DMB
Bronze Member
NIXON, My Cummins Dodge gets far better mileage than any of my gas Dodges ever did and hauls and tows better than they would. I know where you're coming from. As far as the laying of blame for our current situation there's plenty to go around, but I agree we can't put it all on people driving large vehicles. Increased MPG would have postponed our current situation, but not cancelled it's eventual arrival. Being 50 and remembering the 73-74 embargo quite well I can quite easily become riled since more wasn't done in the interim to reduce our vulnerability. I can't help but think that if a program had been launched and to use someone else's words, "given the urgency of the WWII Manhattan Project", we would be miles ahead so to speak on the road to energy self sufficiency. Oil companies, auto companies and government all bear some blame there. Of course try to get those three entities to work together. Short term self interests will win out and throw in a little lobbyist pressure ($$$$?) and little or nothing gets done.
Consumers can bear some responsibility for their purchase of large low MPG vehicles, but some consumers actually need these vehicles for their particular circumstances. In defense of consumers, weren't they actually encouraged to spend and consume? After all, it's supposed to be good for the economy!
Throw in some terror fears, the war in Iraq, the decline of the dollar fueled in part by our high deficits, speculative pressure, yes, even some greed and profiteering along with global economic growth pressures, particularly in India and China and you've got the current unhappy trend. Hopefully this situation will lead short term more exploration and supply from oil companies since it should be profitable enough. Long term, I want my flying car I was promised in the 50s and I want it to run on something else! Actually, it doesn't even have to fly as long as it uses a good alternative fuel. As a nation I think we have the intellectual and industrial power to do this. Short term self interests need to take a back seat to a focus on the future. I've got an eight year old son. I'll be long gone before he's my age, but I don't want him to live in a world of inflation and scarcity. I shall now dismount my soap box.
Metro Louisville reg unl 2.09.9 highest ever, diesel 2.09.9 not the highest ever, that was last fall at 2.14.9.
Shelby County first county east of the Metro reg unl 1.95.9 - 1.99.9. Tell me there's not a gouge there re Metro Louisville! Diesel is 2.09.9 in Shelby. DMB
Consumers can bear some responsibility for their purchase of large low MPG vehicles, but some consumers actually need these vehicles for their particular circumstances. In defense of consumers, weren't they actually encouraged to spend and consume? After all, it's supposed to be good for the economy!
Throw in some terror fears, the war in Iraq, the decline of the dollar fueled in part by our high deficits, speculative pressure, yes, even some greed and profiteering along with global economic growth pressures, particularly in India and China and you've got the current unhappy trend. Hopefully this situation will lead short term more exploration and supply from oil companies since it should be profitable enough. Long term, I want my flying car I was promised in the 50s and I want it to run on something else! Actually, it doesn't even have to fly as long as it uses a good alternative fuel. As a nation I think we have the intellectual and industrial power to do this. Short term self interests need to take a back seat to a focus on the future. I've got an eight year old son. I'll be long gone before he's my age, but I don't want him to live in a world of inflation and scarcity. I shall now dismount my soap box.
Metro Louisville reg unl 2.09.9 highest ever, diesel 2.09.9 not the highest ever, that was last fall at 2.14.9.
Shelby County first county east of the Metro reg unl 1.95.9 - 1.99.9. Tell me there's not a gouge there re Metro Louisville! Diesel is 2.09.9 in Shelby. DMB
