On May 8, 9:56=A0pm, B1ackwater <b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The Pope Wears Prada <The_Pope@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >Midwinter wrote:
> >> The Pope Wears Prada <The_Pope@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
> >>> Expect $5 a gallon gas by year's end and $6 a gallon by the end of
200=
9.
>
> >> Oh, you poor darlings (again). =A0Try running a car in the UK for a
few=
> >> months.
>
> >> We're on =A31.10 per *litre* already and still climbing. =A0I make
that=
about
> >> $8.16 a US gallon.
>
> >Well boo hoo hoo for you. You should have come to America when you had
> >the chance.
>
> > =A0 So I guess ours was a space rocket.
>
> =A0 =A0The price of gasoline will be $5+ well before 2009 ... more like
> =A0 =A0the end of 2007.
>
> =A0 =A0International speculators - beyond the reach of any one nation
...
> =A0 =A0will make SURE of it. Chinese/Indian demand will help things
along.=
>
> =A0 =A0Americans who bought all those 6-MPG SUVs so they'd feel like a
> =A0 =A0"real man" (or "real soccer-mom") ... DOOMED. May as well have
> =A0 =A0the damned thing crushed into a cube right now.
>
> =A0 =A0And the AUTOMAKERS ... totally ignored the writing that's been on
> =A0 =A0the wall for YEARS now. Instead or re-tooling they kept making
the
> =A0 =A0SUVS. Now, when the real crisis hit, they've got insufficient
> =A0 =A0inventories of economical vehicles to sell (and the
credit-harried
> =A0 =A0Americans can't afford to pay the desired rip-off prices for 'em
> =A0 =A0anyway).
>
> =A0 =A0The ONLY smart automaker ... VOLKSWAGEN. They've polished-up
their
> =A0 =A0small 'sporty'-car line, even offering their mini-diesel now to
the=
> =A0 =A0American market. THEY will sell everything they can make.
>
> =A0 =A0Buy VW stock.
Yeah, I like the Mini Cooper. Seriously, though, you can't just
switch to small vehicles to haul your boat or your trailer and there
are huge industries involved there. While I agree that large SUVs are
an abomination, a good strong pickup truck (no, not one of those
little mini pickups the Gen Xers love so much) is essential for doing
some hauling jobs. It's not something you need to use everyday, mind
you, but to make them completely uneconomical to drive is not a good
thing, either. We definitely need to rethink a lot of things and to
investigate the people who are causing all of these financial
problems. Speculators who are out of reach? Whaddya mean, that they
don't live somewhere? Out of reach, my ass!
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