Colo. gas prices near record; feds foresee $4 as possibility
Decline in overall use of petroleum products in works
By Gargi Chakrabarty, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
David Zalubowski / Associated Press
Potential gasoline prices are written on the windshield of an unsold 2008 SX4 sedan to lure prospective buyers at a Suzuki dealership in Aurora on Sunday. There's no break in sight as motorists pay high prices at the pump and travel plans are altered.
Email us your stories of how higher gas prices are affecting you – commute, vacation plans, car purchases or daily trips. Send comments to business@rockymountainnews.com
Colorado's average gasoline price of $3.283 Tuesday was little more than a nickel away from hitting a record high.
That's not the only bad news. The federal government warns that pump prices could top $4 a gallon this summer, forcing many drivers to cut gas consumption by altering travel plans.
"It is important to note . . . that even if the national average monthly gasoline price peaks around $3.60 per gallon this summer, it is possible that prices at some point will cross the $4 per gallon threshold," the Energy Information Administration said Tuesday in its monthly report.
Colorado could see $4 a gallon on Memorial Day weekend, well before summer, said Bryant Gimlin, energy risk manager of Gray Oil & Gas, a diesel and gasoline wholesaler.
The run-up at the pumps has begun, with the state average price of gasoline Tuesday barely 6.1 cents below the record $3.344 set May 24. Nationwide, the average was $3.331, about equal to the record $3.339 set Monday.
"What is at play here is the weakness of the U.S. dollar that's causing investors to use commodities, such as petroleum, as a hedge against inflation," Gimlin said. "This is real Catch-22 situation because the economy is doing poorly in part due to high energy prices, and energy prices are high due to the weak economy."
The EIA, an arm of the the Department of Energy, also forecasts that high prices - averaging about $3.60 in June - will push down the demand for gasoline by 0.4 percent during peak driving months in the summer.
Also, overall use of petroleum products will drop by 90,000 barrels a day this year. The EIA previously had projected petroleum consumption would rise by 40,000 barrels a day.
Diesel prices also are skyrocketing, affecting shipping and delivery costs. In fact, diesel prices at several places already have touched $4 a gallon. On Tuesday, Colorado's average price of diesel stood at $3.967 a gallon, about a penny shy of the record $3.975 set Friday.
The EIA predicts diesel price will average $3.90 during March and April, and $3.73 this summer - an increase of 88 cents over the 2007 summer average.
At those prices, the average cost to fill up a 300-gallon tank in a typical long-haul tractor trailer would reach $1,170 this spring.
Crude oil prices are the biggest reason gas and diesel prices are rising, the EIA said. Oil is expected to average $101 a barrel this year, up from the EIA's previous projection of $94.
Next year, the EIA expects oil to average $92.50 a barrel, up from a previous projection of $86.
On Tuesday, light, sweet crude for May delivery fell 59 cents to settle at $108.50 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, but alternated between gains and losses. Prices fluctuated as investors keep an eye on the dollar and on Iran, which announced plans to expand its uranium enrichment program.
Prices rose to a trading record of $111.80 a barrel last month.
While high prices are damping demand in the U.S., petroleum consumption remains strong in China, India, Russia and the Middle East, the EIA said.
"The combination of rising world oil consumption and low surplus production capacity is putting upward pressure on oil prices," the EIA report said. "The flow of investment money into commodities has contributed to crude oil price volatility."
chakrabartyg@RockyMountainNews.com or 303-954-2976 The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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April 9, 2008
6:48 a.m.
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Earl writes:
well the algore theroy is working. raise prices and stop using it here and adding to climate change and china and india will use more and we can slide down to their type of life style. lets go for $5 bucks a gallaon and watch all the green folks conserve like never before.
April 9, 2008
7:09 a.m.
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dilligaf writes:
Boy it's nice having a oil man in office.
April 9, 2008
7:32 a.m.
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SheikYurBooty writes:
I don't care if gas goes to $10/gallon, as long as 100% of that goes to OPEC and the oil companies for all their hard work, but not 1 dime more in taxes. For me anyway, gas would still be an excellent deal at a price far higher than it is now, and I will keep buying it because I am better off buying gas at $10 than not buying that gas at all...
