Re: Gas/Fuel War!!!

Posted by Paul in Mich on April 10, 2005 at 08:55:33 from (64.12.117.7):

In Reply to: Gas/Fuel War!!! posted by Dixieland on April 10, 2005 at 07:50:52:

Dixieland, Don"t think I"m picking on you, but allow me to be cynical here and play devil"s advocate.
#1 You may not be the only person on earth willing to wait in the long line that is going to form at the lone gas station everyone would choose to do business with for that week. Heck, I see folks honk their horns, jocky for position and make fools out of themselves to line up at the station selling gas for a penny less than the one across the street with no cars, but I would rather pay the penny extra and get in and get out and not sit with the car running for 20 minutes to either keep warm or keep cool.
#2 Do you really and truly want a whole team of little leaguers tracking mud all over your van? Besides, in order to get the whole team in one van to take to the field, you would have to go out of your way to pick them up, or their parents go out of their way to drive them past the ball field to your house so you could carpool. Everyone will have driven more total miles to carpool than had they just driven their own kid to the ball game. Then, you make your kid late for school because you have to wait on the Jones kid who overslept. And isnt it enough of a hassle to grocery shop for yourself than have to deal with the lady next door"s kids acting up in aisle 3, and eating candy their parent bought in front of your kids whom you said werent going to get candy every time you had to drag them through the super market?
#3, Paying cash instead of using your credit card for gas only exaserbates the problem as now instead of being able to slide your card in the gas pump, get your gas and go, after waiting in that 20 minute line, now you want to have to stand in line inside while 6 people ahead of you pay for gas, buy cigarettes, lottery tickets, Pepsi, milk, bread, newspapers, Gator-ade, and asking for the key to the restroom. All the while, the guy waiting behind your car is about ready to rip your head off, because he has been there 20 minutes because he agreed with you not to buy gas this week at the station across the street.
#4 YOu havent seen my grass lately....I do let it go 2 weeks, sometimes longer than that if I cant get out of the field before dark during the peak grass growing season. And No, it doesnt mulch worth the darn, it just plugs up the mower, and leaves windrows in the yard that I have to use more gasolene to run the lawn sweeper over, after I mowed.
#5 Surely you dont think walking more will keep the price of gasolene down, do you? I"m serious on this one. Most States rely on you using the highway, buying gasolene and the more the better, because they need the revenue from highway tax to maintain the roads. Their biggest fear is that everyone would quit driving gas guzzlers and go to more fuel efficient dars, because in addition to sales tax which is based on the dollar amount you pay for gas, they also rely on the gallonage tax. Some states are so paranoid about the advent of hybred cars and High MPG cars that they are trying to get legislation passed for a mileage tax for cars which get too good of gas mileage. So, in the end you are going to have to pay the same to drive a mile whether you drive it in a Cadillac or a Yugo. States yearly calculate revenue recieved from driving, and they desperately need your gas guzzler to make ends meet.
#6 See response to #5
#7 Not a bad idea. In fact for your own benefit it makes the most sense, as you have many more factors involved than gas mileage. YOu have engine and tire wear, and overall vehicle maintenance, which prolongs the life of the vehicle, thus allowing you to drive it more miles, therefore using more gasolent, therefore providing the State with necessary revenue to maintain the roads so you dont shake your vehicle apart long before it"s time.
#8 The price of goods is determined by their total cost. This cost includes transportation. If it costs to deliver something to your house, guess who ultimately pays? YOu may save money in the end by picking up the item or items at the store rather than having it delivered. If they don"t charge you directly for delivery, they will include it someway in the cost of the product. That makes me pay more for the product, even though I"m willing to pick it up myself because you are getting "free delivery". Dang, you are now starting to P*** me off here.
#9 I just spent $100.00 for asthma medicine and inhalers, which I drove 15 miles to the pharmacy on $2.35 per gallon of gasolene to get so I could save you money on your medicine by not accepting the free delivery policy of the drug store, and you now want me to drive with the window down? Besides, the farmer down the road just spread manure and it is rank as heck. Not to mention that where I live is 7 miles from Dow Chemical Company, which everyone seems to think has poluted the air and water beyond human fittness. YOu still want me to drive with my window down?
#10 Don"t you think I"ve thought too much already? The bottom line is that the price of gasolene is based on far more than you or I or the average driver in the U.S. has any control over.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Gas/Fuel War!!! Brian in NY 06:31:08 04/11/05 (0)
• Re: Gas/Fuel War!!! Dixieland 12:03:37 04/10/05 (2)
  • Re: Gas/Fuel War!!! Paul in Mich 15:46:33 04/10/05 (1)
    • Re: Gas/Fuel War!!! cdmn 21:29:41 04/12/05 (0)

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