I know, I know...I'm in the middle of it too. But with everyone complaining
maybe we should all stop for a bit just so's the oil companies get the drift
and then we can start up again. When I say a bit I mean, as long as it
takes. I work in LA which is 45 miles from home. I take the train so that
eliminates 500 miles a week for me. Even though I drive my Jetta rather
than the Dak, the Jetta gets 23 mpg but still requires premium fuel. That
comes out to $50 in gas if I drive and that's only gas..doesn't count the
wear and tear. If I drove the Dak it would cost almost double that. The
train cost me $200/month and a lot of people are on it and ridership is
slowly starting to increase. People are getting the idea. The oil
companies are going to end up doing to themselves what the Arabs did to
themselves back in the 70's. Just give them some rope......it won't be
$4/gal for long!
Ron
00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
For modifications see my DML Profile (URL follows)
http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Kw9pV1EkFeOYY
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Kevin Hoegen (MAGNUM
S/T)
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 10:56 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Gas Prices
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
> 00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
> For modifications see my DML Profile (URL follows)
> http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Kw9pV1EkFeOYY
>
>
> -----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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