The only action that stops this sort of thing is for people to protest in numbers,in person.My inner Machiavelli tells me that if a hundred people were to gather at a name-brand station and a gallon of gas were purchased,then poured on the ground a (barely) safe distance away and set afire,the Youtube vids would go viral and generate some interest.
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The only action that stops this sort of thing is for people to protest in numbers,in person.My inner Machiavelli tells me that if a hundred people were to gather at a name-brand station and a gallon of gas were purchased,then poured on the ground a (barely) safe distance away and set afire,the Youtube vids would go viral and generate some interest.
John ED Renstrom
PCS Member
did not the Buddhist monks try this form of protest.
And I was complaining at $4.10 a gallon in AZ, maybe if we only buy American oil and avoid companies who purchase foreign or terrorist oil they would drop the price. 
I just put $40.00 in my tank tonight in Ontario (2 hours east of Toronto) and I paid $1.19.9 per litre I got 33.4 litres and out of that $40.00 I paid $12.85 in tax !!
Federal Excise tax, Provincial fuel tax, and HST !!! enough said !
Federal Excise tax, Provincial fuel tax, and HST !!! enough said !
John ED Renstrom
PCS Member
my point 27.80 to fill the car is not to bad. of course had it been a hearse you would have payed about 28 bucks in taxes to drive the road. having the user pay for the road is good but each time you get a car that makes better mileage they have to add to the tax because your not covering the cost. or if you live in Il they funding some other social program with the money and do not fix the roads. (so Ive been told) now if you can just get that car to run on tea we got it made, tell they tax that. what did we not go threw that a few years ago to. it's true nothing in the world is new. they poor man is still funding the rich mans war.
John Royark JR
PCS Member
Jim Tighe - Deceased 1942 - 2012
March 10, 1964 - April 27 2012
John, around these parts the way to do what yer '49 is doing in the photo is to eat at White Castle and Skyline Chili. KA-BOOM!!
I can't control the price of gas. So I went the opposite direction and bought a VW Jetta TDI that is currently averaging 38.7 mpg diesel on the highway (better than a Prius on the highway). A stretcher will fit in the back!
I heard you got one of those Steve. Terri almost bought one too but decided we did not want a car payment.
Andrew G. Zajkowski
PCS Member / Super Site Supporter 9 years
Richard , i still have the chevette and there is so much you can do with it + they did a ambulance over in england. but hey a vw jetta those are really cool diesel or gas versions, and what terri bought are now rare and unique.