Comments on: Highway Robbery

By: Tim too

Tim too — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:56:01 +0000

4 or 5 years ago, when prices went to $4.00 and more, I bought a bike. I have been biking to work in the summer ever since. Just my little part of the uprising and a great way to stay in shape. one little rant, Subaru has developed a diesel which gets 45+mpg, guess what, you won’t see it in the states simply because it uses an injector that CA emissions standards wont accept!!! Not a hybred, not some tiny little two seat clown car, but a full size Outback and Forester model.

By: George

George — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 03:50:56 +0000

Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, Congress had some guts and stopped artificially high prices on produced goods with what was known as anti-trust laws. Now the oil companies have figured out a “legal” way to get around that. For about 40 years we have been told that, “if only we had the reserves in this country we could tell the mid-east to keep their oil ….” Now, the oil billionaires realized they might lose a dime if we only used American oil – their foreign investments would not pay out so well and they would have to sell here for a reasonable profit. So what if they bankrupt this country – they have their billions and their condos in Europe.

It is about time the press takes on the oil companies – investigate and expose their thievery – Our problems are not immigration or redefining society – our problem is being sold out by our own greedy billionaires. I read where BP has filed legal briefs relative to their multimillion dollar oil spill that could take over 100 years to go through the courts. What kind of crap is that? Thousands of people were hurt by that spill and some may never recover from their loses.

Whatever happened to honor and integrity, the belief that “one should respect others, charge only to make an honest profit, and actually care about the good of the community/country.”

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:21:34 +0000

I llive in the Mitchell area and when the gas goes up in price half the stations go up one day and the other half goes up the next day only–because they can’t all go up the same day-price fixing (gouging) is a better name for it. No competition between stations like years back. Someone would start a gas war where they wanted to sell the cheapest in town-then you would find cheaper gas prices at different stations. Are all the stations owned by one or two people?

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:14:35 +0000

so they just need to ensure that anyone that buys oil as a speculator take delivery of it before they are allowed to resell it. wonder where they would store a million barrels of oil?

By: S Evans

S Evans — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:02:42 +0000

We are spending the winter in the Rio Grand Valley. In our RV park there are hundreds of people from Canada and all over the US. At the present time there are 52 units for sale. Mostly because people don’t think they will be able to afford the gas to come back next year. Mulitply that by the 1000 Rv parks down here, that is alot of dollars not been spent. Southern Texas depends on the winter Texans.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:50:59 +0000

I am considering a hybrid – a full size Camry LE. It isn’t underpowered, undersized or unsafe and it gets 40 combined mpg but it is about $28,000. It may change the way the guy on the street looks at hybrids – you can’t tell it isn’t a regular 4 door sedan!

By: TT

TT — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:32:58 +0000

Somehow I think that some of it is political and I am not even sure what side is to blame. This is not cool, most of us have not had a decent cost of living increase in years and it is getting very frustrating.

By: DANIEL JOHNSON

DANIEL JOHNSON — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:57:15 +0000

Here are the facts : Speculators account for 70% of daily oil contracts which it is estimated adds 30% to the price of oil. Currently the largest export by the USA is gas and oil . Oil companies apparently can get a higher price abroad . More drilling will only result in more exports not lower prices since we do not have the customer relationship between supply and demand . It is a sellers market. and also a global market. Doug your future is in a 1982 Chevette with a diesel engine which will give you 50 mi to the gal. Some progress .

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:55:37 +0000

The most reliable car I ever owned was a 1994 Toyota Tercel. 40 mpg on the highway, 29 mpg in town. I had that car for 11 years. I wish I still had it.

By: ClaudeM.

ClaudeM. — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:51:44 +0000

The fastest way to ease your gas consumption…park the gas guzzlers
and buy something with decent MPG. Look around, you usually see
1 or 2 people tops in a vehicle that seats 6 ! Or, one guy in a pickup
that can haul 2,000 lbs. but he never uses it except to haul a couple
bags of leaves . All he really needs is a mini-truck. Not a F-350!
You don’t pile onto a ocean liner when all you really need is a row boat. That’s just not intelligent thinking. Yes, gasoline is high priced. Everything is. A candy bar, milk, groceries, utilites,
tires, entertainment, restaurants, movies, etc., ect. Its the price we pay for todays society.