Gas....can't live with it, can't live without it.
This is idea #1
.Gas is subsidized. So, gas becomes part of my taxes. I fill my car up and use a government card to "pay" for it. At the end of the year, I am charged for the gas but at a certain amount per litre depending on my income. So, fo those who are in lower tax brackets, they pay less per litre than those who are really rich. Lets face it, if you have a Ferrari, you don' care about how much gas costs. "No need to worry, my accountant handles that." to quote Biggie Smalls. If you are a working stiff living from pay cheque to pay cheque, gas is a big deal. Ok, so this idea is very heavy on paperwork and is kind of socialist (oooohhhh the "S" word) but it would even some things out that some of us absolutely need.
This is idea #2
I should be able to buy a few tanks of gas at a time. I should be able to load a card with gas at $1.29 per litre and buy 1000 litres if I want. You kind of "lock" in a price for a certain amount of time. The oil company gets it money upfront and really, this is what they are supposed to be doing. The gas that is in their underground tanks at the gas station is already there. How its worth more tomorrow is beyond me. They drilled, sumped, refined and delivered it at a certain price. If oil goes up tomorrow, then the gas that is in the barrel becomes more expensive, not the gas that is already delivered to the station.
Idea #3 - last one - I swear
No oil company can own a gas station. Gas should be sold at retail outlets that allow - No - MANDATE variety. So I pull into Bob's gas station and Bob offers Sunoco, Exxon, Shell and other varieties. Now I have theoretically made a bidding situation in my favour. If Shell wants to sell gas that day, they will have to be lower than the others - or offer another benefit (cleans engine as I drive blah blah blah).
So? Whaddaya think?
Oil company execs, feel free to use these ideas at your will!!
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Well, as for #1, didn't you know that "socialism" was one of Goerge Carlin's seven words that you can't say in the US ever? Government controlled anything is a big no-no.
For #2, The first day crude oil drops like a rock and gas prices are still high, people will ask why and oil execs will say, "Well, we have to use up and sell the expensive gas first that's in the tanks before we can sell the cheap stuff." LOL
And for #3, A Mega-gas station like that won't fit in congested NYC! Now enough room to put all those tanks underground. You could potential need 15 tanks if you had 5 companies selling gas (3 different grades). Now maybe out in Nebraska that might work, but out there it won't matter much as Billy-Joe and Emma-Jane probably get their gas delivered to their big John Deere combines/tractors instead.
Hmmmm, maybe you can get #1 implemented up in Canada and embarass us down here with our ultra-capitalist society? LOL!
Can you picture Jay shut up in his hotel room somewhere in New Brunswick, thinking up this thing. Maybe it's the sea air,or the diet of fresh fish, or lack of family activity, or all of the above that's doing it. LOL
New Brunswick? You mean in NJ down near Staten Island? Maybe it's the noxious fumes coming from the refineries down there. Or it could be the noxious fumes wafting in from the Meadowlands (i.e. swamp). Or the noxious fumes drifting in from the old dump on Staten Island. Take your pick! LOL
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