$4 gas, free market, tax burden question

[NotCranky]

“It’s ironic that I started this post by bashing people for clinging to fantasies and finished it by suggesting that we can tap into a free source of electricity – oh well, it isn’t easy being a wacko nutjob!”

That was really good actually.

I thought to myself, who needs breakfast after reading such edifying stuff?Then it occurred to me a bowl of “wacko nutjob cereal” would be great to go with it. Maybe you could make your own cereal and put that post on you first edition “wacko cereal” box? ” “Stimulates Nerd Fantasys” “Piggingtonians Eat It Too!” “Free Tin Foil Hat in Every Box!”

[Coronita]

since we are talking about petroleum and how important it is to our society

I find it interesting that nobody knows for sure how petroleum is created on our planet – there are numerous theories but no consensus of opinion

Velikovsky explains where petroleum came from and McCanney explains the science

 

Did your ever see the comedy "Airplane 2"? Dumb movie, but Jacob's explains it well.

Steve McCroskey: Jacobs, I want to know absolutely everything that's happened up till now.
Jacobs: Well, let's see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes. I couldn't believe it…..

 

anyway, it will probably take $5+ gas prices before we see any material impact to the way americans consume gas and before we really push for alternative fuel imho. Still plenty of guzzling suv's out there.

 

Anyway, would some really rich person from piggington go pre-order your tesla from teslamotors so that

1) you can help teslamotors stay in business

2) you can tell me how the car drives?

http://www.teslamotors.com/

Come on. Trade in that ferrari, astro martin, porsche, or massarati. This is way cooler, not to mention a real flat torque curve, and good for the environment.

http://www.teslamotors.com/performance/acceleration_and_torque.php

Plus since this is a limited production car, you still get all bragging rights at the country clubs. You're buddies won't pick on you when they find out this does 3.6 in 0-60, and is built by lotus.By keeping teslamotors in business, you'll allow the rest of us peons to purchase whitestar:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/tesla-hopes-for-250-million-in-funding-for-electric-sedans/

 

Thank you 🙂

 

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

since we are talking about petroleum and how important it is to our society

I find it interesting that nobody knows for sure how petroleum is created on our planet – there are numerous theories but no consensus of opinion

Velikovsky explains where petroleum came from and McCanney explains the science

 

Did your ever see the comedy "Airplane 2"? Dumb movie, but Jacob's explains it well.

Steve McCroskey: Jacobs, I want to know absolutely everything that's happened up till now.
Jacobs: Well, let's see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes. I couldn't believe it…..

 

anyway, it will probably take $5+ gas prices before we see any material impact to the way americans consume gas and before we really push for alternative fuel imho. Still plenty of guzzling suv's out there.

 

Anyway, would some really rich person from piggington go pre-order your tesla from teslamotors so that

1) you can help teslamotors stay in business

2) you can tell me how the car drives?

http://www.teslamotors.com/

Come on. Trade in that ferrari, astro martin, porsche, or massarati. This is way cooler, not to mention a real flat torque curve, and good for the environment.

http://www.teslamotors.com/performance/acceleration_and_torque.php

Plus since this is a limited production car, you still get all bragging rights at the country clubs. You're buddies won't pick on you when they find out this does 3.6 in 0-60, and is built by lotus.By keeping teslamotors in business, you'll allow the rest of us peons to purchase whitestar:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/tesla-hopes-for-250-million-in-funding-for-electric-sedans/

 

Thank you 🙂

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

since we are talking about petroleum and how important it is to our society

I find it interesting that nobody knows for sure how petroleum is created on our planet – there are numerous theories but no consensus of opinion

Velikovsky explains where petroleum came from and McCanney explains the science

 

Did your ever see the comedy "Airplane 2"? Dumb movie, but Jacob's explains it well.

Steve McCroskey: Jacobs, I want to know absolutely everything that's happened up till now.
Jacobs: Well, let's see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes. I couldn't believe it…..

 

anyway, it will probably take $5+ gas prices before we see any material impact to the way americans consume gas and before we really push for alternative fuel imho. Still plenty of guzzling suv's out there.

 

Anyway, would some really rich person from piggington go pre-order your tesla from teslamotors so that

1) you can help teslamotors stay in business

2) you can tell me how the car drives?

http://www.teslamotors.com/

Come on. Trade in that ferrari, astro martin, porsche, or massarati. This is way cooler, not to mention a real flat torque curve, and good for the environment.

http://www.teslamotors.com/performance/acceleration_and_torque.php

Plus since this is a limited production car, you still get all bragging rights at the country clubs. You're buddies won't pick on you when they find out this does 3.6 in 0-60, and is built by lotus.By keeping teslamotors in business, you'll allow the rest of us peons to purchase whitestar:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/tesla-hopes-for-250-million-in-funding-for-electric-sedans/

 

Thank you 🙂

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

since we are talking about petroleum and how important it is to our society

I find it interesting that nobody knows for sure how petroleum is created on our planet – there are numerous theories but no consensus of opinion

Velikovsky explains where petroleum came from and McCanney explains the science

 

Did your ever see the comedy "Airplane 2"? Dumb movie, but Jacob's explains it well.

Steve McCroskey: Jacobs, I want to know absolutely everything that's happened up till now.
Jacobs: Well, let's see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes. I couldn't believe it…..

