This sure wont help OBAMA. Gas prices will be over 4.00 by spring

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The federal government subsidizes the oil industry with numerous tax breaks and government protection programs worth that amounts to $2 a gallon & billions of dollars annually. These benefits are designed to ensure that domestic oil companies can compete with international producers and that gasoline remains cheap for American consumers.

Our dependency on oil from countries that are either politically unstable or at odds with the U.S. subjects the American economy to occasional supply disruptions, price hikes, and loss of wealth, which, according to a study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy, have cost us more than $7 trillion present value dollars over the last 30 years. That is more than the cumulative cost of all of the wars fought by the U.S. since the Revolutionary War. The transfer of wealth to oil-producing countries - $1.16 trillion over the past thirty years - significantly increased our trade deficit. The Department of Energy estimates that each $1 billion of trade deficit costs America 27,000 jobs. Oil imports account for almost one-third of the total U.S. deficit and, hence, are a major contributor to unemployment.

To ensure access to the oil that fuels our economy, the U.S. is forced to maintain continuous presence in the Middle East. This presence has been a rallying cry for anti-Americanism and Islamic fundamentalism.

The cost of securing our access to Middle East oil - deploying U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, patrolling its water and supplying military assistance to Middle East countries - is estimated at $50 billion per year, which adds additional 56 cents to each gallon of gasoline we purchase.

Political instability in the region breeds wars and embroils the U.S. in costly military actions. These wars add an aditional $1.13 per gallon.

Federal government oil subsidizes = $2.00 a gallon.
Cost of securing our access to Middle East oil = $0.56 a gallon.
Cost of wars caused by securing our access to Middle East oil = $1.13 a gallon.
Total subsidizes per gallon of gasoline = $3.69

True Cost of U.S. Gasoline is $15.14 per Gallon, Report Says

Ethanol Subsidies as of January 1, 2012 = $0.00

Chicken shit oil companies are afraid to compete with ethanol on a level playing field. When Henry Ford started manufacturing the automobile Ethanol was the fuel source for those vehicles. Standard Oil Company owner John D. Rockefeller bought congress & had them enact Prohibition to rid the US of his Ethanol competition. That is the only way Big Oil was able to take the automobile fuel market away from Ethanol.

Our dependency on oil from countries that are either politically unstable or at odds with the U.S. subjects the American economy to occasional supply disruptions

Maybe we should drill in ANWR and import more from Canadian oil sands?

oil companies are afraid to compete with ethanol on a level playing field. When Henry Ford started manufacturing the automobile Ethanol was the fuel source for those vehicles.

I wonder which is easier, producing enough ethanol for a few hundred cars or a few hundred million?

Simply put Firefly is a whack job.

 

[Mr. Shaman]

This sure wont help OBAMA. Gas prices will be over 4.00 by spring

Gee.....ya' think The Speculator$ (even) con$idered that??????

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

The federal government subsidizes the oil industry with numerous tax breaks and government protection programs worth that amounts to $2 a gallon & billions of dollars annually. These benefits are designed to ensure that domestic oil companies can compete with international producers and that gasoline remains cheap for American consumers.

Our dependency on oil from countries that are either politically unstable or at odds with the U.S. subjects the American economy to occasional supply disruptions, price hikes, and loss of wealth, which, according to a study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy, have cost us more than $7 trillion present value dollars over the last 30 years. That is more than the cumulative cost of all of the wars fought by the U.S. since the Revolutionary War. The transfer of wealth to oil-producing countries - $1.16 trillion over the past thirty years - significantly increased our trade deficit. The Department of Energy estimates that each $1 billion of trade deficit costs America 27,000 jobs. Oil imports account for almost one-third of the total U.S. deficit and, hence, are a major contributor to unemployment.

To ensure access to the oil that fuels our economy, the U.S. is forced to maintain continuous presence in the Middle East. This presence has been a rallying cry for anti-Americanism and Islamic fundamentalism.

The cost of securing our access to Middle East oil - deploying U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, patrolling its water and supplying military assistance to Middle East countries - is estimated at $50 billion per year, which adds additional 56 cents to each gallon of gasoline we purchase.

Political instability in the region breeds wars and embroils the U.S. in costly military actions. These wars add an aditional $1.13 per gallon.

Federal government oil subsidizes = $2.00 a gallon.
Cost of securing our access to Middle East oil = $0.56 a gallon.
Cost of wars caused by securing our access to Middle East oil = $1.13 a gallon.
Total subsidizes per gallon of gasoline = $3.69

True Cost of U.S. Gasoline is $15.14 per Gallon, Report Says

Ethanol Subsidies as of January 1, 2012 = $0.00

Chicken shit oil companies are afraid to compete with ethanol on a level playing field. When Henry Ford started manufacturing the automobile Ethanol was the fuel source for those vehicles. Standard Oil Company owner John D. Rockefeller bought congress & had them enact Prohibition to rid the US of his Ethanol competition. That is the only way Big Oil was able to take the automobile fuel market away from Ethanol.

