The "Gas" Thread

[STF]

What do you think I live on now?

Beans and Garlic on toast but obviously you would have to tighten your belt and forgo the garlic

[outback]

Now come on.!! Did you really think they were going to let you keep all that stimulus money.

Hell...their taking it all back, plus interest lost.

Leave it to the democrats. Happens every time they take office.

[PaulFLUS]

Beans and Garlic on toast but obviously you would have to tighten your belt and forgo the garlic

Skip the beans and put extra garlic on the toast.

[BobH]

Personally, I think it has little to do with who is in power in whatever country you care to name. It is a global problem just like the other shortages people are facing globally. It is a combination of factors like the pandemic and Russia's war in the Ukraine that is causing these shortages. It could be time for people in the US to stop navel gazing and take a look at what is happening in the rest of the world. The US is not unique and is still better off, even after the gas price increases, than the majority of countries in Europe and other parts of the world. We are all vulnerable after 40 or more years of globalisation.

Bob

[PaulFLUS]

With due respect Bob, I don't think you can ignore or dismiss the effects the US government has on the rest.of the world. The NYSE crashes and every other market in the world crashes. The US economy and leaders have a huge effect on the world economy. We are the world's largest consumer. If we tank China, for example goes down right along with us because of the deficit in demand for their products. You may not like it but it is a reality.

[STF]

Umm, this is tricky.

I like what Bob said but if Paul decides to sell any of his razors i want first dibs so in the interest of my rotation I think I better stay away from the last two post.

Sorry guys, but shaving is much more important than whose fault it is that Gas has gone up or how important the States are.

[Gasman]

supply and demand

[BobH]

With due respect Bob, I don't think you can ignore or dismiss the effects the US government has on the rest.of the world. The NYSE crashes and every other market in the world crashes. The US economy and leaders have a huge effect on the world economy. We are the world's largest consumer. If we tank China, for example goes down right along with us because of the deficit in demand for their products. You may not like it but it is a reality.

Oh, there is no doubt of the influence the US has on the rest of the world. I'm not saying it does not, far from it. Just think that when the rest of the world is suffering from the same rising prices for everything and no political leader has been able to do something about it or any economy has been exempt from it there must be other root causes. As powerful as the US is, it is not unique in suffering. WRT, gasoline it is better off than most even thought the rising gas prices in the US still hurt. That too is reality, like it or not.

Bob

[BobH]

supply and demand

Certainly, but what are the root causes of the current shortages in almost everything that are limiting the supply and increasing the prices?

Bob

[Kees]

Do you guys realise how lucky you have been all those years? Prices quoted above are at Western European levels where taxes, excises and VAT (some sort of sales tax, 21% in the Netherlands) have always been much higher than in the US. In the eighties when I lived in Houston, Tx it used to be 1 USD a gallon.