GL: The High Price of Fuel These Days

[Mike Tellup]

Quoting from my email:

Please keep future posts relevant to cruising the GL or take the 
discussion private.

As long as the fuel discussion relates to traveling the GL then I have 
no problem with it.  That should be clear from what I said above.  If it 
strays into a political discussion or some extended posting about 
exploration, refining capacity, how markets work, etc then it is NOT 
appropriate.

Common sense should prevail.

Mike Tellup
Great Loop Administrator

Matt Mattson wrote:
> 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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