Our dependency on oil from countries that are either politically unstable or at odds with the U.S. subjects the American economy to occasional supply disruptions

Maybe we should drill in ANWR and import more from Canadian oil sands?

oil companies are afraid to compete with ethanol on a level playing field. When Henry Ford started manufacturing the automobile Ethanol was the fuel source for those vehicles.

I wonder which is easier, producing enough ethanol for a few hundred cars or a few hundred million?

Simply put Firefly is a whack job.

He whines about the subsidies oil companies supposedly get and then whines about the ethanol subsidy the oil companies no longer get.
Whack job and stupid.

 

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Our dependency on oil from countries that are either politically unstable or at odds with the U.S. subjects the American economy to occasional supply disruptions

Maybe we should drill in ANWR and import more from Canadian oil sands?

oil companies are afraid to compete with ethanol on a level playing field. When Henry Ford started manufacturing the automobile Ethanol was the fuel source for those vehicles.

I wonder which is easier, producing enough ethanol for a few hundred cars or a few hundred million?

Simply put Firefly is a whack job.

Nice to see you communist whack job do not support the free market & endorse the tax increase on all US citizens at the pump by repealing the ethanol tax cut we all have enjoyed for many years.

Oh I support the free market, I am just not interested in debating imagination son.

 

[FireFly]

The federal government subsidizes the oil industry with numerous tax breaks and government protection programs worth that amounts to $2 a gallon & billions of dollars annually. These benefits are designed to ensure that domestic oil companies can compete with international producers and that gasoline remains cheap for American consumers.

Our dependency on oil from countries that are either politically unstable or at odds with the U.S. subjects the American economy to occasional supply disruptions, price hikes, and loss of wealth, which, according to a study commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy, have cost us more than $7 trillion present value dollars over the last 30 years. That is more than the cumulative cost of all of the wars fought by the U.S. since the Revolutionary War. The transfer of wealth to oil-producing countries - $1.16 trillion over the past thirty years - significantly increased our trade deficit. The Department of Energy estimates that each $1 billion of trade deficit costs America 27,000 jobs. Oil imports account for almost one-third of the total U.S. deficit and, hence, are a major contributor to unemployment.

To ensure access to the oil that fuels our economy, the U.S. is forced to maintain continuous presence in the Middle East. This presence has been a rallying cry for anti-Americanism and Islamic fundamentalism.

The cost of securing our access to Middle East oil - deploying U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf, patrolling its water and supplying military assistance to Middle East countries - is estimated at $50 billion per year, which adds additional 56 cents to each gallon of gasoline we purchase.

Political instability in the region breeds wars and embroils the U.S. in costly military actions. These wars add an aditional $1.13 per gallon.

Federal government oil subsidizes = $2.00 a gallon.
Cost of securing our access to Middle East oil = $0.56 a gallon.
Cost of wars caused by securing our access to Middle East oil = $1.13 a gallon.
Total subsidizes per gallon of gasoline = $3.69

True Cost of U.S. Gasoline is $15.14 per Gallon, Report Says

Ethanol Subsidies as of January 1, 2012 = $0.00

Chicken shit oil companies are afraid to compete with ethanol on a level playing field. When Henry Ford started manufacturing the automobile Ethanol was the fuel source for those vehicles. Standard Oil Company owner John D. Rockefeller bought congress & had them enact Prohibition to rid the US of his Ethanol competition. That is the only way Big Oil was able to take the automobile fuel market away from Ethanol.

Our dependency on oil from countries that are either politically unstable or at odds with the U.S. subjects the American economy to occasional supply disruptions

Maybe we should drill in ANWR and import more from Canadian oil sands?

oil companies are afraid to compete with ethanol on a level playing field. When Henry Ford started manufacturing the automobile Ethanol was the fuel source for those vehicles.

I wonder which is easier, producing enough ethanol for a few hundred cars or a few hundred million?

Simply put Firefly is a whack job.

Nice to see you communist whack job do not support the free market & endorse the tax increase on all US citizens at the pump by repealing the ethanol tax cut we all have enjoyed for many years. Enjoy the increased tax at the pump & the price rise from lack of competition since January 1, 2012. Sucking Big Oil's dick just gets him hard so he can shove it further up your ass at the pump. Apparently you retarded fagots like that.

 

[Full-Auto]

Our dependency on oil from countries that are either politically unstable or at odds with the U.S. subjects the American economy to occasional supply disruptions

Maybe we should drill in ANWR and import more from Canadian oil sands?

oil companies are afraid to compete with ethanol on a level playing field. When Henry Ford started manufacturing the automobile Ethanol was the fuel source for those vehicles.

