Monday, February 27, 2012
"Ready for higher gas prices? Guess who’s idea it was"
This issue is just SO transparent!
The higher the price of gas, the more attractive the alternatives become.
And if your pet projects (and political contributors) favor alternative fuel sources, what do you wish for?...
The higher the price of gas, the more attractive the alternatives become.
And if your pet projects (and political contributors) favor alternative fuel sources, what do you wish for?...
Mark Landsbaum writes about it on the Orange County Register website:
"Is gasoline getting too costly for you? Are you already cutting back on your trips to the store, to the theater, to grandma’s?
What did you expect?
Remember President Barack Obama’s energy secretary Steven Chu saying he wanted much higher gas prices – because it’s good for you?
'Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe,' Chu said in 2008.
What? You didn’t believe him?
We haven’t quite reached Europe’s $10-a-gallon price, but we’re on the way.
As the folks at the Heritage Foundation note, there are reasons gasoline is getting more expensive: 'Gas Prices Are Skyrocketing Under President Obama … The day before President Obama was inaugurated; the average price of a gallon of gas was $1.83...'"
