Gas Prices are going to kill me!!!!, $2.20 Gal Options

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I just paid $2.20 gallon for gas, and the prices are still going up, every day the price goes up 3 or 4 cents.



Hiedi

[Otmar]

Dang, that van is cool! I love WTF-type vehicles (even if you want to run me and my Excursion off the road!)

Oh no! Don't go off the road, you'll hurt the poor trees! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Just kidding!

If the goal is to rid the roads of SUV's, I think that $5 a gallon is not the best way to go. Give me a break, I never owned one, ever! Why pray tell should I pay $5 a gallon in my economical car because someone (regardless right or wrong) wants SUV's off the road.

Naw, I wouldn't mind SUV's if they were paying their way. And if they were required to meet the same FMVSS as passenger cars. Trouble is they are classified as "Trucks" and therefore are not expected to meet safety and emissions standards because we don't want to penalize the farmers. Ya right, the yuppie next door to me that does her grocery run in her "Ford Explosion" is needing a farming exemption! just level the playing field, that's all I ask.
I've often thought that the speed limit for a car should be related to kinetic energy, you know, MV^2. It would sure slow me down in me Stretch V dub, but in case of an accident we'd all be on even footing. I don't mind that. Best of all, the light Teeners could be kicking ass! Oh well, I'm dreaming again.
In the meantime, there are many studies that show the real cost of gas at $6 to$15 a gallon. It's just being subsidized by our other taxes (seen your medical insurance bill lately?) and the federal deficit, which although rather invisible to most people affects us all.

So go ahead, give us $5 a gallon gas, but reduce the average tax burden the same amount. Economical car drivers will get a super break, and when I drag my 914 to a race with a truck I'll gladly pay the penalty.