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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 05:48 PM Original message |
Poll question: When we start rationing gas, what should the limits be? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why would we ration gas? There's no shortage. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 05:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Who determines how much is enough for a person to get to work? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. MPG x distance in miles to work x 2 |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Don't lots of folks own more than one vehicle? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Do they drive both of them to work every day? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The ration would have to be set in advance |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Again, tell me WHY we're hypothetically rationing gas? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Just thought it would be a fun hypothetical |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. If it's an actual shortage, the number would have to be based on available supply. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. What about all the people who live within 3 miles of work? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Less than those who live 30 miles from work. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. How much less? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Jesus! Who cares? |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. If I didn't care I wouldn't have asked |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. 20 gallons a week would be good |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. That'd work for me, but not for some... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Not sure |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. hopefully there will be alternatives by then. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Endless amounts. No limits. Americans must not have limits. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. You better hope you have a large supply of asbestos |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. We lived without gasoline for all or our previous history, except the tiny last 100 years. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'll happily be a black marketeer |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. How the hell do you carry gasoline on a bicycle? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Ration stamps, not actual gasoline |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. What's bicycling distance? How many miles are we talking about? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Okay, North Carolina's a tad far |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Two five gallon containers on a trailer behind the bicycle. nt |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. No more than a tankfull at a time. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
20. Enought to set my neighbors Hummer on fire. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. How much gas would be used by the fire trucks that responded to that? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-20-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. None. BRT run on diesel. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
32. It depends on the objective of the rationing. |
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Fading Captain (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
33. The eco-fascists can suck my balls |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Would you want someone that you hated to have their teeth next to your balls? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
34. Why would we be rationing gas? Your answer determines mine. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
35. If gas was rationed there would be a large secondary market in gas coupons |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-21-09 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. Prices ration gas. |
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