The total gasoline consumption for the US in 2002 was 130,735,000,000 gallons,
which would imply, from your statement, that the US federal budget has a hit of
about 1.3 trillion dollars just to support gasoline, which ignores oil and
natural gas for electrical production, plus all the other uses for oil.

What you heard is obviously absurd.

tom

On 21 Sep 2003 at 17:15, Felder wrote:

>
> Maybe not... I've been told that when you calculate the tax breaks that
> the US Government gives its energy companies for exploration, and the
> cost for the armed services to keep shipping lanes open (I won't even
> bring up the middle east) that our gas is actually about ten bucks a
> gallon. We just pay for it somewhere besides the pump.
>
> Jim
>

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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
85 Westphalia GL Albert
96 Jetta GL The Intimidator
taring@taring.org

"It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out fast, than to go into a turn fast
and come out dead." Stirling Moss