April 9, 2008
7:39 a.m.
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Undertaker writes:
I grew up in Arvada but live in Washington State. We are paying over $4.00 a gallon now!
April 9, 2008
7:40 a.m.
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Jimminy writes:
Hmmmm.....the oil companies sure are making a lot of money.Seems a little strange all that wealth can't generate the ability to hold the line on prices a little.Also seems a little strange that government,which has even more wealth,can't dial back on its share of all them bux.Seems stranger yet that large,complex organizations like corporations and governments,whose lifetimes are much longer than an individual person's,don't learn that large-scale greed and incompetence can have large-scale bad consequences.The least of those bad consequences is that Communism starts to look good.
April 9, 2008
7:59 a.m.
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Earl writes:
just remember jimmmmmmmminy for all the profit the oil companies make the government is making 5 times that in taxes you pay on their product.
you wont have to wait long for communism to show up around here in 09. everything will be government controlled and just like russia had bread lines you could stand in one also.
April 9, 2008
8:08 a.m.
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davies writes:
That dang Bush is ruining everything. World oil prices. The weather sucks because of global warming. And did you see that two-faced baby born over in India? No doubt the result of the Union Carbide gas leak a few years ago over there. I'll bet Union Carbide has contributed to the Republican Party. &@*#ing Bush!!!
April 9, 2008
8:17 a.m.
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Big_D writes:
So a majority of the 911 hijackers were Saudis here on Saudi visas and Saudi keeps reducing production to drive our fuel costs up. Saudis destroyed our buildings, planes and killed our people. A Saudi threatened to send us into financial ruin and wanted us to pay over a hundred dollars a barrel for oil. So we are in a war with Iraq?
April 9, 2008
8:24 a.m.
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CaptainObvious writes:
Here's a little story:
Once upon a time (seven years ago) gas was $1.39 a gallon. Then, we eleceted an oil man to be president. And now, we have the pleasure of contemplating life with gas going for $4 a gallon. So, I guess HE can say yes to the question "Are you better off now than you were 7 years ago." HE got richer (much richer) but the everyman, not so much. The everyman didnt even get kissed before he got screwed. And in this storey, there is no happily ever after, unless you pull profits from large oil conglomerates.
When its time to build W's library, lets just put up an oil derrick with a dollar sign on top of it.
April 9, 2008
8:29 a.m.
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Earl writes:
hey backward 96 it wont happen here until I get to see you walk everywhere or push your bicycle around.
why single out Exxon? is that the only company the dumocrats have mentioned that you know of? just remember when they make a profit selling gas the government is making 5 times the amount in taxes.
please go over to your daddy old pouch and cry together and try to come up with some real facts that are not fed to you from the dnc or cnn or msnbc or abc cbs nbc move on or media matters.
April 9, 2008
8:55 a.m.
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Diff writes:
Are you not SICK and TIRED of the BS the OIL COMPANIES and our Government i.e. the BUSH White House Keep feeding us!
Stand up and call your Congressman and Senators!
Stop taking it laying down!
There is NOTHING to support the prices still rising! Oil stocks are good at average levels and over all - world wide demand has leveled off (The excuse of China and India's demand are pushing up world market oil price does not account for the 100+/Barrel oil.
And Gasoline price increases have out paced the cost of oil! It is out of proportion AND Gasoline stocks remain at average levels while gas delivered at the pump in the US (and Canada)is DOWN.
Supply and demand? -my arse!
Large Oil companies with Record high profits - not revenue, but after cost profits -
I think we are getting a royals Screwing by the Big Oil and other energy related business every time we fill up.
(read good friends of the BUSH and CHANEY families!)
The old rule applies - FOLLOW THE MONEY!
It is time to say enough - it is time for congress to start an investigation - It's time to start taking all the oil produced in Iraq - as payment for our military being there! If Haliburton is going to be in Iraq, they should be puting in oil wells! -I say we pump the ground under IRAQ dry!!!
April 9, 2008
8:56 a.m.
