Wolfman07's Blog

I totally agree on a couple of your points. Gas prices keep climbing because we as consumers are willing to keep paying for it. We buy the gas-guzzling.. big engine powerful fast cars... varooom varooom. And now the "best" the car manufacturers can do is maybe a 25-30 mile per gallon car?? SHEEEESH Back in the 80's, there were plenty of vehicles that easily got 30, 40 and even 45 mpg. Mind You--- i love my cars. My hubby and I enjoy our Charger with a 440 in it. Most likely will be keeping it in storage this year because of the gas prices.
My gut tells me that the politicians aren't going to do anything about it, I mean... let's blame Bush for the oil price woes. Gotta keep the focus off the fact that the DEM CONTROLLED LEGISLATION that begged to be voted in.... won control.... and promised to make life better, hasn't done anything to get us away from foreign oil dependancy. OHHHH but now let's add corn to the mix. Driving up food prices, so we can drive our gas guzzlers down the road. Hopefully I can qualify for Badger Care, Badger Foods, Badger Transport, Badger Housing and *gosh* it is great to live in WI.

I happened to be in the Milwaukee area the other day - on the freeway system during peak traffic hours to be exact. I noted that probably 80% of the vehicles (including the big SUV's) had a driver and no one else in the vehicle. So much for car pooling as a way to save energy. I started to get a little upset over the situation then realized it's not our fault - it's the government's fault (more specifically, George Bush's fault). Why doesn't he come around to arrange car pools? Why doesn't he come around to schedule our days so we handle all of our errands with one trip? Why doesn't he try to sell us that little 4 cylinder engine or that hybrid? Why doesn't he lower the prices of gas in a supply and demand economy? I guess we, as citizens and consumers, will just have to take the bull by the horns and try to solve this problem ourselves - yeah, right.

As long as G. Bush is in office or anyone else that goes along with this war is in office, gas prices will keep going up. The war is being funded through the high price of gas.

Gas is .13 cents a liter in Kuwait

Okay, I have a buddy in Kuwait (was in the army, captured and tortured when Sadam invaded), and yes, gas is cheap... its pretty much water in the well there. BUT, they also pay extraordinary amounts for utilities, like thousands of dollars a year for electricity, so dont get too upset.

The problem with gas is that its an oligopoly. There is 'OPEC', and a few major companies working together, and then there is the US. Its our own fault really. We let the lobbyists whipe out the possibilities of alternative fuels after WW1 (oil lobbyists petitioned to have the US make alternatives 'uncompetitive' and help set up the infrastructure and government backing for oil). Until then, all cars ran on gas, ethanol, etc. So now, years and years later, conservatives have determined that we will only use gas, and now those who supply the gas are raising the price. Well... why didnt we keep ethanol or other alternatives way back when? Oh, yeah... gas was too cheap to bother. No matter if you like it or not, gas is on the way up, and thats it. Its still a deal in the US... UK is something like 6pounds ($12) a gallon... been like that for a while. Conservatives kept blasting 'global warming' and stagnating change towards alternative energy. The thing is, now its not so much the environment, but the economy, which dictates that perhaps we should have started running on something else a long time ago. The fed has predicted that oil will reach peak demand in ten years, meaning oil will be too expensive to be worth using for our energy needs. If we had alternatives in place alread

very true.