$20 a gallon gas proposed.....

I saw online this a.m. that it's suggested that gas prices will go that high as a way to save our economy.
Maybe there's more of a future for these M.B.s. If so, I'm grateful to have been using new ways of building and experimenting with them.
Anyone think this may happen?

Somebody might propose it, but your average Congresscritter knows voting for it would be a vote for going back to the farm and retirement.
I was all ready to buy into the "Peak Oil" argument last summer when it went through $4, but then it went back to $2 or less and the word came out that gas went up in price because the Day Traders wanted to see if they could get away with gouging us.
The primary reason I built this thing was to use it for my 40-mile daily commute when the prices got back to $4 and up, but so far, prices are going DOWN. $3 around Memorial day, now under $2.50 most places.
Fortunately, I discovered just how much FUN these little corn-poppers are to fiddle with and ride.

Please post a link. Who is saying $20 gas will "save our economy"? The new crew in FULL power?

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I won't happen.

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save the economy? highly unlikely, more likely to destroy it! nobody could go to work, supplies would noy be able to get to places! fleets of company vehicles sitting in parking lots. a taxi right would be $500+

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I have a passing familiarity with both economic theory and practice and I would love to hear how raising gas prices at all, let alone to $20 a gallon would positively affect the economy.

Sounds like step one would involve redefining what a good economy is.

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wait till the cap and trade bill becomes law. $20 might seem cheap then.

Hmmm. Wonder if *THAT* could have been where the "$20 a gallon" story came from.
I've heard that my electric bill will go up to $4,000 a month under "cap and trade".
But this comes from the same think-tanks that tell me HMO's give you GREAT healthcare value, too.

The only people I've ever met who think rising energy prices are good are those who hate humanity or live in their mom's basements and have no idea what she pays to keep their playstation going.

Anyway, with a 120+ MPG Mo-Bi in the stable, we're better equipped than most to handle whatever comes at us, right, guys and gals?

that would make a great bumper sticker