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Buckwheat writes:
Guess i'll have to rotate my driving between my RV and V-10 pickup. If I want to go camping, i'll probably be doing it in the back yard. Also if you fill up be sure and do it at 7-11 so your money will go to support Chavez in South America.
April 9, 2008
9:06 a.m.
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Diff writes:
SASQUATCH
Glad we have YOU to straighten us out. Your so smart!
Have you ever heard of speculators manipulating the market?
You think MANY of the world Oil traders and brokers are connected to the big world wide oil companies -
( do a little research on the Hunt family and what they did to the silver market)
your just buying the line O bs that the Government is feeding you!
The market you describe it the test book version - but it is not the real world!
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, in reality there is."
April 9, 2008
9:06 a.m.
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CaptainObvious writes:
So, SASS, who sets the taxes on each gallon?
Yep. That's what I thought-there goes your argument.
April 9, 2008
9:07 a.m.
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titancain writes:
Praise w./cheney!
April 9, 2008
9:15 a.m.
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PJM writes:
For all the people that think Bush is causing high gas prices do me a favor. When Hillary or Obama gets elected, start holding your breath. Don't stop until gas prices drop back to what they were before Bush and see what happens to you.
April 9, 2008
9:48 a.m.
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davies writes:
PJM: Good post! It's all so simple while Bush remains in office, because everything is his fault. If Obama or Clinton become president and gas prices stay high, then of course it will still be the evil oil companies gouging the people, only now it will be DESPITE the president's valiant and noble efforts to stop it. But for now it's Bush's fault.
April 9, 2008
9:57 a.m.
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Squatch writes:
Blame the illegals they are taking all the minimum wages jobs that americans want. Im sick of seeing all us Americans not getting hired to bus tables, cook, chicken head cutting and take upper management positions and McDonalds. THey are here making that good minimum wage money and buying all the gas up so they can drive to mexico every week.
April 9, 2008
10:04 a.m.
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Highcountry writes:
Ummm, yeah. So I hate to break it to everybody but up in the mountains, which are still in Colorado last time I checked, gasoline has been over $4 for a while. Gasoline in Aspen's two downtown stations starts at $4.20 for the cheap stuff. So this crap about "foreseeing" $4 in the future? How about $4 a gallon right now!!!
April 9, 2008
10:05 a.m.
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CaptainObvious writes:
Oil man + job of president = higher price of gas
SIMPLE
You can wiggle and spin as much as you like bush fans, but the fact is gas has risen more drastically under bush than any other president. By a wide margin. And, surprise! he's an oil man. The funny part is he's screwing his own supporters too! And they continue to support him. What sheep! Sleep well bushies.
April 9, 2008
10:46 a.m.
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Michael writes:
"Republicans would only go after price gouging companies if the persons running those companies were Democrats." - foward69
Bill Gates is a liberal Democrat - at least his views and opinions seem to make him one. The profit margin (froward69 -that is how much a company makes after deducting all associated costs to deliver their product or service) that Microsoft enjoys is LARGER in % terms than any of the oil companies. I do not see Bill Gates and Microsoft being asked (summoned) to appear before Congress to justify how much $$$ he makes. Oil companies make huge sums of money - no argument. But in terms of what it costs them to get it to my corner gas station, after all is said is done, they make a smaller profit % than Bill Gates does.
April 9, 2008
10:47 a.m.
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Shaupeen writes:
Hey, Highcountry, the cost of a big mac is $9 in Aspen. That's nowhere near an accurate gauge of real prices in the real world.
April 9, 2008
10:59 a.m.
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Highcountry writes:
Sorry Shaupeen. But Big Macs are not $9 in Aspen. They're maybe 50 to 75 cents more expensive than whatever white trash village you live in. And that is about the same price differential as gasoline. The point is the report is not accurate: gas is already $4 in some locales.
April 9, 2008
11 a.m.
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Highcountry writes:
Sorry Shaupeen. But Big Macs are not $9 in Aspen. They're maybe 50 to 75 cents more expensive than assembly line burgers in whatever white trash village you live in. And that is about the same price differential as gasoline. The point is the report is not accurate: gas is already $4 in some locales.
