What do you think the answer is about high gas prices?

Question

a) buy a hybird car
b) ride horse and buggy
c) some other answer (your choice)

Answer 1

buy a hybrid car

Answer 2

This causes the price to go up due to the fact there is less oil available. We could do a lot to fix this problem. First open the California coast and more of the Gulf to drilling. Drill in that very small area of Alaska that the enviromental nuts don't want us to open up. They are the same ones who said the Alaskan pipeline would distroy the wilderness, but it has helped instead of hurt. The wildlife there has thrived. All these things would do much to lower the price of oil. Gas will never be $1 per gallon again, but we need to stop depending on the middle east for it.The members of OPEC and other oil producing countries in the world are not going to lower their prices because they are too used to the huge profits they have been making for decades. The auto makers are also a large part of the problem, they have been slow to build cars that use alternative sources of fuel, and the hybrids they are making have other hidden problems such as the high cost of replacing the battery cells down the road, and where do you dispose of the toxic battery cells when the go bad from age? In Brazil over 90% of the people there drive flex-fuel cars that use ethanol (which by the way are built by Ford and GM), and they are paying 70 to 90 cents a gallon for their fuel. It is not the final solution, but it is a great start, and why are we not doing it? Because the oil companies own the distribution points (gas stations) and are not willing to lose the windfall profits they are making on us now! The real solution is for the people in this country to stand firmly together and not re-elect politicians who pander to the oil companies and the countries that supply us oil, and if the ones we vote in don't work to resolve the problem, we vote them out of office also, and keep doing that until they wake up and do what truly needs to be done.

Answer 3

Yes, we require more than we ever have before and international strife we a considerable chunk of oil comes from but... 2) the oil companies are also inflating prices a bit. The two wealthiest companies last year (if I remember correctly) was Exxon and BP. Small correlation here? The members of OPEC and other oil producing countries in the world are not going to lower their prices because they are too used to the huge profits they have been making for decades. The auto makers are also a large part of the problem, they have been slow to build cars that use alternative sources of fuel, and the hybrids they are making have other hidden problems such as the high cost of replacing the battery cells down the road, and where do you dispose of the toxic battery cells when the go bad from age? In Brazil over 90% of the people there drive flex-fuel cars that use ethanol (which by the way are built by Ford and GM), and they are paying 70 to 90 cents a gallon for their fuel. It is not the final solution, but it is a great start, and why are we not doing it? Because the oil companies own the distribution points (gas stations) and are not willing to lose the windfall profits they are making on us now! The real solution is for the people in this country to stand firmly together and not re-elect politicians who pander to the oil companies and the countries that supply us oil, and if the ones we vote in don't work to resolve the problem, we vote them out of office also, and keep doing that until they wake up and do what truly needs to be done.

Answer 4

There are a number of factors causing the gas prices to go up. 1) Supply and demand - Yes, we require more than we ever have before and international strife we a considerable chunk of oil comes from but... 2) the oil companies are also inflating prices a bit. The two wealthiest companies last year (if I remember correctly) was Exxon and BP. Small correlation here? The members of OPEC and other oil producing countries in the world are not going to lower their prices because they are too used to the huge profits they have been making for decades. The auto makers are also a large part of the problem, they have been slow to build cars that use alternative sources of fuel, and the hybrids they are making have other hidden problems such as the high cost of replacing the battery cells down the road, and where do you dispose of the toxic battery cells when the go bad from age? In Brazil over 90% of the people there drive flex-fuel cars that use ethanol (which by the way are built by Ford and GM), and they are paying 70 to 90 cents a gallon for their fuel. It is not the final solution, but it is a great start, and why are we not doing it? Because the oil companies own the distribution points (gas stations) and are not willing to lose the windfall profits they are making on us now! The real solution is for the people in this country to stand firmly together and not re-elect politicians who pander to the oil companies and the countries that supply us oil, and if the ones we vote in don't work to resolve the problem, we vote them out of office also, and keep doing that until they wake up and do what truly needs to be done.

Answer 5

The other option would be to try our best to make our vehicles efficient like checking tire pressures, changing air filters and get a tune up now and then. Unfortunately, we live in a world that is powered and ruled by the all mighty dollar and everyone wants more of it while the ones trying to squeak by suffers. We have the resources but those are controlled by the government so what other choices do we have but to do the best we can with what we got. The million dollar companies out there got us by our tail since we need what they supply. It is a vicious cycle that will keep going and going. I guess if everyone stops going to work because it isn't worth working to pay for gas then maybe something will be done about it but in the meantime, we will be making the oil companies richer.When you come to a stop at a stoplight simply put the car in park, and turn off the engine. You should have plenty of time once the light turns green to turn the engine on again and get the car going. If you're worried about not getting the car started fast enough, and the people behind you getting all worked up try looking for clues that the light is about to turn green, such as a yellow light, or a do not walk signal directing opposite traffic.
Also, don't worry that you’re going to look weird. You may not see a lot of other people doing this yet, but first of all most people around you will not even notice that you've turned your vehicle off, and second why not be a trend setter. There are many people around the world who are already doing this on a regular basis.

