VW Passat 78.5 MPG (Imperial gallon) 65.2 MPG US gallon in the Uk - YouTube
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This should piss alot of people off, but it should also be no supprize since most politicians have stock in oil as well!!!
Kurt
The politicians forget who voted them in and also once in power,they forget that they represent the people,not the large companies that pay backhanders to them. ALL, I repeat, ALL politicians are corrupt once elected and that is any world wide country.
Like most "conspiracy" theories what seems logical is off track because of limited thinking. In most places in this country, "fuel tax" or "road tax" gets dumped into the general fund anyway, and there have been a number of studies showing that the amount collected is often higher than the amount spent on road repairs/improvement. Off topic for this would be the next step in discussing the use of taxes and the reality that we've reached the point where what we collect in ALL tax revenue no longer covers all the forms of "wellfare".........much less the costs of military, highways, and any other legitimate government function. We borrow all THAT money. BTW, the technology already exists to use the on board computers to track the number of miles a car accumulates. The State of Oregon has already run a pilot program to charge a "user fee" for high fuel economy or alternate fuel vehicles. Obviously this guy isn't aware of that so doesn't include that in his thinking.
No......this isn't a conspiracy to keep tax revenue higher, or to help oil company profits (with this government.....get real).............it's yet another example of bureaucratic short sightedness. More proof that a few "smart" people in Washington making decisions isn't really as smart as the free market where millions of people make the decisions for themselves. In a few years you guys will be in the same boat for your medical care for the same reasons.
anyone with a retirement fund holds shares in oil/energy . the price of fuel is supply and demand. always has been always will be .
There is a town 12 miles from here it's gas prices are always 5 to 10 cents less than here. Today they are .54 less than here.. I asked why they said we are in a different area. Well they are right there same state same county. just 12 miles different. I'm sure you guys see this too. One station here this past week droped its price from 3.98 to 3.77 for one day then went back up. Both stations get there gas from the same truck. Just saying.