why complain about gas prices?

Question

There are so many varables that determin what you are paying for gas. The car you drive, size of the car, extra driving, etc...

do you complain?
do you drive a big car? drive a smaller car.
do you get bad gas milage? get a better car.
do you drve extra? don't drive extra or for fun?

get a bike, scooter, motocycle, walk more, etc..

why complane about something you cannot change?
change the things you can change

Answer 1

Dum du dum dum.

Whoever thinks releasing oil from the SPR will fix the gas price problem is a MORON. #1 you've still got to refine it which we don't have enough capacity to do as it is and #2 it would take releasing a TON of it to even make a dent in gas prices.

Answer 2

When I first starting driving until up to a couple years ago it took me 10 bucks to fill my tank from the 1/4 tank line. I drive a dodge neon and it gets good mileage. I use my car mainly to run errands, go to work and stuff. Now it takes me 20-30 bucks to fill my tank from the same spot. That is double to triple what I was paying before. For people who are living on tight budgets as it is that is a big deal. People have kids they can't take a five year old on a motorcycle. Especially considering that Bush will not dip into our reserves to help American people out like Presidents have done in the past.

I think the biggest problem is that it jumps up and down 20-25 cents per day. That is the problem I have with it. You can't tell me the price of a barrel of oil fluctuates that much. People feel like they are getting seriously ripped off.

Answer 3

A lot of these things you can only change if you have the money to do it. Take Mexicans for instance. My friend is from Mexico and he knows everything about cars. That's because barely anyone there can afford to buy a new car or even afford a car, so they build them themselves from junk yards and what not. I don't complain about gas prices anymore becuz I know they are just going to keep going up and there's nothing I can do to stop them unless I did like the kid in Syriana and ran a torpedo into an oil tanker or something which I have no plans to do. But, I do agree about trying to change the things we can change. Complaining gets us nowhere except more anxiety and wasted energy. Props.

Answer 4

You're right, and the person who said complaining gets the problem fixed is wrong.

The problem with the complainers is that they never know what they're talking about. They don't know what causes the problem, so they're not complaining about the cause, they're just selfishly complaining about their personal inconvenience.

To truly alter gas prices, we would have to drill some of our own oil, build more refineries, and/or change the fact that each state has its own specific blend/recipe of gas. Since Americans are not willing to do these things, they should shut up and either deal with it or do the things you recommend.

Answer 5

When I get bothered by gas prices, I research alternatives, like zero point energy, that will someday replace the Oiligarchy if we can just crack the basic principles involved.

Answer 6

It's part of our culture--we complain about violence in movies, yet we continue to go. We complain about porn, yet it is a growing industry. We fuss about food not being healthy enough, yet we continue to buy it. We complain about the price of gas, yet we consume it as if nothing has changed.

Perhaps we complain because we feel powerless.

Answer 7

Because through our complaints, we can make the public aware of the problem. Politicians respond to outcry by the public and the media, thereby motivating them to solve our problem.

Therefore, we can change it.