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I am not here to justify the any position on the price of gas, but did you also know one of our greatest and largest oil deposit sits under N.Jersey? It is said the cost of doing business in the US is too high and it is cheaper to import. Now yesterday I heard we shouldn't complain because in Europe the price of fuel has been over 5$ for sometime. It also went on to say we have been spoiled for many years with our lower than the other market prices! Who knows, but the last thing they said was it will never be down to the same lower prices we enjoyed prior to increase. Just for the record, I do not believe for one moment we are spoiled by the prices, rather by the SUV's and other large vehicles we drive. Who know??
posted by
Offy
on August 18, 2005 at 7:33 PM
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Thanks, twodog!
I'm a California native, and it aboslutely burns me to see the state obstruct development of its crticially needed resources.
By the way - if you think we have it bad here, consider Canada. I was in Edmonton two weeks ago, and without working out the conversions of currency and of liters to gallons I thought 85 cents Canadian per liter was a decent deal. WRONG!! That works out to around $3.30 US a gallon, and I just about flipped when I had to shell out $40 Canadian for half a tank of gas in a small mini-van!
posted by
WriterofLight
on August 18, 2005 at 7:24 PM
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Writeroflight
There are also huge oil deposts off the coast of California, Florida, and in the Gulf. And, in addition, the United States has the largest deposits of shale oil in the world, estimated to be larger than all the oil still in the ground in the Middle East. Plus, the United States has the largest deposts of coal in the world. The United States is not a recourse poor country, but, we are a country lacking common sence. It amazes me the rich make up the majority of the folks who continue to block the use of domestic resources in the name of conservation.
Like you, me and mine are middle, to lower middle income folks, and are suffering the brunt of present day energy prices. It would be interesting to know the average income level of the tree huggers, and it would be even more interesting to hear the opinion of folks in the middle and lower income brackets about exploitation of our domestic natural resrources.
Good post, and right on.
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twodog
on August 17, 2005 at 7:28 PM
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