I'm Back!

It's April 15th, 2011, and I just cannot sit back any longer. Gas in Traverse City, Michigan was at $3.93 yesterday and $3.99 just days before. As I have said before I am a news junkie, mostly Fox, but some CNN and local news also, just so I can hear the other side. On the news, whether it's from Hannity, Limbaugh, Fox or CNN, the story is the same, and it's the same story that has been repeated for years. The president of Shell Oil today, said that it was the war all over the middle east that was causing the speculators to drive up the price of oil. Today President Obama's face was all over the news, using the same old line, "I feel your pain!" I'm doing all I can to ease that pain, but the war and speculators are driving up the prices. Obama is not accepting any of the blame, he doesn't seem to recall the fact that for years he avocated higher fuel prices. He stated to day that he does not believe that we should release the U.S. emergency reserves, (which I agree with). He is using this upward surge in prices to prop up his agenda for alternative fuels and he seems to be getting away with it. But! You cannot ignore the facts, truth is truth. 1. Alternative energy for onroad purposes is not affordable at this time. 2. Obama's Tax and Trade agenda is and will drive up the cost of all energy. 3. Higher fuel prices and using American Crops is driving up food cost dramitically, while at the same time lowering the amount of food being produced to feed the worlds hungry! Lets take a look at #1 above. Alternative energy in the U.S. for onroad purposes cost between $4 to $5 per gallon to produce, including governmental subsidies. This means that for these fuels to be sold at the pump, petroleum based fuels must be priced higher or no one will buy them. Obama knows and understands this very well. As for point number two above, cutting out coal and petroleum fuels before we have affordable replacements is crazy. America has been attemptimg to do this since the seventies with no success. America is blessed with vast natural resourses, this is one of the major factors that has made America great. Our vast natural resourses has helped make us what we are today, a kinder, gentler nation that believes in the sanctity of life, the goodness and value of each life. God placed these resourses on earth to be used for the benifit of man and it is just not right for Obama to lable them as bad and evil. I agree, we need to use them wisely and carefully, which is something I believe we are striving to accomplish. President Obama claims to care for the poor, the downtrodden and the weak. Yet it is Obama's agenda that is causing more world hunger. Diverting corn, wheat and other crops from feeding the masses to fueling our vehicals is causing higher prices and lower stocks on nearly all foods. Take a look at the prices in the local supermarket. Beef, pork and chicken have more than doubled in price today. Hamburger that was $1.79 a pound is now $3.79 and higher. Pork strips and pork steak which was .99 to $1.39 per pound last summer is now $2.79 and higher today. The corn and soy beans which we used to produce for food and ship over seas is being diverted to fuel rather than feeding the hungry. Is this compationate, heck it is not even economical, so why are we doing it. What is Obama's true purpose in pushing this riduculous agenda? I want to leave you with a couple logical facts to help you to understand and believe what I am telling you is true, that the rise in fuel cost is deliberate and focused. 1. Think back to the end of the Bush presidency. Prices skyrocketed to just about $4 per gallon, some places lower some higher. At that time the price crude oil had hit $150 per barrel! Today crude is at $109 per barrel, yet we are still at approximatly $4 per gallon. Record profits are being made again! 2. Locally, Michigan and Traverse City are traditionally ten to twenty cents per gallon cheaper than the national average, yet this past week we are in the $3.90s per gallon while the national average is only $3.71 per gallon. Why do you not hear this on local and national news. Why are the so called news reporters, the defenders of the people not reporting that we are definately getting ripped off on so many levels. Thanks for reading and please check back for more untold oil logic and facts. The Gas Man