On what thing is American economy based; medicine or Gasoline?
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medicinal gasoline. It will really clean out your system. Try the Night Quill extra strength super unleaded.
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I think the refineries, when the run the oil through a cracker, can determine how much to pull off as gasoline and how much to turn in to other things. Refineries actually make more money on light end hydrocarbons which are sold to the petrochemical industry to make all sorts of things, even plastics.
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Mcdonald's oil...\n\nand your *wink*wink* natural gas
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Find Some Way to Contact the Right Person[s] not Obsessed with Greed and Money that could Help Me get the Word Out that We are ALL being Ripped Off. How ? I've Found a Way to Convert Regular Pump Gasoline into Propane. My Unit is very Compact, Safe, and Mixes in Low Pressure Air, Within Most any Vehicle. This Produces 100 Parts of Air to 1 Part of Fuel. You Want Numbers ? 50 + MPG with even the largest Gasoline Powered SUV ! Here's the Problem, all Vehicles in the U.S.A. are Required by Law to Conform to the EPA-OBD II Law. That Law Explicitly States that all Vehicles Made from 1996 to the Present must Run at 14.7 Parts of Air to 1 Part of Fuel. Even if Fuel Economy is Improved, and Emissions are Lowered, any Alteration of any OBD-II Vehicle will Result in a Failed Inspection. Then, it's Illegal to Operate! When that "Big-Brother" Machine gets Hooked Up to any '96 on Up Vehicle, it must be Factory Original.This is Insane! I can Understand a Maximum Limit on Emissions for the Good of the Environment, but to Fail Inspection for not Emitting enough Pollution ? I've been to the US Patent Office, and Looked at other Units that have been Bought  Out, and Kept off the Market, so, for This, don't even go There! If I'm Wrong, then how is it that Engines do Run on Propane? By Conventional, Legal Means this involves using a Large, Expensive, Cumbersome Tank that has to be Hauled in the Vehicle, Expensive Metering Equipment, and the Hassle of Refilling the Tank. So Much Hassle that even with Gas going back up to $3.OO Per Gallon, it's just not Worth it. Hybirds? Great, in Town, but on the Highway, the Gas Engine takes over, plus Heavy, Expensive Batteries have to be Hauled. What I would Like to do Today is to get the Word out that all Petroleum is essentially the same. Only the Molecular Dispersal is Altered.It all comes from the same Place.If Gasoline to Propane Conversion were Legal, it would go a long way toward ending Dependency on Imported Oil, and Reducing Air Pollution, and Global Warming.Cheap, and Safe Hydrogen is the Ultimate Answer. Until the Big Profit is taken out of Big Oil, nothing will ever Change. Also http://energy21.freeservers.com/bookrep.html gives even more Insight. If I at least got the "Word" out to You, then I did what I wanted to do Today ! Thanks!
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YOU MUST BE STUPIDEST SHEER IDIOT  MORON TO ASK THIS.. AMERİCA İS SERVİNG FOR THE BİG BUSİNESSES İN ıRAQ.. THEY steal the petroleum in ıraq and 2 percent of the money obtained from the sales of the oıl pays for the poor american losses.\n\nSee my answers and questions to get enlightened
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Both parties will tell you that the economy is sound. Bush says inflation is under control. How can this be true? Everything that I buy is from and Atheist / Communist China. Low quality Junk. Yet it cost more than before. Gas prices are up . Groceries and efreight has gone through the roof. I don.t trust any politician or media anymore.
