Re: [asa] $4 gas is here to stay

I'm guessing the government is taking more tax.

Here in the UK, the average price of fuel is the equivalent of $10 per
gallon. Small wonder I use my bicycle to commute the 6 miles to work.

Iain

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 4:42 AM, Terry M. Gray
<grayt@lamar.colostate.edu> wrote:
> Speaking of $4 gas.
>
> Can someone explain to me why we should be bothered by $4/gallon gas in
> light of the world economy?
>
> Prices in Europe historically are at least twice that. See
> http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/gas1.html
>
> Is the difference the way Europeans and others with higher prices tax gas?
> Or is it a matter of local supply?
>
> I'm wondering why all our politicians aren't facing the issue head-on.
>
> TG
>
>
>
> On May 22, 2008, at 4:51 PM, Dave Wallace wrote:
>
>> http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/22/news/companies/ford/index.htm?cnn=yes
>>
>>
>> Ford's trouble: $4 gas is here to stay
>>
>>
>> Gas prices are causing consumers to shun pickups and SUVs, leading
>> to losses at the car maker's North American auto unit.
>>
>> The article goes on to say that Ford expects the price to remain where it
>> is for next 18 months or so. Yesterday I paid 5.40 a gallon for diesel fuel
>> in Kingston, Canada, This energy crunch should encourage alternate
>> development as well as conservation. Question is it early and drastic
>> enough to reduce the carbon going into the atmosphere??? Who knows how
>> things will play out. We want to visit our daughter in Oklahoma in early
>> December. I priced train travel and it is almost as expensive as air is
>> currently and train is much more expensive if you don't want to sit in a
>> passenger seat for 36 hours or more. We certainly need to run more
>> passenger trains and lay down track, likely that was ripped up a few years
>> ago but often making lines dual track and or having dedicated passenger
>> tracks.
>> Wish we got fuel for the US price up here in the frozen north, or at least
>> I do when I fill up but not when I think of global warming. Today has been
>> so cold in the cottage that I had to run a radiant heater towards me.
>> Unfortunately I left my long johns and winter clothes at home in Ottawa.
>> It sure would have helped the public image had the climate models included
>> the oceanic temperature effect which may slow down or stop warming over the
>> next decade or so. The newspaper columnists here tend to scoff at global
>> warming except those who in all their thinking are far to the left of some
>> current executive candidates in the US. These columnists seem to want
>> anything that allows the government to spend the GDP rather than individuals
>> except of course no armed forces.
>>
>> Dave W (asa member)
>>
>>
>>
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