Wednesday, February 15, 2006

This is where I buy my gaosline.

Pride Gas Station Was is a joke, or are they be dumb dumb King Street, Northampton, Massachusetts It has already been stated that Bush's statement during the State of the Union about reducing the import of foreign oil was a complete farce. Duh. There is a bill by the senate that proposes the use and creation of domestic ethanol to reduce the import of foreign oil by 80, 000 barrels. That’s all well and great but when the numbers are crunched that’s only a 0.8% reduction according to a Washington post article. According to Fox News, today the EPA announced that states will no longer have to add ethanol or methyl tertiary butyl ether, known as MTBE. That requirement has added between 4 to 8 cents to the cost per gallon. So, basically, by May there should be a reduction in gas prices by 4 to 8 cents nationwide. Of course, that WONT happen - you know that, I know that and they know that! If I had a way to test, I’d get a sample from all local gas stations. I’d like to know the actual percentages they’ve added, not what they tell us they've added – personally, I think it’s all a crock and they’re just lining their pockets. Massachusetts isn’t a state required to add an oxygenate but every pump I’ve been to has said “Contains Ethanol.” What say you, dear reader? As for that spelling error in the sign, maybe they've read that "Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng istahtthe frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, butthe wrod as a wlohe." Or maybe, they're just idiots.

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