Topic:

GAS PRICES

Date:

9/17/08

Notes

"In 1995 American drivers burned about 17 million more gallons of gasoline a day than the country produced, according to the government's Energy Information Administration. The difference was made up for by imports."

By 2005, the latest figures available, the gap had widened considerably to about 36 million.

Gasoline prices have risen for the last 10 weeks straight and are now 20 percent higher since the start of the year.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Gasoline prices are expected to peak earlier and be about 11 cents lower this year compared to 2006, the government said Tuesday.

In 1980, the average American had to work 105 minutes to buy enough gas to drive the average car 100 miles, David Wyss, chief economist at Standard & Poor's, said in a study last year. By 2006, the average American needed to work only 52 minutes, thanks in part to better fuel efficiency but mostly due to higher wages.

hybrid cars!

Hybrid cars use a rechargeable electric battery in addition to the conventional gasoline engine. The engine is programmed to regulate usage of both systems, usually turning the conventional engine off while idling and driving slowly in traffic. The technology allows more efficient gasoline usage and low emissions of carbon dioxide, which are two main reasons behind the popularity of the cars in Europe and North America.

Water Powered Cars or Hydrogen/Oxygen Powered Cars, using 100% water as fuel is real. By spiltting water by electrolysis and creating hydrogen/oxygen gas, you can replace gasoline. We have been taught this is impossible! Engineers, scientists and professors may in fact tell tell you you're crazy to believe such non sense. They will also set out to prove you wrong.

gas prices

The government has no business stockpiling anything, including oil. But when three socialist amigos like Senators Charles Schumer of New York, Barbara Boxer of California and Harry Reid of Nevada all urged the Bush administration recently to help ease gasoline prices by releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), you know what’s up. These three are all facing the voters come November, and they know from their many years in politics that nothing agitates the boobeoisie and engenders conspiracy theories like high gas prices.

Reid is "extremely concerned" and believes that gasoline prices in Nevada may be going up because of "possible market manipulation" and price gouging. "The big oil companies say it’s just a matter of supply and demand. That’s the same thing Enron said," Reid told the Las Vegas Review Journal. "I don’t think we can take the word of the oil companies."

Philip Verleger, from the Institute for International Economics believes that draining the SPR might lower prices 20 cents per gallon, plus another 10 cents if the reserve were not replenished. Thus Mr. Reid would like to do just that to give motorists some relief while he and his friends on capital hill start their oil company–witch hunt. You’d think that Martha Stewart owned Exxon the way he’s acting. Reid forgets that Bill Clinton tried that trick in 2000 and the effect at the pump was negligible.

Of course, if the good Senator really wants to give Nevada drivers some relief, why not suspend gasoline taxes? The federal tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon. Then the State of Nevada, on top of that, levies another 33.7 cents. That’s 52.1 cents a gallon going to the government. Thus residents of the Silver State today pay the third highest gasoline tax in the nation – behind only New York and Hawaii. Of course, Californians pay nearly as much as Nevadans – over 50 cents per gallon. Interestingly, the three Senators looking to drain the SPR for their political gain are from states with the highest gasoline taxes, as well as the highest gas prices in the nation.

Unfortunately government’s impact on gasoline prices doesn’t stop with taxes. Stringent new blending regulations have served to curtail the amount of gasoline being imported from foreign refiners. "Some overseas refiners may be unable to meet new U.S. fuel-blending specifications," wrote Leia Parker in the March 29^th Barrons. "Others may simply be unwilling, preferring to send their fuel to Asia, where demand is rising, too."

The Environmental Protection Agency has lowered the amount of sulfur allowed in gasoline. At the same time, the additive methyl tertiary butyl ether has been prohibited in gasoline sold in California, New York and Connecticut due to water-contamination concerns. As Parker reports, these states have substituted ethanol which is more difficult to transport and can not be blended in refineries.

The EPA’s sulfur rules will likely limit imports by as much as 150,000 barrels a day according to A.G. Edwards senior analyst Bruce Lanni. Because inventories are thin and demand is high, the 150,000 barrels, which is 1.7 percent of daily U.S. demand, could cause big price increases.

