GL: The High Price of Fuel These Days

[Matt Mattson]

Mike:

While I agree with the lib/con/Dem/Rep. sentiment, I respectfully  
disagree about the topic.

On my recent trip across the country, I almost ran out of gas,  
twice.  The reason?  I was traveling the interior (the two-lane  
roads) of the West and in a few places, the gasoline stations had no  
fuel because they could not afford the payment for fuel lots.  How  
long will it be before marina fuel dries up for the same reasons?   
How fresh can any fuel at marinas be when we already see the numbers  
of cruisers drastically declined?  (I traveled from Florida to  
Shreveport before seeing enough motorhomes to stop counting on  
fingers)  An even more pressing problem is the farmland not being  
planted for the same reasons above.

I hope no one complaining about discussion of national fuel policy  
leaves a message requesting where to buy the cheapest fuel . . .

If I sound somewhat out of sorts, I am, my GL filming is severely  
curtailed if not cancelled altogether for now.  The reason: fuel.

If fuel is not a valid discussion for people who use lots of it,  
depend on it, and stand to be one of the first groups cut out of it  
by price, politics, or rationing, I don't know what is.  No one, from  
any class will be immune to the effects, one way or another.  How  
long will the government operate locks for recreational boating  
corridors when the numbers of boats no longer support it?

While we hear from people already on the loop, I've noticed we hear  
from very few actually starting it now.

Matt Mattson

http://www.youtube.com/flagold

Intracoastal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkQ5eCRX3r0


On Jul 13, 2008, at 11:44 AM, Mike Tellup wrote:

> This topic has evolved into a discussion that is not directly  
> related to
> cruising the Great Loop and is becoming somewhat political in nature.
>
> Please keep future posts relevant to cruising the GL or take the
> discussion private.
>
> Thank-you.
>
> Mike Tellup
> Great Loop Administrator
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