April 9, 2008
11:06 a.m.
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davies writes:
"Oil man + job of president = higher price of gas. SIMPLE."
Yup, for some people it IS simple, and they are generally liberal Democrats, to wit: "The government can control everything!"
Take for instance how the guy from Aspen pointed out that gas is already $4.20 a gallon up there. Why? Because Bush wants to soak all the rich folks there even more!
Uhh, no wait a minute, that can't be right... never mind.
April 9, 2008
11:19 a.m.
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Shaupeen writes:
Easy there Highcountry! I don't make things more expensive in Aspen--so don't unleash your venom on me! But you just proved my point; the cost of living is higher in Aspen, so gas prices there aren't part of the norm. They are the exception, not the average. As things are more expensive in Aspen, yes, you will pay more for everything, including gas. If you don't like it, move. But don't take your frustration out on me--that's petty.
April 9, 2008
12:52 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
Oil prices will drop under a Democratic President if they have the senate too. I think the first drop will be when they start the trials for WARTIME PROFITEERING. If we only halfheartedly boot the GOP NOTHING will happen. The GOP is willing to filibuster anything even though they called it a un-American tactic the GOP have been doing nothing but that since they lost the majority.
April 9, 2008
12:56 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
This is the worst case of WARTIME PROFITEERING our country has ever seen and until the president is not complicit the AG will continue to ignore it.
April 9, 2008
1 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
This is just more WARTIME PROFITEERING from the same people that stole the money during the Savings and Loan fiasco. Fool me once shame on you; fool me continually and I’m a Republican.
April 9, 2008
1:05 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
I wonder what the next caper the GOP insiders are planning. Go look at Dubai if you think we are not being gouged. Seems Halliburton is already moving there.
April 9, 2008
1:05 p.m.
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Diff writes:
I would have to agree that Obama or Clinton or McCain in the White will not bring prices gas or energy prices down - the FIX is already in motion and once up - they are unlikely to return to pre 2005 or 06 levels -
Notice how the price keeps ratcheting up -up .10 up ..06 then down .O7 then up again ~ 10 cents, but back off 5 or 6 cents -then back up 10 or 15 cents, but when they back down it's only 8 or 9 - it's like boiling a frog - they get us sheeple used to it little by little, and when we start to try and jump out of the pot (make a little noise and start to complain about the prices) they lower prices just enough to be somewhat more comfortable and in another month or 2, or the next season they start tuning up the heat (price at the pump) again.
Market manipulation and sheeple manipulation! We sit and take it - and our Congress will not even look at the possibility of investigating. (wonder why?)
And if you don't think GW and Chaney are to some degree, some way involved, your a fool!
POTUS and VPOTUS(GW and DICKIE)monies and investments don't just go in to a "blind trust" for fun - but to hide it from the rest of us as well them, and help avoid the "appearance" of wrong doing.It's just another SHAM!
But you can bet a significant amount of their money as well as GW Sr -is in Oil!
Get a CLUE people - we're being screwed, and not even getting kissed!
April 9, 2008
1:09 p.m.
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Jimminy writes:
Right you are Earl-although having lived thru the '60s I'm not a big Communism fan.Heck,I'm STILL proud of having voted for Richard Nixon.My point was that to people who don't know better,the kind of governmental/corporate excess and greed we see now makes Communism look good-until they get a real taste of the red stuff.But by then it is too late.
April 9, 2008
1:11 p.m.
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Earl writes:
Posted by CaptainObvious on April 9, 2008 at 9:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
So, SASS, who sets the taxes on each gallon?
the government does
April 9, 2008
1:13 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
I differ with you in thinking the prices cannot recede. Bill Clinton opened the reserve and threatened sanctions and the price per barrel receded during his presidency. Again if you think I’m lying feel free to look it up. Prices were over 40 dollars a barrel when Clinton took office and were around 35 when he left.
April 9, 2008
1:16 p.m.
