Obama's Four Gallons of Gas Minimum Mandate

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[tapatio]

The latest mandate handed down from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is so ridiculous, even I was shocked. The EPA has now mandated how much gasoline you must buy at certain gas stations. Say hello to the Obama Administration’s four gallon minimum.

[EdReform]

Piss on the nazi EPA. I’ve got a two gallon gas can. I’ll fill it, then let the other two gallons run out on the street. How about THAT, envirofascists?

[conservmassrep]

My kid just started driving and he pump $10 at a time how does that help him.

[left that other site]

IT IS AN ATTACK ON SPORTSTER RIDERS!!!!!!!!

[LibWhacker]

Everyone hold on to your hats; next comes the gas guzzler ban (i.e., the sale of more than 10 gallons). If he can set a lower limit with a presidential order, he can set an upper limit.

[In Maryland]

The commercial writes itself.

Blue collar worker pulls up to a gas pump in a beat up old car, takes a ten dollar bill inside. Clerk says I can't sell you gas - 4 gallon minimum. "But I have to get to work." Four gallon minimum, President Obama says. "This is all the money I have left. I need to get to work to make more." "Four gallon Minimum. Under President Bush a ten spot could get you four gallons. Not no more. Sorry, buddy."

Cut to shot of worker on highway with his thumb out.

[generally]

Fits right in with how much health care you are required to purchase.

As soon as his buddies take over some other industries, you can look forward to similar requirements.

[generally]

Count me in.

But to be fair, the democrats balance this out with a maximum size on sodas. So you see it all evens out.

[epow]

My good chain saw cost me over $350 in 1993. I will happily pay more for E-free gas to not have to rebuild it.

I bought A Husqvarna chain saw in 1997. It was easy to start and ran great until I had to begin using 10% ethanol/gas a few years ago. Not long after that it became hard to start and finally stopped running at all. The mechanic at the local Husky shop checked it out and said the carburetor and some rubber & plastic parts were ruined by the ethanol. It would have cost about 2/3 as much to replace the carb and everything else that was damaged as a new saw would cost. I didn't think that was a very good idea, so I bought a new Echo saw at Home Depot that started every time with one pull for about the first year or a bit longer. Now it's also getting hard to start, and my leaf blower has also begun running poorly.

I also wonder what ethanol may be doing to my Toyota. The owner's book says ethanol/gas is OK. So far it's starting easily and running well and gets 35-37 mpg on the highway after 65K miles, but who knows what kind of damage is being done but hasn't shown up yet? The Echo saw was also supposed to be OK with ethanol/gas and the hard starting didn't start showing up for a year or so.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention this. My old Dodge pickup's engine is missing badly, and putting in new plugs and ignition wiring didn't help a bit. So I guess ethanol has probably ruined something in it's gas lines and carburetor. The government shouldn't even allow selling this ethanol crap as motor fuel, but instead it almost forces us to buy it. If I had my way we would vote out everybody in the current government and start over again with new people who have our best interest in mind.

[teeman8r]

first they came for the big gulps... and i said nothing.