Dan
Its not very nice to put complaints out their when there computer doesn’t have it’s language checker working.
Jay
YOUR RIGHT JAY…
I GUESS ITS BETTER THAN ALL CAPS.
Uh,which key is that one,I can’t seem to find it.
CTRL + ALT + DELETE…
…Gotta run…feeling edgy…need to run down to the corner to score a Suburban and a tank of gas from my man…
GM like crack? Last time I had anything from GM, it was far from a drug induced high. It was more like I could have bought three cars with the money I spent on mechanic’s bills!
As far as OPEC goes, they know their running out and prices reflect the greed. Honestly, how many more years of oil do we have left? 50? 75? More than a 100?
I would say <75 years [xx(].
you left out one very importaint question in that statment… do the spelling offenders realy give a crap…i know i dont…
csx engineer
Ever hear of the Honda or Toyota hi-breds? My son is on a wait list 6 months long for one! [:o)]
Crack? GM? I don’t really know that is true today as maybe 30 or 40 years ago but that was because the competition was Ford and Chrystler and not alternative fuels.
I would say that the oil companies like Esso and Shell are the crack dealers if you want to use that kind of language. OPEC is nothing really special as politicians from other countries can circumvent that and make deals on their own including with the oil companies. OPEC is like the UN; they sound big but does anybody really listen to them?
I would concentrate the distain with the oil companies and the government that seems to be in kahoots with them.
In my former days of prosecuting drug dealers, I always hated the drug dealers, wherever they go, violence follows; and they are a pariah to the community.
However, I rarely felt bad for the addicts. They had choices.
I will probably be laughed at by the others for taking your post seriously; but I would note that there have been some fairly intelligent people compare our country’s oil lust to a drug addiction.
I agree with you–there are many valid analogies. However, I don’t fault GM or OPEC.
Gabe
…There was a time {within the last 20 years}, the OPEC cartel didn’t seem to have the clout but somehow that strength has come back to them…and we now are paying the price. They very well seem to control production to a degree it effects availability to the world market and hence the prices as well…!
GM enginneers there cars using the theary of planned obsolence that is that in 5 years you will have a major system falure that will cause you to deside between a expenve overhaul or a new car. GM has bought patents for alterternitve fuel vehicles and shelved them so they never will get used. They also lobby against mass transit and are in favor of diverting money from the Federal transit Adminstration to “Intelegent Highways” sorry no spell check today
You don’t have to own a car. Yes, it’s true! Even in the US, there are ordinary people who don’t own car! Lots of people live wonderful lives in cities, shop in local stores and use transit or walk to get around.
Nobody forced us all to move to the suburbs.
Me? I live in the suburbs in a house that’s too big, drive 30 miles each way to work - by myself and own a Ford Expedition that gets 11 mpg and travel on vacations with a travel trailer. I don’t like $2.00/ gallon gas any more than the next guy, but I ain’t complaining! If I really objected, I would change my lifestyle.
Amen!
God I love this country!!!
**Except my house isn’t too big.
COMPLETE NONSENSE!
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No auto manufacturer designs their cars to wear out or fail prematurely. Ask an automotive engineer sometime if you don’t believe it. Cars today run better and last longer than those of 30 years ago.
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This “automaker buy up patents and stifle inovation” stuff is one long-lived urban legend - the same one that’s been going around for 50 years - it’s still just a big lie. The ONLY reason GM would buy up a patent is because they think it may be worth something later.
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Of course GM is going to lobby in their interest. What’s wrong with that? Have they been sucessful in keeping fed gas tax dollars from being invested in transit? No. 30 years ago there was no highway money going to transit. Now there is quite a bit.
Maybe I can send you some of my house (along with the mortgage payment!)…
Well since I’ve heard so much talk about crude oil / gas prices going up I have to say one thing. I think here in the states we should be very thankful our fuel is approx: $2.29 a gal, because, over in Europe they have to pay approx: $5.00 a gal.
Hello! Please visit the MRR Forum too.
Anyway, based on statements made recently by OPEC leaders we have to consider the strong possiblility that in the not-too-distant future $4 or $5 per gallon could become a cold reality.
darn (since it will get edited) me and the man. i own a new chevy pickup truck with the BIGGEST gas motor i could get, because i can. it’s (i hope i used the proper its) people like me who are the “enemy”. gas guzzling vehicles that we really don’t need at all.
as for the ethanol and bio-diesel, although i can not cite any sources bla bla, the capacity isn’t there yet to produce what we’d need to put a dent in the petrolium use. what i’d like to find is a gas station with an E85 pump. 85% ethanol, 100somethin octane. bring back the days of the chevelles and 'vettes with the 450+hp big blocks!
a preemptive apology if i spelled anything incorrectly…
AMEN!!! more power!!!
you know…its funny that the people (liberals) that say they are for freedom for eveyeone and eveything…are the ones that want to pass the most laws telling eveyone what they can and cant say or do… makes you think
csx enigneer