Santorum Drops Out - Page 16

Figment · 2012-04-25, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by HalfManHalfGod

Is your reality really that warped that you truly believe everyone who disagrees with you is incapable of understanding your supreme intelligence?

Obviously.

No I understand quite well. Its my money...Now its enough said.

And that's why you are a spoiled brat who can't imagine (or at the very least is too ego-centric to care) others have it far worse than you and you've been "lucky" so far to get away with (artificially) lower(ed) gas prices for decades.

So we ran out of "care" for US people complaining about "high" gas prices, when they're still lower than our prices a decade ago.

**Malorn** · 2012-04-25, 10:22 AM

Meh.

Figment · 2012-04-25, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by Malorn

You're mostly paying the import costs.

No, we're mostly paying taxes actually. Around 60-65% in our case.

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzineaccijns

Gas prices internationally per gallon (may 3rd 2008 prices, but you catch the drift)

1. Bosnia $10,86
2. Eritrea $9,58
3. Norway $8,73
4. UK $8,38
5. Netherlands $8,37
6. Monaco $8,31
7. Iceland $8,28
8. Belgium $8,22
9. France $8,07
10. Germany $7,86
...
111. USA $3.45

So sorry if I don't feel bad about the US paying around $4 a gallon and will call anyone a whiner and spoiled brat if they do.

EDIT: And yes, a large portion of those taxes were implemented by socialists. We do have some of the best road, harbour and railway infrastructure in the world partially because of the added state income though (ranked 7th in the world by rediff business, after Hong Kong, Germany, Singapore, UK, France and Switzerland)

HalfManHalfGod · 2012-04-25, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Figment

Obviously.

And that's why you are a spoiled brat who can't imagine (or at the very least is too ego-centric to care) others have it far worse than you and you've been "lucky" so far to get away with (artificially) lower(ed) gas prices for decades.

So we ran out of "care" for US people complaining about "high" gas prices, when they're still lower than our prices a decade ago.

So I'M the ego-centric one who doesn't care? Look at what you wrote!

I'm an advocate for lower energy prices for ALL my fellow Americans. Energy is the life blood of the worlds economy.

Of course you don't care that American's energy prices are going higher. You can't miss something you've never had.

Figment · 2012-04-25, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by HalfManHalfGod

So I'M the ego-centric one who doesn't care? Look at what you wrote!

I'm an advocate for lower energy prices for ALL my fellow Americans. Energy is the life blood of the worlds economy.

Of course you don't care that American's energy prices are going higher. You can't miss something you've never had.

You're wasting too much energy as is. I don't care for you not innovating enough to be more economical with the energy you got because it's so cheap you rather waste more than be more efficient with it.

Hello Japanese car industry.

**Malorn** · 2012-04-25, 10:46 AM

Meh.

Figment · 2012-04-25, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by Malorn

lol @ european socialist complaining about his high taxes

As said before, I'm not a socialist. I'm a liberal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%..._and_Democracy

This is what I vote.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%...ogy_and_issues

This is what they stand for.

**Malorn** · 2012-04-25, 11:06 AM

Meh.

Figment · 2012-04-25, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by Malorn

Whatever.

Malorn, keep trolling, it continues to make you look uninformed.

Please learn to distinguish between political ideas. It might be handy in political debates.

HalfManHalfGod · 2012-04-25, 11:13 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=CZ-4gnNz0vc

This was EXCELLENT!

HalfManHalfGod · 2012-04-25, 11:20 AM

With every word you type is showing how uninformed you are.

Vash02 · 2012-04-25, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by HalfManHalfGod

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=CZ-4gnNz0vc

This was EXCELLENT!

I stopped watching when he claimed the "global cooling" myth. A couple of debunked papers and a hysterical press does not a scientific consensus make. Already shows how much effort he put into that video: none.

HalfManHalfGod · 2012-04-25, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by Vash02

I stopped watching when he claimed the "global cooling" myth. A couple of debunked papers and a hysterical press does not a scientific consensus make. Already shows how much effort he put into that video: none.

Thanks for that astute summary Yoda.

**Malorn** · 2012-04-25, 11:50 AM

Meh.

Sirisian · 2012-04-25, 11:56 AM

I forgot Gingrich was still campaigning. Apparently he dropped out.

Originally Posted by HalfManHalfGod

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=CZ-4gnNz0vc

This was EXCELLENT!

Seems exaggerated. Not sure what point it's trying to make. We've been telling kids to respect the environment for a long time. Sustainability is key while looking for alternatives. I'm not sure what that video is advocating that isn't already being implemented. To me this is separate from global warming - which I don't really care much about. If you want to just make quick gains you can drill up all the oil, though there's no real backing that drilling lowers prices or helps anyone other than the oil industry which is already flourishing. I'm surprised that video didn't mention nuclear which (along with thorium reactor research) is a strong direction to energy independence rather than toying with transient energy sources. That and I get a strong "this was funded by oil lobbyists" vibe from that video that they're trying to stifle investments in other technologies.

To make this clear it's important to look as energy as a grayscale. You can get energy from tons of sources without creating a single point of failure.