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popeye1250 -> RE: Bush made it quite plain today (6/18/2008 3:46:01 PM)
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ORIGINAL: MusicalBoredom
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ORIGINAL: MissSepphora1
The restrictions on drilling is what is pushing gas prices through the roof. Congress could change all that, yet the liberals refuse.
For all those who have the "lalala i can't hear you" attitude, perhaps you should pay a little closer attention to what is actually available here in the US, and the new technology that is being used.
Actually this is absolutely false. I own mineral rights in 2 states and the oil companies don't want to kick exploration into high gear yet. I get letters every other week saying they are "thinking" about it. There is no environmental restrictions on any of the land other than "clean your mess when you finish" which has been the policy since they started drilling. Why would they want to drill now and lower their profit when they have more than enough to sell as is. If they produce more and drive down the price they have effectivly thrown money away. Now I absolutely HATE that policy but that's what a "quarterly profit is king" mentality gets you.
I'm a "liberal" whatever that means but I don't think I have ever said that there should be no drilling. I don't think that private companies should profit from land owned by the US citizens but that's another topic. There are plenty of viable oil fields in the US where it is cleared for drilling and nobody but the oil companies themselves are stopping it.
Musical, correct and there are no "shortages" of gasoline like in the 70's.
You can buy all the gasoline you want,....at a price!
About 11 days ago I pulled into a gas station to buy my usual 5 gallons of gas and I was the only car at the pumps at 7pm!
This place has become a ghost town at night from noone driving to restaurants etc, it's killing business! Some restaurants are down 25-30% this summer from last!
And instead of our usual 400,000 bikers for "Bike Week" here they said on the News that there were only 300,000 this year!
I probably have 2-3 gallons left so I can go another 5-8 days or so before buying another 5 gallons.
It's become a "game" with me now, I try to see how many days I can delay buying gas and try to beat my last "record.!"
I have a readout on my dash that says "... miles to empty" so when it gets down to about "15" I know that I have just under a gallon left.
What we need is more refineries but the Dems don't want them either.
I say bulldoze that golf course and put a refinery in!
MissSepphora, I drive a 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis with only 13,000 miles on it.
I get about 19 mpg around town and 25-27 on the highway.
But, many roads here (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) have speed limits of 45-50 mph and that's very good for gas milage and on some of them you can go for 5-6 miles before hitting a stop sign or red light unlike up in New England.
They said on the News that a big way to save gas is to "slow down."
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