Gas Prices

Wow. The media and the water cool talk is in a frenzy about the shutdown of the oil pipeline in Alaska. I'm sure environmentalists are celebrating. To the media, this is the end of the world because summer demand is still high. They are bloviating about a "huge" increase of a whopping 10 cents a gallon. People are going to die. It's the end of the world.

Except that massive 10 cents will cost the average consumer all of $1.44 a week. Seriously.

Based on high averages of 15,000 miles traveled per year and 20mpg (and yes, I know some people get 10mpg, but others get 30mpg, that's why it's called an 'average'), that's only 750 gallons. Even an increase of TWENTY cents would only cost $2.88 a week! If the people who were complaining spent their once-a-week McDonalds money on gas, they could afford a whopping FOURTY-TWO cents a gallon increase! Really! A 42-cent increase in gas would cost $6 a week.

Amazing.

I think I'm going to run for President in 2008. I'll run as an independent. My entire campaign platform will be $1 a gallon gasoline.

Reporter: "What's your position on immigration?"
Me: "I will give everyone gasoline for $1 a gallon."
Reporter: "What's the solution to the middle east crisis?"
Me: "Each and every American will only have to pay $1 a gallon for gas."
Reporter: "What are the features of your domestic policy?"
Me: "Every gallon, every day, just $1.00."

I bet I'd win.

Posted by: Ogre at 04:08 PM

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Posted by: Raven at August 09, 2006 08:28 PM (DhETq)

Posted by: Ogre at August 09, 2006 09:28 PM (o2crh)

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