When the gas prices were high during the summer, some people on Yahoo answers were posting answers saying they wanted the gas prices to keep going up. Do you think these people were ignorant environmentalists who drive hybrids, or just ignorant?
2006-10-30 17:51:33 · 7 answers · asked by Craig C 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
They were just making a statement,,, probably those that answered, can't drive anyway.
2006-10-30 17:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by avery 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gasoline prices should reflect the true cost of that type of energy. Besides the cost of production (which is often subsidized by extraction of oil from public lands), there are the down stream costs of air pollution, infrastructure such as roads and highways, suburban sprawl abeited by a gasoline-powered lifestyle, and the health costs of leading a sedentary lifestyle. IF all the expenses that the public must bear because of oil dependency were factored into the price, then gasoline would be much more expensive.
The fact of the matter is that high gas prices typically mean record profits for the oil companies. It does not mean that those prices reflect the true (and whole) cost of a gallon of gasoline.
Higher gasoline prices do make people drive less. This is good for everyone. They also cause people to seek alternatives to the car for personal transportation. When gas is $3.00 or more per gallon (as it is in Europe, Asia, and Australia), then people think carefully before they drive anywhere. They may walk. They may take public transportation. They may not go at all.
When people say they want gasoline to be expensive, they are really expressing their desire for all the benefits brought to society when people drive less.
2006-11-01 17:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there a difference? While I do agree that higher oil prices will make perfecting alternative fuels more financially feasible, one cannot ignore the fact that the U.S. is sitting on a lot of oil that it thus far has not been economically feasible to drill. You cannot raise oil prices and bring about one without the other. Environmentalists have always been a little short-sighted.
2006-10-31 02:17:18 · answer #3 · answered by FabMom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing they were ignorant, because they fail to recognize that the rise of gasoline affects inflation and affects all other prices as well.
2006-10-31 01:53:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were saying because they belong to oil companies. or u can say agents of oil companies
2006-10-31 02:08:12 · answer #5 · answered by Eccentric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither they were simply fools
2006-10-31 01:56:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
both
2006-10-31 01:53:06 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