bill to allow feds to cap gas prices at 2.49!!!!!!

[joepythons]

http://www.wicz.com/news2005/viewarticle.asp?a=6394

I dont think ole Bush is going to allow his oil companies to lose money .I think its just another stunt lie to make us wait for something that will never happen

[EvilDes]

Yeah, sorry, we measure our prices in litres at the pumps. Albeit, we don't have anything anywhere near as low as 87 octane. Our lowest is 95, most super is 97, and the highest is 99ron. Not sure if you measure your octanes differently as I know there is something slightly different to RON measurements.

But yeah, think it works out to about $9.22 for a gallon.

Hmmm, I think we're getting a bit more shafted than you lot Stupid government over here are taxing us through the roof, not to mention nobody can afford to buy a house anymore and the housing market is about to crash. And we are getting overrun by illegal immigrants. And we can't be proud to be English/British for fear of being called racist.

Dammit - any room over there for me? Great Britain isn't so great.

[Coins]

Your economy is different. Our housing market is already crashing and we probably have more illegals than you do.

Sure, come on over.

[dsirkle]

Your economy is different. Our housing market is already crashing and we probably have more illegals than you do.

Sure, come on over.

Europe has always had to pay double or triple or even more than what we pay here for gasoline. As islands, England, Ireland and Scotland don't have the illegal immigrant population that Countries on the mainland have especially since the collapse of the Iron Curtain but they have their share of immigrant troubles, Yah Mon! Our European members must bite their tongues often when communicating with naive Yanks on the internet.

[EvilDes]

Well, I didn't call, nor think any of you are naive! I also hope you don't think we're naive.

I honestly don't believe our country has ever been in the mess it's in now when not so long back things seemed to be booming and on the up. Sure, economies crash or go into recession, but it's not just that. I've spoke to a lot of people in recent times and not one of them believes England is still a country you can be proud of. Most people I know are considering emmigrating for many reasons, not just economical. I'm not sure about over in America, but over here, we aren't allowed to call Christmas, Christmas anymore, because some do-gooder behind a desk thinks it might offend someone. We can't display a Christmas tree in Birmingham airport for fear of offending someone. A British Airways worker was told to remove her Crucifix from her neck recently!

Anyways, I digress, the original post was about petrol prices. Apologies for diverting the topic slightly!

[neilgolli]

For any that believe this would be remotely a good idea,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PUaY3LhJ-IQ

these are the type of left wing commies your voting for.....

[Gloryhound]

This is political pandering. Any politician who votes Yes will try to say he was helping Americans when in actuality if you think of the whole economic picture this vote is a vote for crippling the US. We have a large group of people close to retirement that are relying on investments to reach that goal. With the recent housing collapse of the housing sector the market has went into a bear market. If caps were put in place the main stocks that are still supporting the market at this time (Energy Stocks) would collapse. The market as a whole would collapse and those people trying to retire in the next couple of years would not be able to do so as all those shares they paid big dollars for would be worthless. Since most Americans do not have pensions and the Social Security system is broke what else do these hopeful retirees have to finance their retirement? The end result is the next great depression.

Additionally if the government caps the price of gas without actually taking control of the industry then the industry can cut production and actually cause shortages during critical times of the year. Why produce gas when it is more productive to make heating oil? These refineries don't just make gas, they make a lot of other things and if they are more productive to make can you blame them?

A lot of other economic issues would be created as well. The only way to reduce the cost of gas is to use less. Unfortunately at this time any surplus the oil companies have would be shipped to other countries. With this said it would have to be a world wide reduction in the use of gas. Hmmmm not going to happen until their economies are hurting. The only way we can do that in the US is to stop buying their goods every chance we get. Insist on "Made in America" products! If it is not made here and you can live without it, don't buy it! This is where the power of the US actually exists, not our government!

Just my

[littleindiangirl]

On the British paying 9$ a gallon...

The UK is 80,823 sq mi.

The US is 3,536,294 sq mi... From wikipedia, that's roughly 39 times bigger than the UK. Hmm...

[nevohraalnavnoj]

Yeah, sorry, we measure our prices in litres at the pumps. Albeit, we don't have anything anywhere near as low as 87 octane. Our lowest is 95, most super is 97, and the highest is 99ron. Not sure if you measure your octanes differently as I know there is something slightly different to RON measurements.

But yeah, think it works out to about $9.22 for a gallon.

Hmmm, I think we're getting a bit more shafted than you lot Stupid government over here are taxing us through the roof, not to mention nobody can afford to buy a house anymore and the housing market is about to crash. And we are getting overrun by illegal immigrants. And we can't be proud to be English/British for fear of being called racist.

Dammit - any room over there for me? Great Britain isn't so great.

If I recall correctly you have universal health care, at least partially funded by your gas taxes?? Correct me if I'm wrong on that.

I recall when I was in London and we took a tour through some immigrant neighborhoods in which I felt very uncomfortable, to say the least. Look at the problems they are having in France, and it's probably only going to get worse.

Yeah, we got room for you over here. You get a free gun with your citizenship too! J/k!

JonV

[West Coast Jungle]

I think one of the big differences in oil prices here and in Europe is we produce around 40% of our own oil and I believe all of our natural gas. Many other countries are 100% dependent on imported oil.