Loup-Garou

Nobody Cares How the Energy Crisis Gets Solved

There is a refinery 7 miles from my house here in California. A couple of weeks ago gas was $4.55 a gallon. Now it has slid to about $4.11, depending on the station. Diesel costs are all over the place, but generally 80 cents or more per gallon than regular unleaded.

There are plenty of people here who would be perfectly happy to see gasoline at $9 to $11 a gallon "just like in Europe". They figure then people would drive less and "quit destroying mother earth...".

It is true that as prices slide, people use more...they want cheap gasoline.

California gas is formulated to pollute less, but it tends to give very poor mileage...so to make up for the loss of mileage you have to buy more gas. It is a delight to go to Arizona or Nevada, and load up gas...it gives better mileage, and costs about 50-55 cents per gallon less.

T. Boone has some pretty good ideas, but they won't solve the "crisis".