reduce the consumption, reduce the profit, and reduce the co2, how do you think big oil and the auto companies will respond?
2006-08-14 08:59:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
Enviro gal, thank you very much for your non educated enviro answer!
2006-08-14 10:14:00 · update #1
thanks don, that's Right!
2006-08-14 10:29:50 · update #2
That is a big no! Iberius, Coal and natural gas is used for 75% of the Electrical power Generation, in this country not Oil ! 75% of the OIL we use is for Transportation , YOU get a Big D for that! :^)
2006-08-14 13:58:48 · update #3
Kathy, the speculators are wall street and big oil ! oy it hurts me . oy it hurts me. wahh! OMG.
2006-08-14 19:47:30 · update #4
That sounds great but if you have to drive to get to work kids to school ext how do you cut down on gas. I mean they kinda have us over a barrel they know we have to use the gas and can't get by with not buying it so we are kinda screwed. My husband was driving an 8 cylinder ford pickup we traded it in for a Pontiac grand am so we didn't have to spend as much on gas, so that helps a bit I guess but most people can't run out and trade it fuel guzzlers either. So yep they have us over a barrel.
2006-08-14 09:06:52 · answer #1 · answered by sisinlovewithyou 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They will drop prices or they will find a way to manipulate the markets so that oil prices will rise and they can keep prices high. The only way to beat big oil is to find something that can compete and win ie Ethanol, Biodiesel, Methanol, etc.
2006-08-14 09:07:48 · answer #2 · answered by patrick 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it is a supply and demand problem, oil is subject to seasonal changes in its formulation, so the refinery has to taylor the amount refined to the amount expected sold. then the oil futures speculators set the prices of various oil products. who are the speculators? it's you, and me, and anyone who buys an oil futures contract on the stock market. as for the auto makers, they will slow production, and lay off workers. what did you expect?
2006-08-14 19:38:17 · answer #3 · answered by Kathy O 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
For a while the price of gasoline would go way up. They have to make a profit. Then I think they would look into alternative ways of getting our money.
2006-08-14 09:51:10 · answer #4 · answered by no nickname 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It would have been great if we could do that for our own sake without worrying for the oil companies. However there seems little chance for that in the near future.
2006-08-14 09:46:22 · answer #5 · answered by LEPTON 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no, automobiles only use 20% of the oil. the other 80% is used to generate electricity, so we can't really cut our use very much
2006-08-14 12:08:39 · answer #6 · answered by iberius 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i think they will sale more lubricant oil and Greece more polymers to make this good reduction
2006-08-14 09:09:53 · answer #7 · answered by source_of_love_69 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Typing,........
2006-08-14 09:43:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