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Zalatix

(8,994 posts)
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 08:31 PM Oct 2012

All this hoopla about rising gasoline prices and gasoline exporting is missing the whole plot.

The cheaper the gas, the more warming we'll have, the more droughts we'll have, the poorer the harvests will be, and the higher food prices will be due to increased scarcity.

This obviously needs to be said because I'm seeing way too many posts complaining about skyrocketing gas prices, especially in California. It's as if we totally forgot the drought this year, and what brought it about.

Cheaper gasoline is going to kill us.

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All this hoopla about rising gasoline prices and gasoline exporting is missing the whole plot. (Original Post) Zalatix Oct 2012 OP
It is also an economic problem for the working poor who have to drive to work, and who will be GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #1
The poor are always the first to suffer pscot Oct 2012 #2
Yes, indeed! GreenPartyVoter Oct 2012 #4
Funny, how the system is rigged that way. Zalatix Oct 2012 #5
I don't think it's rigged pscot Oct 2012 #6
I have family in Germany who pay $8.90 per gallon tandot Oct 2012 #3

GreenPartyVoter

(73,021 posts)
1. It is also an economic problem for the working poor who have to drive to work, and who will be
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 08:36 PM
Oct 2012

facing higher food prices as well.

Sucks that we painted ourselves into this square, but.. here we are.

pscot

(21,037 posts)
6. I don't think it's rigged
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 10:32 PM
Oct 2012

No matter how we try to ameliorate it, it's still a Darwinian universe.

tandot

(6,671 posts)
3. I have family in Germany who pay $8.90 per gallon
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 08:51 PM
Oct 2012

1.80 Euros ($2.35) per liter (1 gallon = 3.79 liter).

However, they have excellent and cheap public transportation (subway, trains, buses, trolleys) and everything essential is in walking distance.

They didn't have any sympathy when I complained about paying $4.65 today for a gallon.

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