I don't think anyone likes to give away their money. I know I don't. But there are certain things I like to do, and some things I have to do. But I'll do it in the USA and not some other country. Having to pay the government sucks, having to pay someone who took risks to make a company succesful sucks, having to pay more for stuff now than I did before sucks. If it's that bad, the borders do swing out. Check out the rest of world and see if it's so bad here afterall.

 

Great points. Gas is far more expensive in Europe where regulation and taxation is extreme.

But (no pun intended), you have got to change that avatar[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img] It throws me off everytime I read your posts [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

You think YOU'RE paying too much for gas ????......... Check out the price of fuel in Canada !!
It's a really hot topic over here lately. Most Canadians are about to lose it !! Enough is enough !!!
What is really pissing everybody off is that we DO have the resourses but we DON'T have a government with enough b@lls to step up to the plate.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/

 

2C3, Why do you consistently come over to the polaris forum and slam people.
You ride suzuki, so hang with suzuki.
You are a moronic whinner who argue's and makes idiotic statements like KEEP SUPPORTING GAS PRICES AND YOU'LL GET WHAT YOU DESERVE.What does that even mean?
Slam people for making more money than you,I will never apologize to the likes of people like you for my success's
If you're unhappy with what you've done with your life then it SUCKS TO BE YOU.
Every one is unhappy with gas prices,but bitching the way you do here accomplishes nothing,If you want to complain and insult someone do it to your congressman.

 

conig

Here is one link:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/p...nt/import.html

http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/rankings/crudebycountry.htm

The snippet is from this site:
http://marcon.com/marcon2c.cfm?Secti...=93&PageID=464

No journalist numbers there. Right from the US Federal Government.

 

aachten, good posts.

I would like to debate one point. I do believe that domestic exploration and drilling will in fact contribute to somewhat lower prices. Yes, we do keep our reserves up, rightly so. The companies that drill domestically sell to the US government and private companies for refining. If more is available, prices go down. As scummy as they are, OPEC has done a good job of keeping prices reasonable for a long time. But, what happens when there sources start to run dry?

The more I have thought about it, the more I beleive that a good domestic source not only improves our ecomony, but, it increases national security. Hopefully, this will bring to the forefront the need for alternative energy sources. When proper precautions are taken, nuclear energy is the cleanest source of energy currently available in mass scale. However, there hasn't been a new plant built in the US in a long time because of the envirowhackos.

 

...Gasoline simply is NOT expensive in the USA....not at all

...Is it more than you are used to paying ???...sure it is....but it is NOT expensive on a per capita income at all compared to anywhere else. That is a simple fact.

 

i think what we as americans better wake up ang get worried about is the fact that we import damn near everything we need to survive and eat these days. a very small amount of produce we consume is actually grown here. if we had to depend on producing everything we need we'd really have something to cry about. but as is the trend in america today everybody wants to blame everybody else, nobody ever admits they f@#ked up, nobody wants to fix anything just lay blame. you can't pull americans together for anything. we probably haven't been this divided as a country since the civil war.

 

you guys think gas prices are high in the U.S.
here in bc canada the gas cost $105.9 per liter.
and theres 4.5 liters in a gallon.
thats almost 4.75 a gallon cdn.
thats over $3.25 u.s dollers per gallon.

 

just came back from the cities....only took 1/4 of a tank in my girlfriends toyota....I like her car now [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]