Comments on: Democrat’s failed promise http://saraswatisplayground.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/democrats-failed-promise-2/ A Thinking Person's Blog Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:19:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kyle http://saraswatisplayground.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/democrats-failed-promise-2/#comment-46 Kyle Sat, 10 May 2008 01:33:12 +0000 http://diversehybrid.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-46 Now a relief on the gas tax would temporarily lower gas prices. That can be promised. And I believe that's what McCain is promising. Americans have enjoyed insanely low gas prices for entirely too long anyway. Check out the prices of gasoline in other developed countries: http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL1881342520080118 And that's just from January. Now a relief on the gas tax would temporarily lower gas prices. That can be promised. And I believe that’s what McCain is promising.

Americans have enjoyed insanely low gas prices for entirely too long anyway. Check out the prices of gasoline in other developed countries:
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL1881342520080118

And that’s just from January.

]]> By: Fang http://saraswatisplayground.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/democrats-failed-promise-2/#comment-42 Fang Fri, 09 May 2008 20:56:13 +0000 http://diversehybrid.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-42 Everyone knows that any talk about lowering gas prices is political pandering. For future reference, if a politician, whether Republican, Democrat, Independent, Green, Communist, or Fascist, starts promising lower gas prices, he/she is making an empty promise out of their control. From my understanding, high gas prices are driven by the insatiable demand for gas in China, India, Brazil, and other emerging developing countries. (http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/31/business/oil.php) The weak US dollar also doesn't help. Unfortunately, there are very few if any tools at the control of US politicians to affect either of these trends. In my opinion, the only credible solution to the high gas prices is to develop better and more efficient substitutes. In fact, from an environmental perspective, high gas prices are exactly what the world needs to decrease carbon-intensive energy consumption. So any politician who is (*cough McCain *cough Clinton) promising lower gas prices is missing the point and purely pandering to the people. Let the people beware. Everyone knows that any talk about lowering gas prices is political pandering.

For future reference, if a politician, whether Republican, Democrat, Independent, Green, Communist, or Fascist, starts promising lower gas prices, he/she is making an empty promise out of their control.

From my understanding, high gas prices are driven by the insatiable demand for gas in China, India, Brazil, and other emerging developing countries.
(http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/31/business/oil.php)

The weak US dollar also doesn’t help. Unfortunately, there are very few if any tools at the control of US politicians to affect either of these trends.

In my opinion, the only credible solution to the high gas prices is to develop better and more efficient substitutes. In fact, from an environmental perspective, high gas prices are exactly what the world needs to decrease carbon-intensive energy consumption.

So any politician who is (*cough McCain *cough Clinton) promising lower gas prices is missing the point and purely pandering to the people. Let the people beware.

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