[Vwdiesel] Gas/diesel prices

[mikitka]

	This puts it into perspective, kind of.  http://tinyurl.com/5ab662
Not a good thing if it gets that high.
Nick

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From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of William J Toensing
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 8:29 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Gas/diesel prices

I agree with much of what Tom Krummell says except I feel nationalization of
Big Oil is one of the answers. Maybe their are other answers. Why? It is the
oil well owners that are making out like bandits, not the refineries & local
gas stations. Also oil speculators are making out like bandits & should be
taken out of the loop somehow. I agree that oil well drilling should be
opened on both coasts & in ANWAR in Alaska. However, opening them will not
lower oil prices or probably even slow their climb, as current oil prices
are world market driven & OPEC is able to maintain these prices by
controlling supply. We need to greatly decrease oil consumption in the USA.
We should issue wavers from our DOT/EPA standards for any car that gets over
50 MPG (see www.40mpg.org) provided they meet equilivant European or
Japanese standards which are almost as strict as ours, but current technical
differences are keeping high mileage cars from our shores. Detroit knows how
to build these cars as they do make them in Europe. We should also highly
subsidize the plug in hybrids that are coming on line in a couple years,
provided they have a battery range of 40 miles or more. It is understood
that 80% of drivers drive less than 40 miles a day, 80 % of the time. Can
you imagine what a dent in oil consumption this would make? The rising price
of diesel is causing rising food & other prices. What will the cost of $10
or $12 a gallon diesel do to our standard of living? Think about this before
condemning oil nationalization. But maybe there are other ways to control
what will be the downfall of our nation & much of the world.
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