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ORIGINAL: MarkfromHouston

I see comments on how there need to be incentives on electric cars...where does electricity come from? It is generated by gas, oil, coal, and nuclear energy for over 97% of the energy generated in the USA. If you want to see lower fuel prices which are directly linked to a healthy economy, then you must open up ANWAR and the Gulf of Mexico to drilling. You must lift the EPA restrictions on building new oil refineries in the USA and you must not take the incentive for investment in oil and gas exploration (profit) away from the oil companies by taxing the soup out of them.

You want your stupid little electric car? Fine, do not expect the rest of us to want this assinine piece of crap.

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ORIGINAL: hlen5

I have to admit PART OF ME wishes for high gas prices. Why? The sooner we feel the pinch, the sooner people will get serious about replacing oil with alternate fuels and maybe even better CONSERVATION of what we do use.

I lived in Germany '82-'84. If I remember correctly, the price per gallon of gas was $3.+ Current prices in Germany is $8.+/gallon.

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ORIGINAL: nighthawk3569

While more drilling would be of some help, the lack of refineries is the real crux of the matter. Until the EPA(and other government)restrictions are removed, there won't be any new refineries built. Therefore, no surplus of crude will solve the problem. High fuel costs are the biggest single factor influenceing the economy...and the economy won't improve until this issue is addressed...and solved. The EPA being one of the worst things foisted off on the American public in the last 50 years.

This poster is correct...electric cars won't solve the problem in the US.

'hawk

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ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster

............Yeah, but look at what they get for that 8+ bucks. Trains, and busses and subways, and all that Euro socialist stuff. WE get roads. And freeways. And roads. Nyah Nyah...
(on second thought, that didn't work out quite the way I thought it would. Never mind.)
So where in DE? Military?

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ORIGINAL: nighthawk3569

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ORIGINAL: MarkfromHouston

I see comments on how there need to be incentives on electric cars...where does electricity come from? It is generated by gas, oil, coal, and nuclear energy for over 97% of the energy generated in the USA. If you want to see lower fuel prices which are directly linked to a healthy economy, then you must open up ANWAR and the Gulf of Mexico to drilling. You must lift the EPA restrictions on building new oil refineries in the USA and you must not take the incentive for investment in oil and gas exploration (profit) away from the oil companies by taxing the soup out of them.

You want your stupid little electric car? Fine, do not expect the rest of us to want this assinine piece of crap.

While more drilling would be of some help, the lack of refineries is the real crux of the matter. Until the EPA(and other government)restrictions are removed, there won't be any new refineries built. Therefore, no surplus of crude will solve the problem. High fuel costs are the biggest single factor influenceing the economy...and the economy won't improve until this issue is addressed...and solved. The EPA being one of the worst things foisted off on the American public in the last 50 years.

This poster is correct...electric cars won't solve the problem in the US.

'hawk

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam


....2. Your 'where does electricity come from?' is correct. That is why we need to look at OTHER methods of extracting electrical energy. As I said before, petroleum is way too important to burn. Solar and Wind show a lot of promise. Fusion can hopefully be brought online but it will take a national will to ignore the people that are spending millions to discourage it because that hurts their highly profitable business model.

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

Did you watch the clip???
it was bantering, the guy was making it up as he went  along, get it in context before you do this..
no body else has thought Obama was laughing at people making fun of them over high gas prices
I understand why Sanity might see it that way but you are way to smart to take that as laughing at people who are hurting over gas prices
check it, if you dont see the whole picture then Im sorry for you

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ORIGINAL: Sanity



Without some major outside intervention, Obama is toast.

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ORIGINAL: Sanity


.................Maybe even most of them, but even among that demographic a lot of the novelty has worn off.

That, and he has broken way too many promises. He hasnt paid for anyones gas or mortgage...

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ORIGINAL: Marini

As I am called to start threads about the price of gas, I wanted to let others know, that we have members of at least one church that are "called" to pray for lower gas prices.

Houston Church prays for lower gas prices

I am thinking it can't hurt.
[;)]

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ORIGINAL: Sanity
Obamas biggest problem is, no one will vote for him just because he is black this time, except some blacks. Maybe even most of them, but even among that demographic a lot of the novelty has worn off.

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ORIGINAL: hlen5
I don't recall him saying he was going to pay for my fuel OR my mortgage......

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

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ORIGINAL: hlen5
I don't recall him saying he was going to pay for my fuel OR my mortgage......

Check with this lady.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI

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ORIGINAL: Marini
With some of the proposed cuts, many people might have to start living on cat or dog food.[8|]

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

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ORIGINAL: Marini
With some of the proposed cuts, many people might have to start living on cat or dog food.[8|]

Figure out a palatable way to make little cakes or something out of the leftover algae flakes from biofuel operations, Mari. You can feed the world and get rich in the process.