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SergeStorms

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13. When OPEC's sales slump to the point....

Reply to MichMan (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 14, 2022, 07:31 AM

Mar 2022

where it starts hurting the bottom line, they'll either pump more oil or lower prices. Either way prices will go down.

People need to start conserving gasoline again. They'll start car pooling again. They'll make fewer unnecessary trips to the stores. There will be more "staycations", rather than driving hundreds of miles for a change of view.

This goes against the grain of America's love affairs with their cars, but they've done it before and they'll do it again. They'll have to.

Even at current prices we're paying much less than other countries, and that was before the sharp increases.

It would be a shame if Americans learned how to conserve for a change.

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The People Behind the Joe Biden Sticker That Has Colonized America's Gas Pumps [View all] Demovictory9 Mar 2022 OP

Will the stickers stay when gas prices go down? TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #1

I hope so Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #2

Do you anticipate Tickle Mar 2022 #6

Of course it will go down-- it always does. Remember the Arab oil embargo? The oil tankers at... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #7

What would ever cause prices to go down ? MichMan Mar 2022 #12

When OPEC's sales slump to the point.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #13

I want some that have a picture of putin Beachnutt Mar 2022 #3

Putin face stickers RockCreek Mar 2022 #4

+1 . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #8

Putin contributed to the recent spike Hav Mar 2022 #18

Exactly! RockCreek Mar 2022 #20

That inthewind21 Mar 2022 #28

Hmm... Mike Nelson Mar 2022 #5

I'm using about as little as I can. Sherman A1 Mar 2022 #9

Sounds good... Mike Nelson Mar 2022 #14

Burbank to Santa Monica. Thats a killer drive Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #23

This is petty vandalism and anyone doing it should be fined Takket Mar 2022 #10

Now I don't feel so guilty when I put a stick em note on hot air dryers in restrooms saying Emile Mar 2022 #11

I haven't seen any of the Biden stickers.... SergeStorms Mar 2022 #15

I guess it's time to start keeping a Sharpie in the car. GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #16

When will this be treated as the vandalism that it is? Ferrets are Cool Mar 2022 #17

What do you think is an appropriate fine for applying a sticker? MichMan Mar 2022 #24

I don't pretend to be a judge. I'm sure they can figure out what vandalism is worth. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2022 #25

I'd use whatever the fine for graffiti is as a starting point. nt Akoto Mar 2022 #32

I saw a couple of these while traveling from VA to OH maxrandb Mar 2022 #19

+1 n/t area51 Mar 2022 #22

THIS inthewind21 Mar 2022 #29

Nothing stopping us from making our own stickers. STICKER WAR! Hotler Mar 2022 #21

I don't know why a gas station would alienate half its customers renate Mar 2022 #26

It's not the gas station inthewind21 Mar 2022 #30

good point--I should have added that I live in Oregon, where attendants pump the gas renate Mar 2022 #34

The gas station managers should check daily for stickers Catherine Vincent Mar 2022 #27

so inthewind21 Mar 2022 #31

If I come across one, I'll try and remove but if I can't Catherine Vincent Mar 2022 #33