Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 17:45:52 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out Message-ID: <38C2FFC0.AAC99D59@softweyr.com> References: <20000304101212.A384@internode.com.au> <38BFEEA8.1A465CFC@softweyr.com> <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452201313909@l04.research.kpn.com> <38BFEEA8.1A465CFC@softweyr.com> <200003041741.MAA15002@etinc.com> <200003052008.PAA17773@etinc.com>
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Dennis wrote:
>
> At 08:57 PM 3/4/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >Dennis wrote:
> >>
> >> >This week, I traveled from Wyoming to California and discovered that
> >> >gas prices were 25% higher in the Golden State than in the Cowboy
> >> >State. Why? Because Californians "tax" themselves by requiring that
> >> >everyone buy fuel with high concentrations of MTBE, an oxygenating agent.
> >> >MTBE was supposed to reduce pollution, but in fact is a worse pollutant
> >> >than oxides of nitrogen ever were. However, since only California
> >> >refineries make gas with a high enough concentration of MTBE, Californians
> >> >are locked into buying from these few sources and the price goes up.
> >> >WAY up. Los Angeles will have $2.50 gas this summer.
> >> >
> >> >It's the same the whole world over. Energy policies and fuel costs aren't
> >> >driven by markets or even common sense. They are controlled by big
> >> >cartels, big government, and politics.
> >>
> >> I think you've been reading too much of that commie literature they have
> >> out there on the West Coast. Gas taxes are designed to pay for roads and
> >> highways, and you have lots more infrastructure in LA than you do in
> >> Wyoming. The more you drive, the more you pay. Makes sense to me.
> >
> >What doesn't make sense is that Los Angeles has a LOT less highway
> >per person than Wyoming. You've obviously never been to Wyoming.
> >It's a big state with a population at 475,000 and falling.
>
> yeah, but I bet it doesnt cost 35K to fill a pothole in Wyoming.
Why wouldn't it? The road crews in Wyoming have to drive an average
of over 100 miles just to get to the pothole, since the towns are so
few and far between.
Could we PLEASE keep -hackers off the distribution list for this idiotic
discussion?
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