Mike,
Put this on a 2008 US Presidential campaign poster: Get Smart and the candidate's picture with the SMART car. Looked in the window of one yesterday as I was filling up with B50 and there is room in there for lots of stuff. Problem is a major lifestyle shift and doing well with less. The SUVs provide the conspicuous consumption unfortunately the SMART car doesn't, to them at least. Fools and their money are apparently still easily parted.
My 2 cents, not indexed for inflation.
Fred
From: Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: US Gasoline Prices Hit All Time Historical Highest Level - Adjusted For Inflation
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 15:28:29 -0600
>Still, this morning as I went into the city in my relatively small VW
>Biodiesel Golf, I saw hundreds of single occupant SUVs
>pass me. Why don't we have smart cars in the US? I don't even need a
>VW most of the time. All I need to carry is a few computers and a
>tools.
>
>
>Keith Addison wrote:
>
> >If you put a bit more effort into it I'm sure you can hit $10 a gallon soon.
> >
> >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg69797.html
> >Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: Gas Station Owner Told to Raise Prices
> >
> >Best
> >
> >Keith
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>US Gasoline Prices Hit All Time Historical Highest Level - Adjusted
> >>For Inflation
> >>
> >>US average, self-serve, unleaded regular hits $3.18
> >>
> >>This is a point we have been dreading. Before this,
> >>the all time highest US average gasoline (regular) price
> >>was during 1981 (March IIRC). Adjusted for inflation,
> >>we finally topped it, and appear to be still climbing at a
> >>steady pace. It was announced on the news yesterday
> >>(Sunday) on PBS.
> >>
> >>CNN verifies it, today:
> >>http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/21/news/economy/record_gas_monday/
> >>
> >>Here is a webpage, anticipating it, but not being able
> >>to anticipate what the number would be, or when it
> >>would get reached:
> >>http://www.answers.com/topic/oil-price-increases-of-2004-2006
> >>
> >>We got close in 2006
> >>http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/07/gas_prices_allt.html
> >>
> >>We got closer, earlier this month:
> >>http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=21867
> >>
> >>http://zfacts.com/p/35.html
> >>
> >>This website that was set up to say "gasoline is cheap"
> >>now shows that today it has gotten expensive, by their
> >>standards. http://www.nationalreview.com/moore/moore082803chart.asp
> >>
> >>http://infohost.nmt.edu/~armiller/gasprices.htm
> >>
> >>This one will give you an idea of the kind of misleading
> >>verse that we were being fed by Washington, and that
> >>some propagandists still spout, even in the face of reality.
> >>http://www.cted.wa.gov/energy/archive/Indicators99/Indicator24.htm
> >>
> >>Here is a radical, George Will, trying to make fun of
> >>the concern about gasoline prices, just last month. However,
> >>since then, the pump price has gone up 18% (since last month)
> >>and is now at the highest price in history, both in actual dollars,
> >>and also in inflation adjusted dollars.
> >>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR200
> >>7040402251.html
> >>
> >>http://jalopnik.com/cars/gas-prices/never-mind-the-4-per-gallon-heres
> >>-the-summer-road-trips-61124.php This one would be funny, if it
> >>weren't so sad: from last month: Quote: "says Tom Kloza, chief oil
> >>analyst for the Oil Price Information Service, an energy consulting
> >>firm. "The reality is that we're nearing the highs of the year, and
> >>within 30 days there will be more gasoline on the market The article
> >>was dated 4/25/2007, twenty six days ago, and the quote was from
> >>before that. Those prices better drop fast. Instead they have
> >>climbed about 15%. Here is an other quote from the deceptive
> >>"experts:" "The most recent Energy Dept. forecast, released Apr.10,
> >>predicted retail regular gasoline prices would average $2.81 per
> >>gallon in the summer of 2007 (April-September)." We are already
> >>nearly 40% through that time, and prices are still climbing. Here is
> >>another one: ""We expect to see prices flatten around where they are
> >>now," says Douglas MacIntyre, senior oil analyst for the f
> >>ederal Energy Information Administration, part of the DOE. "More
> >>refinery outages and higher crude prices could push it to $3 Since
> >>then the price has climbed about 18%, to $3.18, the highest price in
> >>history. More: "experts say consumers are actually getting a bargain
> >>at the pump, as prices are still lower than in the early 1980s,
> >>adjusted for inflation." Since then the price has climbed about 18%,
> >>to $3.18, the highest pump price in history. Another: "On a national
> >>average, gasoline prices actually decreased for the week of Apr. 23,
> >>falling 0.7 to $2.87 per gallon"
> >>http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20070426/bs_bw/apr2007db20070426139334Since
> >>then the price has climbed 11%, to $3.18, the highest price in
> >>history. Also the old record year 1981 only averaged $2.64 (adjusted
> >>to 2006 dollars) while 2006 averaged $2.81, and this year is looking
> >>to set a new record average, not just the highest price records. .
> >>http://www.swivel.com/data_columns/spreadsheet/2690244 However,
> >>gasoline is
> >>still a lot more expensive in other countries. And another curious
> >>fact. Adjusted for inflation, the cost of oil was around $90 a
> >>barrel, back in 1981. It is hanging at around 2/3rds of that today.
> >>The difference is going to the oil companies, not for the purchase
> >>of oil. They are currently, with two oil men in the White house,
> >>reaping the largest profits of any companies in the history of the
> >>human race. -Laren Corie- Solar Building Design Since 1975
> >>www.LarenCorie.com
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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