Gas prices sure are getting higher. I remember more fanfare about that during Bush’s presidency, but now that there is a Democrat in office, the media probably figures high gas prices are good as it will force us all to get hybrids. Still, I think gas prices would have to reach $50 a gallon before buying a Chevy Volt would make economic sense.
Why don’t we just drill here in the U.S.? Drilling for oil really isn’t just for angry Middle Eastern countries; we can do it too. Then, when there is big unrest in the Middle East (because it’s Wednesday), we can say, “Oh, how quaint. Interesting fact: That has absolutely no effect on our drilling operations here in America.”
We’ll probably one day we’ll need to find a power source more abundant than oil, but my guess is it will also be even more explosive. That’s just how tech works; the more advanced things get, the more potential for explosions. Like, back in caveman time, all they had were a couple sharpened rocks tied to sticks. Those never exploded. Then again, cavemen also couldn’t automatically record their favorite TV shows and them watch them at their leisure. So trade offs.
Other things that do not affect drilling operation here:
Carnival in Brazil
Soccer games in Chile
Stoning of disobedient women in Pakistan
Watermelon seed spitting in Ireland
Groveling in Britain
homosexual sex between jugo chavez and sawn penn in vuvuzuela.
Everybody drill for oil, then you can be big and strong like Texas!
Obama’s solution: gun control.
Outlaw Beano, problem solved.
Seems like there is a lot of energy in the sun and the wind and nature in general. Too bad we’re too stupid to harness it in any meaningful way.
oh well we can burn stuff.
“Seems like there is a lot of energy in the sun and the wind and nature in general”
It only seems that to morons. Anyone who looks at reality realizes very early on that you can’t run our ecomomy on it.
We could get a bunch of obese people running on hamster wheels to generate power? It would give us energy AND reduce obesity. You could probably make a reality TV show out of that, too.
Whats happened with gas prices is the same thing that has happened with food and health-care prices. I wish we could force lefties to read the ones who scoff when you call what they do socialism.
http://mises.org/daily/5080/Overt-and-Covert-Socialisms
how about that Flinstone Car? Makes perfect sense now.
Atomic powered flying cars are the answer. No more paving grass and faster times to the 7-11.
I wanna coal car.
“Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen it.”- – – – – -Emperor Soros
Just a few years ago, they discovered massive deposits of natural gas here in the NY/PA border area.
– Pennsylvania’s response: Drill, baby, drill
– New York’s response: Augment normal paralysis with hysteria from the NYT. Debate merits of mixed martial arts instead.
Then again, cavemen also couldn’t automatically record their favorite TV shows and them watch them at their leisure.
You seem to think that that’s a bad thing.
The day I buy a Chevy Volt, I need one of you guys to come to my house and shove it up my ass! K?
Viva la Corbett, BurmaShave (Until he starts being a squish)! Viva la Corbett!
“…one day we’ll need to find a power source more abundant than oil”
Didn’t we solve this weeks ago with the discovery of the combustibility of hippies? We know there’s a huge supply in Berkley and we don’t even have to drill.
“I think gas prices would have to reach $50 a gallon before buying a Chevy Volt would make economic sense.”
You are easy then.
The volt suffers from the same fatal mistake as all other American cars. They were produced by the uaw
My next car was to be a Toyota minivan this fall. Guess I will have to rethink that one.
ussjimmycarter, I’ve heard that the Volts come with a free charger,
make them give you this one.
I bet there are more old Dodge Hemi Chargers on the road than there are Chevy Volts.
Terry_Jim Best friend in High School had the exact same car with a 440 4 bbl, Hurst Shifter and Headers. It was the coolest car I have ever driven! With headers un-capped, and the foot slammed to the floor it sounded like a beast from Hell!!! It also had an 8 track and we’d play Bye Bye American Pie all the time on it!!!!
If gas prices come down then only common man can live happily
“ussjimmycarter, I’ve heard that the Volts come with a free charger,
make them give you this one.”
All that work, and he left that awful chrome luggage rack on the trunk. w…t…f….