We actually have enough oil in reserve to keep america running for about 34 days. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Petroleum_Reserve][/ur] Though after that it gets a little bit tricky.
Fact is that in Italy when prices go up because of a crisis or a war (for example the current "war" in Libya) they aren't lowered back to normal once the situation has stabilized.
It works this way for taxes as well. Just to name one, we are still paying a tax for the reconstruction of buildings that were destroyed during the second world war, although they finished repairing them decades ago.
And it's surprising that only a few are actively manifestating against those issues. Me being one of the few.
Gas prices are CRAZY!!! The reason why they are so high is because of speculators. They say gas is going to go up, people buy stock in it, then they MAKE the gas prices go up so they can make money. It is costing only about US $100 to make 1 barrel of oil. If they made gas only $2 per gallon, only 50 gallons would have to be sold to match it! But who only buys 1 gallon of gas? The prices are a rip off and we are being cheated out of our money. By the way, gas here is about $3.68. Doesn't sound like a lot but it went from $3.12 to that price in literally one night.
We're being cheated out of it because we have none. Take a 19th Century American domestic issue regarding Farmers. Farmers make some good stuff and have to sell it. But they don't have cars and wagons would take too many trips. They want trains. But only rich fat train owners have trains. They all say they'll supercharge the farmers and cut competition. Farmers die.
Not too bad, and after a few failed farmers the gov could intervene seeing the problem. This is why we kill monopolies (or, regulate them actually)
Now, here, America's car users = The Farmer. But the Railroad is OPEC, and the Gov. can't really do much to them. We're stuck.
And seriously man 7.5 in Italy, if that were the case in the USA our economy must be broken. But I hear that in Europe, government subsidies and welfare programs outweigh many of the higher costs found in urban regions. But I've never really gotten anyone's response regarding that.
Lastly, I doubt it's going down.
Our '04 Sienna, 87 Dollars for a tank when we were taking a trip to Baltimore.
We're being cheated out of it because we have none. Take a 19th Century American domestic issue regarding Farmers. Farmers make some good stuff and have to sell it. But they don't have cars and wagons would take too many trips. They want trains. But only rich fat train owners have trains. They all say they'll supercharge the farmers and cut competition. Farmers die.
Not too bad, and after a few failed farmers the gov could intervene seeing the problem. This is why we kill monopolies (or, regulate them actually)
Now, here, America's car users = The Farmer. But the Railroad is OPEC, and the Gov. can't really do much to them. We're stuck.
And seriously man 7.5 in Italy, if that were the case in the USA our economy must be broken. But I hear that in Europe, government subsidies and welfare programs outweigh many of the higher costs found in urban regions. But I've never really gotten anyone's response regarding that.
Lastly, I doubt it's going down.
Our '04 Sienna, 87 Dollars for a tank when we were taking a trip to Baltimore.
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