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That maybe true in Canada and the US, but think about all the 3rd world countries out there are are starting to drive and enter into some industrial production. They all want and need fuel. And that number is MUCH larger than the growth in supply in the world (or people in North America for that matter  )
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Between 3-4%, which means they double in population every 15-20 or so years. But the population growth is pretty much inversely proportional to economic growth. Take India for example. Their middle/upper class is roughly the same size as ours (US). But their lower (very lower) class is many many times larger. The lower class is growing rapidly, while the upper classes aren't. It skews the results. Also the lower class is such countries have hard enough time finding something to eat, much less driving. Lets all count our blessings.
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CA blackouts have little to do with natural supply and demand. They have more to do with the power companies going under and not making their loans because they were forced into charging a certain amount by the Government.
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Hmm... What I said... But also what I said, this has to do with what CA politions have been doing for the last 20 years really (but more so in the last 8 or so), not what Bush (either actually) has done, which was the point of my original reply.
It does have to do with supply and demand when the supply is cut-off for political reasons while demand continues to grow until demand out grows supply and here we are... You have 5 apples and six friends and daddy won't let you have any more apples...
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Drilling for American reserves helps American oil companies. Are you really sure you want to argue that?
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I wasn't. I don't think anyone was...
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Fuel is the cheapest for the US because we buy the most. It's like shopping at Wal Mart vs Snyders. I really hate that stupid comparision. Gas is cheapest in the US so we shouldn't complain. What an absolutely skewed comment. Would you like to compare our useage to another country? Maybe we should all be spazzing out because the US has crap for mass transit? Oh, wait, that's because most places in the US don't have similar population density's as the country's you are comparing us to. Say former West Germany, which is about the same size as MN and WI, but it's population was over 60 million. Comparing us to other countries is like comparing a Model T to an F360 Modena.
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Wow. Subtract the taxes charged on gas in Germany (or Europe in general) and compare again... That ~$4 a gallon in taxes makes a bit of difference.
Plus not everybody driving in Europe is pimping around in exotics, the vast (vast, vast, vast) majority of those have cars, have cars like the Ford Kai which makes a 3 cylinder Geo Metro look Pimp Daddy Fabiouslo!
Anyway, what exactly are you bitching about? Artificial price raises? Fair enough. But lack of mass transit? Too low of taxes? Whatever. And very little of this has to do with Bush (as of yet).
[This message has been edited by 97snakedriver (edited 05-22-2001).]