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Gasoholics: A Demandingly Driven Open Thread

Thought we needed a new open thread, figured I’d kick it off with this Facebook status from a friend:

Dear Pres. Obama, what part of $5.00 a gallon gas sucks ass do you not understand? And no, I’m not trading in my F-150 for a hybrid.



My answer is simple..so shut up and deal with it. His:

Gas is $5.00 because you liberals won’t let anyone drill for more oil. More oil = more gas, but you liberals are more concerned about stupid dolphins and getting me out of my truck than hardworking Americans.

Ah America, where we want our problems solved, without having to sacrifice anything.  

A back and forth brought him to this response

No one has drilled off our coasts for years, and we got decades worth of oil out there, but treehuggers won’t let anyone drill

No one has drilled offshore in YEARS? There was a (bleeping) oil spill A YEAR AGO. What do you think the Deepwater Horizon rig was doing before it blew up last April? Hosting booze cruises?

Let me explain how this works…prices of gas are based on what a bunch of suits in Lower Manhattan decide its worth. They come up with a price based on certain situations like crisises in oil-producing locations and demand, both here and developing counties like China and India. Demand. In my little car, I demand 11 gallons of gasoline every 14 days or so. In your obnoxious behemouth, you demand 11 gallons of gas every 5 days. YOU demand MORE than me. Since your demand is great, gas becomes a hot commodity. Those suits in Lower Manhattan decide gas should be more expensive because its in high demand, by people like YOU more than people like ME. if you got a car that requires less fillups. your demand would go down…if a lot of people did it, demand would go down further, when demand goes down, so does price. Since you don’t want to, demand will continue to be high

So because you need to compensate for your small d*ck by driving a gas-guzzling tank through the narrow streets of New York City, we all have to suffer a pay $5 in gas.

And you want to blame…the dolphins?!?!

if you’re going to continue to drive around Brooklyn in a Ford F-150, then shut up and pay your damn $5 in gas.  


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  1. jsfox

    The fact that people believe that drilling would solve the problem is a constant reminder that most know nothing about how the economy they are so concerned about and pontificate on even works. And lets not even get into that the US government has zero control over the price of oil unless they put price controls on it and that would be a disaster. Producers would immediately cut back production it is no longer worth their while to pump or drill.

    Now granted commodity markets be it oil or orange juice can be a bit difficult to understand. I mean how can you buy something that doesn’t exists yet – oil or orange juice futures. But  all you need to know is that they are making bets on the future price. The more finite a commodity or the more that it appears that there is going to be a disruption in supply, be it weather (orange juice) or war torn strife (oil) the more that they will bet that the price rises.

    Then there is the issue that most people think if we just drill it here it is ours . . . um no. It belongs to the oil company that drills it. And they put it into the world market and that world market sets the price. So sure would could drill more here that might come on line in  5 to 7 years and in 5 to 7 years demand will be higher still as more of the world’s economies pull slices from the oil pie. And  this doesn’t even get into the no small fact that there is no cheap oil left. All the big new reserves are 5  miles or more down or embedded in shale or tar sands. All are risky, expensive and/or ecologically horrific to extract.

    So change your consuming habits or suck it up.

  2. creamer

      We should actually be talking about raising the state and federal gas tax to repair our roads and highways and upgrade our energy grid. But we are a little busy bitchin about why our government cant control gas prices.

     

  3. fogiv

    I work in the Dept of the Interior.  DOI is responsible for stewardship of one-fifth of the land in the country, 35,000 miles of coastline, and 1.76 billion acres of the Outer Continental Shelf. We are steadfast in our commitment to uphold the federal government’s trust responsibilities to 562 Indian tribes; conserve fish, wildlife and their habitats; manage water supplies for more than 30 million people; and protect the icons of our national heritage.

    Here’s what (my portion of) your evil gubmint is up to:

    In celebration of Earth Day 2011, DOI hosted activities throughout the week to highlight the Department’s efforts to be a leader in sustainability and environmental awareness.  That includes a Department-wide effort to integrate sustainability into everything we do so we can better protect America’s great outdoors and our environment. Some of the ambitious sustainability goals that we committed to, and need your help with, include:

    Reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions (e.g. vehicle emissions) and certain indirect greenhouse gas emissions (e.g. purchased electricity) by 20 percent by 2020

    Reducing other indirect greenhouse gas emissions (e.g. airline business travel) by 9 percent by 2020

    Ensuring that at least 15 percent of our existing buildings and building leases meet “green” standards by 2015 (5,000 gross square feet threshold for existing buildings and building leases)

    Reducing potable water consumption intensity by 26 percent by 2020

    Reducing industrial landscaping and agricultural water consumption by 20 percent by 2020

    Diverting at least 50 percent nonhazardous solid waste and construction and demolition debris by 2015

    Ensuring that 95 percent of all new contract actions include green requirements

    In order to reach our sustainability goals, we’re tapping into one of our greatest strengths as a Department: the passion and ingenuity of our employees [ <—- fogiv ]. Therefore, the body we created to oversee implementation of our sustainability programs is the Sustainability Council, a multi-level organization that includes representatives from employees at all levels, from all bureaus.

    Every person working at the Department is a part of our sustainability program either directly through the Council or its activities.  This work helps us meet our commitment to implement the requirements of the President’s Executive Order 13514, “Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance.”

    P.S. I don’t care what anyone says, IMO Ken Salazar has been a pretty good SoI. How soon we forget the likes of Norton and Kempthorne.

    At a minimum, ya’ll are recycling, right?  Energy saving bulbs?

  5. HappyinVT

    John Ensign, who is not only not seeking re-election, has decided to resign his Senate seat to “spend more time with family.”

    Yeah right:

    Sources tell Playbook that Ensign knew he could face questions about OTHER WOMEN and at least one additional staffer.

    And, his resignation is effective one day before he was (is?) scheduled to give sworn testimony before the Senate Ethics Committee.

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