[Summit] Trdr Jos in Wrwck- phooey- $$ svd wl be spnt on GAS at these PRICES

[Bresler E]

Camping at Lippitt, that would make an interesting statement.

I know there are many factors in the gas prices, but the fact that the oil
companies made record profits, right through Katrina, and now, while the
economy is hurting a lot of folks, bothers me. I do believe in profit, but
for certain necessities there should be limits when conscience is lacking.
The laws of supply and demand yield very harsh results when there are
necessities which one does not want to have to do without.

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Art Norwalk <art at norwalkcom.com> wrote:

>  Europeans have been paying the equivalent of $4/gallon for gas for years.
> We've known for decades that oil was a finite resource but neither
> government nor industry nor science have come up with alternatives that are
> economically and environmentally acceptable. Suspending the gas tax for the
> summer is a pander, not an answer.
>
> Have you considered camping in Lippitt Park? It'll be nice when the
> fountain is restored.
>
> -- Art
>
>
> At 10:53 AM 4/29/2008, you wrote:
>
> We go camping one hour away in CT.  We have no money to boycott them with!
> They already got all of ours... Sigh
> Elianna
>
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Amanda Woodward <awoodward7 at verizon.net> wrote:
>  Meanwhile, Dubai is planning their floating city to top the sandbar city
> that they completed this last year.
> Does this sound like they really need to increase prices?  Sure they do!
> Those floating cities are expensive as heck!!
>
> Another way to boycott is to carefully pick where to take vacations such
> that we are not condoning and reinforcing such extreme waste and decadence.
> Unfortunately the very Europeans who complain about the gas prices are the
> very ones who go to Dubai for vacations.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Bresler E <breslerfamily at gmail.com >
> To: Summit Neighborhood < Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:42:23 PM
> Subject: [Summit] Trdr Jos in Wrwck- phooey- $$ svd wl be spnt on GAS at
> these PRICES
>
> We need to start car pooling and boycotting the pumps like the French do.
>
> I try to avoid politics but I can't help smelling a scam here. To me, this
> one ranks with the flimsy Nigerian Internet Spam Artists-
>
> There is NO EXCUSE for these gas prices. The sceptic in me sees the
> government (can't be Bush alone?) trying to buy us off with "free money"-
> to sooth us with "rebates" of our own money, really, which, of course,
> increases the national debt. The same "magic thinking" that gets folks in
> trouble with credit cards.
> But the kicker is who REALLY gets the money- with the gas prices so
> cranked up, fuel at the pumps and transportation costs for our necessities
> such as food, will MORE that grab our whole rebates, AND, surprize!, pass
> them to Bush's friends, the oil barons.
>
> We drove to NYC to visit some close friends for the end of Passover,
> despite the gas prices. The effect was VERY noticeable (besides on our
> wallets).  There was a MAJOR reduction in traffic; the proportion of SUVs to
> cars was down, but there were also much less personal vehicles all together.
> Of course this is subjective, but the difference was major; you couldn't
> help notice.  Even on a week day evening- the commercial traffic (trucks,
> work vans) was almost half the vehicles.  Coming back early in the morning,
> I drove through almost a whole hour on 95 without ever seeing anything but a
> dozen plus trucks going my way and only a couple cars the other way. We have
> often driven at that time, and usually pass at least as many cars/SUVS as
> trucks.
>
> Pretty un-nerving
>
> Elianna
>
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