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#10023 of 10042 As gas prices go up, auto deaths decline by avalon02wh

Jul 11, 2008 (4:13 pm)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_he_me/auto_deaths_gas_prices_2;_ylt=An- yYOLZGxvQlXNgVp_SniJaAsnsA
 
So much for population control.
 
Actually the study authors failed to consider that as gasoline goes past $10 a gallon people will start shooting each other over petrol, thus increasing the deaths.

#10024 of 10042 Re: What $4/gallon gas buys... [snakeweasel] by imidazol97

Jul 11, 2008 (6:12 pm)

Replying to: snakeweasel (Jul 11, 2008 2:50 pm)
I heard tonight about how the banks were threatened by rights groups to give mortgages to illegals or the groups were going to sue. It sounded like this was being encourage by congress. Now some of those loans are worthless.

#10025 of 10042 Are gas prices fueling your pain? by steve_ HOST

Jul 11, 2008 (8:14 pm)

Anyone want to talk about gas prices or are we about done in here?

#10026 of 10042 Re: Are gas prices fueling your pain? [steve_] by 1stpik

Jul 11, 2008 (8:18 pm)

Replying to: steve_ (Jul 11, 2008 8:14 pm)
We're about done. Time to shut it down.

#10027 of 10042 by trichardson

Jul 11, 2008 (8:30 pm)

Um...they're high?
 
 

#10028 of 10042 Re: [trichardson] by tedebear

Jul 11, 2008 (9:12 pm)

Replying to: trichardson (Jul 11, 2008 8:30 pm)
Um...they're high?
 
Yes indeed. I noticed it went back up to $3.99 on my way to work this afternoon. That's about the third time it has hit that mark but never higher. It usually drifts back down to around $3.88 over the course of a week and then jumps back to $3.99.
 
Yesterday I warned some relatives that they'd better top off the tank because I sensed that it was ready for a jump. I was right. Wish I could predict the stock market like this.
 
Perhaps the oil companies think that if gas goes over $4/gal in St. Louis it will trigger some catastrophic event.

#10029 of 10042 Re: What $4/gallon gas buys... [avalon02wh] by kdhspyder

Jul 12, 2008 (4:53 am)

Replying to: avalon02wh (Jul 11, 2008 7:45 am)
About 25% of the imports are from the Middle East.
  
The writer goes on to say; "All this adds up to a decline in our standard of living and a huge write-down of American wealth. "
  
Yeah, and we are doing it to ourselves. We are all making selfish decisions. The people in the M.E. are not putting a gun to our head telling us to buy that vehicle that gets 13 mpg.
 
On the face of it we don't actually send 'most' of our money to the ME in fact it goes to our neighbors and a large part to SA. However since oil is a fungible product, our massive usage, viewed another way, means that we actually use 25% of the output of every field on earth. What we buy from Canada and Mexico means that those two countries are taken out of the world market by the volume of our huge purchases. This opens the doors to every other producer, friend or foe, to profit from the run up in prices.
 
We don't directly pay for all that stuff in the ME but in fact we 'support' the prices that allow them to build it. We do need a lifestyle shake up.

#10031 of 10042 Just the facts by pf_flyer HOST

Jul 12, 2008 (5:38 am)

We could just go back to straight up reporting with less commentary in Report Your Local Gas Prices Here
 
Color me as one who doesn't think the constant carping on gloom and doom does any of us any good.

#10032 of 10042 Re: Just the facts [pf_flyer] by snakeweasel

Jul 12, 2008 (6:09 am)

Replying to: pf_flyer (Jul 12, 2008 5:38 am)
Color me as one who doesn't think the constant carping on gloom and doom does any of us any good.
 
Agreed, especially since people have been forecasting gloom and doom for 30 some years and we are still moving along.

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