I wonder which is easier, producing enough ethanol for a few hundred cars or a few hundred million?

Simply put Firefly is a whack job.

Nice to see you communist whack job do not support the free market & endorse the tax increase on all US citizens at the pump by repealing the ethanol tax cut we all have enjoyed for many years. Enjoy the increased tax at the pump & the price rise from lack of competition since January 1, 2012. Sucking Big Oil's dick just gets him hard so he can shove it further up your ass at the pump. Apparently you retarded fagots like that.

Your projections are cute. Will you hit your teenage years soon?

 

[paulitician]

Yeah, these high Food & Gas Prices are killing average American Families. It does look like it's only going to get worse.

 

[LeftofLeft]

time to run from oil and build alternatives that dont cause damage like oil.

That would be the smart thing to do.

I bet the right wants to drill drill drill still and keep the terror coffers full of American money

As a Conservative, I am all for building alternatives to oil. In the long term, alternatives will make us less dependent solely oil as an energy source. In the now and present, however, this is an oil-driven economy. If someone can present a viable option in the here and now to switch to an alternative and not the ephemeral or promise that simply results in deterioration of an already ailing economy, the Left look either foolish or are willing to sacrafice the US Economy because of a hatred for oil.

I am of the Drill Here, Drill Now, Invest in Alternatives, Invest Fast crowd.

 

[cloudy]

Gas Prices on the Rise, Expected to Top $4 Per Gallon This Spring

such a foolish scribbling.
expedited cargo driver: the day 9/11 occurred, diesel fuel jumped from about $2.47 per gallon to $4.86 per gallon, go figure.
but wait, if Iran (axis of EVIL) tries to close the strait, you'll really see all fuel prices skyrocket. I'm holding my nose because your thread stinks.

 

[Lovebears65]

Our gas prices just jumped 12 cents overnight.. So it begins. They are now saying by nov it will be 5.00 a gallon!!http://www.financialfeed.net/gasoline-seen-at-5-per-gallon-in-2012/851378/

 

[KissMy]

Our dependency on oil from countries that are either politically unstable or at odds with the U.S. subjects the American economy to occasional supply disruptions

Maybe we should drill in ANWR and import more from Canadian oil sands?

oil companies are afraid to compete with ethanol on a level playing field. When Henry Ford started manufacturing the automobile Ethanol was the fuel source for those vehicles.

I wonder which is easier, producing enough ethanol for a few hundred cars or a few hundred million?

Simply put Firefly is a whack job.

Nice to see you communist whack job do not support the free market & endorse the tax increase on all US citizens at the pump by repealing the ethanol tax cut we all have enjoyed for many years. Enjoy the increased tax at the pump & the price rise from lack of competition since January 1, 2012. Sucking Big Oil's dick just gets him hard so he can shove it further up your ass at the pump. Apparently you retarded fagots like that.

Great job FireFly. I have tried to explain to people many times how the ethanol tax break lowered gas prices at the pump. It is like talking to a wall. Actually walls are smarter. Not only do these idiots cheer paying more taxes at the pump, but they enjoy the lack of competition allowing prices to spiral. Cheering rising fuel prices on US citizens & the loss of 400,000 ethanol jobs is most un-American. At 1 million barrels per day the USA is the worlds largest ethanol producer. Ethanol has replaced 12% of our nations oil imports powering over 13 million US automobiles. Sadly that number stopped increasing & ethanol production is now in decline since Jan 1, 2012. see article below:

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Ethanol production in the U.S. fell 0.7 percent to 934,000 barrels a day, the lowest level since Nov. 25, according to an Energy Department report.

The third consecutive weekly drop matches the longest such streak since the period ended Sept. 23. Stockpiles climbed 1.4 percent to 19.8 million barrels, the highest level since the week ended May 27, the department said in a report released today in Washington. Inventories have swelled six straight weeks, the longest streak since Jan. 21, 2011.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Simply put Firefly is a whack job.

Nice to see you communist whack job do not support the free market & endorse the tax increase on all US citizens at the pump by repealing the ethanol tax cut we all have enjoyed for many years. Enjoy the increased tax at the pump & the price rise from lack of competition since January 1, 2012. Sucking Big Oil's dick just gets him hard so he can shove it further up your ass at the pump. Apparently you retarded fagots like that.

Great job FireFly. I have tried to explain to people many times how the ethanol tax break lowered gas prices at the pump. It is like talking to a wall. Actually walls are smarter. Not only do these idiots cheer paying more taxes at the pump, but they enjoy the lack of competition allowing prices to spiral. Cheering rising fuel prices on US citizens & the loss of 400,000 ethanol jobs is most un-American. At 1 million barrels per day the USA is the worlds largest ethanol producer. Ethanol has replaced 12% of our nations oil imports powering over 13 million US automobiles. Sadly that number stopped increasing & ethanol production is now in decline since Jan 1, 2012. see article below:

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Ethanol production in the U.S. fell 0.7 percent to 934,000 barrels a day, the lowest level since Nov. 25, according to an Energy Department report.

