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[why?]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

You don't think $2.50 a gallon is cheap???

Try living in another country where you might be paying over $8/gal.

I bet you have no problem paying $1-$1.50 for a 16 ounce bottle of water though. Or $6.00 for a bag of popcorn (worth about 25 cents) at the movie theater.

And do you think it's the big evil oil companies charging a ridiculous $2.50?
Actually, they get a small portion of it. The US government makes more on gas doing NOTHING than the oil companies that do all the work. Then of course there's all the other people that have to get paid. Trucking companies/drivers and gas stations.

A lot of work goes into getting a gallon of gas into your gas tank. Isn't it already a good deal that it's cheaper than soda?

Yes, $2.50 is absurd. There is no reason for gas to be this expensive. And if the US government actually allowed companies to exploit the amazingly huge amount of natural resources we have in our country, the price of gas would be a ton cheaper.

But no, every other country on the planet can drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, but not the US.

And sorry, but just because the gas was more expensive at one point does not make what we pay now cheap. I know all about the absurd taxes on oil, and that is nothing if this idiot of a president gets his way. There should be zero taxes on oil and gas.

If America wants to get out of debt, we need to exploit our own natural resources, and not import everything from foreign countries.

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by why?

Yes, $2.50 is absurd. There is no reason for gas to be this expensive. And if the US government actually allowed companies to exploit the amazingly huge amount of natural resources we have in our country, the price of gas would be a ton cheaper.

But no, every other country on the planet can drill for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, but not the US.

And sorry, but just because the gas was more expensive at one point does not make what we pay now cheap. I know all about the absurd taxes on oil, and that is nothing if this idiot of a president gets his way. There should be zero taxes on oil and gas.

If America wants to get out of debt, we need to exploit our own natural resources, and not import everything from foreign countries.

I agree with you on some points. It is ridiculous that the government pulls in more money on oil than those that do all the work. However, the other way to look at it is that gas taxes [supposedly] go to roads/bridges which works out nicely because it's the road users that are paying for such work more than those who for whatever reason don't drive and therefore don't pay this extra tax.

I certainly don't want gas above $3 a gallon for the sake of our economy. $4/ gallon devastates it. However, I still have to say that $2.50/gal is a very fair price for fuel. Of course it used to be cheaper but lets not ignore inflation. Honestly, you can't really expect gas to be $1.50/gal in 2010, do you? What was $1.50 in 1990, isn't $1.50 now. The first major problem with that is that everyone owns massive gas hogs and no fuel alternatives are ever explored. Am I an environmentalist? Nope. But I appreciate a sensible balance. Make anything cheap as dirt, and it gets severely wasted. I think $2.50 is a point when people are still conservative but it's not killing budgets or the economy. People are buying sensible cars although you still see a return to SUV's which suggest that yes, it's still inexpensive.

Anyway, I think we need a new thread. This is way off topic.

[chrisj]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

Anyway, I think we need a new thread. This is way off topic.

Let me...