Before it reaches $4.00 per gallon, I Urge American people e-mail to your senator and congressman to 1. IMMEDIATELY STOP FEDERAL/STATE TAXES ON GASOLINE.
If this get pass, it will save at least 45¢ per gallon in most states.

The price of gas will go down when we use less gas. Demand is the fundamental issue. Eliminating the gas tax will increase demand, which is the opposite of what we want.

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I ride a Suzuki Burgman 650 which is a scooter with a 650cc engine. Keeps up just fine on the highway, even with 2, and gets 50+ mpg in my normal commuting. Add to that the reduced parking fees, and it becomes a prettty economical vehicle. The shield keeps most of the rain off, and it has handy under seat storage where I can store my other raingear. Of course, I also subscribe to the "All the Gear, All the Time" theory, which means that when I'm on the bike, I'm wearing a helmet, jacket, overpants, boots, and gloves. I like my nice smooth skin.

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Catz: "And, the ever-sage Volvo Driver:"

Dear, i disagree with your point of view.

Even the demands from world’s market are high but there is no shortage of supply. Evidently those oil countries are taking DOUBLE advantages of this situation. Our government has to do something to take care of these crises[do as other democratic countries has already done]. With the temporally TAX freeze not only can ease the gasoline pain for American people but also reduce the rate of inflation in our country. It is important to do something now than regret later.

Nothing wrong w/ a 650cc bike. Plenty of power for almost all situations.
I've got 1352cc and I don't use 70% of what it can do. It's mainly ego, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

Well, that just means you are wrong!

Every bit of the supply is being used. Which is why prices are up. There is no excess supply. The way the market reaches demand/supply equilibrium is via price. If you see prices rise it's because the demand for something is outpacing the supply and the market is trying to correct for it by making prices high enough to lower demand.

All you would be doing is making the problem worse. Want prices to fall? Use less gas.

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What kind of Logic is this?


How did you know the real Detail behind those Greedy Oil nations?

Triple the price in 3 years? If there's no shortage of supply then the only reason must be price gauging.




I have been driving a small car already; again this is not my personal problem.

If our government cannot do anything to ease the gasoline price surging, we will be in deeper trouble economically.

What have our government done so far? Nothing!

So volvodirver turn to a Suzuki Burgman 650.

Ahhh, no. Back to Econ 101. There are TWO sides: supply and demand. The fact there is no shortage of something tells you nothing about demand. If I make 10,000,000,000 widgets a day there are certainly a lot of widgets around. But if demand for widgets is 11,000,000,000 a day the price is going up despite the fact there are plenty of widgets. Likewise, if I make 5 gidgets and the demand is 3, prices are going down despite the fact there are very few gidgets around. So the quick answer to your dilemna is that, yes, there is a lot of oil. So what? Further, and for the 1,000th time on this forum, oil companies do not set the price for oil. Hence, "gouging" is kind of hard for them to do.


Here's what the government should do: Tell people to use less gas.

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There is something wrong with the structure of OPEC, have you been noticed, every so often[few months], there is some conflicts between those Middle East countries whether is small or big it always driving up the oil price.



Most people has already learned the lesson especially those SUV drivers.

This is an emergency situation. What's government for if it cannot take care of its own people's problem.