we're looking at $4 average a gallon gas by memorial day. We the people, not the rich fucks in office, are going to be feeling that hurt for a long time, but we have no other alternative than to suffer through the 7 to 15 years it will take to outfit the nation with our own oil sources and energy.
If the left cares even a bit about it.
What is the plan from the right?
They control the House
The Dems have asked Obama to open the reserves if things get bad, I guess you didn't hear that plan, now what is the right proposing, you guys are suppose to have to the solutions, remember, that is why you got the bog landslide in November! So come on Repubs, start working your voodoo magic!
LMFAO!! So THAT is your plan? Point the finger at the House of Representatives, where the GOP enjoy a slim majority, and blame this on THEM?
Sweety... the Democrats couldn't advance their agenda with the House, Senate, and Presidency, along with a bullet-proof supermajority! But the GOP is supposed to 'solve the problem' with barely controlling the House?
And the Strategic Reserves!!! That is priceless! Yeah, let's use up all the oil we've squirreled away in case we have a real emergency! THEN WHAT??? Dumbass!