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06.30.08, 10:25 AM General Topics
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I think these gas prices are the best thing that could have happened. I rejoice with every cent they go up!! I love reading all these articles on how people are being forced to drive less, and how in the Netherlands gas is $10 a gallon and no one even blinks! Americans are finally being forced to deal with how sickeningly entitled they are. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.30.08, 10:25 AM Flag
 

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ita. Shoulda put the prices up here with taxes years ago. Was so obvious this would happen eventually, and now everyone's caught with their pants down [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:26 AM Flag
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I thought you socialist left wingers were supposed to care about the poor [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:26 AM Flag
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I do care about the poor, but I care about the planet, too. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:28 AM Flag
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oh please. You only care about what fits your lifestyle. WHat do you do in your personal life to "save the planet"? Or are you a greenocrit like Al Gore? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:30 AM Flag
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What fits my lifestyle? wth are you talking about? I own a car, and it costs a shitload to fill the tank. LUckily I can see further than my own wallet (unlike some) and see that this is still a good thing for the planet. I do as much as I can in my life to be ecological. Again... unlike some. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:32 AM Flag
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ok so you have a car. High gas prices are going to effect you but not as much as someone on the egde anyway. Most of us care about being ecological within reasonable boundaries. I get tired of the green high horse that people get on when they think they should do what they want but I should change my whole life. Maybe I was projecting onto you but saying high gas prices are a good thing is idiotic. It will hurt most people in one way or another. Gas provides transportation for most goods in this country. Higher prices means higher prices on everything. That means people buy less stuff and production has to be cut back. That means people lose their jobs. The whole economy could fall because gas prices are going up. There are reasonable things that can be done but this is ridiculous [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:37 AM Flag
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You're looking at it in the most short-sighted way possible. You must be a Republican. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:38 AM Flag
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nope. libertarian. ANd how am I being short sighted? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:39 AM Flag
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the whole "let's get away with paying as little as we can for everything, taking the earth's resources as our God-given property to use as flagrantly as we see fit, and excusing the whole thing by saying it's good for the economy." That's been the way of thinking for many decades and it's toxic. As we are forced to use less gas and prices go up on other things, we will be forced to invest in and create alternative and greener energy sources--which will in turn spur the economy AND create jobs. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:42 AM Flag
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I see. Ok - I think we should use resources in as responsible and environmentally friendly way as possible but I do think the earth is here for our use. I also know that if the environmentalists in this country had not used quite so many scare tactics and oil companies had been able to drill years ago in places that we know there is oil (Coast of Fla and Anwar for ex) prices would not be as high. Also, did you know that there has not been a refinery built in this country since the 1970's? That amazed me! I'm not saying environmentalism is all bad. Obviously it's nec since people and companies will take advantage. But there has to be some balance there. We have to take the state of the earth into account as well as the state of the economy and what the market will bear. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:46 AM Flag
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Actually, I agree about off-shore drilling. I think the rationale is more NIMBY than environmentalism. But the fact is, accessing MORE and MORE oil is not a long-term solution either. We need to use. less. oil. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 11:01 AM Flag
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worse. a republican without even a real strategy to destry the country. grow up. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:54 AM Flag
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LMAO! Do you know what a libertarian is? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:56 AM Flag
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i'm kinda w/you but this will increase prices on everything else which i'm not happy about [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:29 AM Flag
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You are forgetting about all the working poor - they have to travel the farthest to get to and from work (because housing is too expensive closer). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:39 AM Flag
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Near this city?? Almost anyone can take public transportation and that's what they should be doing. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:40 AM Flag
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Does the entire country live near this city? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:42 AM Flag
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I guess so. And everyone has good public transportation, sidewalks, and roads that are open to bicycle transportation. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:43 AM Flag
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This OP only cares about herself. Typical. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:44 AM Flag
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No--suburban sprawl has taken over the country because the assumption has always been that hey, we can just drive everywhere! Now the chickens are coming home to roost. In the rest of the world, gas is super expensive and people build comunities, and cars, accordingly. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:50 AM Flag
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I totally agree with you - but what are you proposing the solution should be for the average person making $10/hr after driving 1.5 hrs each way each day? They don't have a lot of options as gas prices go up. There is nowhere for them to move to, there are no jobs closer to them. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:52 AM Flag
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so you're saying we created a faulty, damaging, unsustainable system, now the government should subsidize OUR mistakes at the cost of the environment? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 11:02 AM Flag
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np: where in the US is this scenario a reasonable example? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 11:04 AM Flag
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HEY, "I totally agree..." poster- Where is this example from? Can you tell me where this is happening? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 11:27 AM Flag
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i am from europe and my grandmother used to bike to work 2 hrs each way. one of my cousins still bikes to work, as it is expensive to own a car (in europe it always been; and the gas was always more expensive there than here). america is built on oil, just look around. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 11:16 AM Flag
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and if we had done certain things, that would probably still be true and we would not be in this mess now [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:52 AM Flag
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High gas prices are not a tri-state area phenomenon and not every city has good public transportation. Try getting from an apartment in Jamaica Plain, MA (low income) to a job in Bedford, MA (an expensive area) on public transportation. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:43 AM Flag
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To be fair, the European countries with high gas prices also tend to have much better public transportation and intercity public transportation. And they tend not to have an infrastructure system based on highways and no sidewalks. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 10:41 AM Flag
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So let's improve our public transportation system rather than continuing to spiral downward with the waste of resources! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.30.08, 11:08 AM Flag
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