Comments on: Will $4 Gas Soon Be the New Norm? http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/01/02/will-4-gas-soon-be-the-new-norm/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Mon, 15 Sep 2014 01:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Robbie http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/01/02/will-4-gas-soon-be-the-new-norm/#comment-82410 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:29:10 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-82410 DM’s questions regarding why $3 gas isn’t getting covered in the news these days is an interesting one. Not playing the ‘liberal media’ card here, but it does seem odd that it is getting so little ink.
When it last hit $3 we were in the middle of Bush’s so-called “war for oil”, wheras today we are in the middle of Obama’s…well, I don’t really know what we could call it, but it doesn’t easily fit a preconcieved narrative (Texas oilman becomes president –> Gas prices go up –> must be a connection, right?). This time around it doesn’t make a simple story (nevermind that it really wasn’t so simple last time either), so we see the high prices, think “this doesn’t make much sense”, shrug our shoulders and move on.

]]> By: wle http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/01/02/will-4-gas-soon-be-the-new-norm/#comment-82337 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:06:48 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-82337 well

gas is such a small part of having or driving a car really

add in the massive subsidies, then….

3, 4 5 dollars – so what

wle

]]> By: DEM http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/01/02/will-4-gas-soon-be-the-new-norm/#comment-82329 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:40:51 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-82329 I hope they are right, because I (a) don’t drive much at all, and (b) own Exxon stock. If drivers want to give me their money, I am happy to take it.

]]> By: DFox http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/01/02/will-4-gas-soon-be-the-new-norm/#comment-82325 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:11:22 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-82325 What if….. President Al Gore on September 12th, 2001, announced that the US was going to begin to stem the flow of petro-dollars to the Mid-east through an annual increase of a 50 cent gas tax for 5 years that would be used to fund mass transit, alternative energy and energy conservation?

]]> By: Decatur Metro http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/01/02/will-4-gas-soon-be-the-new-norm/#comment-82315 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:46:57 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-82315 Well, this is a short-term prediction. So at least we’ll know by May whether they were correct or not!

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