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City of Mills Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 02:10 PM
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60. That's why I'm keeping mine :)
Fueling up an SUV is still cheaper than fueling a home in the winter, and I'm planning for the worst.
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  -Frustrated owners try to unload their guzzlers dkf  May-06-08 11:00 AM   #0 
  - "Consumers rich and poor"? That's a joke. More like "consumers poor and poorer."  Selatius   May-06-08 11:03 AM   #1 
  - just breaks my heart  Parche   May-06-08 11:04 AM   #2 
  - didn't Bush  Epiphany4z   May-06-08 11:10 AM   #6 
     - He increased the existing (unwarranted) tax break so much that it  greyhound1966   May-06-08 12:44 PM   #51 
  - Related...  SidDithers   May-06-08 11:05 AM   #3 
  - Ironic that it affects Canada more than US in this case.  dkf   May-06-08 11:10 AM   #5 
  - Bad situation.  NCevilDUer   May-06-08 12:16 PM   #44 
  - What a stupid conclusion.  MADem   May-06-08 11:09 AM   #4 
  - Lower prices mean higher consumption.  dkf   May-06-08 11:12 AM   #7 
  - No, they don't. HAVE to mean that.  MADem   May-06-08 11:39 AM   #19 
  - That is increased consumption  NoMoreMyths   May-06-08 11:51 AM   #28 
     - Yeah, to hell with those growing bones and teeth of young children! NT  MADem   May-06-08 11:52 AM   #32 
        - Most of us wouldn't be here without cheap, concentrated, non-human energy  NoMoreMyths   May-06-08 12:07 PM   #41 
           - That makes it "OK" to malnourish the kids here? Because you wear clothes made by a seven year old?  MADem   May-06-08 01:52 PM   #55 
              - Hope keeps us addicted  NoMoreMyths   May-06-08 02:23 PM   #61 
  - "Break OPEC" What does that mean?  Ilsa   May-06-08 11:46 AM   #22 
     - It screams "Hillary has no clue" to me.  dkf   May-06-08 12:05 PM   #40 
  - Holiday gas tax proponents? Do we have those here?  lonestarnot   May-06-08 11:13 AM   #8 
     - My company uses a lot of fuel for deliveries  Winterblues   May-06-08 11:33 AM   #14 
        - Peak oil means its only going to go up.  dkf   May-06-08 11:42 AM   #20 
        - You do have to eat don't you?  Winterblues   May-06-08 11:45 AM   #21 
        - I'm fine...I just worry about everyone else.  dkf   May-06-08 11:50 AM   #26 
        - As another DUer suggested on another thread,  lonestarnot   May-06-08 11:53 AM   #33 
        - Talk to the commodity traders.  lonestarnot   May-06-08 11:55 AM   #36 
        - maybe they get higher wages than we do.  alyce douglas   May-06-08 12:19 PM   #45 
        - I've been in Europe a few times, last time in 2003  NotGonnaTakeIt   May-06-08 02:52 PM   #62 
        - That is IF  Epiphany4z   May-06-08 11:46 AM   #23 
        - There are two versions, though, see. Clinton's sticks it to the oil companies, McCain's does not.  MADem   May-06-08 11:50 AM   #27 
           - You believe the oil company's lobbyists are going to allow that to be passed? Not a chance in hell  TBF   May-06-08 11:54 AM   #35 
           - If you don't BRING IT UP, the public doesn't get the drift. And the oil companies WIN. NT  MADem   May-06-08 01:53 PM   #56 
              - As long as republicans are in office the oil companies will win. And they often do well  TBF   May-06-08 05:56 PM   #67 
           - One version  Epiphany4z   May-06-08 11:56 AM   #37 
           - The idea behind this brief respite is to make it easier to start shaving  MADem   May-06-08 01:57 PM   #57 
           - I have a question  JNelson6563   May-06-08 12:35 PM   #47 
              - She wants to tax their windfall profit.  MADem   May-06-08 02:00 PM   #58 
                 - Thank you.  JNelson6563   May-06-08 03:27 PM   #65 
        - Oh, but here's the deal.....to hell with you, eh?  MADem   May-06-08 11:47 AM   #24 
        - A holiday gas tax is not going to do much. The commodity hoarders are going to see to that.  lonestarnot   May-06-08 11:51 AM   #30 
  - SUV's  bikebloke   May-06-08 11:15 AM   #9 
  - Good.  BobRossi   May-06-08 11:15 AM   #10 
  - they are popping up more and more on sale around here. I want to pick up a cheap Jeep  NightWatcher   May-06-08 11:16 AM   #11 
  - i'd rather rent it than own it for camping and the like  NuttyFluffers   May-06-08 10:18 PM   #68 
  - 2007 Escalade $56,000 only 5000 miles  jaksavage   May-06-08 11:27 AM   #12 
  - Halliburton might buy it use in Iraq. They bill the Gubmint for everything. nt  Ilsa   May-06-08 11:52 AM   #31 
  - Why not turn them into homes?  tomreedtoon   May-06-08 11:33 AM   #13 
  - That's why I'm keeping mine :)  ByTheRiver   May-06-08 02:10 PM   #60 
  - One word - Carhenge!!!  hatrack   May-06-08 11:35 AM   #15 
  - That is waaaayyy too cool!!!!! May I have a copy? nt  Ilsa   May-06-08 12:01 PM   #38 
  - exactly  alyce douglas   May-06-08 12:43 PM   #49 
  - $75 fillup three times in one week? Wow  Liberal_in_LA   May-06-08 11:37 AM   #16 
  - I say turn them into shelters for the homeless.  Canuckistanian   May-06-08 11:38 AM   #17 
  - why not, people are now getting thrown in the streets.  alyce douglas   May-06-08 12:44 PM   #50 
  - It used to be that living 40, 50 miles from the job was not that big of a deal  madokie   May-06-08 11:38 AM   #18 
  - We just  Epiphany4z   May-06-08 11:49 AM   #25 
  - There are people who live in Southern MAINE and New Hampshire who WORK in Boston.  MADem   May-06-08 11:54 AM   #34 
  - There's commuter buses showing up and expanding hours here  DS1   May-06-08 12:21 PM   #46 
  - I used to drive 60 miles each way for my job as a home health nurse.  Ilsa   May-06-08 12:03 PM   #39 
  - I grew up driving pickups. I miss 'em.  XOKCowboy   May-06-08 12:45 PM   #53 
  - rofl...  snooper2   May-06-08 11:51 AM   #29 
  - HAHA I told you so you fuckers!!!! Now eat it!  Indenturedebtor   May-06-08 12:08 PM   #42 
  - Same rush to buy small cars happened in the 70's, remember?  dixiegrrrrl   May-06-08 12:16 PM   #43 
  - now that is neat.  alyce douglas   May-06-08 12:45 PM   #52 
  - that's some little vehicle there  Duppers   May-06-08 12:46 PM   #54 
  - I've owned nothing but Japanese cars.  Perragrande   May-06-08 03:07 PM   #64 
  - I had to buy a 2000 Dodge Stratus last year...  XOKCowboy   May-06-08 12:37 PM   #48 
  - when fuel cell/battery technology becomes more developed, the SUV will be back just as big as ever-  QuestionAll   May-06-08 02:04 PM   #59 
  - Gee, I so didn't envision this back in 1998 - I never saw it coming?  devilgrrl   May-06-08 02:57 PM   #63 
     - Neither did Ford or Chevy or Dodge...  XOKCowboy   May-06-08 03:39 PM   #66 
 

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