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 So...I distinctly remember the energy crunch back in the 70s...and all the banter back then....everyone switched from 8 New
- Forum: LiquidLounge
Date: May 08 2008, 17:48 GMT
From: dneesh
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cylinders to 4....power bills whether electric or gas almost doubled....everyone thought it was terrible and stated THEN that things have got to change with how we obtain and use or energy resources.
'Scuse me, but it's over 30 years later....so what the hell happened?
Did we just get used to the changes and become complacent? Did the economy make up for it? I'm sorry, we've had time to deal with this shit yano....
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 Just as conservation started to kick in, the price of energy fell. bombpop New -
 AND ronnie rayguns was elected... russellfork New -
- yup and Ronnie negated quite a bit of what Ralph Nader did for us consumers TheBroncoKid New
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- don't blame me I didn't vote for the stupid sumbitch. He was stupid before he got sick also. <NT> Louie New
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 I wasn't aware that I blamed you TheBroncoKid New
- Yeah! What Nader did! Oci-One.Kanubi New
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- Several hundred Corvairs did explode, and several dozen people were killed. TheBroncoKid New
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 I just read my post and it looks like a retard wrote it TheBroncoKid New  And don't forget the Ford Pinto! BTW I know where you can get a '73 Pinto in mint condition... Pinecricker New
 Don't forget ripping the solar panels off the White House and throwing them on the ground. Soooo Funnny!!!!!!!!!! BusteronBuffalo New - Consumerism and politics coalesced. Carter told the voters that achieving energy davegg New
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 The development of new energy sources is abundant, but is being hindered by our oil dripping political system TheBroncoKid New -
- oildrippingpoliticalsystem.......oh, the one where we the consumers bought just what we wanted... tomcat New
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- yup, the one who refused to increase mpg mandates, allowed bigger more powerful vehicles to be built, and so on TheBroncoKid New
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- "Allowed" bigger vehicles to be built? WTF?!? Is ANY amount of government control enough for you? <NT> rlhartman New
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- I used to be known as "eddy" in certain circles yanno, but why are you being such a drama queen today? <NT> TheBroncoKid New
- He had a "Liberal Freudian Slip",,,,,,,,,,,, he said what he believes. BusteronBuffalo New
- Disagree. Grants, subsidies, etc seem to never end once they are started (farm subsidies for example) and tend ... davegg New
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- that's because they're open ended and open ended for a reason which is because the lobbyists get to draft them TheBroncoKid New
 Oil Embargo 1973, Reagan wasn't elected until 1980 lrcable New -
- you should actually read the posts before you start loading your shotgun... russellfork New
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- I think we are to blame lrcable New
- no matter what anybody says here.....it's nobody's fault except our own greed and desires.... tomcat New
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- and you wonder why terrorists want to kill us and hate our presence on their soil TheBroncoKid New
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- our presence on their soil is due to THEM selling us the fupping oil..... tomcat New
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- not really, because we could have weened ourselves from oil by now, but we didn't because big oil got greedy TheBroncoKid New
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- once again....oil and auto industry DID NOT force our consumer decisions..... tomcat New
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- So, we consumers, for years, have been able to choose between vehicles that get 70 mpg and vehicles that get 14 mpg? <NT> TheBroncoKid New
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- are you dense or sumtin?....yes, we've all had CHOICES that contribute to how much oil we consume..... tomcat New
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- true, I've been in stores and only bought a couple quarts as opposed to an entire case of oil <NT> TheBroncoKid New
- I totally and completely blame Sammy Hagar for everything... decker New
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- It's Yoko's fault. <NT> rroberts New
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- If you have a class C corporation you can get back up to 64,000 from the FEDS if you buy a HUMMER or 400 if you buy a BusteronBuffalo New
- truer words have never been typed... <NT> russellfork New
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- it goes quite well with our national anthem... decker New
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- I miss Freddie Mercury. BusteronBuffalo New
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- They were trying to wipe out the gays and the blacks though? decker New
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- Inside 18 months. Plus another hundred dollar bet that the shooter will be a registered Democrat. <NT> BusteronBuffalo New
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- Male lions tend to eat their own kind to perpetuate their own blood lines decker New
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- If Hilldabeast takes the VP slot she may very well become POTUS faster than waiting for the next election cycle. BusteronBuffalo New
 you were around in 1870? damn your old. roscoepwavetrain New -
- Hope that large comb had a cool handle on it that would stick out of your right back pocket. If not you were a nerd. BusteronBuffalo New
 Not every one switched to 4 cylinders. Only 8 people did that. and we laughed at them. <NT> CharlieJohnson New - Gee-zeus, Denise. 1972 was the summer that all the... Oci-One.Kanubi New
- Precisely why we should be drilling in ANWR and building refineries NOW, not later... rlhartman New
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- No, it's precisely why we should be drilling the coasts of FL, NC, SC and GA... Pinecricker New
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- Fine. Frankly, we should be developing ALL domestic sources as rapidly as possible... rlhartman New
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- We need to use it all up before it goes bad. Just like milk. BusteronBuffalo New
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