why?
because they can. its a private for profit company. suck it up you pro capitolaist loving people. it is what capitolism is all about.
meanwhile, ....
japan is on its second year of testing public leasing of a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle that usses ZERO gasoline. this little puppy is on the road right now, but due to some regelatory concerns, the technology is not available for sale or lease in the U.S.
it is not the presidents job to solve our fuel problems, clearly both parties have demonstraited their inability or unwillingness to do so. it is ours.
buy the friggin hybrids untill an all electric or hydrogen / electric vehicle becomes available, then buy it. its all we can do besides downsizing our ford 350 duelie to a honda civic.
market demand will eventually take care of spiraling fuel costs. eventually. in the short term, show american car comapnies what we want, buy japaneese. the average millage of american cars is around 20 mpg. the average millage of a japanesse car is around 35 mpg.
for instance, i just traded in my chevy avalanche, advertised as 16 mpg in teh city, but in reality, averaged 14 on teh highway and 11 in the city, for a chevy HHR, advertised at 30 mpg highway but in reality gets about 25 on teh highway and around 20 in the city.
**** poor performance, gona buy japansses when i trade it in. still a savings of over 50 percent on my monthly gas bill, but not where it should be.
think about this. between me and my wife, together we drive less than 3 hours a day between my work and her job ans running around for hte kids.
at 3 hours a day of driving, my monthly gas bill was just over 400 dollars a month.
it costs more to drive my car for 3 hours a day, than to power my home 24/7 by a good 25 percent. my gas bill is a third car payment. it is almost double my insurance bill.
it cost more to fuel my vehicle, than it does to insure it, or power my home. and if i had bought a used vehicle, it would cost more to fuel it than buy it.
time for a change. bring on the electric. ***** hybrids or alternative fuel mixes, gimme something that doesnt use gas at all.