Oil Prices Go Down but Gas Prices Keep Going Up? (Obama, elect)

[albert648]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

We need gas to go up to $15/gallon to encourage people to go green and use less oil. Otherwise, we are promoting squandering the earth's finite resources as well as polluting the planet.

Then feel free to voluntarily pay your local gas station $15/gallon.

Too high a week ago, still too high today.

[Tall Traveler]

Originally Posted by albert648

Then feel free to voluntarily pay your local gas station $15/gallon.

Too high a week ago, still too high today.

I drive a Tesla and avoid the poisonous gas stations. We need $15-$20/gallon gas to get people motivated to burn less gas.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

I drive a Tesla and avoid the poisonous gas stations. We need $15-$20/gallon gas to get people motivated to burn less gas.

I went to a EV magee last March when prem went to $3.75 a gal pal for my gas sucking 2021 Camaro that got 8mpg in the city kitty.

[beach43ofus]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

I drive a Tesla and avoid the poisonous gas stations. We need $15-$20/gallon gas to get people motivated to burn less gas.

We need more affordable EV cars. With 64% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, only 36% might be able to afford EV's.

The feds should go back to massive tax incentive for buying low cost EV's, ones that SELL for <$35k.

Let's force retailers to ditch the dealer "packs" above MSRP by making the tax credits only for cars that SELL for <$35k, regardless of MSRP sticker.

[Tall Traveler]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

We need more affordable EV cars. With 64% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, only 36% might be able to afford EV's.

The feds should go back to massive tax incentive for buying low cost EV's, ones that SELL for <$35k.

Let's force retailers to ditch the dealer "packs" above MSRP by making the tax credits only for cars that SELL for <$35k, regardless of MSRP sticker.

I agree. I saw a report that the average EV cost $63K and average ICE vehicle $47K, that gap will close over time and hopefully EV's will drop below ICE vehicles in the next few years.

My Tesla was less expensive than the last 3 ICE vehicles I've purchased and incredibly cheap to run, for example, wife made a round trip yesterday of about 60+ miles in the Tesla and I charged it up when she got back and it cost me $1.25 to charge back to where it was before she left.

[ottomobeale]

Originally Posted by beach43ofus

We need more affordable EV cars. With 64% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, only 36% might be able to afford EV's.

The feds should go back to massive tax incentive for buying low cost EV's, ones that SELL for <$35k.

Let's force retailers to ditch the dealer "packs" above MSRP by making the tax credits only for cars that SELL for <$35k, regardless of MSRP sticker.

Add in that Tesla is a world leader in being awful to deal with.

[hooligan]

Originally Posted by Seguinite

People need to quit being satisified that prices are down 10 cents or whatever. They oughta still be hopping well pissed off that they've doubled in the past year.

Pissed at...... capitalism and free markets? Knock yourself out, I won't be joining you, however.

[Seguinite]

Originally Posted by hooligan

Pissed at...... capitalism and free markets? Knock yourself out, I won't be joining you, however.

Isn't it funny how different administrations manage 'capitalism' and 'free markets'?

[Annandale_Man]

Originally Posted by Tall Traveler

I drive a Tesla and avoid the poisonous gas stations. We need $15-$20/gallon gas to get people motivated to burn less gas.

People can't voluntarily not go to work a few days a week.

[hooligan]

Originally Posted by Seguinite

Isn't it funny how different administrations manage 'capitalism' and 'free markets'?

What's funny is the widespread misunderstanding of the impacts that any US Presidential administration can have on the price of a global commodity. And, by "funny", I mean "sad".