A CALL TO ARMS!
Posted by playemalltour on May 30, 2008
I have been planning this tour for about 9 months now, and when I started gas in my hometown was about 2.26 a gallon. This part of the country traditionally has the lowest prices in the nation. I used a worst case scenario price of 3.50 a gallon to figure the fuel budget for the tour. At that figure the tour would require about $14,500 for fuel. Now I have recalculated based on several sources that anticipate gas prices averages for the next three years and the new figure for fuel is about $25,000. I cant believe that we as a nation have allowed this to happen. Their is no reason for the dramatic increases in fuel, all of the experts agree. So I ask how long are we going to take this lying down! Our leaders have to see what is going on out there. I have friends that cant afford continue with their businesses because of the fuel costs we all face. The number of semi drivers filing for bankruptcy in the first quarter of this year have set a record, costs of consumers goods are rising at a record pace as well. I am an optimistic person, but reality is setting in that we as a nation are about to enter a time of turmoil like we have never seen before! Shouldnt we be getting oil from Iraq for about a dollar a barrell? We kept Sadaam from running over one of the richest oil countries in the world a few years ago(KUWAIT) are they repaying the favor? If we werent there back about 10 years ago they wouldnt even be a sovereign state anymore! But instead we are getting it stuck to us by not only the oil producers but our own American owned oil companies. I do not know what the solution is, but I am sure it is going to get alot worse before it gets better. It sucks that we are hooked on oil as a nation, it sucks that we as a nation havent rallied for non-carbon based fuel alternatives. My dream is in jeopardy and I cant just be quiet anymore! Alot of time and effort from alot of people have gone into this tour and it breaks my discgolf loving heart to think that our government is letting this happen. It will always be remembered on whos watch this happened!
JG said
Might want to check out this website:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html
We get most of our oil, not from Saudi Arabia, Iraq or Kuwait, but from Canada.
ty said
yeah the prices are pretty brutal man, on the bright side a lot of areas have many courses in close proximity. small consolation to the big picture for certain, but worthy of noting. I’m hoping you can still get it off the ground, we have a bunch of courses here in Mobile, AL (8) with another being built this week!! I’d love to meet you and huck a few rounds! so I’m going to ebay to look for a cfr destroyer to help out the cause!
Russell Gore said
So, you had a brilliant idea to start this tour and now it is going to shambles because of gas. Sounds as if it might be time to get all the Disc Golfers from all over this country to join up and send congress, our Senators, and our lousy president a message. Maybe even our lousy auto manufactures who had to have seen this coming for miles, yet they continued to pump crappy SUV’s on everyone, so that they would profit like there is no tomorrow. Let’s all join together as one big group and send our displeasure to the morons in D.C. If we could get the PDGA involved it would make things easier. So if you would be interested in getting this started, I would be interested in helping. Or if you have any more brilliant ideas let me know. I would love for the government to see just how bad it’s people are being screwed. You can contact me anytime @ trdspeed9292@yahoo.com
Also let me know when or if you make it to Louisville. I’d love to meet the guy who is gonna play em all!!!!!!!!
Russell Gore #26401