 

anyway, it will probably take $5+ gas prices before we see any material impact to the way americans consume gas and before we really push for alternative fuel imho. Still plenty of guzzling suv's out there.

 

Anyway, would some really rich person from piggington go pre-order your tesla from teslamotors so that

1) you can help teslamotors stay in business

2) you can tell me how the car drives?

http://www.teslamotors.com/

Come on. Trade in that ferrari, astro martin, porsche, or massarati. This is way cooler, not to mention a real flat torque curve, and good for the environment.

http://www.teslamotors.com/performance/acceleration_and_torque.php

Plus since this is a limited production car, you still get all bragging rights at the country clubs. You're buddies won't pick on you when they find out this does 3.6 in 0-60, and is built by lotus.By keeping teslamotors in business, you'll allow the rest of us peons to purchase whitestar:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/tesla-hopes-for-250-million-in-funding-for-electric-sedans/

 

Thank you 🙂

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

since we are talking about petroleum and how important it is to our society

I find it interesting that nobody knows for sure how petroleum is created on our planet – there are numerous theories but no consensus of opinion

Velikovsky explains where petroleum came from and McCanney explains the science

 

Did your ever see the comedy "Airplane 2"? Dumb movie, but Jacob's explains it well.

Steve McCroskey: Jacobs, I want to know absolutely everything that's happened up till now.
Jacobs: Well, let's see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes. I couldn't believe it…..

 

anyway, it will probably take $5+ gas prices before we see any material impact to the way americans consume gas and before we really push for alternative fuel imho. Still plenty of guzzling suv's out there.

 

Anyway, would some really rich person from piggington go pre-order your tesla from teslamotors so that

1) you can help teslamotors stay in business

2) you can tell me how the car drives?

http://www.teslamotors.com/

Come on. Trade in that ferrari, astro martin, porsche, or massarati. This is way cooler, not to mention a real flat torque curve, and good for the environment.

http://www.teslamotors.com/performance/acceleration_and_torque.php

Plus since this is a limited production car, you still get all bragging rights at the country clubs. You're buddies won't pick on you when they find out this does 3.6 in 0-60, and is built by lotus.By keeping teslamotors in business, you'll allow the rest of us peons to purchase whitestar:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/tesla-hopes-for-250-million-in-funding-for-electric-sedans/

 

Thank you 🙂

 

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

Fat,

I wish I had the Dough to buy the white star, (looking for something like this under 20 grand).

Maybe That puts me in the same class as the guy’s looking to buy ocean view homes under 400K .

A little unrealistic …. Maybe…

But I have hope ( Cheap lithium ion batteries are almost here ),

And they do already recycle them…

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

Fat,

I wish I had the Dough to buy the white star, (looking for something like this under 20 grand).

Maybe That puts me in the same class as the guy’s looking to buy ocean view homes under 400K .

A little unrealistic …. Maybe…

But I have hope ( Cheap lithium ion batteries are almost here ),

And they do already recycle them…

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

Fat,

I wish I had the Dough to buy the white star, (looking for something like this under 20 grand).

Maybe That puts me in the same class as the guy’s looking to buy ocean view homes under 400K .

A little unrealistic …. Maybe…

But I have hope ( Cheap lithium ion batteries are almost here ),

And they do already recycle them…

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

Fat,

I wish I had the Dough to buy the white star, (looking for something like this under 20 grand).

Maybe That puts me in the same class as the guy’s looking to buy ocean view homes under 400K .

A little unrealistic …. Maybe…

But I have hope ( Cheap lithium ion batteries are almost here ),

And they do already recycle them…

[Nor-LA-SD-guy]

Fat,

I wish I had the Dough to buy the white star, (looking for something like this under 20 grand).

Maybe That puts me in the same class as the guy’s looking to buy ocean view homes under 400K .

A little unrealistic …. Maybe…

But I have hope ( Cheap lithium ion batteries are almost here ),

And they do already recycle them…

[sdduuuude]

Dukehorn,

I wasn’t so much making a point as trying to point out that oligopolies can exist in both price sensitive and price insensitive markets. The original poster seemed to assume that an oligopoly impled a certan price sensitivity.

Also, was pointing out that while monopoloies and oligopolies in a “steady state” are loath to change prices, a sudden change to the market – such as a new tax – does affect the price.

[sdduuuude]

Dukehorn,

I wasn’t so much making a point as trying to point out that oligopolies can exist in both price sensitive and price insensitive markets. The original poster seemed to assume that an oligopoly impled a certan price sensitivity.

Also, was pointing out that while monopoloies and oligopolies in a “steady state” are loath to change prices, a sudden change to the market – such as a new tax – does affect the price.

[sdduuuude]

Dukehorn,

I wasn’t so much making a point as trying to point out that oligopolies can exist in both price sensitive and price insensitive markets. The original poster seemed to assume that an oligopoly impled a certan price sensitivity.

Also, was pointing out that while monopoloies and oligopolies in a “steady state” are loath to change prices, a sudden change to the market – such as a new tax – does affect the price.

[sdduuuude]

Dukehorn,

I wasn’t so much making a point as trying to point out that oligopolies can exist in both price sensitive and price insensitive markets. The original poster seemed to assume that an oligopoly impled a certan price sensitivity.

Also, was pointing out that while monopoloies and oligopolies in a “steady state” are loath to change prices, a sudden change to the market – such as a new tax – does affect the price.

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