obregon, that is NOW. That is completely missing what people are complaining about, in 2000 we only paid $1 or so a gallon, now it is 4x more. So if it continues like this it would look something like this.
2010=$5
2012=$6
2014=$7
2016=$8
2018=$9
2020=$10
Now I am pretty sure most of us will be alive in 2020. So with your averages it would cost $350 a DAY, thats way more then the cost of a month now. Obregin, look to the futures problems too, not just the current ones and see if we can stop them before they happen cause some may still affect you. Also it is hard to pay $78 dollars more a month on gas. My family is having trouble like MOST. I think the goverment should sponsor nuclear, wind, and maybe solar power development allot more. There is no easy way to fix fossil fuel car problems until the eletrical energy is converted.
I am not saying everyone is doing it for self gain.
Um, the human nature is only conserned with their lives witch is supported by money. People only care about themselves and usually only want their lives to be better so they want to save their money to make their lives better
again, you still are ignoring the future. The "better end" you were talking about can only happen if we activly try to make things better for everyone, but that won't happen because people are self richous horribly selfish creatures that should have never existed.
BTW the reason we NEED better resourses is because if everyone had an american mild class lifestyle it would take 4 earths to support! The only thing I see in the future in enviromental and human suffering. I have no faith in human nature.
I turn off the computer for a few hours...
If that formula was true, we be paying hundreds of dollars per gallon today. When cars were first introduced in the US, they were an expensive oddity. Gas wasn't common then, and cost ~$4 a gallon in early 20th century dollars. We are not paying $150 a gallon, and your formula is highly unlikely.
$78 is next to nothing, honestly. I am a lower-middle or middle-middle class citizen, and trust me, I am CHEAP. $78 is, like 2, 8-hour, min. wage work days. If gas is so precious, 16 hours is a small price to pay.
If you think the government should play a more active role in economics, ask the North Koreans how they like it. Then maybe. If our government did somehow get that much power, think of how corrupt our already-corrupt politicians would be. Most of their biggest sponsors are oil companies, so if they were allowed direct access to non-oil fuel companies, they would probably shut them down or buy them out.
Oh, your not?
Really, I think this gas "crisis" is just a grossly exaggerated scare. Things are not that bad. The only people who suffer are the ones who are too lazy to adapt and change to the world. They are prime examples of Mr. Darwin’s "survival of the fittest". If you don’t want to work a little more, or do a few things that are a little inconvenient, you have no right to complain. End of it.
So your saying people are over reacting because YOU don't mind the cost as it isn't making YOUR life any harder. Did you check to see if any other families are having issues? The prices are rising, but people aren't getting to work longer shifts or getting raises. You don't mind working longer, so, CAN you work more hours? My dad has to constanly leave the state for work so he is hardly home so my brothers can go to collegde. Don't act like just because things are fine for you they are fine for everyone. I also remember that in europe people walk more, so if people are driving less, they buy less gas, so gas companies still need to make a fair profit on the amount that they are selling.
I think in a crisis situation, food hoarding would be a liabillity. It would be you vs. the starving masses with weapons!
So your saying people are over reacting because YOU don't mind the cost as it isn't making YOUR life any harder.
My dad has to constanly leave the state for work so he is hardly home so my brothers can go to collegde.
Really, I think this gas "crisis" is just a grossly exaggerated scare. Things are not that bad. The only people who suffer are the ones who are too lazy to adapt and change to the world. They are prime examples of Mr. Darwin’s "survival of the fittest". If you don’t want to work a little more, or do a few things that are a little inconvenient, you have no right to complain. End of it.
Don't act like just because things are fine for you they are fine for everyone.
I also remember that in europe people walk more, so if people are driving less, they buy less gas, so gas companies still need to make a fair profit on the amount that they are selling.
We're a joke, and it's the fault of the people who voted for Bush. I blame them directly.
I remember someone on TV said that if the rise in gas prices is what decided whether or not you'll go on vacation, then you shouldn't be going on a vacation anyway.
Let's not forget that the USD is a joke at the moment. The Euro is worth $1.59, and the pound sterling is worth $2!!! Even Canada's dollar is worth more! That's unacceptable. We used to be on top in the world economy, and maybe we can undo the damage and repay the debts to other countries. DEBTS to OTHER countries! WTF was that POS thinking? We're a joke, and it's the fault of the people who voted for Bush. I blame them directly. It's because of THEM that we're even having this conversation. What, the first four years of hell wasn't enough? Yeah. I blame them. What's his current approval rating anyway? like 28%? Maybe it just got so bad the pundits stopped keeping track.
You want four more years of what we've been going through? Do you? Vote for McCain if you like the current hellhole and wish Bush could have a third term. I'm looking at you, 28%. Maybe you can flush the toilet and send the rest of the country down the drain while your at the voting booth.
A vegetable LITERALLY would have made a better president.
Also, the wholesale ignorance of the American population on the subject of economics also lends itself to the problem.
So your saying people are over reacting because YOU don't mind the cost as it isn't making YOUR life any harder. Did you check to see if any other families are having issues? The prices are rising, but people aren't getting to work longer shifts or getting raises. You don't mind working longer, so, CAN you work more hours? My dad has to constanly leave the state for work so he is hardly home so my brothers can go to collegde. Don't act like just because things are fine for you they are fine for everyone. I also remember that in europe people walk more, so if people are driving less, they buy less gas, so gas companies still need to make a fair profit on the amount that they are selling.