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KelleyKramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:10 PM Original message |
When the hell is something going to be done about insane gas prices!! |
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hector_plasmic (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. There's no relief in the future. Gasoline will never again be under $3 |
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rdenney (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. 3 dollars a gallon? I wish! It will be 5.00 bucks a gallon sometime in 2009 at this rate.... |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. peak oil |
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rdenney (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. Indeed !! nt |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. oil prices tied to the dollar drop - USD worth half what it was in 2000 |
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Goodnevil (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is going to change our entire culture |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. It could be worse... |
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DAGDA56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Today Bush asked the his Saudi friends to increase production... |
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rdenney (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Sweet !! lol!!! n/t |
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WillyToad (389 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. When Bush is out of office, and Oil execs testify UNDER OATH... |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You really think that's going to happen? |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Remember the California Energy crisis in 2001 |
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KelleyKramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Like when they went down right before the last election? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Now HERE'S an idea I could get behind: |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. ... |
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rdenney (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Not a chance but its a nice dream. n/t |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Nothing will be done. |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Tapped Out |
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sueh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
10. Senator Bernie Sanders on Thom Hartmann's program a couple of weeks ago |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I do not deny some effect to speculators |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 05:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
46. Estimates put speculation's effect on prices at |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. Yes you got it |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. The long term solution to the high oil prices is to utilize alternate |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. Stop driving! |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
42. That may just be the best post I read tonight. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 06:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. Isn't spandex made from petroleum products? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. Expect them to double if they start to bomb Iran |
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curious one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. There will be relief after Jan. 20, 2009 with dems running the show. |
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rdenney (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Not a chance. Peak oil is here to stay. We need to get used to that fact. nt |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. Peak oil is here -- the prices will not be going down. |
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Goodnevil (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Hopefully this will kill urban sprawl |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yup. The same old strawmen like Big Oil robbing us blind |
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wishlist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
20. I still expect a drop in Sept before election to pacify voters to vote Repub |
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rdenney (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. That could happen, but thats ALL that will happen. Cheap oil is gone.... |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
22. Buy and ride a bicycle. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. We need more bicycle freeways |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #35 |
48. The problem with that California prop is that we need MORE railways, not fewer |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Dedicated paths to bicycles would be good |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. The thing about converting railway lines, though, is that (at least around here) |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I'm with you - I'd love to have a faired tadpole and a place to drive it |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. The 'cheap' oil is gone. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm doing "something". Driving less, walking and biking more. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Is that "expect" as in "think they should" or as in "think they will"? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Think they should. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Are you crazy? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. It certainly minimizes the impact of gas prices on ME, lol. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I think he was being ironic, not critical |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Well, either it was sarcasm or the most assinine comment |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 05:19 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. If I had a nickel for every time someone on this site accused me of being asinine . . . |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
32. Never,, When gas rose to $2 a gallon, I told my husband, |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 05:52 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. Yes but we're going to run out of planet soon |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## DON'T DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 01:06 AM Response to Original message |
43. Buy, build or invest in rickshaws and learn to weld. n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
50. get used to it- it's only going to get worse and worse...it's called "peak oil" and we've passed it. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
52. i dont think a whole lot. i think it is time to YELL about INCREASING wage |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
54. Done???? By WHOM???????? |
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