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Posted by Amazing .... on July 08, 2005 at 17:53:54 from (64.42.242.43):
In Reply to: OT-Fed Up!!! posted by Illinois Boy on July 08, 2005 at 07:05:04:
It always amazes me that so many people (maybe not yourself) spend $45000 on a gas-guzzling monster, and then they complain about the cost of running it. Buy small and drive less, there is no other solution. And for heavens sake, we've got to quit blaming everyone else from the oil companies to China. Basic economics still applies (check out any 100-year-old text on economics). Prices are set by supply and demand, and in the case of oil it's the demand. We are consuming energy at a phenomenal rate so what would you expect, low prices on a commodity that is in high demand?
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