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By: florida mortgage

florida mortgage — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 05:32:45 +0000

I have to totally agree with you but where are we going to draw the line?

By: probligo

probligo — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:19:21 +0000

Works out at roughly NZD1.65 per litre.

Last night’s price was $1.63

By: Callimachus

Callimachus — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:14:24 +0000

I have no problem at all with high gas prices. I tend to agree with the idea that higher gas prices can only result in the market eventually responding with viable alternative solutions.

I generally agree with that, but there will be consequences for a lot of people, especially the rural poor, while all this is being sorted out. I’m concerned about them. The weaning from fossil fuel will have to come, and it’s already later than it should be to get serious about it. But there will be painful consequences and we ought to mitigate them as much as we can, if we can. Market + compassion = American way.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 20:11:16 +0000

Yikes – where is that? I’ll be filling up tonight, but I’ll be paying about $2.80. Cheap. :)

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:10:39 +0000

I am looking for my daughter Jennifer Mahoney. Could you please read
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and pass the info to anyone you know in hopes that the more people who see her
picture someone might see her. We love her very much and want her to come home.
Thanks for any help. Jennifer’s Mom Terry

By: Bob Aman

Bob Aman — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 05:43:19 +0000

I have no problem at all with high gas prices. I tend to agree with the idea that higher gas prices can only result in the market eventually responding with viable alternative solutions.

By: DosPeros

DosPeros — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:04:43 +0000

For 40 bucks you might be able to bribe the clerk to have an emergency bathroom run. Bad shrimps does it for me. I have a solution to this problem, though. We should build oil refineries in national parks. No…that’s not a good idea. We should invade foreign countries with lots of oil. No…that’s not a good idea. We should hire oil executives to run the country. No…that’s turning out not to be a good idea. Make cars run off corn and electricity. That is a good idea and these prices pressure the creation of the market for corn and electric cars. No doubt, I know like everybody else that it is a present day painful sacrifice to pay $4 a gallon for gas. I will alleviate some of that pain the next time a buy a car and the price of gas will have had a positive effect on our foreign policy and environment. A market driven solution to our gas dependence will be a thousand times more efficient than any government initative and mettling. The government should take the doctors oath in terms of oil: First do no harm. It sucks ass, but compared to other generations of Americans, it is a small sacrafice.

By: Callimachus

Callimachus — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:14:19 +0000

Me and my Prius won’t be back to the pump till mid-May or so. I’ll tell you what I think then.

By: JP

JP — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:46:28 +0000

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!