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Hilarious!
Ok, I'll play along. A fair market price for a walkup transcon in coach is $200 roud trip. And a walkup First Class transcon RT should not cost more than $400.
Why? Because I declared it so, that's why. B)
It takes all kinds to have a discussion, and you certainly make it colorful.
Laugh. Let it out at my expense. My point may be a bit absurd, but it is accurate.
I have three questions that the elitist media should be hammering the President, Congress, and the oil company executives with, but strangely, they are not.
1. The changeover from MTBE to ethanol as an oxygenator was known by the oil companies for more than 6 months. Why did they not plan accordingly and stockpile ethanol while they had the opportunity? There have been reports of gasoline shortages along the Eastern Seaboard because ehtanol supplies were not available for the cutover.
The person(s) responsible for assuring a seamless transition to ethanol should be fired and hung from the nearest suitable tree.
2. Why did the oil companies close down a number of perfectly good refineries in the 1990's, after all of the mergers? There is only one answer, and it is greed, pure and simple.
3. Why have we not put major political and economic pressure on OPEC to deliver oil at a much lower cost? After all, the US is the largest consumer of OPEC oil in the world, and if we threatened to boycott them, they would crap their sandy pants.
There are reasons why these hard questions are not being asked, and I think I know why. There are too many people in powerful positions that would rather these questions NOT be asked, because they are profiting in the billions and keeping the politicians in the US on their leash, while the majority of common Americans pay for their inaction.
Where is the outrage that should be occurring right now? Why are common Americans not rising up and demanding that something be done about the cost of oil and refined products? The entire economy of the US will surely fall into the crapper if the current situation remains unchecked.
Last point, conserving fuel may be a viable alternative and may work in the long run, but it will not help the immediate situation.