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Earl writes:
for all the progresive regressive liberals I just remember back in 04 when john, I served in viet nam, kerry cried so loud that Bush would control the price of gas and keep it low to get elected. now you say he keeps it high to make money and he is so rich in the last 7 years[ clintons income 109 million since he left office]because of oil.
if you want oil prices to go down stop buying gas and walk everywhere or ride your bicycle.
April 9, 2008
1:20 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
I understand we are being screwed but what I don’t get is how the GOP rank and file bends over to take it and loves it. What are you all bathroom friends of Senator Craig?
April 9, 2008
1:24 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
So Earl, do you have any documentation for your BS? Your statement is false and the gas prices had already started to rise in 2004.
April 9, 2008
1:28 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
Earl, how about trying a real argument instead of a straw man to support your bull pucky.
April 9, 2008
1:33 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
Here are some more facts to dispel the garbage floating out there about how it is the taxes that are driving the price up.
http://www.gaspricewatch.com/usgastax...
So do you folks have some vested interest for being idiots?
April 9, 2008
2:03 p.m.
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Chadley25 writes:
Predicting $4 gas by summer is pretty much a sure-fire way to guarantee that it will happen.
Bring it on, I say. $4, $6, whatever. It'll hurt, but we need it. A slow, steady climb up and away from cheap oil is really the only way to wean us off of this finite, inefficient source of energy. Until prices cause so much pain that we are forced to change our habits, our reliance on foreign oil will continue, and all of the ills associated with that reliance will continue as well.
It will be miserable in the short term, of course, but for the sake of future generations of America and indeed, the world, the sooner we begin our long trek away from our hundred-year love affair with fossil fuels, the better.
April 9, 2008
2:07 p.m.
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lencho_elias writes:
Republicans got nowhere to hide, no doubt, but neither do any of us as American citizens. As much as I dislike Bush and believe he will be the face that history will tie to the current era, I also understand that America is a government for the people and BY the people. God and the world will judge us by our actions:
AS Americans, we set the standard the rest of the World looks to.
IN the last 7 years we've pre-emptively invaded the country of a former ally on false claims of WMD, disregarded international law, committed war crimes, abandoned our own constitution, and crashed our own economy through unchecked corruption and greed.
Cause and Effect.
April 9, 2008
2:08 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
Chadley25 I like your framing and I also like that the resale value of my Honda is going to be better than those Hummers and Navigators. I still pay less than 20 dollars a week to commute.
April 9, 2008
2:13 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
I also love that the streets are getting safer for smaller cars. I want to drive an even smaller car but the roads are still too dangerous with all the big guzzlers. Frankly I think the oil business is going to buckle if they keep gouging. There has been an oil glut in the past and I feel one approaching. Funny how history repeats it’s self. We don’t need more refineries if demand keeps shrinking.
April 9, 2008
2:42 p.m.
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Diff writes:
CORRECTION -
on one small point I made earlier - I had said that Gasoline stocks were about average - they are (and have been for a while) well ABOVE the average - based on an average range.
Gasoline production my domestic producers has been on the decline ... as has usage - so what does that say about the oil companies pushing prices up..
Check out a good source for data:
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/twi...
My bottom line point is there is no normal economic reason for the current price of gas or oil!
April 9, 2008
2:50 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
I heard somewhere that if you spent the same amount on buying every family in the US a Prius as we do on Iraq every family would have one in two months. I bet the billions we have spent on this stupid war could have completely revamped our infrastructure to be free of imported oil.
April 9, 2008
2:53 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
The Saudis that attacked us on 911 seem to be benefiting all around on this.
April 9, 2008
3:33 p.m.
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Dan2 writes:
I love how all of you "economists" miss the entire point of no increase of production output, and demand increase by a factor of 3 (3 TIMES more consumption in the last 20 years, vs. net DECREASE in oil output of production), as well as the political implications involving the SECOND largest reserve of oil and the failed price caps of the Chavez government in Venezuela. Nope, it HAS to be Bush's fault that demand has more than tripled, output has remained at best constant, artificial price controls in China and Venezuela, and a weak US currency had NOTHING to do with the price of crude going through the roof, and that ZERO new refineries have been built in the US in the last 25 years, and the introduction of corn based ethanol and it's mass usage coinciding with the rise in gasoline prices.
