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DemocracyInaction (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 09:48 AM Original message |
I Think 50 Cents More Per Gallon Will Be the Tipping Point |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. Meme du jour: The Bush admin's policies are to blame for gas prices. |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. The Heartland's already hit $2.45 |
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DemocracyInaction (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Norquist---I'm talking Small Town America and aveage town America |
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doublethink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Yea maybe change your lifestyle.... |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ah, but you see, Bush will then "save" us! |
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DemocracyInaction (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 09:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Enraged---I always thought so too; but I think this time it's beyond |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well, you never know with these people |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. As long as they get theirs, first, why should they give a f***? n/t |
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RPM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. they knew about it... peak oil is real |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. And those prices as they are now haven't been reflected yet in the price |
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PROGRESSIVE1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 09:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The price needs to go to about $3 dollars and wait six months. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. exactly |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 11:19 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. It usually takes 3-6 months for food prices to reflect gas price increases |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 11:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. i commiserate with you, sister! |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Its like a 12 step program & dealing w/ Alcoholics-until people have hit |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. During the depression, farmers were plowing their crops back |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. What will happen to the price of corn, when you add the increased |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Good question...but it could be a "+" for them Chemical Fertilizer Co's? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Cut subsidies + increased fuel prices = some farmers won't be |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. The math and the domino effect on the food chain are enormous... |
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doublethink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Great Line ... |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. I stopped at a central Florida BP station yesterday, mid grade was |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. Well I live in the heartland, Kansas City |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. $2 a Gallon Has Had a Big Impact Already |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
9. It would certainly have all those shiny SUVs sitting on car lots |
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jayfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. A Little Anecdote For You. |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. I hope you are right, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
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DemocracyInaction (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Honey, when they have to put gas in their car and can't buy their |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
13. here in california |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. A poll from when it started going up last year or so indicated |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. what do you bet... that prices will hover just under that number? |
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Technowitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
22. Depends on how it gets there |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
23. I don't think there will be any tipping point. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. Can we have a Recall? Please |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. I think that the tipping |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. But they've voted to open up ANWR. |
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ArkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. You could be right. |
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RPM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
38. dont forget: soon thereafter the economy crashes |
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