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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: rojawe on February 29, 2012, 08:22:37 AM
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White House Wants to Keep Gas Prices High
With the national average of gas prices hitting $3.65 a gallon, nearing $6 in some parts of the country, and poised to head even higher, America's families are wondering when the bleeding at the pump will stop. But for Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu, those steep prices aren't even a concern. In fact, he says his goal is not to get the price of gasoline to go down.
Chu delivered those stunning remarks in testimony before Congress yesterday. When Rep. Alan Nunnelee (R-Miss.) asked Chu whether it's his "overall goal to get our price" of gasoline lower, Chu said, "No, the overall goal is to decrease our dependency on oil, to build and strengthen our economy."
As shocking as his remarks are, they shouldn't come as a surprise. Chu has a long record of advocating for higher gas prices. In 2008, he stated, "Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe." Last March, he reiterated his point in an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace, noting that his focus is to ease the pain felt by his energy policies by forcing automakers to make more fuel-efficient automobiles. "What I'm doing since I became Secretary of Energy has been quite clear. What I have been doing is developing methods to take the pain out of high gas prices."
One of those methods is dumping taxpayer dollars into alternative energy projects like the Solyndra solar plant. Another is subsidizing the purchase of high-cost electric cars like the Chevy Volt to the tune of $7,500 per car (which the White House wants to increase to $10,000). In both cases, those methods aren't working. Solyndra went bankrupt because its product couldn't bear the weight of market pressures, and Chevy Volts aren't selling, even with taxpayer-funded rebates. What's the president's next plan? Harvesting "a bunch of algae" as a replacement for oil.
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If anyone wants link try the Heritage Foundation:
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/29/morning-bell-white-house-wants-to-keep-gas-prices-high/ (http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/29/morning-bell-white-house-wants-to-keep-gas-prices-high/)
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They didn't mention Chu is also A Nobel Peace Prize recipient.... BHO, as a candidate, told the country what his plans were regarding energy costs....
Just imagine if Cap & Trade had passed,,,,instead of looming around $4 or $5 right now, it would be $7-$10....
Which it might be by summer anyway...
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It's the same theory that hasn't worked with tobacco and booze.
In order to cut the use of it they force the price up so high no one can afford it.
Candidate Obama proclaimed that he intended to do that, especially to coal.
One question the dumb asses don't address is what happens to the poor shmuck who has to commute 45 miles one way to work ?
What happens to the price of things that have to move by truck ?
Can you think of any product that does not move by truck at some point ?
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Can you think of any product that does not move by truck at some point ?
Well, there's.......................................................
Ok, how about............................................................
Oh yeah, I know, there's.....................................................
Nevermind, I got nuttin.
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Well, there's.......................................................
Ok, how about............................................................
Oh yeah, I know, there's.....................................................
Nevermind, I got nuttin.
Did you get the E-Mail I sent you of Septic tank trucks ?
I still haven't figured out how to post the pictures.
Even sh!t moves by truck. ;D