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Time to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?

View Poll Results: Time to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
Yes, give us a break. 16 48.48%
No, this is not an emergency. 15 45.45%
What's the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? 2 6.06%
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Old 08-31-2005, 4:51 PM
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Re: Time to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
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Couldn't you have just said..."I'm rubber, and you're glue..."...
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Not sure I would go quite as far as "lazy" but unfortunately it's the most politically savvy thing to do....
"Politically savvy" ie, buying votes.

The right thing to do is work on the problem.
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The easiest thing to do would be to give a green light to pending refinery upgrades and new builds and to use the tiny little parcel of land in ANWR that has already been set aside for drilling many years ago for the purpose it was set aside.
But yeah, the politicians don't have the guts to stand up to domestic terrorism.
Why haven't they considered the massive energy potential of Manatee oil? They are useless disgusting animals anyway, and it would be a renewable resource.
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Old 08-31-2005, 8:55 PM
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Manatee clubber labor isn't very expensive, either.
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Strategic is when canadians invade our country and we need fuel for jets to bomb them back to france.
The US has jets? There goes that idea.
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Just wait until they get unionized. You'll have to bus in seal clubbers from Newfoundland.
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Manatee clubber labor isn't very expensive, either.
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Old 08-31-2005, 9:34 PM
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Just wait until they get unionized. You'll have to bus in seal clubbers from Newfoundland.
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Damned unions.

Why are your reply posts always so fooked?
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Old 08-31-2005, 10:37 PM
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Re: Time to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
Filled up at 1:30... Mid grade was 2.79.

At 5:30... Mid grade was over 5.00 (depending on the station).

I filled up the XX this evening... I've never put 12.00 worth in my bike... Until now.

The pipeline from the Gulf has been shut down, (two of them) due to Katrina. There have been SO many rumors around that people have panicked around here.

Doraville... (Our local fuel dump for Atl) has 10 days worth of fuel for the metro area. With the impending holiday weekend (normal fuel gouging time) we have been set upon like Hyenas at a discarded kill!!!!
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Re: Time to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
A lot of other countries pay way higher prices for petrol. In Sydney at the moment it's about $1.27AUS for 1 litre. There are 4 litres in a gallon.

It's even worse in the UK I believe. We would paying what the US does.
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A lot of other countries pay way higher prices for petrol. In Sydney at the moment it's about $1.27AUS for 1 litre. There are 4 litres in a gallon.

It's even worse in the UK I believe. We would paying what the US does.
It's been stated before...but this is a thread about fuel prices...not taxes...
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It's been stated before...but this is a thread about fuel prices...not taxes...
Who said anything about taxes? The US goverment taxes petrol just like they do everywhere else in the world.
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Who said anything about taxes? The US goverment taxes petrol just like they do everywhere else in the world.
It does, just not as heavily. Your extra taxes on the fuel help pay for gov't healthcare and "free" education.
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It does, just not as heavily. Your extra taxes on the fuel help pay for gov't healthcare and "free" education.
Whats the percentage of tax per gallon in the US?
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Whats the percentage of tax per gallon in the US?
Not sure, somewhere around $.4x per gallon (in Ohio anyway)
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and "free" education.
Judging by the results...it should be "free"....
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no, we would have to have additional production capabilties to use the reserves. more oil is not the answer, less demand.
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Re: Time to tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
Forbes predicts oil will drop to $35 within a year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/mai...31/ixcity.html
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Why are your reply posts always so fooked?
Only when I'm posting at my girlfriend's house. Her computer is a little screwy.
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Judging by the results...it should be "free"....
I wouldn't know as I was educated in the US.
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Whats the percentage of tax per gallon in the US?
Depends on the price. Taxes vary from about $.30-$.50/gallon state by state. Around $.40/gal is most common. They are not set on a percentage.
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You have to ask yourself why folks always ask questions that can easily be answered by typing a few words into a search engine....
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