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based upon $1.50 for the average cup of coffee at starbucks, it works out to $24 per gallon for coffee......as compared to $4.00 for gasoline.....why is no one complaining about starbucks.....coffee is only water colored with coffee beans....you dont have to drill for it....just pick it.....
This the most ridiculus argument, and I've heard it several times. Ralph Lauren cologne would be over $1,000 a gallon. But realistically when is the last time you bought 25 gallons of coffee or cologne, only to have to refill in a week and a half?
based upon $1.50 for the average cup of coffee at starbucks, it works out to $24 per gallon for coffee......as compared to $4.00 for gasoline.....why is no one complaining about starbucks.....coffee is only water colored with coffee beans....you dont have to drill for it....just pick it.....
People can live without Starbucks. Most people in America cannot survive without gasoline and at these prices most people are paying $300+ per month. That hurts a lot of people.
Right after 911, gas dipped to .99 cents in my area.
I still can't get a clear answer as to why gas has gotten so expensive.
If Colonel Sanders had been put in the White House in 2000, and a extra crispy was selling at 15 bucks a piece today, would anybody be the least bit suspicious?
Demand is down as related by Alan Greenspan before Congress in a hearing concerning price gouging and speculation in the market.
The Saudi's have refused to increase output because the demand isn't there, which means supply is correct. So what's the problem?
Speculation. We don't need drilling, we need efficiency within the system. This is a market problem, speculation, and and engineering problem, efficiency.
As I've said before, you make the choice - 401K or cheaper gas. Barring cheaper gas, efficiency is your best tool, and that leaves you at the mercy of the engineers, and math always wins.
Since a large part of the supply comes from very unstable parts of the world, the supply can be cut at any time over any incident. We need to get more oil from our own resourses. I agree with your proposals, but they are much longer term.
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