<VV> oil prices and thge government

[BobHelt at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/16/2006 4:46:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time,  
corvair at fnader.com writes:

I've  said all I intend to on the subject. Most everyone is missing the 
point...  concentrating on the fact that cars improved instead of seeing 
at what  cost. Bottom line is that the public likes being taken care of 
and Nader  (and the socialists) have already won. Many of us see our 
individual  freedoms slipping away daily "for the good of society"... 
it's only a  matter of time before it will get bad enough that the 
general public  notices... and by then it will already be far too late.
.
Bill  Elliott



Very true, Bill. Just look at how the government has kept the price of  
Gasoline so high while supposedly giving us clean air.
 
 
HIGH GAS PRICES
Well,  let's start with the US  government that requires 30+ different blends 
of gasoline to be available in  different districts in the US.   Shortages in 
one district can NOT be  filled with surpluses in another district.  And now 
the US has mandated  that MTBE be discontinued which has caused the shortage 
of replacement  ethanol.  That's why the gas price just jumped some $.25 per 
gal.  
Then there is the holdup in the  Government in allowing drilling in ANWAR and 
off shore locations to get the oil  we have. The government wants high gas 
prices!!!! There is talk of and added gas  tax to help reduce consumption.   
OH, by the way according to what I have been  reading, ethanol consumes more 
energy to produce, than it produces. Plus no new refineries have been built  
for some 30 years. This isn’t for lack of trying by the oil companies, but  
government restrictions and roadblocks. 
Regards, 
Bob  Helt