$1.72 on this side of Iowa.
Gas Prices
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realbrown1
Annoy a liberal today. Hit them with facts.
On oil supply and price, supply and demand is only a factor in determining the price per barrel. You got to add in items like, fears of a shortage, manipulation by groups like OPEC, and how the economies of the world are doing and their forecast growth. Supply and demand is not the end all be all factor in the price of a barrel of oil, but it plays a part.
Babagounj
Strength through joy
I call that Blizzard of 78 syndrome .
If you take out the taxes, you have no roads...and a lot more unemployment.
1989
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Yeah, 25-30% taxes are great.
Would be if everyone including corporations like UPS and FedEx paid them.
1989
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Why pay the tax, only to deduct it later as a business expense? That's why I always fuel up my pkg car with the red stuff...it's a better value. Lol
So why let corporations whine about being overtaxed? Quite simply, if a governments decides on the services it is going to give citizens but does not collect enough in taxes, the public is by definition undertaxed. And until taxes are raised or defense and SS Medi are drastically cut, the status quo will continue.
1989
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Corporations don't pay taxes, people do.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
High prices are what drove the demand for electric cars and stations to recharge them.
We were just reaching the point where all-electric cars were becoming a viable option for many people in terms of price, range, and availability of recharge stations.
I am confident that the price of gas will skyrocket again once the demand for these cars is gone and the infrastructure to recharge them falls into disrepair.
We were just reaching the point where all-electric cars were becoming a viable option for many people in terms of price, range, and availability of recharge stations.
I am confident that the price of gas will skyrocket again once the demand for these cars is gone and the infrastructure to recharge them falls into disrepair.
I don't think so. Electric vehicles will have their own special allure. My brother has a Tesla sedan and from what he tells me, the linear power delivery is amazing. Also Tesla is beginning to scale down to more affordable models. Just a matter of time before the public insists on the infrastructure.
I concur and Tesla just built a charging station less than a mile from our house. The Tesla does have punch unlike other electric vehicles.
Would you buy a Tesla Motors electric car for $35,000? Tesla Motors sure hopes so.
DriveInDriveOut
Inordinately Right
The Tesla Model S is gorgeous, and it'd no doubt be my top choice in that price range. But I do see a problem for them in the lower price ranges.
The Model 3 which is expected in 2017 will have a base price of $35,000. Two years ago I got a brand spanking new Nissan for less than $15k and it gets close to 40 mpg. I guess I just don't really understand the entry-level luxury car market.
If Tesla was allowed to sell cars directly to consumers they could be a big player, unfortunately politicians on both sides of the aisle seem to be bowing to the auto industry lobbyists who want to protect the age old, over regulated franchisee model.