The third consecutive weekly drop matches the longest such streak since the period ended Sept. 23. Stockpiles climbed 1.4 percent to 19.8 million barrels, the highest level since the week ended May 27, the department said in a report released today in Washington. Inventories have swelled six straight weeks, the longest streak since Jan. 21, 2011.

You'll have to explain how ending a $.54 per gallon subsidy, divided by 10 (10% ethanol), would cause a $.25 per gallon rise in prices. Please show all your work. Thanks!

 

[CaughtInTheMid]

how weird is it that we have all the free energy we could ever want beating down on us each day and we can't harness it?

 

[skookerasbil]

are you so really uninformed that you think there are NO alternatives?

Nobody wants 19th century technology for energy.


Buckle up your chinstrap s0n..........after November, its gonna be fossil fuel party time!!!


PS.....you can buy chinstraps at any Modells sporting goods store.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

how weird is it that we have all the free energy we could ever want beating down on us each day and we can't harness it?

We can harness it. It's expensive and only available part of the time.
Knock yourself out.

 

[L.K.Eder]

Choices:

* Move closer to employment

* Park the cars and use public transportation

* Ride Bicycles and buy one more

* Ride 100 mpg motorcycles

* Drive cars that get 35-48 mpg in the city

* Get 3 pair of new walking shoes

* When going out on a date walk or ride a bike to discover how
romantic life can be. Do a little wine over cheese and fruit while out and about.

Think: Gas powered vehicles are large tax dollar budget items. Cars are constantly whining for more lanes or new roads or snow removed or fix the damn potholes or etc etc etc. all of which require tax dollars and more tax dollars and more tax dollars and more tax dollars.

Gas powered vehicles are tax dollar moochers!

Fuck you! I am sick of you new urbanist smart growth dirt eating tree hugging pole smokers trying to tell everyone where and how they should live.
If I were to tell all the people who cannot find work that they should relocate to a new community where there is work, you fucking libs would shit your pants.
Ride a bicycle...Yeah, for exercise..You forget we all don't live in Florida California or Arizona. Same goes for motorcycles. We're supposed to travel via these methods when it's below freezing? In the snow? Or in summer thunderstorms?...What about people who must travel as part of making a living? People in delivery, trucking, construction or other trades? Do we tell them they cannot use their trucks? Ok fucko, next time you need a plumber, you can fucking wait. You'll be served last because you were the mother fucking genius that suggested we ride bicycles to work.
I really hate people like you.
BTW, you God damned mental midget. If it were not for tolls and auto fuel taxes subsidizing mass transit, you flower children would be paying $1500 a month for your rail pass. Just who the fuck do you think pays for your bus or train ticket? You elitist scum bag.
Cars do not whine. These are inanimate objects.

"tell everyone where and how they should live"?

Describes your attitude, spoon.

riding a bike below freezing. outrageous.

spoonguy is blowing a gasket. he should ride a bike to get rid of this energy.

 

[CaughtInTheMid]

how weird is it that we have all the free energy we could ever want beating down on us each day and we can't harness it?

We can harness it. It's expensive and only available part of the time.
Knock yourself out.

at some point in the future, it will be cost efficient and storage will make up for any cloudy days. we're just not there yet. but i do think it's ironic that the sun's energy beats down on us (for free) while we send gobs of our money to the people that wanna blow us up.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

how weird is it that we have all the free energy we could ever want beating down on us each day and we can't harness it?

We can harness it. It's expensive and only available part of the time.
Knock yourself out.

at some point in the future, it will be cost efficient and storage will make up for any cloudy days. we're just not there yet. but i do think it's ironic that the sun's energy beats down on us (for free) while we send gobs of our money to the people that wanna blow us up.

At some point we'll all have a Mr Fusion. So what?

 

[CaughtInTheMid]

We can harness it. It's expensive and only available part of the time.
Knock yourself out.

at some point in the future, it will be cost efficient and storage will make up for any cloudy days. we're just not there yet. but i do think it's ironic that the sun's energy beats down on us (for free) while we send gobs of our money to the people that wanna blow us up.

At some point we'll all have a Mr Fusion. So what?

well, then we'll stop sending gobs of our money to the people who wanna blow us up.

is this mic on??

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

at some point in the future, it will be cost efficient and storage will make up for any cloudy days. we're just not there yet. but i do think it's ironic that the sun's energy beats down on us (for free) while we send gobs of our money to the people that wanna blow us up.

At some point we'll all have a Mr Fusion. So what?

well, then we'll stop sending gobs of our money to the people who wanna blow us up.

is this mic on??

Someday .... someday....