Answer 6

The reason gas prices are as high as they are is 1) oil speculators are driving the prices up and 2) China is now buy 3-4 times more oil than a few years ago. This causes the price to go up due to the fact there is less oil available. We could do a lot to fix this problem. First open the California coast and more of the Gulf to drilling. Drill in that very small area of Alaska that the enviromental nuts don't want us to open up. They are the same ones who said the Alaskan pipeline would distroy the wilderness, but it has helped instead of hurt. The wildlife there has thrived. All these things would do much to lower the price of oil. Gas will never be $1 per gallon again, but we need to stop depending on the middle east for it.

Answer 7

The other option would be to try our best to make our vehicles efficient like checking tire pressures, changing air filters and get a tune up now and then. Unfortunately, we live in a world that is powered and ruled by the all mighty dollar and everyone wants more of it while the ones trying to squeak by suffers. We have the resources but those are controlled by the government so what other choices do we have but to do the best we can with what we got. The million dollar companies out there got us by our tail since we need what they supply. It is a vicious cycle that will keep going and going. I guess if everyone stops going to work because it isn't worth working to pay for gas then maybe something will be done about it but in the meantime, we will be making the oil companies richer.Gas taxes must be increased (I'd rather pay higher gas prices and have the money used here instead of going into the pockets of the oil companies and the sources in the Middle East) and the resulting additional revenue from the tax used to rebuild the public transportant infrastructue that is needed to meet future needs.

Answer 8

changing air filters and get a tune up now and then. Unfortunately, we live in a world that is powered and ruled by the all mighty dollar and everyone wants more of it while the ones trying to squeak by suffers. We have the resources but those are controlled by the government so what other choices do we have but to do the best we can with what we got. The million dollar companies out there got us by our tail since we need what they supply. It is a vicious cycle that will keep going and going. I guess if everyone stops going to work because it isn't worth working to pay for gas then maybe something will be done about it but in the meantime, we will be making the oil companies richer.When you come to a stop at a stoplight simply put the car in park, and turn off the engine. You should have plenty of time once the light turns green to turn the engine on again and get the car going. If you're worried about not getting the car started fast enough, and the people behind you getting all worked up try looking for clues that the light is about to turn green, such as a yellow light, or a do not walk signal directing opposite traffic.

Answer 9

People in the higher up are greedy, buying a hybird car isn't the answer or riding a horse with or without a buggy. The Goverment should have stepped in a long time ago to get this under control. At 2.00 a gal would have made a good profit for the people that need all this money. What is being done with the profit???? I don't have the answer to this question. If we went out and got something different they would find something else to charge us a high rate on.

Answer 10

Well last year they had a good excuse. Katrina hit and that's why it went up the way it did. So why is it going up now. I thought it was suppose to go down. It sucks that this could happen. I remember two years ago I was griping about gas going to 1.75. Now I'm wishing it was 1.75. Anyways I had gotten an email talking about gas and because of supply and demand we are going to buy it no matter what the price. Which is true, we can't live with out our transportation. Cabs cost too much, and if you live in a small city/town the bus doesn't take you where you need to be nor run after 5/6 pm. Which sucks because a lot of people do not work the 8-5 shift. So we are going to drive our cars and pay for gas no matter what the price is. In the email it had said to stop buying gas from the big companies. If we stop buying gas for a day or something of that nature then it will be a bigger hassel for us than and ultimatum for the gas companies.

Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.

So that's the important part of the email. Maybe it'll work, maybe it won't. The only way we will know is stop purchasing gas from these companies.

Good luck and hope those prices come back down soon, my kids start school in two weeks, that'll make me use even more gas.

Answer 11

C) Other

Currently many projects are underway to maximize solar panels and their efficiency at storing the suns energy. Nano technology is looking to improve over the next decade aswell as hybrid/natural gas/hydrogen.

For now, however, I think the best alternative would be: a) working from home a few days a week. Many jobs offer this but employees decide not to. b) more fuel efficienct cars. Everyone understands that trucks/SUV's get far less MPG than smaller cars. The obvious choice would be to drive a smaller car. c) public transportation. I live in Ann Arbor so i can take a bus anywhere i need to go. Of course, most cities dont offer such excellent services, so improvements are needed, but public transportation is definately a great way to cut down on gas costs.

I think about it like so. Even if the bus costs $2 to ride each day. That is only $60 a month. Gas costs approx. $35 for 12 gallons, and those 12 gallons will last maybe 1.5 weeks. So paying for your own gas costs around $93 dollars a month. Thats an easy $33 saved.
*It would be amazing if the public transportation would use hybrid buses or something to that extent, increasing their MPG would offset any costs to ride the bus, making it even more fuel efficient.*

All in all, i think its obvious that the "1 car per garage" isn't nearly as efficient as it shoud be, especially not with the SUV sales leading the way they have been.