On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Doug Schaff wrote:
> I do know that when I was working in Saudi
> Arabia 16 years ago, the cost of getting a barrel of oil from the ground to
> the super-tanker loading platforms at Ros Tanora - where the per barrel
> price is paid - was $.25 US. TWENTY-FIVE CENTS!!!! - to produce something
> that was selling for $30 US!!!!!!! If you want to talk about using
> excessive price gouging is a means to force a change in energy use habits,
> fine. But I watched the s--t being pumped and sold at the source - there is
> no damned way in hell we should be paying $1 US per gallon, let alone $15
> US!!!!
I think it's clear that the idea is to cover the environmental costs with
those $5-15 per gallon, *NOT* to let the money flow to the Saudis so they
can purchase their 11th Rolls-Royce...
> By the way, the government is finding a way to ban all kinds of
> firearms because they are so evil - why can't they go to Ford and say "No -
> the Excursion is over the line, you just can't produce it". Jesus, when
> those damned yahoos out on the highway get a hold of that thing (built on an
> F350 platform and weighing 8,000 lbs), they'll have to redefine the term
> "road rage".
... AND the term "road cage" ;-)
Chris
