• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Politics / Govt / Grassley says a little conservation could "shove it to the oil companies"

Grassley says a little conservation could "shove it to the oil companies"

April 22, 2008 By admin

Gasoline prices in the state and nation are hitting new record highs this week. On this Earth Day, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s taking seriously the experts who estimate a little effort conserving gasoline could go a long ways toward making an impact.

"If we drove ten-percent less, we would be able to shove it to the oil companies in a sense. Drive down their profits, drive down the price of oil and it would make a big, big difference," Grassley says. Gasoline prices nationwide are averaging $3.51 a gallon, a new high.

Triple-A-Iowa says the statewide average is also at a record high of $3.46 a gallon. When Congress is in session, Grassley lives in Washington D.C., where gas is averaging $3.58 a gallon, 12-cents higher than in Iowa. Grassley says he sat down last night with his wife, Barbara, and they did some calculating.

Grassley says: "We figured, well, we drive 12 miles a day, coming to the office and going back, and that includes her office as well. That would be 60 miles a week. Then on Sunday, 14 miles to church and back is 28. That would be 88 miles. How could we save eight and eight-tenths miles? That’s what we have to do."

Grassley, who’s 74 and jogs daily, says he wouldn’t mind hoofing it a little to conserve fuel."I don’t know whether we can do it because, you know, you’ve gotta’ come to work. It’s two miles to the subway," Grassley explains, "my wife couldn’t walk that two miles but I could walk that two miles. So we’re going to have to see what we can do. I’m going to talk to my staff and see what they could do to cut down on ten-percent of their driving. It may not be possible that we could do that and still be working people."

Triple-A reports that diesel fuel is averaging $4.13 a gallon in Iowa, also a new record high.

 

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Chuck Grassley, Republican Party

Featured Stories

Governor hails passage of ‘transformational’ state government reorganization

Economic impact of Iowa casinos tops one billion dollars

State board approves millions in settlement with former Hawkeye football players

Monroe County man dies while serving prison term for killing brother

Bill would make changes in Iowa’s workplace drug testing law

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa plays Auburn in NCAA Tournament

Volunteers help pull off NAIA Women’s basketball championship in Sioux City

Iowa State plays Kansas in Big 12 semis

Hawkeyes must wait after early exit

State Treasurer applauds reversal on settlement to ex-Hawkeye players

More Sports

Archives

Copyright © 2023 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC