i sound like a broken record ... but ...
1) you can't blame President Bush for record gasoline prices
2) you can't blame oil companies for record gasoline prices
3) blame refinery capacity shortages in the u.s. for record gasoline prices.
4) refinery shminery you say? we haven't had ONE NEW refinery built in decades, largely because of stringent ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. the existing infrastructure is going full-tilt boogie to keep up with demand now AND IS SHOWING STRAIN. also, Hurricane Katrina took some refinery capacity offline.
5) damn chinks and stinky vindaloos are hogging the world's oil that rightfully belong in MY pickup truck. let those bastards run their economies on rickshaws.
6) before this all blew up:
-> average gas tax in dollars per gallon in U.S.A: 25%
-> average gas tax in dollars per gallon in Europe: 75%
7) If unleaded 87 octane gasoline for autos goes above $3.25 (already well above this for boats), I'm gonna be spending a lot of time at my reloading or fly-tying benches this summer, cuz I ain't gonna be driving up to RI or MA at this rate. Sad to say, we're gonna have to think about saving up for the winter heating season. BOHICA, baby.
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