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oil not gasoline. according to this blogger, yes\n\nSen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, is demanding that the Commerce Department release detailed reports on which companies are exporting U.S. oil, how much and where it went.\n\nLast year the nation exported 268 million barrels of oil. Shockingly, according to Dept. of Energy figures, that's about equal to the amount of oil we imported from Iraq in 2001, the year before our latest war with that country began. It's also about equal to the most optimistic guesses about production volume from ANWR, if drilling is allowed there.\n\nIn other words, if we simply held onto our own oil, the United States would have no oil interest in Iraq at all. And it would also negate any perceived need to disturb an irreplaceable wildlife refuge in the search for oil.\n\nBut the Commerce Department refused to provide the detail Wyden wants, saying it could only be released to a Congressional committee, not an individual representative. The agency also claims federal law forbids disclosure unless a finding is made that withholding the information contradicts national interests. That sounds like hogwash to me.\n\nWyden's request is of significant interest for two more reasons. First, it is likely that if oil drilling is approved in ANWR, much of that oil will be exported to Asia rather than sold in the U.S. Secondly, the more obvious reason is that every motorist and politician who can warm a chair is concerned about the nation's growing dependence on imported oil. It would seem to contradict our economic and political interests to worsen this imbalance by selling off our own supplies.\n\nIn a letter sent Monday to Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Wyden demanded release of the information, calling it "directly relevant to the coming Congressional debate on how to address our nation's dependence on imports of oil and other petroleum products."\n\nI'd call that an understatement. But Wyden faces an uphill battle to get a committee to demand the numbers. Though Wyden is a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, it and all other Congressional committees are controlled by Republicans. And as we've seen, Republicans these days aren't very interested in facts, especially if those facts contradict their agenda.
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The whole program was just another big give away to the drug companies, they donate big bucks to Republicans in Congress. \nThis is in fact Organized crime in America. My pills cost $1 each, raw materials is 08 cents, transportation is 12 cents even at today's gas price that leaves 80 cents profit for the drug makers and sellers to split up. That is robbery. Drug Companies get a ten year patent and all other patents are two years. That is Republican organized crime in action.
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Someone already did invent an engine that ran on something other than gas.  It was covered up years ago and set on a shelf.  Because of the "financial repercussions of putting so many people out of business", so the excuse was at the time.\n\nObviously we should be spending more on becoming less dependent on oil and I certainly think the health care crisis in this nation is more important than seeing how much money they can possibly waste in the space program...good program, but other pressing needs are being ignored!
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I say bring it on. And, after the investigations have concluded you will hear that they find no wrongdoing. I know you libs and your conspiracies have it all figured out, but oil companies do not make but 8 or 9% profit on gasoline. Your answer for everything is more government control. It's supply and demand, THAT is what drives prices and we are in competition with China since we are the two countries who consume most of the oil in the world. Oh, one more thing, It's not George W. Bush's fault either!\n\nExcellent post! It's nice to know there are like minded people out there.
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What would you like to do.  Do we need to turn ALL medical services over to the government?  Set everything at standardized prices, just like an oil change on your car, and take away the options of which doctor you go to, and what therapies you want used on your illnesses?  Medicine BECAME expensive with the advent of Medicare and health insurance. My mother in law was a nurse for 30 years, and she can tell you exactly when medical services went up.  It came about with the proliferation of medical insurance companies, and the liberal minded society that rewards people (and their attorneys) for being victims of "medical malpractice".  Oh, and if we centralize medical and health care within the government, you will not be able to go back if you do get stuck with a shitty doctor who completely fucks you up and sue them.
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The 2 topics aren't related.  Take a class on Economics sometime to understand why gas prices are the way they are.
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It's like drugs, the US is addcted to oil...so they fight to control the supply.
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Drugs are illegal because of the amount of money the government earns and loses because of them. If we legalized drugs, the government would have great difficulty taxing them. Most drugs are imported illegally from forign countries. Right now, america gets a bunch of money from its war on drugs including busts and payoffs. As a giant corporation, it would be stupid to allow people to purchase outside of your domain. I would never say that america does not allow it because they are bad for you- so are cigarettes, alchohol, most legal diet pills, caffine. Did you know that caffine causes weight gain, the shakes and you can actually overdose and die from it. (granted, that is an extreme and rare case) so, they do allow things that are bad for us as long as it is taxable.
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Adequate and timely medical care for all American citizens is already available. Do you need a list of companies to purchase it from? I have Afflac.
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Yes, oil.  It's the easy thing to do.  After we found it, it was a gold mine because of the easy energy.  Later on, we'll pay for that dependence.  Humans have almost always gone for short-term gains over long-term common sense.\n\nMany Americans are dependent on Social Security/welfare and aren't saving for retirement.\n\nWe are probably too dependent on electronics and computers these days.  If there was a nuclear bomb dropped and it knocked out electronics, the world wouldn't be happy at all.
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gasoline (you may call it 'petrol')