[at-l] Gas Prices-effect on Hiking Plans

[gadog430 at charter.net (Gadog430)]

I know I am going to be burned in effigy for this, but has anyone thought
that maybe this should not be rebuilt? This is a flood plain for one of the
largest lakes in the U.S. (half the size of Rhode Island) and one of the
largest and most swift rivers in the world. I truly feel for these people
that have lost EVERYTHING. This is terrible terrible.But this was a disaster
waiting to happen. You can only hold mother nature back for so long before
it busts loose. And when it decided to bust loose, no canal or flood wall is
going to help in any way.

Dawg
----- Original Message -----
From: "william fitzpatrick" <jestbill@yahoo.com>
To: <rcli4@comcast.net>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Gas Prices-effect on Hiking Plans


> Oh! Oh! Oh! My poor taxes!!
>
> Ask the people of New Orleans whether they'd rather have lower taxes and
spend
> billions (both personal money and taxes) on rescue, recovery and
rebuilding or
> higher taxes and higher, stronger levees.
>
> You get what you pay for.
>
> --- rcli4@comcast.net wrote:
>
> >
> > Gas prices are never going down.  The state and federal government taxes
gas
> > as a percentage of cost.  When gas was $1.00 a gallon the taxes here in
Fla.
> > was 36 cents on the dollar.  At $3.00 the state is getting $1.08 for
every
> > gallon sold.  People think they are just paying more for gas but really
they
> > are paying more taxes.  Taxes don't go down, and once the politicians
get an
> > income stream they won't give it up very easily.
> >
> > Clyde
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> >
> > > ROFL! Don't try to understand: too much Black Magic in those numbers.
> > >
> > > I've been wondering for awhile why, if there's such a shortage of
refining
> > > capacity, crude oil prices don't drop. No, it's not because China is
> > drinking
> > > all the oil: if that were so, we'd call it a shortage of crude and
there'd
> > be
> > > no reason to cry about refining capacity.
> > >
> > > Everything we know about oil prices is probably bogus propaganda
written by
> > one
> > > special interest group or another.
> > >
> > > I can take a city bus down to the Colorado Trail trailhead.
> > >
> > > --- Jim Bullard wrote:
> > >
> > > > At 08:29 AM 9/1/2005 -0400, greyowl@rcn.com wrote:
> > > > >Spent the night on the web reading
> > > > >a number of reports above gas reserves, refinery capacities,
> > > > >pipeline infrastructure etc. I don't think that we will se gas
> > > > >under $2.50/gal in a long time and possibley under $3.00/gal.
> > > > >We just don't have enough refining capacity in the United States
> > > > >to meet demand.
> > > >
> > > > So why is that? For a long time we've been told that it was too
expensive
> >
> > > > to build new refineries that would meet the clean air requirements.
Of
> > > > course the oil companies continue to set new profit records every
year.
> > > >
> > > > And asks:
> > > > >So does the high gas prices effect your hiking plans?
> > > >
> > > > Well, it was costing me $30 RT to go to the High Peaks are of the
> > > > Adirondacks. It'll be at least $40 now so I either go less often or
I
> > hike
> > > > non-mountain trails closer to home.
> > > >
> > > >
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