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Automotive News & Views How does gas at $4 and higher impact you?
2183 messages, Last post on Nov 21, 2009 at 5:13 PM
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Replying to: boaz47 (Oct 30, 2008 8:29 am) You got that right. We depend on the UFOs to bring that cheap alien labor to our farms. 
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Replying to: larsb (Oct 31, 2008 11:55 am) Boy, does that ever sound SELFISH. The Earf is probably crying right now. 
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Oct 31, 2008 2:08 pm)  I like aliens. You never know when they're going to bring Elvis back. 
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Someone who loses a job in a bad economy is no different than someone who loses a job in a good economy. I will debate that statement. In a good economy there are other jobs in a bad economy there are not. Trucking is a prime example because it is directly effected by high fuel prices and as any good business they will pass the cost on to the consumer. That can never be good for the economy and it is even worse for a bad economy. It is very unlikely that higher fuel prices will create enough jobs to offset the jobs it will cost. Remember Europe has higher fuel prices than we do and the average American has an income 10k higher than the average person in the UK. Why do you think there are more Europeans moving to the US that Americans moving to Europe? By the way driving two cars does not save gas over driving one larger car. Two compacts getting 25 miles to the gallon driving 25 miles will burn 2 gallons. One SUV getting 15 MPG can take the same number of people the same 25 miles for less that 2 gallons. Of course today I rode 40 miles on my Jamis and it took one poweraid, and energy bar and a cup of coffee at the 30 mile mark. I wonder if the higher cost of dilithium crystals has lead to the decrease in crop circles? That might have hurt farmers in their search for alien labor. |
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Replying to: larsb (Oct 31, 2008 11:55 am) you having a bad day? you better go home a give your wife a kiss. |
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Replying to: larsb (Oct 31, 2008 11:55 am) Larsb, that is what kept the Big 3 alive during the 1990s. Now they are all 3 going bankrupt and YOU AND I will have to pay those gigantic pensions the UAW members are entitled to. Remember for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The gas price rise of 2008 will cost US all dearly. There was nothing good about it accept me not having as many people to contend with when I decided to go to Costco shopping.
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 31, 2008 7:11 pm) "Now they are all 3 going bankrupt and YOU AND I will have to pay those gigantic pensions the UAW members are entitled to. " Logic indeed, but pleas on the intractible. " another 40,000 coming every day. ( we can be like they are) " a timely quote. If a tad blue. Per the Grant-Thornton study: Kimberly Rodriguez, principal of Grant Thornton's automotive practice, said a GM-Chrysler merger would not be optimal, but was a good choice under the current circumstances and would require government aid or outside investors to work. "There remains risks within a combined structure," she said. "There will be a lot of pressure on them to perform." A Grant Thornton study of the merger potential found 30,000 to 40,000 of Chrysler's employees might be eliminated. The ripple effect could bring job losses in the 100,000 to 200,000 range when taking into account suppliers and dealers. The study also found the combined company could slice up to $10 billion of costs, mainly in corporate functions such as accounting or information technology, purchasing, research and development and engineering. link title |
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