"hkrause" wrote in message ...
D-unit wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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The price of a bbl of oil last night.

Average retail price for a gallon of unleaded regular, in this state,
is now $3.35. That's up 85-cents from the same time last year. Premium
typically runs about 30 cents more. The annual spring price gouge we
have endured each of the last several years should be getting underway
very soon, as the
refiners all claim to be passing along the costs of converting from
winter to summer formulations.

The challenge for boaters who don't care and say, "We can afford to
pay for fuel, regardless of the cost", will be the disappearing
infrastructure.

When the working man has to give up boating because he can't afford to
fuel up for a weekend's outing, it guts the infrastructure that
everybody depends on. Without the critical mass of the small boaters,
many of the service businesses and retailers upon which the entire
boating community relies cannot remain in business. There is less
justification for the state to set aside marine parks or otherwise
prioritize boating recreation.

I wish I had a solution. I don't. But when poor families are facing a
"heat or eat" decision every week while BIGOILCO makes $40-billion
profits
it's possible to see the human tragedy in play, even without being
able to identify a solution.


And this is with a gasoline surplus.. Just wait till supplies run low.

Ouch.


db





No mystery here...just bend over for Big Oil and its facilitators in the
Bush Administration.

I've managed to "stick it to them" by:

1. Buying a beater 4-cylinder Honda for my running around. (which amounts
to about 90% of my travel. Im considering putting a 2" receiver hitch on
the Honda and buying a lightweight trailer for light hauling. This will
eliminate another 5%. About the only time I'll need my truck is for heavy
hauling, RV duties, etc.

2. Managing my trips into town better. i.e. Waiting to go to the DMV until my
prescription is ready. 2 for 1 trips, as it were.

3. Selling my Mako (twin yamy's) and purchasing a skiff. Its really all I need.


Unless someone invents/discovers a cheap clean source of energy, Many wars
will be fought over what little we have. We should do all we can to curb our
appetite for petroleum. If we can cut our use by 5-10% and continue finding
alternate sources to further this trend, we may avoid the impending doom that
surely awaits when so called "peak oil" ...er....peaks.

Its coming soon. We should postpone it.

db out.