Gas and Circuses
Shut up about gasoline.
Just... Shut your yap.
I am sick and tired about people whining and moaning about the price of gas, like its in the bill of rights
XI. The right to not pay more than a buck o' five for gas, shall not be infringed.
And if you aren't bitching about the price of gas, you're bitching about the supply.
I went out the other day, looking for a quick gas story for the news. I've done one, but when the owner of the company sends a memo to the News Department (read: Me) about gas stories, you should probably at least stop in. Plus i bought a liter of dr.Pepper, so it was win win anyway.
And I ask the clerk, "what are you charging for gas?"
"2.64" (pretty low for around here right now. 2.99-3.02 seems about average)
I listen to what she tells me, than I look at the pump. It's covered in plastic bags.
"Do you actually have any gas?" I ask.
"Nope."
Even at 2.99 a gallon next door, they were out of gas in some varieties.
They are out of gas because their price is too low. Given their supply and the demand, the price needs to be higher. High enough to convince others not to hoard, or top off their tank. And it clearly wasn't, which is why there were shortages this week.
But the fact is gasoline for Americans is like bread for the romans. So long as the elites keep the price down, the regular folks are content to dither their lives away with stupidity like "Ryan Seacrest." Give the plebians enough Chevron with Techron, and some mind-numbing reality shows, and carry on smartly.
Gas... and Circuses.
If you'd let the price get higher, high enough that would actually equal the demand for gas (somewhere above the junkie's demand for smack), people would bitch for awhile, but then they'd adjust. The market would go out and create hybrid cars at affordable prices. Why? because there would be a large market for people who couldn't afford gas at the price set. They would take public transportation, or buy something with super-mondo gas efficiency. Right now the only demand for those electric scooter cars are "socially-aware", anal retentive hippie actors.
Of course the huge gas guzzling cars, the suburbans and the sports cars, would be a luxtury item, only available to those with the dough to get their gasoline fix. Those who could afford it would buy it, while those who could not, would buy something in their price range, that still fit their needs.
Hurray for capitalism.
Of course, its much much easier to threaten "price gougers" with jail time. The authorities threatened gas gougers (Read: Market capitalists) before they threatened looters! Sure, rape a teen girl, and run off with 5 plasma tvs, but if you charge above 4 bucks for gas, we are bringing the hammer down so help us!
For the record, I drive a 12 year old Camry, which gets pretty decent gas mileage. It cost me about 40 bucks for half a tank last week during the supply scare.
Just... Shut your yap.
I am sick and tired about people whining and moaning about the price of gas, like its in the bill of rights
XI. The right to not pay more than a buck o' five for gas, shall not be infringed.
And if you aren't bitching about the price of gas, you're bitching about the supply.
I went out the other day, looking for a quick gas story for the news. I've done one, but when the owner of the company sends a memo to the News Department (read: Me) about gas stories, you should probably at least stop in. Plus i bought a liter of dr.Pepper, so it was win win anyway.
And I ask the clerk, "what are you charging for gas?"
"2.64" (pretty low for around here right now. 2.99-3.02 seems about average)
I listen to what she tells me, than I look at the pump. It's covered in plastic bags.
"Do you actually have any gas?" I ask.
"Nope."
Even at 2.99 a gallon next door, they were out of gas in some varieties.
They are out of gas because their price is too low. Given their supply and the demand, the price needs to be higher. High enough to convince others not to hoard, or top off their tank. And it clearly wasn't, which is why there were shortages this week.
But the fact is gasoline for Americans is like bread for the romans. So long as the elites keep the price down, the regular folks are content to dither their lives away with stupidity like "Ryan Seacrest." Give the plebians enough Chevron with Techron, and some mind-numbing reality shows, and carry on smartly.
Gas... and Circuses.
If you'd let the price get higher, high enough that would actually equal the demand for gas (somewhere above the junkie's demand for smack), people would bitch for awhile, but then they'd adjust. The market would go out and create hybrid cars at affordable prices. Why? because there would be a large market for people who couldn't afford gas at the price set. They would take public transportation, or buy something with super-mondo gas efficiency. Right now the only demand for those electric scooter cars are "socially-aware", anal retentive hippie actors.
Of course the huge gas guzzling cars, the suburbans and the sports cars, would be a luxtury item, only available to those with the dough to get their gasoline fix. Those who could afford it would buy it, while those who could not, would buy something in their price range, that still fit their needs.
Hurray for capitalism.
Of course, its much much easier to threaten "price gougers" with jail time. The authorities threatened gas gougers (Read: Market capitalists) before they threatened looters! Sure, rape a teen girl, and run off with 5 plasma tvs, but if you charge above 4 bucks for gas, we are bringing the hammer down so help us!
For the record, I drive a 12 year old Camry, which gets pretty decent gas mileage. It cost me about 40 bucks for half a tank last week during the supply scare.
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