The American Automobile Association issued a press release questioning the federal governments policies on gasoline refining that have resulted in more than 15 different varieties of gasoline being used across the country. "While these ‘boutique’ fuels have helped clean the air, they also have seriously hampered the efficient production and distribution of gasoline," AAA said.

That’s a gutsy statement from AAA, essentially questioning the value of cleaner air. Sierra Club members must be in Joan Crawford–mode after hearing those comments. Of course, AAA represents 47 million average Americans, who only want to be able to afford driving their cars.

Finally, because of government restrictions, oil production in the United States is in decline while demand continues to accelerate. According to the Oil and Gas Journal, U.S. proven oil reserves have declined by around 20% since 1990, with the largest single-year decline (1.6 billion barrels) occurring in 1991.

During 2003, the United States produced around 7.9 million barrels per day (MMBD) of oil, of which 5.7 MMBD was crude oil, and the rest natural gas liquids and other liquids. U.S. total oil production in 2003 was down sharply (around 2.7 MMBD, or 25%) from the 10.6 MMBD averaged in 1985. U.S. crude production remains near 50-year lows. 

Harry Reid and his friends in the Senate are the ones gouging customers at the gas pump, not the oil companies.perhaps the vilest aspect of this whole debate lies in the hidden truth about the secret taxes paid on a gallon of gasoline. I say secret because this is the one product consumers purchase that they are largely unaware of the tax rate they are paying. Why is this so? The federal government takes 18.4 cents of every gallon of gas sold and the states take an average of 27.5 cents per gallon. This is taken from consumers at the pump before they even realize that it is gone much like the federal withholding tax from their paychecks. It just so happens that the average profit made on a gallon of gasoline by the companies that produce the gas is only about 8 cents per gallon. And then these same companies pay taxes on those profits.

It is time for the American people to wake up and understand what is really going on here. We need to hold our government accountable for its’ unjust actions that have put us in this position, not the oil companies who are only responding to market forces and unjust government policies.

April 2, 2004

Doug French [send him mail] is executive vice president of a Nevada bank and a policy fellow of the Nevada Policy Research Institute.

Copyright © 2004 LewRockwell.com

Sources

Behind high gas prices: The refinery crunch

When gasoline prices surge, a lack of refining capacity is often blamed. What's being done, and is it enough?

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- It's the same story every year.

Cheaper gas seen in 2007

Government sees prices topping out sooner than last year; predicts national average high of $2.87 a gallon.

Pitching Green Cars as High-Tech

18 September 2008By Maria Antonova / Staff Writer

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Citations

Links    http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/17/news/economy/refineries/index.htm

http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/10/news/economy/eia_fuels/index.htm?postversion=2007041112

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1009/42/371015.htm

http://waterpoweredcar.com/

http://againstthestate.blogspot.com/2006/04/rising-gas-prices.html

The government has no business stockpiling anything, including oil. But when three socialist amigos like Senators Charles Schumer of New York, Barbara Boxer of California and Harry Reid of Nevada all urged the Bush administration recently to help ease gasoline prices by releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), you know what’s up. These three are all facing the voters come November, and they know from their many years in politics that nothing agitates the boobeoisie and engenders conspiracy theories like high gas prices.

Reid is "extremely concerned" and believes that gasoline prices in Nevada may be going up because of "possible market manipulation" and price gouging. "The big oil companies say it’s just a matter of supply and demand. That’s the same thing Enron said," Reid told the Las Vegas Review Journal. "I don’t think we can take the word of the oil companies."

Philip Verleger, from the Institute for International Economics believes that draining the SPR might lower prices 20 cents per gallon, plus another 10 cents if the reserve were not replenished. Thus Mr. Reid would like to do just that to give motorists some relief while he and his friends on capital hill start their oil company–witch hunt. You’d think that Martha Stewart owned Exxon the way he’s acting. Reid forgets that Bill Clinton tried that trick in 2000 and the effect at the pump was negligible.

