Ron, you do realize who you are talkin to
The DML in general probably equates to about 1016030267125f the country's gas
usage....with R/Ts using 716030267125f that...
:-)
""Ronald Wong"" <ron-wong@home.com> wrote in message
news:NDBBIHDGKKJOIJDEOCBMAECFEHAA.ron-wong@home.com...
> Exactly right. If you want to do something about it you have to find a
way
> to stop using it. Whether it be cold fusion, bicycling, or walking people
> need to stop using as much as possible.
>
> Ron
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Andy Levy
> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 7:35 AM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Gas Prices
>
>
> And the profits will continue to soar. Some states are considering takign
> the
> approach of reducing, or even eliminating, the gas taxes to "save" their
> residents money. But it will only help the gas companies.
>
> Think about it. Assume gas is $1.75/gal (about what it is here), and of
> that,
> $0.25 is state & local taxes. Now, we have already demonstrated that when
> gas
> is $1.75/gal, taxes included, we'll still buy it up, no problem. Let's
say
> the
> state & local taxes are cut out completely, bringing the price down to
> $1.50/gal. The gas companies will let this stand for about 5 minutes.
They
> already know we'll buy at $1.75/gal, so it's a no-brainer to take the
price
> back
> there themselves and reap that $0.25/gal extra profit.
>
> Jim wrote:
>
> > I don't relly understand why everyone complains about the gas prices it
> > makes no difference. As it was already mentioned all the stations get
> their
> > gas from one local location. Oil companys don't care how much we
complain
> > because they are still making a huge profit. They know that no matter
> what
> > they do we need gas and were going to keep using it so that equals
charge
> > what they want. The only thing the matters is the bottom line. And no
> > matter how many times people try to protest and get these no buy days
> going
> > it won't work because you'll never get enough people to do it. Granted
I
> > hate the high prices but if I complain whos really listening that cares
or
> > is going to make something happen about it. And my last thought on it
is
> if
> > the gas is to much find a way to use less like car pooling. I for
example
> > am using a motorcycle to get around more because it gets much better
> miliage
> > around 43mpg. So I guess thats my two cents and the only time I'll
bring
> > this up.
> >
> > Jim Nolin
>
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