Who do you blame?

Skyman · Post by **Skyman** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 12:05 am

Yes it's that time again folks. The blame game starts. It doesn't matter if it really is connected to the source but you gotta blame someone or something...

The gas price is high and Morgan is 24, who's DAMN fault is it?!

Drew · Post by **Drew** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:03 am

~~[quote="Skyman"]~~Yes it's that time again folks. The blame game starts. It doesn't matter if it really is connected to the source but you gotta blame someone or something...

The gas price is high and Morgan is 24, who's DAMN fault is it?![/quote]

well, I place the blame on high gas prices squarely where it belongs: with the damn conservationist liberals in their fuel efficent cars! I mean, if we all drove obscenly large vehicles at unsafe speeds, the price of gas would be quite low! I mean, it is supply and demand right? If the demand is low, then the refineries won't produce as much gas so the price is higher... at least that is what I learned on fox news one day. :)

mordraine · Post by **mordraine** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:17 am

I was just going to post some comment about everyone going out to buy huge Hummers to get the price of gas back down, but then I just found this interesting article from Slate, written a few years back, about SUVs:

SUVs too big for many residential streets in CA

Drew · Post by **Drew** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:23 am

~~[quote="mordraine"]~~I was just going to post some comment about everyone going out to buy huge Hummers to get the price of gas back down, but then I just found this interesting article from Slate, written a few years back, about SUVs:

~~[url=http://www.slate.com/id/2104755/]~~SUVs too big for many residential streets in CA[/url][/quote]

Loved how people were all too happy to spend more to get the tax break because at a certain weight, it counts more as a commercial vehicle but refused to acknowledge that the vehicle they drive isn't suitable for residential streets. Ahh, the hypocracy of right wing politics...

Neuro · Post by **Neuro** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:05 am

I blame consumers and Morgan's parents.

Dragonkin · Post by **Dragonkin** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:06 pm

I actually saw a report on gas prices on the news last week. It places the blame squarely on the refineries. It would seem that crude is at it's lowest price in months, but the refiners are taking adventage of the already inflated prices. Once again, profit and the anal rape of the American consumer takes precedence.

As to Morgan . . . yeah, the whole parental unit thing works for me.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:12 pm

Well, we do have the lowest gas prices pretty much in the entire [first] world. Of course, we also have the worst public transportation.

mordraine · Post by **mordraine** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:23 pm

The gas prices in Yuma (which is smack dab in the middle of nowhere, on the border of AZ and CA) was something like 50 cents cheaper per gallon than in San Diego (noticed this over the weekend during my spring training trip). I wish someone would explain that logically to me.

jimmy corrigan · Post by **jimmy corrigan** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:59 pm

~~[quote="mordraine"]~~I wish someone would explain that logically to me.[/quote]

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Skyman · Post by **Skyman** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 6:37 pm

That proves it I blame John Denver and his Rocky Mountain High

smartmonkey · Post by **smartmonkey** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:10 pm

Wow. I guess my dad is one of the Boys from Brazil, or something.

Count Zero · Post by **Count Zero** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:27 am

~~[quote="mordraine"]~~The gas prices in Yuma (which is smack dab in the middle of nowhere, on the border of AZ and CA) was something like 50 cents cheaper per gallon than in San Diego (noticed this over the weekend during my spring training trip). I wish someone would explain that logically to me.[/quote]

Probably it has nothing to do with production costs and similar sorts of excuses, it is simply what the market will accept. They raise them just enough so we don't notice. I remember in 1992 when gas was $0.98 a gallon. That is a hell of a price increase over 15 years. Name one product that has doubled in cost every 5 years. I can't really think of a single one.

Shin Kenshiro · Post by **Shin Kenshiro** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:35 pm

~~[quote="Count Zero"]~~Name one product that has doubled in cost every 5 years[/quote]

Healthcare? :smile:

Still, you think that's bad? It's 2.80 a gallon here in Florida...but we also make 1/2 the amount of money that most people in California do. Imagine the joys of a product that is rocketing up in price while your paycheck is shrinking.