Of course, if the good Senator really wants to give Nevada drivers some relief, why not suspend gasoline taxes? The federal tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon. Then the State of Nevada, on top of that, levies another 33.7 cents. That’s 52.1 cents a gallon going to the government. Thus residents of the Silver State today pay the third highest gasoline tax in the nation – behind only New York and Hawaii. Of course, Californians pay nearly as much as Nevadans – over 50 cents per gallon. Interestingly, the three Senators looking to drain the SPR for their political gain are from states with the highest gasoline taxes, as well as the highest gas prices in the nation.

Unfortunately government’s impact on gasoline prices doesn’t stop with taxes. Stringent new blending regulations have served to curtail the amount of gasoline being imported from foreign refiners. "Some overseas refiners may be unable to meet new U.S. fuel-blending specifications," wrote Leia Parker in the March 29^th Barrons. "Others may simply be unwilling, preferring to send their fuel to Asia, where demand is rising, too."

The Environmental Protection Agency has lowered the amount of sulfur allowed in gasoline. At the same time, the additive methyl tertiary butyl ether has been prohibited in gasoline sold in California, New York and Connecticut due to water-contamination concerns. As Parker reports, these states have substituted ethanol which is more difficult to transport and can not be blended in refineries.

The EPA’s sulfur rules will likely limit imports by as much as 150,000 barrels a day according to A.G. Edwards senior analyst Bruce Lanni. Because inventories are thin and demand is high, the 150,000 barrels, which is 1.7 percent of daily U.S. demand, could cause big price increases.

The American Automobile Association issued a press release questioning the federal governments policies on gasoline refining that have resulted in more than 15 different varieties of gasoline being used across the country. "While these ‘boutique’ fuels have helped clean the air, they also have seriously hampered the efficient production and distribution of gasoline," AAA said.

That’s a gutsy statement from AAA, essentially questioning the value of cleaner air. Sierra Club members must be in Joan Crawford–mode after hearing those comments. Of course, AAA represents 47 million average Americans, who only want to be able to afford driving their cars.

Finally, because of government restrictions, oil production in the United States is in decline while demand continues to accelerate. According to the Oil and Gas Journal, U.S. proven oil reserves have declined by around 20% since 1990, with the largest single-year decline (1.6 billion barrels) occurring in 1991.

During 2003, the United States produced around 7.9 million barrels per day (MMBD) of oil, of which 5.7 MMBD was crude oil, and the rest natural gas liquids and other liquids. U.S. total oil production in 2003 was down sharply (around 2.7 MMBD, or 25%) from the 10.6 MMBD averaged in 1985. U.S. crude production remains near 50-year lows. 

Harry Reid and his friends in the Senate are the ones gouging customers at the gas pump, not the oil companies.

April 2, 2004

Doug French [send him mail] is executive vice president of a Nevada bank and a policy fellow of the Nevada Policy Research Institute.

Copyright © 2004 LewRockwell.com

summary: 

I learned that gas prices may be at three dollars a gallon for the next 5 years,  that people are using 36 million gallons more every year, and that hybrid cars now are bieng made with chargable batteries and tanks  that run on hydrigen and water.I also learned that in 1995 people used 17 million more gallons of gas by 2006 they were  using up to 36 million gallons of gas.

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Topic

Pollution

Date

9/19/08

Notes

Air pollution is the human introduction into the atmosphere of chemicals, particulate matter, or biological materials that cause harm or discomfort to humans or other living organisms, or damages the environment.^[1] Air pollution causes deaths^[2] and respiratory disease.^[3] Air pollution is often identified with major stationary sources, but the greatest source of emissions is mobile sources, mainly automobiles.^[4] Gases such as carbon dioxide, which contribute to global warming, have recently gained recognition as pollutants by climate scientists, while they also recognize that carbon dioxide is essential for plant life through photosynthesis.

The atmosphere is a complex, dynamic natural gaseous system that is essential to support life on planet Earth. Stratospheric ozone depletion due to air pollution has long been recognized as a threat to human health as well as to the Earth's ecosystems.

Sources

Air pollution

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution

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