Gasoline; an interesting idea, please read.

[Godelsensei]

[quote name='MistressRoxie][color=#9933ff][size=1]I also agree with Ken that it [b]is[/b] sad that our coutnry can't invest money into finding alternative fule for the day when *gasp* there won't be any fossil fuel left!!!!![/size'][/color][/quote]

That day isn't coming any time soon--it's the extraction that just becomes too expensive for the effort.
Alberta is absolutely rolling in oil, but no one seems to care, because it's mixed in with the sand.

Additionally, I find it pretty sad that people are able to convince themselves that every one in Saudi Arabia is out to kill them and their family.

[SunfallE]

[QUOTE=MistressRoxie][color=#9933ff][size=1]Hmm, a lot of people have said what I wanted to say. I agree with Ken and Chabichou - a small group of people does not always represent the majority.

I also agree with Ken that it [b]is[/b] sad that our coutnry can't invest money into finding alternative fule for the day when *gasp* there won't be any fossil fuel left!!!!! But that'll never happen because as anyone who lives in America knows, our government is f*ed up beaurocracy at it's best; and oil companies have a large stake in our government. Like the way cigarettes will never be illegal because they have a large steak in our government as well. Pisses me off.

I already knew that nations other than the US are paying $6.00 per gallon. Like Gavin said, it's pretty simple. American consumers are the biggest market for oil, so we buy a lot. You buy in bulk, it's always cheaper.

Just another note to point out, a lot of nations in Europe (like England, France, Spain), Japan, and I don't know about Australia, but I'll assume (someone can always correct me) actually have working mass transit systems. You can take a train or a bus from a bus or train stop, and actually go somewhere!!! I'm still trying to grasp the concept, and am wondering if it works as well as I think it does, since I'm unfamiliar with mass transit that works.

In America, if you don't live in a city, the only way you're getting around is by CAR. The mass transit system to NYC is laughable (actually, NYC has the longest commute time followed by Chicago). I mean, even [i]in[/i] the city, some commutes take 40-50 minutes because of the subway or bus systems.

The closest train station to me, in NJ, is about two hours away, and I recently found out there's one bus that runs through our town (and I don't even know where it goes). Now that's sad.

So we waste more gas, because cars are the [strike]best[/strike] only way to get around, and of course, because we have a larger nation, and more people in it. A dur. :/

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I wish it wasn't true but large companies have always dictated how things are done here in America. It would be nice to be free of our dependance of cars but the automobile Industry made sure mass transit systems were dismantled long before most of us were even born. I was reading a book "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser. I was surprised when I read this:

"In the late 1920's, General Motors secretely began to purchase trolley systems throughout the United States.....more than one hundred trolley systems in all -were purchased by GM and then completely dismantled, their tracks ripped up, their overhead wires torn down. The trolley companies were turned into bus lines, and the new buses were manufactured by GM........In 1947, GM and a number of its allies in the scheme were indited on federal antitrust charges......The executives who had secretely plotted and carried out the destruction of America's light rail network were fined...."

In short our own automobile industry made sure we are dependant on cars and therefore dependant upon gasoline. Many cities are trying to bring light rail back, to ease our dependance upon gasoline, but now it's so expensive it isn't happening anytime soon.

[Roxie Faye]

[color=#9933ff]*nod* Bleh. Corruption, corruption, corruption. Gosh, these people in power have no morals or ethics. And when you get a decent person, everyone walked all over them. >_>;

Somehow, that information on GM didn't surprise me though. Heh.[/color]

[Harry]

[QUOTE=ForgottenRaider]The Saudis are doing what now? EH?!?!

The last time I looked they were not interested in killing Americans, and frowned apon many of the attacks. I guess supporting the guys who kill off one of your biggest money makers is bad for business...

Damn I hate spam and chain letters.[/QUOTE]
You're only lying to yourself if you think the Saudi's are our friends.

[Kamuro]

I don't think he was claiming friendship with the Saudis, he just pointed out the fact that we're not really at war them. However, I wish we were, so we could kill them and take all the oil they're hording :animeswea