go to
www.howstuffworks.com and type in how gasoline prices work. ( this is my favorite hang out on the web by the way) This also takes you to the Department of Energy that explains more. I have put an opinion in our local news paper soon to be printed about this. I have contacted my reps, congressmen, etc too on what they can do to help in this time of 'need'. Quick rundown: In July05 the cost of a gallon of gasoline breaks down like this. crude oil=55%. Rifining 18%. Distribution and market 8% and the taxes 19%. Since the cost of a regular gallon of gasoline varies month to month so does the TAX % alone which varies from 19% to as much as 32%. Taxes include federal, state, local, sales taxes. So our gov can help out by cutting a few % from the cost at the pumps...even if this is a temp fix...why not?..Contact your locals on this....bring it to their attention....
Fabs and anyone else saying get a hybrid..what the hey..ever load your tools, equipment be it hunt or work or camping into a VW?..Oh I forgot the wife and kids....I have....and it isn't pretty...Jobs are so easy to find anymore too that you can give up your pension, senority, benifits and move down the street for a job....where have you all been?....People are lucky to find an opening at the local sheets store after the Mills all closed down...Yea I think I will sell my (what I paid for it) house and move down the street to be closer to Mc D.....and then buy the same kind of house for 4x as much as I paid for mine...daaaa?...Let me see $200 month house payments at mill worker prices opposed to $800 month payments at McD wages...???? I wll tell ya too house payments at $400 went to $800 because of TAXES....We need to start over in America..Revolution..get rid of the taxes remember the reason we left England to begin with....And get rid of those that pray on the public and some of the reasons we all have to pay so much for everything to begin with....I know who they are....and sure you do too....