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$4-a-gallon gas? Predictions surprise Bush

seattletimes.nwsource.com — The price of gas will continue to rise in the summer months, although Bush seems surprised by the $4-a-gallon prediction of experts.

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  • ichchappycat, on 03/01/2008, -21/+211My favorite part of this article:

    "Bush is out of touch with a lot of things we are facing today," said Marisa Cajbon, 33, who was filling her Toyota Sequoia SUV. "I have to buy gas. I need to work. I have two kids. I think it's unfortunate. I think it's a crime."

    Notice anything wrong with that statement coming from the driver of an SUV?
    • davidamerland, on 03/01/2008, -13/+41yeah, she has two kids!!!! WOW!!!
      • Dumbledorito, on 03/01/2008, -16/+57I didn't realize children needed that much cargo space.

        Wait, are they Americans? No wonder...
        • dulymachine, on 03/01/2008, -19/+35It's because she's a *****.
          • nospinhere, on 03/01/2008, -14/+3poorly written piece of ***** article with quotes from nothing but numbskulls.

            buried
          • CryRightardCry, on 03/03/2008, -1/+0@nobrainhere
            Geez. You are a vile blight on America, you know that?
            Of course you do. As a shill for corruption you are aware of what you do.
            Seriously, do you get off on being as big a scumbag as humanly possible, or do you get paid for this?
            No matter what the issue, you come down on the immoral, unethical, corrupt, lying side.
            It's like you are a cartoon of an evil person.
            It's so over the top scumbaggy that I have a hard time believing you are a real person.
            If I had to guess I'd say you are an account for a bunch of cowardly College Repugs.
            What do you get for a prize if ignorance wins?
      • userperson, on 03/01/2008, -3/+65"I have two kids. I think it's unfortunate. I think it's a crime."
        She shouldn't talk about them that way ... that's kinda mean.
      • siszam, on 03/01/2008, -11/+50I raised three children with a car the size of a Toyota Tercel or a Miata. Don't tell me you need a car the size of a tank because you have children. You don't need a big car but your children and grandchildren need an environment that isn't trashed and unable to sustain life. Don't tell me you need to haul things either. No one I know had a need to haul things more than a few times a year. For that you can rent a Uhaul a few times.
        • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -35/+10What! Lol, not everyone has the same lifestyle as you. Just because you, a 50 year old lady, doesn't haul stuff doesn't mean other people don't. Some people do haul stuff all the time. You sound like you want to ban trucks... You do realize that using a uhaul truck in place of a pickup when the size isn't necessary would use MORE gas, right?
          • EtherGnat, on 03/01/2008, -2/+4"You do realize that using a uhaul truck in place of a pickup when the size isn't necessary would use MORE gas, right?"

            You're missing the point. Many people that drive a large vehicle only need it a few times a year. Driving a U-Haul 50 miles a year (and a more reasonable vehicle for the rest of your driving) does not use more gas than driving a pickup truck 15,000 miles a year.
          • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -2/+2Ok, I got your point. My point is, what are you going to do about it?
          • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -3/+3... you don't have the right to tell people what they can and cannot drive. I just see this as utterly pointless and fascist.
          • CryRightardCry, on 03/03/2008, -2/+0So let's see:
            It's "facist" to decide what car you can drive, but not to determine that women can't choose what to do with their bodies.
            It's Facist to tell you what to drive, but not to deprive gay people of rights?
            You right wing scumbags are pathetic.
        • adooga, on 03/01/2008, -6/+18masterm1nd: I cant figure out if you're being disingenuous or if you really believe that using a car all year and a truck a few times a year can use more gas than doing the same distance in a pickup all year.
          On second thought, there's no way you could really believe that and still have enough brain function to type so it's pretty clear that you're being thoroughly disingenuous.
          • bjornski, on 03/01/2008, -4/+11Are you new to master1minds posts? He's like this all the time.
          • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -21/+5Whatever, it doesn't matter becuase you idiots will never have the power to ban anything, rightfully so.
        • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -26/+4Whoops, maybe you should fully read my comment before replying.
          "Some people do haul stuff all the time."

          You shouldn't make brain function jokes on people when you do it in a semi retarded manner.
          • member57, on 03/01/2008, -7/+24Riiiiight, so the ***** down the street with the $50,000 Ford F-350, who works in an office, needs that truck to haul his replacement washer and dryer once every 10 years? So driving that monstrosity everyday justifies this? People who buy those don't actually use them, the people who actually USE a truck buy 10 year old used trucks because they can't afford a new one cause the aforementioned ***** has elevated the pickup to a status symbol. It's like a big dick contest.
          • adooga, on 03/01/2008, -4/+10How strange, I could have sworn you said "You do realize that using a uhaul truck in place of a pickup when the size isn't necessary would use MORE gas, right?"
            Oh yeah there it is, you're lying again.
          • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -19/+4Adooga, a uhaul has a bigger engine and weighs more. If you have a load that fits on a lighter more efficient truck, that saves gas as opposed to using a uhaul for the load. Is it making sense now?

            Member57, how can you just sit there and imply everyone who has a truck doesn't need it or use it. That is absolutely ridiculous.
          • siszam, on 03/01/2008, -3/+13But most people don't haul anything more than themselves, their children and groceries. I said that MOST people with SUV's or trucks don't need them. I never said that there aren't some people who do. You jumped to conclusions and got your little feelings hurt because I bashed your security mobile.
          • bjornski, on 03/01/2008, -5/+13@siszam

            MM just doesn't want to give up his pick-up truck.

            Where else would he hang his gun rack and rebel flag? Besides. a huge vehicle makes up for his small package.
          • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -17/+4I actually don't have a truck, gunrack, or rebel flag Mr stereotype man bjornski.

            Sizam, you said this "Don't tell me you need a car the size of a tank because you have children. You don't need a big car[edit]. Don't tell me you need to haul things either. No one I know had a need to haul things more than a few times a year. For that you can rent a Uhaul a few times."

            Certainly sounds like you were referring to EVERYONE. You say you said MOST, but I and everyone else can clearly look at your comment and see that you did not. I didn't jump to conclusions, you led me there with your implications.
          • Extraneous, on 03/01/2008, -1/+3... and now we're leading you into a barrel full of razor blades. Have fun!
          • Netrilix, on 03/01/2008, -4/+6I've got a mid-sized SUV. In the spring and fall, I ride it over a ton of unpaved roads full of hiking and/or camping gear for anywhere from 2-5 people. In the summer, I have anywhere from 1-4 bikes in the back. In the winter, it's loaded with snowmobile gear and towing a 2-place snowmobile trailer. Can anyone honestly tell me that I don't need my SUV? My friends all have small cars, but guess who's asked to drive anywhere we go? I'll give you a hint: it's not the Ford Escort.
          • blobert, on 03/01/2008, -3/+6master1mind, I know first hand that there is a majority of people out there driving trucks that never use them, but then again I could be biased, I live in Texas....
        • linagee, on 03/01/2008, -4/+11"Some people do haul stuff all the time."
          A bit off topic when the parent/grandparent is talking about hauling two *children* around in a tank/SUV. Not lumber or household appliances.
          • adooga, on 03/01/2008, -4/+11masterm1nd is notoriously off-topic when the topic is "idiots who think they need SUVs".
          • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -19/+3I suppose having children and using your SUV are mutually exclusive? No.

            I don't like what you said therefor you are also "a bit off topic", no make that twobits off topic.
        • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -20/+5*Some* instances of using trucks are ridiculous. Some are not. Among all the bitching, what are you going to do, ban them? Yeah, lets ban freedom guys, real smart.

          Go ahead and open the door to banning ridiculous *****. I guarantee you won't like everything from the other side of the doorway.
          • EtherGnat, on 03/01/2008, -3/+4Who was talking about banning anything? That doesn't mean we can't ruthlessly mock people who buy large gas guzzling vehicles they likely don't need and then complain about the price of gas.
          • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -2/+2You say you mock the people who "buy large gas guzzling vehicles they likely don't need and then complain about the price of gas."

            Yet I don't see any around here?

            Who was talking about banning anything? When you tell people what they can and can not do, logically, the next step is a ban...
          • adooga, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2In your warped little m1nd, that might seem like a logical step. It's not though.
          • masterm1nd, on 03/02/2008, -2/+2It's not even a step. When you tell me I can't drive a truck, in your m1nd you want to ban me from driving a truck!
          • adooga, on 03/02/2008, -1/+2Yawn. I never told you or anyone else they can't drive a truck. Happy trolling, m1n1m1nd and welcome to my blocked list.
          • masterm1nd, on 03/02/2008, -1/+1Sizam did, thats who I was originally replying to.
        • ornellasm, on 03/01/2008, -10/+7I doubt your car was the size of a miata unless you have been leaving two of your kids behind when you go somewhere.
          • siszam, on 03/01/2008, -7/+13Let me dumb it down for you buddy. A small car LIKE/ SIMILAR/ IN THE SIZE RANGE of a miata or a tercel WHICH HAS A BACKSEAT. Oh noooooo you got me on a tecnicality therefore I must be wrong. Go on then. SUV's for EVERYONE!! Do I need to need to look up the exact measurements so we can compare the length of a the two cars? Are you that anal?
          • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -12/+4Siszam, maybe you should learn not to exaggerate if you're going to make a fuss over people comprehending what you said?
        • aukxsona, on 03/01/2008, -1/+5I have a Chevy Nova 1978 with a 7 persona family. I think I am one of the few people that actually needs a bigger car.
          • holzp, on 03/01/2008, -0/+6Not if you are a clown family.
          • turkeyssr, on 03/01/2008, -3/+4Yep and people with LOTS of kids are the ones that should be taxed more. Fewer kids, fewer impacts and needs for EVERYTHING.
          • diktator279, on 03/01/2008, -2/+10I think your one of the people who actually needs some condoms
          • mydigga, on 03/01/2008, -1/+4Your 78 Nova probably uses as much gas as an SUV, so I say go for it!
        • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -9/+4Siszam, I wont tell you I need a car the size of a tank. I won't tell you I need to haul things. JUST DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO! Fair enough?
      • artliquide, on 03/01/2008, -3/+12I think that point was made obvious by the writer of the article, which is all about ignorance both on behalf of our president and on behalf of many citizens in this country. If the writer wasn't trying to blast us with a reality check by pointing out the hypocrisy of americans, the writer would not have included what kind of vehicle the interviewee was filling up.
    • UtopiaInTheSky, on 03/01/2008, -41/+45Ban SUVs.
      • linagee, on 03/01/2008, -18/+7How does this get dugg down?
        • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -15/+5I dugg you by accident. My question is, how did you get dugg? Ohh and it's buried not dugg down.
          • avasol, on 03/01/2008, -4/+9No. Articles are buried (check the button). Comments are dugg up/down, as denoted by the thumb up (positive) and the thumb down (negative).
            A comment can have -2000 diggs and will still not be buried, merely folded away from sight.
            Ah I love semantics in the morning.
          • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -13/+3Wrong. It's dugg/buried for submissions and comments. I'm going to thumb down you, or should I bury you? I'll bury you. Buried.
            /raises thumb
          • bjornski, on 03/01/2008, -4/+4@avasol

            When you digg someone down, it DOES say "comment buried".

            MM is right for once.

            He's still an idiot.
          • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -2/+4And you're still the really smart guy who can't manage to say anything other than "yor stoopid" and "dumb you"

            Someday you will realize that calling people names makes you look stupid, not me.

            Someday you will realize that when saying "ur dumb" is the best counter argument you have, it only strengthens my argument.

            Someday you will grow up, maybe.
      • K31TH3R, on 03/01/2008, -5/+33Ban people who want to ban everything.
      • Netrilix, on 03/01/2008, -3/+14I have a use for my SUV in every season. Spring: hiking/camping, up to 5 people with gear. Summer: bikes, up to 4 people. Fall: hiking/camping, up to 5 people with gear. Winter: towing a snowmobile trailer, back of the SUV loaded with gear for 2 or 3 people, sometimes for a full week. Not to mention the fact that I live in NH, on a private road. We've had 3 storms in the past week drop about a foot each, and then the snowplow comes by and leaves a giant snowbank in from of our road. I would love to see someone break through a 4' snowbank in a Tercel. Personally, I'll take my mid-sized SUV any day.
        • diktator279, on 03/01/2008, -3/+2I can agree with the retarded snow totals, We've got 4 feet in the lakes region.
        • wiirdo, on 03/01/2008, -2/+6Yeah but I suspect the Sequoia owner lives in Southern California. The only thing she has to battle with the roads are traffic jams. You don't need an SUV for that.
      • rizzo2008, on 03/01/2008, -2/+10You don't need to ban them. People will stop buying them when oil becomes too expensive (there is a breaking point I guarantee it)
    • receev, on 03/01/2008, -5/+67I saw her on the interstate the other day. She was going 400 miles per hour in between two lanes while throwing cheeseburgers at her kids and putting on lipstick.
      • member57, on 03/01/2008, -3/+19No, no my fav is the suburban housewife in a 3 ton Excursion drinking a latte, talking on a cell phone, smoking a cigarette, yelling at her kids, and pulling out of Star Bucks in front of my small car.... Anything over 2 tons should require a CDL!
      • linagee, on 03/01/2008, -4/+9What? No cellphone?
      • DevilInPgh, on 03/02/2008, -1/+3You know what I'm gonna do?
        I'm gonna get myself a 1967 Cadilac El Dorado Convertable
        Hot pink!
        With whale skin hub caps
        An all leather cow interior
        And big brown baby seal eyes for headlights
        YEAH!
        And I'm gonna drive around in that baby
        At 115 miles per hour
        Getting one mile per gallon
        Sucking down Quarter Pounder cheeseburgers from McDonalds in the old-fashioned non-biodegradable Styrofoam containers
        And when I'm done sucking down those grease-ball burgers
        I'm gonna wipe my mouth with the American flag
        And then I'm gonna toss the Styrofoam containers right out the side
        And there ain't a Goddamn thing anybody can do about it
        You know why?
        'Cause we got the bombs, that's why!
        Two words: Nuclear F**kin' Weapons
        Okay!?
        Russia, Germany, Romania
        They can have all the Democracy they want
        They can have a big Democracy cake walk
        Right through the middle of Tienanmen Square
        And it won't make a lick of difference
        Because we got the bombs
        Okay!?
    • Vector713, on 03/01/2008, -13/+27To be fair.. a lot of people bought SUVs before the gas surge.. and cannot afford to get a new, more fuel efficient, vehicle. The same happened to me, I'm stuck and I hate it. I'm getting something better ASAP though.
      • member57, on 03/01/2008, -8/+26Still part of the problem buddy, this ***** didn't happen overnight, anybody is/ was a dumbass if it was thought that cheap gas would last forever. It took $4.00 a gallon to wake us the hell up, the rest of the world has been paying attention for a lot longer.
        • adrenaline33, on 03/01/2008, -3/+7The problem isn't SUVs. Its completely idiotic to say that the amazing research and development in this world can't design a normal vehicle that doesn't fely on combustion before petroleum runs out. As of now, SUV owners pay extra for the luxury of an SUV. If you have a problem then go design a new ***** vehicle. Already purchased, inefficient vehicles are not the problem.Sixty mpg hybrids could be mandated and oil would still run out.
        • Dumbledorito, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4SUVs are, indeed, as much of a problem as food producers who infuse stuff with high fructose corn syrup instead of regular sugar. Yes, we need to come up with better ways of getting us from point A to point B, if for no other reason that civilization should move forward over time. However, the SUV producers found a convenient loophole to put a giant car body on a truck frame and not call it a truck. They then made assloads of cash selling something unneeded and wasteful to a public that's trained to think bigger is better.

          Meanwhile, that gas-guzzling SUV isn't going to stop eating gas until it goes through the new car market, the used car market, the scrapyard for parts to keep the rest of them running, and finally the crusher.
      • linagee, on 03/01/2008, -7/+11My advise to you is to run the numbers. The double or tripling of MPG you will get when you buy a more efficient car pays for any loan pre-payment penalties or depreciation on your precious SUV. You will not only save money, but the environment will thank you by not killing your children and their children's children.
        • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -14/+3"but the environment will thank you by not killing your children and their children's children."

          Ridiculously play on peoples emotions much?
        • maanwi, on 03/01/2008, -2/+5My advice to you is to rerun the numbers before you give advice. I have an SUV that gets about 15 MPG in the city, and I drive about 500 miles in a given month. Even if I replaced it with a car of double the fuel efficiency, I would only save about $600 a year, and would never break even on the cost of a replacement vehicle.
      • siszam, on 03/01/2008, -6/+22So you're saying that you bought an SUV because gas was cheap and you can overuse a resource as long as it doesn't cost much? Regardless of the price of gas you should be conserving. It's not about saving money. It's about saving the environment. Now you know, so next time you buy a vehicle you can buy the smallest one to fit your need.
        • enri, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4Sadly it is _only_ about saving money. We knew fuel emissions' effect on the environment when manufacturers started building SUVs and consumers knew when they bought them.
      • sponeil, on 03/01/2008, -3/+12Vector713 - How is that being fair? So a certain percentage of the population decides "I don't care if I screw everyone else, I'm getting on the SUV bandwagon", and you think we should give them a break? I suppose you also think we should give the mortgage companies a break for sticking people with all those variable-rate loans that they couldn't afford at a fixed rate? Should my tax money pay to help greedy and unethical companies like that stay in business, or to help greedy individuals who buy more than they can afford? If life was fair, everyone who bought an SUV would have to pay an extra dollar per gallon to go toward reducing the cost of gas for the rest of us (and food, which has gone through the roof thanks to the higher gas prices). We'll just have to settle for hoping you all get burned as badly as possible by the high has prices. If you also have a variable-rate mortgage on a house you can't afford, it would only be fair for you to lose that in a way that puts you in debt for several years.
      • Dgen_X, on 03/01/2008, -2/+12If gas was cheap...why would you want to burn through it faster? The argument NEVER made sense to me.

        Even at $1.20 a gallon, filling 30+ gallons every 350-400 miles, was stupid. When you could fill 8-10 gallons every 275-350 miles and have a few extra bucks in your pocket WEEKLY.
        • alfitzhugh, on 03/02/2008, -0/+4But they had plenty of bucks, they were living the dream... They had triple mortgages that they only had to pay interest on. A new widescreen for each kid's bedroom, what a life, huh? I saw a post by a lady from Silicon Valley on ripoffreport who was bitching about the US Govt. not bailing her out yet on her $500K TOWNHOUSE!!! She is afraid she will lose the townhouse before the bailout! mAKES ME FREAKING DISGUSTED!
          Good times :-)
      • roflbrothel, on 03/01/2008, -0/+8To be fair, people should have thought about that before the bought the SUVs. SUVs and other inefficient vehicles are a big part of the reason we're in the spot we're in right now. Foolish selfish SUV owners screwed everyone by driving the demand (and therefore the price) for gas even higher.
      • cadmiumpaint, on 03/01/2008, -0/+6B.S. 10 years ago i was looking to buy a vehicle and i was considering an SUV for various reasons....i ultimately decided against it because it got low milage and gas cost too much...it was $1.50 a gallon back then. That was on people's minds then. People know exactly what they are buying, they just get lured in by the luxury or other 'benefits'

        To be fair...i have heard that SUV's get below blue book when you try to trade them in, Esp. premium loded models like Escalades.....there just is no market for them. So if you buy one new you are just investing your money poorly, because you're buying a gas guzzler with no resale value.
      • mllawso, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2Sell it and buy a decent used car.
    • member57, on 03/01/2008, -12/+29Dumb asses like her owning SUVs, when a more fuel efficient vehicle will do, should take a nice long look at google earth right off the coast of Dubai and notice these assholes landscaping their beaches with man-made ISLANDS... They are also making snow in the ***** desert. Every time you sink $100 into that ***** box of a vehicle you are paying for their landscaped beaches while you barely meet you mortgage and credit card bills.
      • diggingaround, on 03/01/2008, -2/+11Yes look ad the Dubai... don't pay any attention to the neocons in the white house or Exxon/Mobile corporation... or Halliburton .. the people on the other side of the planet are guilty for our suffering here.... we have to send our troops to Iraq asap to open the oil spigot... wait... are we already there?
        • twomeyw23334, on 03/01/2008, -6/+4Yes, and don't look to the Dems who have prevented a new refinery from being built in decades or any new oil from being tapped around our own country. We have 200 years worth of oil in the Midwest oil sands but it is much better to dump our money into the middle east because, because, because....... the ENVIRONMENT. Will one of you whacked out leftist please explain to me why its good when Dems cause increases in the price of gas and bad when the "neocons" do (even though they actually don't).
          • EtherGnat, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2Bituminous sands will likely be an important resource, but it takes far more energy and money to extract than crude oil. It will help with oil shortages, but do little to reduce the price of oil.
        • twomeyw23334, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2Shell has developed a non-destructive (land wise) technology for extracting the oil from oil sands @ $80 a barrel which would definitely bring the price down. Also, (I'm assuming your not a professional for the big oil companies) who are you to really claim to know more then them about oil extraction. If companies want to extract and sell the oil why don't we let them. They obviously see a profit in it and it would increase our supply which would reduce price and at the same time keep money in our country going to US workers. If you and ever other leftist are right, on the other hand, their business model will fail and they will lose tons of money, what could make you happier! Its a win win situation if you truly want cheaper gas, which I have come to the conclusion that most leftist don't, they just want to reserve the right to complain about the price while still supporting policy to increase it.
          • adooga, on 03/01/2008, -1/+1That new shell tech sounds interesting, do you have a link?

      • apc3161, on 03/01/2008, -1/+23Around 5% of Dubai's money comes from oil. They are a very smart country. They've diversified incredible. They took their oil wealth, realized it wouldn't last forever, and invested it like crazy.
      • Metasquares, on 03/01/2008, -1/+7Social Darwinism - let those with SUVs pay the cost of having SUVs, and let those who provide them with the fuel reap the benefits.
        • dontaskagain, on 03/01/2008, -2/+5Yet it's supply and demand, low mpg vehicles raise the overall fuel price
      • thejokker, on 03/01/2008, -1/+3who cares if they drive an SUV? let them live their live and manage their money. If you want a better MPG car than buy one.
        • allahuakbar, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2Just don't complain about high gas prices then like that bitch.
          • thejokker, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2right, its your own bed to lay in. Deal with the consequences of your choices.
    • linagee, on 03/01/2008, -9/+35Every idiot out there who is not driving an efficient vehicle is to blame. If everyone was driving an efficient car and went to the absolute cheapest gas stations, the auto makers would see this as a "signal" to make more efficient cars. There would be no need to force them using regulations. (In their heads: What feature do people want? What will they pay extra money for? A 150MPG car? No that never crosses their mind. People demand a 300HP car instead.) Bling bling, all the way to the poor house. Please stop making my gas more expensive with your careless spending.
      • diggingaround, on 03/01/2008, -3/+11you forgot to mention " ... adn it is much more powerful and more torque than a previous model..." *SUV commercial blaring in the background*
        • bjornski, on 03/01/2008, -3/+10EVERYONE needs more torque when going grocery shopping and driving to the office!
      • adrenaline33, on 03/01/2008, -7/+7Inefficient cars are not to blame. You act like Suvs were invented in the last five years when gas prices started to go crazy. America has been blessed with very cheap gas prices because the rest of the world wasn't driving nearly as much. They still don't drive as much, but they are starting to drive more. Simple supply and demand would tell you that since there is more demand for oil, prices will go up. It isn't because of war or any other ***** reason. It is because there is much more demand for oil. It is ***** stupid for normal car owners to bitch at SUV owners as if they are the only reason oil prices are going up.
        • Tippis, on 03/01/2008, -2/+3I wish petrol cost $5/gallon. Then I could drive almost twice as much...
          • qwertydvorak, on 03/01/2008, -2/+2i can't wait until gas hits $6 a gallon. i won't have to deal with nearly as much traffic when i am towing my dune buggy or boat. the poorer boaters won't be on the water so i will have more room to play.
        • Extraneous, on 03/01/2008, -2/+9It's not the only problem but it's enough of one to raise hell about. People need to be told when they're being *****-ups.
        • KennMac, on 03/01/2008, -1/+5You're a little naive if you honestly think this war has nothing to do with oil prices. I'm not saying increase in demand has nothing to do with it either, but that's certainly not the only determining factor.
      • floridiot2, on 03/01/2008, -3/+1I guess for you.. freedom comes as a price.
        • roflbrothel, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2Freedom comes as a price? What the hell does that even mean? As a price of what?
        • Dgen_X, on 03/02/2008, -1/+1the price of freedom.....is all of your freedoms, give em up now or we'll all die!
      • holzp, on 03/01/2008, -1/+8If my car had 300 hit points I could get into more accidents.
      • BruceDude, on 03/01/2008, -3/+1Even the smart car (which is practically a motorcycle) doesn't get 100MPG. Its not possible with just a combustion engine. I doubt even a hybrid will get that kind of mileage.

        We need a new source of energy (like Hydrogen made from electricity) and more efficient engine systems (electrical motor + hydrogen fuel cell).
        • qwertydvorak, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1a hydrogen internal combustion engine is a much better solution. fuel cells use platinum which is in too short of a supply worldwide to supply platinum for all of our vehicles.

          according to this article: http://www.science.org.au/nova/newscientist/027ns_ ...

          "Platinum is a vital component not only of catalytic converters but also of fuel cells - and supplies are running out. It has been estimated that if all the 500 million vehicles in use today were re-equipped with fuel cells, operating losses would mean that all the world's sources of platinum would be exhausted within 15 years. Unlike with oil or diamonds, there is no synthetic alternative: platinum is a chemical element, and once we have used it all there is no way on earth of getting any more."
        • elTito, on 03/01/2008, -1/+1http://www.aptera.com

          300 MPG, 90+ MPH hybrid.

          It is possible - the demand simply hasn't been there until now because Americans are so retarded on this particular issue.
      • diktator279, on 03/01/2008, -3/+4When i got my 4 banger accord, my penis didn't fall off. Just a little personal advice if you're worried about making the switch from an SUV, thats all.
      • thejokker, on 03/01/2008, -1/+1wouldnt a lower demand for gas create a higher price point to keep the margins at the same level?
    • linagee, on 03/01/2008, -3/+26Does Bush even know what's going on in the economy? From the video: "...that's interesting. I haven't heard that."
      • Dumbledorito, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4Somehow I don't think he meant it when he said "interesting."
      • Dgen_X, on 03/02/2008, -0/+2by "interesting" he means "na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, we took your stuff"
    • tgc1, on 03/01/2008, -1/+15I don't find SUV's terribly useful, but you people seem to always make sweeping generalizations. That nobody, anywhere, needs such a vehicle. Granted, there are a lot of fools out there who buy the biggest vehicle they can get their stupid hands on, but you should consider people like contractors, construction crew, and people who move a lot of gear around. Just because YOU might think people shouldn't use SUV's or never have anything bigger than a tercel, you need to get a grip and get outside a little more often. Not everyones life is the same. If you want to yap about people making stupid buying decisions, why not talk about sports cars that use 8.0 litre V8's. I never hear anybody bitch about those because they're "cool" so then somehow justified.

      You people need to get a grip.
      • vertinox, on 03/01/2008, -1/+5If you need to transport kids... Get a four cylinder van!
        If you need to go offroad... Get a Jeep!

        The only justification I can see about an SUV is that its big.
        • JessicaLF77, on 03/01/2008, -4/+4What if you need to transport kids, dogs, and go off-road all at the same time? Some people have a use for them. Unless they're making minivans with 4wd these days?
          • cmackattack, on 03/02/2008, -0/+1I'd say you need to learn the difference between need and want....
        • nonymous666, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4Jeeps have about the same efficiency as a run of the mill SUV.
        • deMonkey, on 03/01/2008, -2/+3@JessicaLF77
          There are plenty of Awd/4wd minivans.

          I agree, SUVs have a purpose. But only about 1/2 of 1% need them for that purpose.
      • Metasquares, on 03/01/2008, -1/+12I have no problem with people buying SUVs. But don't you dare complain about the cost of filling one up; you brought that on yourselves.
        • bbart3d, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3I agree with your point about not complaining. But nevertheless you should have a problem with this. Giant SUVs create more demand for oil from a dwindling, shaky supply. This raises the costs for everyone and those who can least afford it are hit the hardest.
      • BruceDude, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2Those aren't real SUVs. They're more like raised vans with a big ass engine.
      • elTito, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2Look I'm not any sort of enviro-nut or anything, but I don't think anyone is pointing the finger at folks who have a legitimate need for a large truck or SUV.

        The ones that get me are these brain dead soccer moms who think they need a Chevy Suburban "because I have kids". As though parents haven't gotten by just fine for the last 60 or 70 years with just a plain old car.

        Also can't stand guys who have small peepees and need huge trucks to compensate for them...when they live in downtown LA or whatever and work a help desk cubicle.
      • bbear, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2People don't complain about sports cars because they are so rare that the impact they make on the environment is miniscule. Do you see many Ferraris on your morning commute? The next time you go for a drive count the number of $100K+ sports cars you see and the number of SUVs you see then come back here and tell us what you discovered.
    • Khannea, on 03/01/2008, -5/+4Clearly this is a level of incompetence that can be interpreted as criminal negligence. For that a judge, a electrotechnician, a train conductor, a lawyer, a physician, a geologist, a car manufacturer - those all can be held accountable, sued and sentenced. If half the US can theoretically be held accountable for frivolities, then certainly such a president (and his immediate supporters) can be held accountable for a more obvious and severe level of schandalous incompetence. Apart from sueing for a lot of money (trillions?) the US public might want to consider cases for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide or (for domestic considerations), criminal neglgience. I can clearly see this individual receive life sentences for that alone; hell I see a clearcut case for corporate corruption (it's almost a fire sale!) and high-treason. Yet for some bizarre reason everybody is paralyzed into some ritual kind of inaction. This man isn't some sort of deic figure; it's a political idiot who stumbled into office by artifact of a completely broken electoral system and a staunchly supportive fascist minority. Bush is a ludicrous excuse for a world leader. He is of Breznevian proportions (who ruled in a state of senility for nearly a decade) in his inadequacy. So goddamn impeach and arrest this .. wretched thing.
    • Raiu, on 03/01/2008, -4/+5I love how horrible people are for just owning an SUV. Sometimes people have to haul more then just their kids around. Yeah I hate the one person who owns an SUV just because they can afford it, but there are good reasons people have for owning larger vehicles - open the shutters this isn't rocket science.
      • Metasquares, on 03/01/2008, -2/+8It's the irony that she's whining about how expensive gas is while driving that thing around.
      • wiirdo, on 03/01/2008, -1/+5I am by no means anti-SUV. If you need one, then you need one. But the person driving alone in a SUV that holds 8 passengers has no room to complain about gas prices.
        • qwertydvorak, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1even someone with 10 kids will drop them off with the grandparents. just because a vehicle is mostly empty doesn't mean it always is. busses around here are always empty except for rush hour when they suddenly fill up. they still drive the empty busses around though. even public transport people figured out it is more cost effective to drive a large empty bus around -vs- buying smaller busses to run the routes during midday.
    • joeanon, on 03/01/2008, -6/+12I think even more importantly. I noticed she seems to have the mind of an elementary school child..

      I am me, I drive car, I have kids, I pay for things, I love gas, it should be a crime.

      Being a moron SHOULD be a crime.

      It's not that people drive SUV's. It's that they can't add fractions, do long division or solve even the simplest logic problem.

      Me pay too much in gas... me drive SUV... me speak like cavewoman... me think things that I don't like should be crimes... me arrest people for making my gas expensive... me send liberals to prison for carbon taxes... me think Reagan was an awesome president and carter was a pussy... oh wait... me not know who Carter was because that would mean knowing history beyond my own television conscience lifespan. mmm big words make me want to have more children
      • samssf, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4"...big words make me want to have more children". rofl.
      • roflbrothel, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4If being a moron in this country was a crime this would be a great country.
      • dood, on 03/01/2008, -1/+1Eh. If this was a written response to a question, I might agree, but this was an on-the-spot interview with a random person at a gas station. I doubt I'd give them a well written and reviewed speech.
        • allahuakbar, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3Yeah, but her response was more like something you'd hear from a drunk rambling bum - it didn't make any sense.
    • cholland, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3We have four kids so we must have a car that seats six. We drive a minivan, but I would love to see some sort of station wagon hybrid. It would be great if they could bring back the trunk rumble seat that faces the back of the car, those were great!
    • ErrorS, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3I wish you morons would research before you come ot these conclusions, most minivans get the same if not worse mileage than most soccer mom SUVs. Sure., some bitch with two kids doesn't need a Sequoia, but even with the huge V8 you're looking at 13MPG city vs. 17MPG for Toyota's minivan, not exactly world changing differences in fuel usage and it WILL have more storage space.
      Anything other than a fullsized SUV with an 8cylinder engine wont use any more gas than a minivan. Toyota Highlander for example gets better mileage than the Sienna, with the same ***** engine.
      I'm sick of people's ignorance when it comes to this SUV argument.

      http://www.fueleconomy.gov

      GO THERE, educate yourselves and shut the ***** up? Thanks
    • icenineiv, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2I own an old Jeep Cherokee because where I live, in the hills on WV, it is required to have 4 wheel drive. I can't even get to work in a hard rain in a normal vehicle. Yeah I know, it's really hard to believe that not everyone in the world lives in a city where all is paved and golden. I got one of the smallest SUVs I could afford, and I have to drive about 50 miles a day. I feel this her pain at the pump. I doubt somehow this lady needs hers like I need mine, but still, you never know.
    • PolishLogic, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1Nothing wrong with SUV's, it all comes down to preference.

      I drove an SUV for 7 years. Gas went up enough to where I was paying almost $75 to fill up. Recently I traded it in for a Volkwagen, which I fill up for about $38-$40 depending, and I get twice the mileage. Sure I miss my SUV because now I have to deal with chains in snow conditions, and can't pack as much into it on a road trip. However, when I did the math, I found that the amount of money I'm saving in gas every month is equal to just over half of my monthly car payment.

      You think $4 a gallon is bad? Go to Serbia where the average salary is the equivalent of $1000 a month and gas is equal to $7-8 a gallon. Imagine your monthly cost for gas equaling 20% of your monthly pay. Even at $4 a gallon, we've got it pretty damn good here.
    • down4twenty, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1shes not a psychic, gas was probably still at below $1 when she bought it.
  • americangoy, on 03/01/2008, -9/+142bush jr. is only talking to his advisors, who tell him daily that his approval rating is 70% and that Americans are itching to invade Iran...
    • ep53, on 03/01/2008, -3/+8But surely if he picked up a newspaper or went on the Internet or even ASKED THE GENERAL PUBLIC *SHOCK*. He would know that that is certainly NOT the case. I think hes just big headed and a power fiend.
      • bloodypulp, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2I think you mean the "Internets". Trouble is, he never knows which which one to use.
        • davidamerland, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2The one with the BIG buttons on the front that do not look like the nuclear missile launch buttons of course! Or maybe the other shaped like a pretzel, responsible for that mysterious attack upon him some time ago!
    • biotch, on 03/01/2008, -1/+4... and apparently that the easy answer to gas prices rising is just to keep the tax cuts permanent on the rich and find more oil at home. He says renewables but his constant willingness to cut renewable energy programs says otherwise. Meanwhile he wants to keep tax cuts for the oil companies that are raking in record profits during a time when everyone else losing money.
      I dont know if hes a power fiend at this point, I think he just doesnt give a *****. His answer to everything is like a multi year old broken record, to make his tax cut for the rich permanent. If it hasnt worked by now, its not going to work. There is nothing in the history of his entire presidency that suggests we can sustain his tax plan.
    • DogofFire, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1Actually this article has it completely wrong. Bush knows very well that gas prices will continue rising. He just doesn't want the public to know because then they might catch on to what's happening to the economy. Gas prices have been rising since 1998 because crude oil demand has been rising without much increase in crude oil production. And global oil production *peaked* in 2006. We are now on a plateau. Oil is what powers the global economy. This was the real reason for the Iraq War. Now oil production will only decline (google "Hubbert's Peak"), while demand continues rising. So obviously gas prices will keep increasing. Bush and Cheney and the people pulling their strings know all about this. It has been the whole basis for most of what they've been doing since they got into office. So anyone who suggests the Administration doesn't think crude oil (and hence gasoline) prices will keep rising is either lying (such as Bush is here) or simply isn't aware of Hubbert's Peak.
  • Remmy, on 03/01/2008, -11/+109You should have seen his reaction at the discovery that he had not one, but two hands. He was giddy for nearly 3 days.
    • aukxsona, on 03/01/2008, -4/+4That is just too ***** funny. Thank you, thank you so very much.
    • allahuakbar, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1Sounds like an Onion article.
      • Schmich, on 03/02/2008, -0/+1No no, look at the thumbnail. He's showing his discovery to us, it's amazing, he really does have two hands!
  • Cronikeys, on 03/01/2008, -7/+99I'm pretty sure everything surprises Bush.
    • diggingaround, on 03/01/2008, -3/+2that's right folks.... we are all folks for his majesty...
    • Khannea, on 03/01/2008, -5/+2Let's surprise him real good with an impeachment, arrest and then a hanging party. Look at his face with the noose tightens and then let's all yell "Saddam, Saddam!".
      • darlingt, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3I'd settle for impeachment, arrest, and imprisonment.
    • roflbrothel, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2Damnit! You beat me to it, that was the first thing I thought when I read this headline.
  • Railz, on 03/01/2008, -17/+36This is obviously the work of Islamofacists.
    • bjornski, on 03/01/2008, -2/+10Dugg up, because I could see your invisible /sarc tag.
  • pintomp3, on 03/01/2008, -7/+76reality always surprises bush.
    • Delphium226, on 03/01/2008, -1/+7True, to the faithful, gas is still dirt cheap and WMD were found in Iraq.
    • warlordwrites, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0Everything surprises our moron-in-chief living in his bubble unsulated from all the messy facts
  • jim3008, on 03/01/2008, -13/+21the better question to ask is "$7-8 a gallon gas by the end of 08?"
    • prophetpimp, on 03/01/2008, -4/+18i will be happy with 6. Then You Americans would really know how the rest of the world gets by. Seriously 4$ is a freaking bargain for the price Europeans and Asians pay.
      • adrenaline33, on 03/01/2008, -3/+5It is more efficient for oil companies to sell here because there is much more demand here. That is the main reason it is cheaper. Also, your governments feel the need to overtax just about everything. Not to mention we possess our own oil reserves. There are several common sense reasons why oil should be cheaper in the U.S. compared to Europe.
        • springo, on 03/01/2008, -3/+4Yeah, that's right but you're complaining and we're not, even though we have to pay twice that oh-$4.
        • Extraneous, on 03/01/2008, -0/+5@ springo
          Maybe you should be complaining.
        • fugazied, on 03/02/2008, -0/+2Half the people who complain STILL won't give up their status symbol SUVs.
      • indigit4l, on 03/01/2008, -7/+1That's why your country is gay.
      • Ganja420, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1I bet you drive a Fiat
      • ErrorS, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1where does that extra money go? right, back into your pockets.. so don't give us that *****.. $6 a gallon for gas, healthcare, better schools and I bet if one of your large cities was flooded and nearly destroyed, 5 years later it wouldn't have a scratch.
        We pay for our 'cheap' gasoline, but somehow it's rising quicker than yours is. One day it will match yours and while you're paying 60% of what you pay for a gallon to your government and is used on the people, that extra from us goes striaght into the pockets of big corporations.

        Don't give me ***** about gasoline being a global price, Europe's gas prices are rising MUCH slower than America's in percentages.
    • ep53, on 03/01/2008, -4/+16Here in London UK, its $8.27 a gallon.....and you guys are whining about $4. FYI its £1.05 a Litre.....
      • Timmmm, on 03/01/2008, -3/+4Heh I love it when they say things like "London, England" or "Paris, France" on films. I think even Americans know where London is!
        • Recidivus, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4There's more than one city called London. There's even one in the US.
        • elint6, on 03/01/2008, -1/+3Actually a lot of Americans think Europe is a country....
        • darlingt, on 03/01/2008, -0/+6Kentucky, West Virginia, Arkansas, Texas, and Ohio all have cities called London. And the difference between gas prices in the UK and here in the US is that the UK (London especially) has a /terrific/ public transportation system. We have nothing in 90% of the country... just cars, bikes, and our own feet. And let's face it, biking isn't always viable. So that's why we use cars (and gas) more than y'all.
        • ErrorS, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4Plus your gallon is bigger than ours
      • kero552, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2In Czech Republic (post communist, somewhere in the middle of Europe) £0.94 a Litre. Average pay is about £640/person per month, I have tried to get a household income, no luck.

        I get it, it could always be better, but it could be far worse, just be happy that you don't live in Moldavia or Zimbabwe.
      • Ganja420, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3In London, Tennessee we pay $2.90 a gallon and before bush took office it was around a $1.20
        • ep53, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1But what people don't seem to understand is, is the main reason oil prices are rising is because we are running out NOT only because Bush came to power (albeit he didn't help the situation.....)
          • freexe, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2Although I understand what you are saying, we are technically running out of everything. It's better to say that demand is out stripping supply and production cannot increase. Hense forced demand destruction is taking place.

            America just happens to be the place where most of the demand destruction is happening.
    • Khannea, on 03/01/2008, -4/+2For Americans, yes it's an increase of 50-100% this year. HOWEVER, oddly enough for many people NON paying with dollars it will be a marked and rather refreshing 50-100% decrease. Especially in the euro zone.
      • indigit4l, on 03/01/2008, -0/+5This is the dumbest statement I've ever heard. ever
      • ep53, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2I think he means it will be 100% decrease in comparison to EU instead of 150%
    • teamyamahablue, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1Yeah and we dont get free health care and education taken out of the price of gasoline like Europeans do. Try paying for college and a decent health care program in this country! so I say shut the hell up
      • elTito, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0I'm confused as to how you can call it "free" and talk about paying for it at the same time. Seems like a paradox.
    • fugazied, on 03/02/2008, -0/+1Its about $5.30 AUD in Australia for a gallon of unleaded petrol. With exchange rates, its still over $4 USD a gallon and has been for quite some time.
      I know its worse in europe, but geographically Australia is a big country, traveling 30kms to work is not uncommon, so expensive fuel hurts people pretty quickly. Looking forward to when alternative fuels are more common and the petrol company profiteers are out of business or selling hydrogen.
  • mark076h, on 03/01/2008, -4/+81i loled


    "Wait, what did you just say?" the president interrupted. "You're predicting $4-a-gallon gasoline?"

    Maer responded: "A number of analysts are predicting $4-a-gallon gasoline."

    Bush's rejoinder: "Oh, yeah? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that."
    • mrASSMAN, on 03/01/2008, -0/+6Video: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/02/ ...
      • sorrow, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1"Let us explore more robustly!"

        Wait, did you mean invade? Iran DOES still look so pristine and untouched..
    • MadN, on 03/01/2008, -1/+11Cheney didn't send him the memo from Exxon.
    • badenglishihave, on 03/01/2008, -4/+2Look I'm probably going to get dugg down because I'm not trashing Bush but cut the guy a break. You can't expect the President to know about every single economic futures analysis.
      • Firgof, on 03/01/2008, -1/+7I'll refrain from digging you down. However, I would certainly expect the president to know _before any of us_ about certain things and the Economy stands boldly as one of them. He's got advisory from the federal reserves and their analysts, so either he's not listening to them at all or they're too afraid to tell him anything.

        Regardless, if I don't see heads over at the federal reserve flying for making him look like an idiot on national TV or Bush having a sudden influx of hearings from the reserve and their affiliations, then the fact remains that Bush, quite simply, doesn't give a *****.
      • lacronicus, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1Wait, so you're saying the president shouldn't be responsible for knowing what's going on in his country? If he isn't capable of keeping track of one of the most influential factors in our economy (the price of oil), then perhaps he shouldn't have run for president.
    • the999, on 03/01/2008, -2/+3Jeez, Bush sounds like such an A-hole at every press conference.
      "Oh, yeah? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that."
    • samssf, on 03/01/2008, -2/+4Possibly facing $4/gallon gasoline? And facing higher taxes in a couple years?? That's like uncertainty times a thousand.
  • dulymachine, on 03/01/2008, -29/+23"I need to work. I have two kids."
    -- What a whiny *****.
    • UtopiaInTheSky, on 03/01/2008, -7/+22Can she blame Bush for her two kids?
      Seriously, who's fault is that? If you're going to bitch and moan about your kids, then hey, don't have kids.
      • userperson, on 03/01/2008, -3/+8They're Bush's bastard children, so her complaint is valid./FACETIOUSNESS
      • prophetpimp, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3If Clinton was still in office she could have if you know what i mean.
    • Khannea, on 03/01/2008, -4/+1Absolutely, it's your bucket of *****, so sit in it and watch your skin turn green.
  • slightlygifted, on 03/01/2008, -5/+82what makes bush so funny is he actually believes he's doing a good job when in reality hes a ***** acting as a puppet for powerful republicans and his dad's friends.
    • adrenaline33, on 03/01/2008, -17/+1What makes liberals so funny is that they think the dollar and the economy will be fixed by raising taxes so lazy, fat, fast-food eaters can get Diabetes treatment for basically free.
      • BruceDude, on 03/01/2008, -2/+2Gay.
      • Firgof, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3I'm a liberal and I disagree with raising the tax. We need financial stability and confidence in the dollar right now anyone saying anything else is selling snake oil that's not even snake oil but rather engine oil that's been put through a coffee filter for $900 a bottle.
        You do not fix a dwindling economy by raising the tax arbitrarily, you give more money to the government by raising the tax arbitrarily.
      • barandon0D9, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3Now you're just making things up.
    • dood, on 03/01/2008, -1/+1I'm sure he prays every night, so god (you know, the guy that put him in office) can tell him how great he is.
    • stoanhart, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2The powerful republicans probably give Bush a little report card with A's and smiley faces, which he takes to his dad, who buys him a bike for his grades.
  • Dumbledorito, on 03/01/2008, -18/+11Air surprises Bush.
  • tehxen3, on 03/01/2008, -34/+7How are high oil prices Bush's fault? Increased demand from China and developing world is pushing prices higher.
    • Dumbledorito, on 03/01/2008, -5/+22Well, the real problem is that Bush seems unaware of that, or any other reason why oil prices are rising and what the consequences might be.

      Starting ***** wars in the Middle East might be a part of it, too, FYI.
      • tpzoso, on 03/01/2008, -3/+3That war made crude oil by the barrel cheaper.
        • Firgof, on 03/01/2008, -2/+3Yes. Cheaper, and less available because we -burned- some of their rigs and they blew up some of theirs.
    • HerrEisenheim, on 03/01/2008, -3/+5Instability in the Middle East is also causing prices to be artificially inflated. However, it's hard to blame that entirely on Bush. Even without the Iraq War it's entirely possible that there would be some other ***** going on there. There always is.
    • DamnLogins, on 03/01/2008, -2/+13Actually, oil has been rising a little, but the main reason it's expensive in the US is the collapse of the dollar. Back in 2002 a Euro would by 90 cents. Today it would buy $1.50.

      The main reason for the collapse of the dollar is that your government has run up such a huge deficit and national debt that US bonds are not respected like they used to be. The US government should also have regulated the sub-prime mortgage market as well.

      When the rest of the world realizes (as they slowly are) that they've been mis-sold financial products based on sub-prime loans, you can expect compensation claims totaling 100s of Billions. If these are not settled the US could face sanctions, trade tariffs or worse.

      You could easily expect a $10 gallon in the near future.
      • DamnLogins, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2I can't believe I misspelled "buy" as "by". Yes I am a stupid ignoramus :)

        Please Digg this down if you think I'm a moron, rather than the message above which I think makes a valid point.
      • EarlOfLade, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2Not only $10/gallon, but all the increased prices due to the increase in oil prices. Expect prices to double on many products while wages remain the same. USA is in for a rough ride and it has nothing to stop the ride with either.
    • linagee, on 03/01/2008, -7/+2Maybe he thought if we invade iraq, then oil prices would go down a little. You never know what someone's thought process might be.
    • prophetpimp, on 03/01/2008, -3/+6USA oil consumpation is at an all time high and this trend could have been reversed if Bush had a little more eco friendly approach and made the US industry and the Automotive sector more efficient.
      His war in Iraq and rhetoric against Iran are not helping either.
      Remember USA still consumes 25% of the worlds Oil even if China just boost up total demand by less then 2% the major cause of short supply is still the US. You guys have been living way beyond your means for years and only now it is coming back to bite you in the ass. =
    • elTito, on 03/01/2008, -1/+0Also take into account that the commodities market (including oil futures) is in a bubble due to the inflation and the weakening dollar. The dollar should have been stabilized a long time ago, but the Fed seems to be out to lunch on this. Rather...let's HOPE it's in a bubble. If not, we're ***** in the short to medium term.

      The two problems exacerbate each other. Inflation drives commodities investing, but the inflation of the dollar means the average schmuck can buy less with the same amount of money. The worse inflation gets, the higher commodities tend to go and it becomes a viscous cycle.

      This is also why you see precious metals at ridiculous levels right now (among many other commodities).
  • userperson, on 03/01/2008, -20/+6He should fix prices on gas. That should solve things ... like it did in the 70's.
    • dulymachine, on 03/01/2008, -11/+4Bitch *****
      • userperson, on 03/01/2008, -5/+3Indeed. That's what I was thinking.
      • psion01, on 03/01/2008, -4/+9Your vocabulary seems to be limited to combinations of the words "bitch" and "*****".
        • bjornski, on 03/01/2008, -2/+1He's not the only one. It's rampant.

          And people wonder why I say America is doomed.
  • anysillyname, on 03/01/2008, -14/+33Waa Waa we have been paying more than that for over a year now in Australia
    • LBobRife, on 03/01/2008, -2/+11and Europe has been paying far more for a while. We're talking about gas in the U.S. here. Due to supply, demand, and various deals we have always tended to get it cheaper here.
    • nyx210, on 03/01/2008, -5/+13Well perhaps you haven't noticed, but Australia != US
    • kurtergad87, on 03/01/2008, -1/+17Yeah. 4 dollars a gallon is still less than half the normal price in Denmark.
      • bjornski, on 03/01/2008, -1/+7But the US high prices aren't due to taxes that pay for services.
    • tgc1, on 03/01/2008, -2/+1Right, and all you guys who are seemingly content with paying whatever price per gallon, how much oil does your country produce again? None? Well that's probably why you pay so much. For those of us whos countries DO produce oil, we do expect a break. Thank you very much.

      And BTW, since when does an AUD = USD?
    • Recidivus, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1Prices are over 4$CDN/gallon up here and we produce quite a bit.
    • jschrab, on 03/01/2008, -1/+3Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that Australia, when referring to gallons at all, use Imperial gallons. So a $4 US Gallon is $3.33 per Imperial gallon. And yes, I also think it would be best if the US would have gone metric 30 years ago and be done with it.
  • Dumbledorito, on 03/01/2008, -1/+44"You just said the price of gasoline may be up to $4 a gallon — or some expert told you that," Bush repeated. "That creates a lot of uncertainty."

    Prez to public: Stop listening to experts. Just because they know more than you or have done more research doesn't mean they're right, especially when it makes me look bad.
    • LBobRife, on 03/01/2008, -0/+6More like "don't listen to reality because it scares the public."
    • adrenaline33, on 03/01/2008, -2/+1More like regardless of how unintelligent Bush is, he knows the oil business far better than any of us. And from the tone of his voice, it sounded more like a cocky "ya right" than a "oh ***** i didn't hear that". C'mon guys the man is dumb, but we have been hearing ***** rumors about gas prices over and over for the last few years and they are almost always wrong.
    • dood, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1I think this might be one of them thar examples of anti-intellectualism. I never really appreciated that term until this presidency.
  • Wavicle, on 03/01/2008, -4/+43In other news... 1+1=2? Computation surprises Bush.
    • masterm1nd, on 03/01/2008, -2/+3George Bush in... The Stapler. There, now every possible Bush joke has been made.
      • StilRH, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2What about the one where Bush saves Christmas (from W.M.D's)?
  • eschompthis, on 03/01/2008, -10/+11apparently that ***** lives in a ***** rock. or should i say iraq
  • kickcows, on 03/01/2008, -3/+73sigh. the end of his term can't get here soon enough.
    • Aensland, on 03/01/2008, -1/+35I saw a t-shirt with a picture of a sniper and the slogan, "If all else fails, vote from the rooftops" :D
      • Narcowski, on 03/01/2008, -1/+5Where can I buy one?
      • Pritchard, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3I was just about to say - "The end of his term can't come soon enough, you're right!... Anyone thinking what I'm thinking?"

        But I figured my ISP was watching me and that I would immediately be put on some kind of watchlist :-(
    • samssf, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3Hurry guys!!! I'm going to Aspen, please come freeze me in the snow, and thaw me out when Obama takes office.
      • paganhobbit, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1I think you're making a big assumption that he doesn't find a way to kill us all in the ten months he has left in office and there won't be anyone around to revive you.

        In the end, it may have the same effect (we're all dead) and you may go in a less painful manner, so maybe you have the right idea after all...
  • theNazz, on 03/01/2008, -3/+65Bush is a member of the privileged class. He doesn't know or care how much gas costs.
    • member57, on 03/01/2008, -1/+10No *****, he hasn't pumped his own gas in years, 8 of em on taxpayer expense.
    • solid12345, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2Likewise John Edwards must have not been aware you can get a haircut for 8 dollars.
  • Floggeriffic, on 03/01/2008, -0/+18He's only surprised because the script his oil people gave the "experts" said $3.50 and he was sure he had final revision power on all edits.
  • SaneDrain, on 03/01/2008, -0/+8Partial clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHtR4m9Puc8
    • UtopiaInTheSky, on 03/01/2008, -0/+6This guy never ceases to disappoint.
  • arbouler, on 03/01/2008, -6/+4sometimes i wonder if bush's superior intelligence is just too far ahead of our time...


    or too far behind of our time...
  • bridow, on 03/01/2008, -3/+35um premium is already $4 in San Francisco...
    • userperson, on 03/01/2008, -0/+8Premium in San Francisco is only at $4?
      • pinkcherry, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4Not too long ago paid $4.10 a gallon for premium in Los Angeles
      • xlneoMAXlx, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1Oh, yeah? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that.
    • ep53, on 03/01/2008, -6/+4Here in London UK, its $8.27 a gallon.....and you guys are whining about $4. FYI its £1.05 a Litre.....
      • pinkcherry, on 03/01/2008, -1/+3I am not whining I was just stating what I paid, since our president has no idea whats going on in his own country.. Additionally, my husband is from Sweden so I am fully aware of the prices that you Europeans are subjected to pay for gas, and frankly I think it's unfair.
      • TheSeptimHeir, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3Yeah, but keep in mind, over there in the UK, you use a currency that's actually still worth a damn on the global market.
      • skyshock1, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2Yeah, but you guys don't have anywhere to go. And have trains everywhere.
      • ErrorS, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1We get it, how many ***** times are you people going to post this?
        a story about the American president not knowing about American gas prices and you post 15 ***** times that gas in London is more.. you're the ones that are whining
    • topato, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2A couple stations have REGULAR at $4 here in Santa Barbara.
  • Spartyon, on 03/01/2008, -20/+3my only question is what are the libs going to bitch about when one of them gets elected
    • coinman987, on 03/01/2008, -1/+14you make republicans look bad
    • LBobRife, on 03/01/2008, -1/+11As when Bill Clinton was in office, we will be hearing a lot more complaining by the republicans. These things go in cycles.
    • elipabst, on 03/01/2008, -1/+9That we don't have anything to bitch about anymore.
  • samfishercell, on 03/01/2008, -1/+25Well I guess these type of things happen when you don't pay for any of the gas you use.

    And am I the only one who feels like saying we predict $4 gas is a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy? With everyone acting like $4 gas is already upon us, I don't see why the oil companies don't just raise it to our expectations and pad their pockets with a couple more billion dollars.
    • sparkleprincess, on 03/01/2008, -0/+9It already is upon us.
      "At a Shell service station in San Mateo, Calif., the price of a gallon of regular had already reached $4.29, well above the California average of $3.42, as measured by AAA."
      • userperson, on 03/01/2008, -1/+4Price gouging! call the Feds, they'll make it better./SARCASM
      • jeremycole, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0That oft-quoted station in San Mateo just sets his prices that way to make a political statement. It's consistently about 50 cents higher than EVERYWHERE around. I've heard the owner of the station is independently wealthy, so doesn't need the money, and is pissed off at Shell corporate for some reason. NO ONE buys gas there, except some lowly schmucks who are on E and need to get on the San Mateo/Hayward bridge right away. Here's the station:

        http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1990%20s%20el%20cami ...
    • thedarkwolf, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4Thats actually true. Its an economic principle. Anticipation of a price increase results in an increase in the demand for that product. The increase in demand actually causes the price to rise.
    • elint6, on 03/01/2008, -1/+4To be fair, check Exxon Mobil's financial statements (Balance Sheet, Cash flow, etc.) and you'll see their net profit/net revenue ratio is about 10-12%. Then look at companies like Cisco whose ratio is about 30%. Companies like Cisco are ripping us off, now oil companies. Stop buying linksys routers.
      Combine the public's insatiable appetite for oil with OPEC that's to blame. OPEC are the ones padding themselves not oil companies.
      Btw: you can find financial statements at SEC or even Yahoo! Finance.
    • flip2trip, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2you want to do something about gas prices? Stop all these friggin' idiots on the hwy driving 80 miles an hour in a 65 zone--why does no one talk about the way gov. really controls gas prices by adding taxes to it--in addition government regulations (all you tree huggers out there) add to the cost of refining--there are over a dozen different formulas for gasoline that our refineries have to be able to produce to meet all the differing requirements from each state.

      Also, all you tree huggin' hippies out there who prevent offshore drilling, drilling in Alaska or any where you might have a friggin pot-bellied iguana that is endangered so don't drill here it's too dangerous--blow it out your tailpipe.
      • knowitman, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2You forgot to mention that many democrats want an increase on the gasoline tax.
      • barandon0D9, on 03/01/2008, -1/+1Hey *****, how about using an energy source that *isn't* oil?
        • userperson, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1How about it?
          While it would be cheaper, easier, and more efficient to use other sorts of energy, greedy bastards they are, for the time being they've decided instead just to lose money, by using the same ole wasteful ones./SARCASM

          When it's cheaper and more efficient to use other sources of energy, you won't have to tell the market about it. Just tax gasoline a few 100% and then we'll be using the switch-grass car, the alcohol car, or the pig dung car. Let me tell ya all those will save people money and improve their lives./SARCASM
      • elint6, on 03/02/2008, -0/+1@flip2trip: A complex ecosystem is necessary for the survival of a species. An ecosystem is fragile and the loss of one species can have severe impacts on all the rest. Learn your ecology first. You know what, let's just have pigs, cows, and chicken! And one corn to rule them all! Then when a virus devastates corn, we're all *****.
  • burbj, on 03/01/2008, -7/+1Any one else notice how funny he looks in this video? I thought it was a coincidence at first... (short video)
    .youtube.com/watch?v=VhO-OE931D4
    • bjornski, on 03/01/2008, -2/+1BAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!

      Get used to it kids. Christmas is going to be sparse from now on.
  • rkho, on 03/01/2008, -5/+29Bush is a ***** piece of ***** pussy who acts like a spoiled bitch. I think he and Paris Hilton would make a good couple. Hell, throw in the losers who made Meet The Spartans.
    • darlingt, on 03/01/2008, -3/+2Meet the Spartans was a good movie...
      • xlneoMAXlx, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2NO
      • rkho, on 03/02/2008, -0/+1Meet The Spartans was a good movie? I suppose you thought The Hottie and the Nottie was a blockbuster success too huh?
  • androo002345, on 03/01/2008, -3/+9Me to the US gov't: "Dudes, I think it's time we start to seriously consider alternative fuels. And not just for the lulz but...seriously."
    • StilRH, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0But not biofuels made from grain crops - as well as gas inflation you guys in North America will be hit by food inflation. Algae is very efficient for making biofuels and using it doesn't make world grain stocks shrink.
    • samssf, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3But you'd have to employ logic to come to that conclusion. How about you just pray about it and see what happens. /sarcasm
  • gluesniffined, on 03/01/2008, -9/+4You think that's bad? Where I fly out of the price of 100LL (airplane gas) is already $5.99 a gallon.
    • LBobRife, on 03/01/2008, -2/+5Isn't airplane gas more expensive to make and therefore it's always been more expensive than regular gas?
      • tpzoso, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3Its a higher octane, meaning they bubble more liquid propane or oxygen to get it there. More expensive to make, yes, but not 2 dollars more.
  • Misinformant, on 03/01/2008, -2/+15I'd be surprised if he even knew it was at $3.
  • ryanhayn, on 03/01/2008, -10/+291. I got rid of my car.
    2. I own a Vespa and a bike.
    3. Bush is very stupid.
    • dime, on 03/01/2008, -1/+151. Cool
      2. Pretty much worthless unless you work within a few miles of your house
      3. Agreed
    • s1mph0ny, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2Now just try not to get yourself killed riding that thing. No really, we could use the reasoning skills in the next generation.
    • flip2trip, on 03/01/2008, -1/+5better just stay outta the way of my Huge truck cause it eats vespa's....
    • skyshock1, on 03/01/2008, -1/+6Sucks in the rain doesn't it?
    • 1timeuser, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3Vespa is a real pussy magnet.
    • thedragon4453, on 03/01/2008, -0/+2I love to do something like that but weather just doesn't permit it where I live. Also, I'm not drive g a vespa down the freeway to get to a meeting.
    • tdale, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1I bet you're a real hit with the ladies.
  • ly4u, on 03/01/2008, -1/+7Expect $8 per gallon if this mass denial of truth continues...
    • flip2trip, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0Hell if you are going to say something rediculous why not 30 dollars a gallon, or 1000 dollars a gallon?
  • HerrEisenheim, on 03/01/2008, -3/+14$4/US gallon is so low compared to the price of pretty much everywhere except Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Venezuela. There are some countries paying twice as much, with many countries actually paying about 40-50% more.

    In some respects it sucks, but I long for the day when gas is so expensive that people stop buying giant SUVs.
    • AL7AIR, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3I second that, the US petrol prices are very low compared to Europe, here in Germany we pay around $8 US per gallon. In Switzerland its about a buck less but still nowhere near the US price. So owning an SUV or another gas guzzling vehicle is quite an investment compared to the US
      • xkorbin, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1I've never once heard someone call gasoline petrol in the United States.
        • stoanhart, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1And your point is?
        • AL7AIR, on 03/03/2008, -0/+0Well I'm not in or from the US, so the English word I learned for the fluid you put in your car to make it go was "patrol", as well as "boot" for the place where you put your luggage, not "trunk" ... but I'll check the American English British English dictionary next time and provide a translation :P
    • toasty168, on 03/01/2008, -1/+6yeah, but but we uh, invaded iraq to liberate their oil i mean their people.
    • flip2trip, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0what are you--suffering from SUV envy--can't afford one so you're jelous?
      • barandon0D9, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1Each comment you make is dumber than the previous one. While some people require trucks or SUVs for work, Many people just get them for the hell of it and in those cases SUVs are inefficient wastes of money and resources.... SUV envy... sigh...
    • jsavage58, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0That reference sucks. Yes dollar for dollar, people pay double per gallon in europe, that the huge difference is almost all tax. Prices are still the same crude on the open commodities market. European gov'ts just choose to ass rape you with tax. Stop with the "Its twice as much in europe"
      • mabhatter, on 03/02/2008, -0/+1in the US the highest taxes are only about 42 cents per gallon... that was bad at $1 per gallon.... but at $3 per gallon the same taxes get paid and the rest goes to the oil company.
  • TheRealToma, on 03/01/2008, -2/+35"I have two kids. I think it's unfortunate."
    I just love taking things out of context :D
  • lopla, on 03/01/2008, -18/+3I'm not afraid of $4 gas, I won't cut-n-run from the gas station like the rest of you libtard wussies.
    • bjornski, on 03/01/2008, -0/+9That's right. You're one of the "useful idiots" that keep the cycle going.

      Spend! Spend! Spend! It's your patriotic duty!
    • Firgof, on 03/01/2008, -3/+5Lopla: LOOK AT ME DIGG, I SO MANLY. LOOK, I TAKE BULLET IN CHEST. YOU TAKE BULLET AND CHEST AND SCREAM LIKE LITTLE GIRL. HA HA HA. YOU SEE THIS GAS MONEY? I _BURN_ THIS MONEY. YOU HAVE MULTI-THOUSAND DOLLAR DEBT?! HAHA, I AM SO RICH AND YOU ARE SO IN DEBT. IS FUNNY TO ME!

      Seriously? Aren't you due back in Team Fortress 2, Mr. Heavy?
  • hiro, on 03/01/2008, -0/+10Wow, you certainly have got it cheap over there, I'd kill for a $4 gallon (even the smaller US gallon)
    • Narcowski, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4Yeah, but can you but a car that gets more than 45 MPG in your country?
      The average here is about 20... for cars. 18 for small trucks an mini-SUVs; 15 or so for full size SUVs. Most people drive around 15-30 miles to work.
  • Look4Truth, on 03/01/2008, -0/+16The cost of gas, food, and other items are climbing fast but Bush wants us to believe that a recession isn't coming. It's amazing how anyone could believe anything these people say anymore but yet they do. Just turn on the boob tube and get your truth, they'd never lie to you either.
    • 1randomguy08, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2Im not 100percent sure but I think you guys in the US are at 6% inflation and we here in Aus are at 4%
      • LBobRife, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3For the first time in a long time we have 6% inflation. This is a very serious concern as inflation has hovered just below and around 3% for many many years. Hopefully the rate will not keep up.
  • artliquide, on 03/01/2008, -0/+11I'm not surprised that Bush didn't believe that we'd reach $4/gallon. It's been close to that amount for the last 8 years, but I doubt that he's touched a gas pump in much longer than that.
  • SquigglyP, on 03/01/2008, -0/+26He's got some balls talking about Raul Castro and Obama and then turning around and completely disregarding China's leadership in that way. You want tyranny, you want political prisoners, you don't have to look very long at China, who are constantly imprisoning political enemies, and has been known to execute them.

    "I'm a sports fan". What a *****. Our president hasn't the slightest spark of intelligence going on upstairs.
    • flip2trip, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0you sit there and you buy all the Chinese crap coming in to the country and you call Bush a dips***. Weeeell if that ain't the pot calling the kettle black....
      • barandon0D9, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1You do realize the U.S. borrows insane amounts of money from China right? Well, judging by your comment history I would say there are a lot of things you don't realize.
        • SquigglyP, on 03/02/2008, -0/+1Would you care to elaborate on that? Judging from YOUR comment history I would say you're barely out of your teens and spend more time playing video games than paying attention to the world around you. So what exactly has Bush done in the past 4 or 5 years that disputes my allegation that he's a complete retard?
        • SquigglyP, on 03/02/2008, -0/+1*****. disregard my rude-ass comment. I'm an idiot :P
    • SquigglyP, on 03/02/2008, -0/+1Yes, you know exactly what I buy. You obviously know everything about me based on some Digg comments I've made.
  • aallan, on 03/01/2008, -6/+11I wish Americans would stop whining about the price of petrol. We're currently paying GBP 1.05 per litre in the UK for standard unleaded. For the numerically challenged, that US$ 7.88 per US gallon at the current exchange rate.
    • bjornski, on 03/01/2008, -0/+6How much of that is taxes used to pay for services?
      • Amadeus2490, on 03/01/2008, -4/+9In other countries, the taxes from oil go to health care, schools and other vital areas. In America, it all goes to the oil companies, and they report record profits. In Europe, most people use the bus, subway or walk to where they need to go. Most people posting on Digg live in America, in major cities (usually Southern California). . .over here everything's so far apart that you NEED to drive a car, because the buses are pretty trashy and alot of people get raped or stalked on them. . .especially in Manhattan.
        • scarper86, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4"...alot of people get raped or stalked on them. . .especially in Manhattan."
          WTF are you talking about? New York is the safest large city in the country and Manhattan is one of the safest boroughs. You've been watching too many 1970s cop shows.
          • Amadeus2490, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1My family lived in Queens for 16 years, and I spent the first three years of my life there.
        • hiro, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2"In Europe, most people use the bus, subway or walk to where they need to go."

          Most? You must be joking! Still a small minority I'm afraid
        • EarlOfLade, on 03/01/2008, -0/+1I come from a country with 4.5 million citizens and which is over 2500 km (over 1500 miles) from end to end. California is jammed packed with people compared to it!!

        • dartboard, on 03/01/2008, -0/+0And you're lucky to live there. Be glad you don't live in California. My best guess is you're from Norway, BTW.
      • guy.gregory, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4Fuel duty=£0.5035 per litre
        £1=$1.9847
        1 gallon=3.7854 litres

        $3.78/gallon fuel duty in the UK
    • thedarkwolf, on 03/01/2008, -2/+1Maybe its not that we should be complaining less, but that you should be complaining more. If prices were that high here, i would definitely be complaining
    • Metasquares, on 03/01/2008, -0/+3But that's also because the dollar is worth so little right now.
    • flip2trip, on 03/01/2008, -1/+0Hey that's how we can lower the cost of gas--convert to the metric system then gas would only be around 48 cents per Litre--wooo hooo! happy days are here again.....
  • jjive, on 03/01/2008, -4/+9Fifty years from now this will be looked upon as the darkest days of the United States. The bottom is now, the only way is up. Keep the faith...
    • bjornski, on 03/01/2008, -1/+8We're nowhere near bottom. But it's coming up at us quickly. At near free-fall speeds.

      But that's ok. Go get yourself an SUV. Because you have to look good during that 4 mile drive on flat ground to the grocery store for your 2 bags of groceries. Oh no, an inch of snow? Better get 4 wheel drive!
    • wildgift, on 03/01/2008, -0/+7This recession is due to the falling real estate prices. The bubble isn't deflated completely yet. We're seeing 30% drops, but we need to drop a little more, until prices are related to rent and income.
    • badenglishihave, on 03/01/2008, -1/+2Yah, sure buddy. Bush may not be a very good president but I can think of a lot worse times in US history then when gas was $4 a gallon and our death toll in a 5 year war was less than 4000. Sure it's sad but compare current day issues to the Civil War, WWI, WWII, the Vietnam War, the Korean War, the Great Depression, the 1979 Energy Crisis, etc.
      • barandon0D9, on 03/01/2008, -0/+4Yeah man! Gas prices were out of this world during the Civil War, even Lincoln was having trouble filling up his SUV.
  • Qtip42,