April 9, 2008
4:32 p.m.
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Lowtaxequalsfreedom writes:
In our type of economy gas could become as expensive as housing. Maybe more. It all depends what we are willing to pay for it.
BigD, nobody at the dummed down Greeley Tribune to bother today?
April 9, 2008
5:56 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
Dan2,
You need to go read the latest reports from the oil companies and look at the statements of their execs. They don't match what you say and production has actually dropped in the last quarter.
Lowtax,
Just a little angry today because I hurt and the Trib doesn't have many good debaters to take it out on. Nice to see you're paying attention. I think the ratcheting effect of the gas prices will just cause inflation in everything including housing. Heck it will be just like paying a dollar for gas since our dollars will only be worth about a quarter. Hope I get some good raises to keep up. Is this what you call stagflation or a recession Lowtax? Is the main plan to devalue our dollar so when we have to pay back our debt it will not have such a crippling effect with the required tax rates? It would be one way to reduce our debt but I hardly think the Bush administration could think that far out of the box. I think the second the minimum wage hit twenty and hour the big business and trust funders heads would explode.
April 9, 2008
6:19 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
So if Bush causes the devaluation of the dollar and it redistributes the income does that make him a commie?
April 9, 2008
6:23 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
Better hold on to that real estate it will keep up with the market changes. The bonds and annuities may not be so good.
April 10, 2008
1:57 a.m.
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gadzuks writes:
I say hooray for the stimulus bill... that $300. - $600. will sure look good on the oil companies bottom line..
Let's see, $110.00 for gasoline this week, $300.00 for food, inflation added of course, $0.00 for rent because well, gas and groceries took up the rest.
Bush, last year in office, big oil, cashing in.
April 10, 2008
8:29 a.m.
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PJM writes:
It's amazing how all these "Big" oil companies got so "Big" in just seven years. I mean hell, they couldn't have been making any money before Bush right? They had to have all went broke in the 90's when Clinton "put the screws" to them right?
We can just wait until next year. Get a democrat in the white house and everything will be free! Gas, cars, healthcare, food....it'll all be free. A democrat president would never ever ever profit from anything while they're in office. They'll just give everything they have to charity. That's why they spend millions of dollars to get elected, so they can help all of us right?
April 10, 2008
11:16 a.m.
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Big_D writes:
PJM,
The difference is the Democrats are more beholding to industries like Computers, domestic manufacturing and organizations like unions and the ACLU. They too have their base and fortunately it is not Arabs with oil, arms manufacturers, defense contractors with itchy trigger fingers and organizations like Focus on the Family and Right to Life that the Republicans focus on. They all are beholding to somebody and voters should pick which group they are ideologically aligned with. I personally have an issue with the Arabs because of the attacks on 911 so I don’t like the GOP currently but that can change over time.
April 10, 2008
11:49 a.m.
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PJM writes:
Big D, voters should get rid of all of them, democrats and republicans.
Too many people don't mind a good screwing as long as it's coming from thier team. They don't mind losing thier hard earned money as long as it doesn't benefit the other team somehow. Sounds like you're one of those people.
I don't like either party. We need a major over haul on our government.
Just watch and see what the gas prices do if a democrat gets elected. See when we get out of Iraq if they're elected. Let me know how much better your life gets when your team wins!
April 10, 2008
12:48 p.m.
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Big_D writes:
Well representative government does have drawbacks but it seems to be a pretty good system and beats most of the alternatives. I think the Democrats will do a better job this time and I will vote for them. They don't own me however and what bothers me is the people who now are showing blind loyalty to the GOP when they have PROVEN what failures they are. If I don't like my results I will vote different next time. If I see some improvement I will vote for the same folks. Bush's lack of ability is clear and McCain has promised to "stay the course" so the heck with him. I might even like Ron Paul if he were not a complete idiot when it comes to his tax ideas.
April 10, 2008
12:59 p.m.
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PJM writes:
Ron Paul might win and do this country some good if 99 percent of the citizens weren't complete idiots when it comes to thier ideas about government. Go team!