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[US American]

It's not necessarily that the city dwellers vote while the country mice stay home. The city dwellers often have more than half the vote. At least that's the case in my state (Washington). Seattle and King County (which is all urban) control the entire state whenever they want to at the polls. How do you convince city folks to vote correctly?

I have a Chevron near the US/Canadian border where I live that sells diesel for 15 to 20 cents higher per gallon than a Chevron a mere 8 (EIGHT!) miles to the south. Kills me to pay more... but I would barely save any money by making the 16 mile round trip to the one further away. It's highway robbery!

 

[300UGUY]

It's not necessarily that the city dwellers vote while the country mice stay home. The city dwellers often have more than half the vote. At least that's the case in my state (Washington). Seattle and King County (which is all urban) control the entire state whenever they want to at the polls. How do you convince city folks to vote correctly?

I have a Chevron near the US/Canadian border where I live that sells diesel for 15 to 20 cents higher per gallon than a Chevron a mere 8 (EIGHT!) miles to the south. Kills me to pay more... but I would barely save any money by making the 16 mile round trip to the one further away. It's highway robbery!

I think that urban folks usually have a lower voting rate than rural folks. But the country is increasingly urbanized. The area where I grew up had a lot of farms when I was young. It has been paved over into a suburb for a long time now. And we aren't in a high growth state.

 

[bigbull338]

just had my diesel tank filled up at $3 a gal.

 

[charleyfarmall]

2/3of the country's population is urban/ suburban and live within 100 miles of the border line...

 

[oldballs]

Say there Utah, klausb, how's that CNG working out as far as safety is concerned? Not long ago, here, a guy parked his CNG truck in his garage, whereupon it sprung a leak,...ignited and blew his whole house up and him too.

 

[dcyrilc]

It's not necessarily that the city dwellers vote while the country mice stay home. The city dwellers often have more than half the vote. At least that's the case in my state (Washington). Seattle and King County (which is all urban) control the entire state whenever they want to at the polls. How do you convince city folks to vote correctly?

True enough. With nearly 2 million in the greater Seattle area and only 3.5 million in the state, Seattle/King county has the voting power to out vote the entire rest of the state.

 

[Sumpter]

True enough. With nearly 2 million in the greater Seattle area and only 3.5 million in the state, Seattle/King county has the voting power to out vote the entire rest of the state.

That is why the state is ran by democrats, Anything East of the Cascades is republican.

 

[ccsial]

just had my diesel tank filled up at $3 a gal.

I just filled my 300 gallon tank (287 gallons) at $2.89 off road. Ultra low Sulphur, No bio.

 

[ccsial]

True enough. With nearly 2 million in the greater Seattle area and only 3.5 million in the state, Seattle/King county has the voting power to out vote the entire rest of the state.

Yep, Chicago and Illinois has the same problem.

 

[westcliffe01]

Here in MI, besides not getting paid for any excess power your PV system generates (net metering), you are assessed 4% property tax/yr on your investment too. So taxation of that resource is already in effect from the moment you spend your money...

:laughing:If I remember correctly, it was Johnny Carson that said "The only reason we don't have solar energy is that Con-Edison hasn't figured out how to put a meter on the sun". :laughing: