It’s My Right as an American To Consume as Much Gas as I Want
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I have had many posts lately about gas prices. I often take aim at people that drive huge, gas consuming vehicles just to be flashy. I love the irresponsible and ignorant attitudes that I am confronted with. The general message is “It’s my right as an American to consume as much gas as I want!”. Sure! Yep! It is your right as an American. It is also your right to hold a gun rally at a funeral of a person that’s been shot and killed, that doesn’t mean it should be socially acceptable. But you’re right, you have every right to be a douchebag and pollute and consume all you want. Just continue to perpetuate the new American stereotype around the World.
Here is a comment that was posted on one of my posts that might put a global perspective on this topic.
I have to pay $6.50 a gallon for my gas, while I’ll bet you are paying, if you drive, less than $4,00 a gal. Why! Because my country choses to export oil to your country (we are the second largest supplier of your imported oil component…we are your Northern neighbor, Canada)
I guess you can imagine how happy I would be if you would just stop driving your big SUVs (at least get smaller SUVs like me) so that we could keep more of our oil and thereby lower the price of gas that I have to pay while you pay $2 or 3 dollars a gallon less.
(Some people just can’t see past the end of their nose.) This is not meant to be a flame of anyone…just a comment on how it would be better to look globally sometime. Due to our collective governments, we no longer have the opportunity to be “protectionists” or “isolationists”. Welcome to the real world!
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the oracle
June 29th, 2008
at 7:10pm
Instead of complaining about it, the Canadian in question would be better off looking to tthe policies of his /her government. I think if the entire picture was seen, there is probably much that Canada has to import, making them export oil to achieve a trade balance - other countries are more concerned with a balance of trade than we are - The Bush administration seems to think Santa Claus will retire the deficit as he leaves office.
OmniDragon
June 29th, 2008
at 9:35pm
I wonder what would happen if we actually ran OUT of oil altogether? Would people still be sitting around wining to each other about how much gas costs in one country and coomparing it to another? Oh and by the way, EVERYthing costs more in Canada. Food, cigarettes, gas, housing, etc. But I guess that’s all my fault. The American and his stupid SUV.
skst
June 30th, 2008
at 1:28pm
And the tooth fairy will eliminate the national debt. Bush doesn’t seem to understand the difference or the relationship (or even light switches, for that matter). $162B to continue two wars that are destroying our economy? Sure, I’ll sign that! How will we pay for it? Not my problem–I’m rich.
drdos7
July 5th, 2008
at 6:10am
I say to our northern neighbor that the reason you pay more for gas is because of the ridiculous TAXES that Canada charges on gas, not because of our consumption over here in the USA (incidentally I don’t drive an SUV I have a compact sedan…never understood why people buy SUVs when they got by just fine with cars before, probably just a stupid fad that will die soon) so why don’t you look past the end of your nose at your own government with their socialistic tax rates.