"Gas prices sinking - fill 'er up!" (America, the superficial)

"R. Lander" wrote:

> Larry Bud wrote:
>
> > > The fact is, $3+/gallon gas has been the only motivation for the
> > > average fool to conserve fuel and stop buying ego-tanks.
> >
> > So what?
>
> "So what?" is the hallmark of the brain-dead. You're illustrating my
> point perfectly.

It'll go up again in a few months.

Graham

In article >, Eeyore wrote:

> What do you mean by 'standard of living' ? Fewer cars maybe but probably better
> quality of life.

The lower standard/quality of living comes from central planning taking
over every aspect of our lives under the excuse that it has to manage
energy usage.

In article >, Eeyore wrote:

>> Peak Oil? That ain't sheep you're hearing; that's Chicken Little.

> This is such a great example of pathetically muddled American thinking that it
> deserves a wider audience !

Peak oil is fraud, artifical scarcity in the name of profits. Should be
using oil is a different question, but there is no shortage of oil at
todays prices.

Brent P wrote:

> In article >, Eeyore wrote:
>
> > What do you mean by 'standard of living' ? Fewer cars maybe but probably better
> > quality of life.
>
> The lower standard/quality of living comes from central planning

******** !


> taking
> over every aspect of our lives under the excuse that it has to manage
> energy usage.

Quality of life has zilch to do with so-called 'standard of living' which is about
trivial stuff like how much you earn/own.

If ppl started paying more attention to the quality of their lives the the world (
well.. mainly the USA ) might be a happier place.

Graham

Brent P wrote:

> In article >, Eeyore wrote:
>
> >> Peak Oil? That ain't sheep you're hearing; that's Chicken Little.
>
> > This is such a great example of pathetically muddled American thinking that it
> > deserves a wider audience !
>
> Peak oil is fraud, artifical scarcity in the name of profits. Should be
> using oil is a different question, but there is no shortage of oil at
> todays prices.

You reckon oil production can continue to rise indefinitely ?

Graham

Eeyore wrote:
>
> Matthew Russotto wrote:
>
>> In article .com>,
>> R. Lander > wrote:
>>> That ABC Good Morning America caption (9/12/06) illustrates the chronic
>>> shallowness of Americans.
>> Well, actually, it illustrates the shallowness of "Good Morning
>> America". As you might guess from the title, it's not intended to be
>> a hard-hitting news program of any sort.
>>
>>> high prices, so let's not upset them with talk of restraint. We must
>>> keep the economy addicted and growing forever, or else.....or else we
>>> might have to live sustainably? Don't suggest that!
>> We can't live "sustainably"; for starters, just to keep consumption
>> near current levels would require zero population growth. To actually
>> significantly reduce consumption would require that plus serious
>> reductions in the standard of living. To eliminate the use of oil
>> would require the death of most of the US population.
>>
>>> most people only care about their immediate wants. Like bleating sheep,
>>> they'll try to blame someone else when Peak Oil and climate change
>>> finally forces them off the road.
>> Peak Oil? That ain't sheep you're hearing; that's Chicken Little.
>
> This is such a great example of pathetically muddled American thinking that it
> deserves a wider audience !
>
>
> Graham
>
Somehow our Government fails to see the link with tens of millions of
added consumers in the form of Foreign Nationals that are practicing
mass human production in our Country as a threat to sustainability, our
economy, the Republic, and the American way of life.

In article >, Eeyore wrote:

> Brent P wrote:
>
>> In article >, Eeyore wrote:
>>
>> > What do you mean by 'standard of living' ? Fewer cars maybe but probably better
>> > quality of life.
>>
>> The lower standard/quality of living comes from central planning

> ******** !

I suggest you start paying closer attention then, because the actual
agenda is central planning.

>> taking
>> over every aspect of our lives under the excuse that it has to manage
>> energy usage.

> Quality of life has zilch to do with so-called 'standard of living'which is about
> trivial stuff like how much you earn/own.

Ask the guy living in van down by the river if he senses a difference.

> If ppl started paying more attention to the quality of their lives the the world (
> well.. mainly the USA ) might be a happier place.

Welcome to the MFFY planet. Been here long?

In article >, Eeyore wrote:
>
>
> Brent P wrote:
>
>> In article >, Eeyore wrote:
>>
>> >> Peak Oil? That ain't sheep you're hearing; that's Chicken Little.
>>
>> > This is such a great example of pathetically muddled American thinking that it
>> > deserves a wider audience !
>>
>> Peak oil is fraud, artifical scarcity in the name of profits. Should be
>> using oil is a different question, but there is no shortage of oil at
>> todays prices.

> You reckon oil production can continue to rise indefinitely ?

The human race cannot continue indefinitely given the desire of some of
it's members to control others.

But could oil continue until everything unravels? Given what I know right
now, I say yes.

Brent P wrote:

> In article >, Eeyore wrote:
> > Brent P wrote:
> >> In article >, Eeyore wrote:
> >>
> >> > What do you mean by 'standard of living' ? Fewer cars maybe but probably better
> >> > quality of life.
> >>
> >> The lower standard/quality of living comes from central planning
>
> > ******** !
>
> I suggest you start paying closer attention then, because the actual
> agenda is central planning.

You really are getting close to being a conspiracy loon

Do you wear a tin-foil hat too ? Do you live in fear of the black helicopters ?


> >> taking over every aspect of our lives under the excuse that it has
> >> to manage energy usage.
>
> > Quality of life has zilch to do with so-called 'standard of living'which is about
> > trivial stuff like how much you earn/own.
>
> Ask the guy living in van down by the river if he senses a difference.

What's that got to do with it ?


> > If ppl started paying more attention to the quality of their lives the the world (
> > well.. mainly the USA ) might be a happier place.
>
> Welcome to the MFFY planet. Been here long?

Surely the MFFYs are those with a good 'standard of living' ?

Graham

Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), said in
rec.autos.driving:
> Somehow our Government fails to see the link with tens of millions of
> added consumers in the form of Foreign Nationals that are practicing
> mass human production in our Country as a threat to sustainability, our
> economy, the Republic, and the American way of life.

That's because what chimpzilla and his minions want is a return to
feudalism. And it seems that We The People are more than willing to let
them do just that. Benjamin Franklin must be turning over in his
grave...

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neither Liberty nor Safety."
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