For example, When the price of gas goes up, the price of food, clothing, and rent goes up as well.
2007-03-11 08:29:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Economics
It costs more to ship the other supplies... I think lol.
2007-03-11 08:31:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the chain. It costs more to ship when gas is high so everything goes up. The main problem with this is when gas goes down, the other prices don't.
2007-03-11 10:38:53 · answer #2 · answered by Bettie S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When ever the price of gas goes up, everything else goes up too for a good reason. It costs the manufactures more money to ship out their product and costs them more money to run their factories, thus causing everything else to go up.
2007-03-11 09:19:15 · answer #3 · answered by Joshua 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your these is is wrong. The price of everything does NOT go up with the price of gasoline, regardless of whether transportation costs for goods increases.
The past few years the price of gasoline has doubled. The price of everything else has only been going up the same boring 2 - 2.5% rate that's been the norm for a decade.
2007-03-11 11:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by KevinStud99 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wen the price of gas goes up, its going to cost companies more to transport food and clothes from place to place. im not sure about the rent though.
2007-03-11 08:34:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because when gas goes up if you own a buisness, your'e going to put your prices up so you can buy gas!
2007-03-11 10:45:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes fuel to manufacture, heat, and transport. Fuel is connected to everything, that is why we need to expand and explore alternate fuel sources.
2007-03-11 08:35:42 · answer #7 · answered by djm749 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because those things have to be transported to us, and transportation takes fuel.
It really stinks, doesn't it?
My dollars are pinched right now,too.
Good luck.
2007-03-11 08:37:31 · answer #8 · answered by Croa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fuel is just for almost eveything
2007-03-11 08:46:40 · answer #9 · answered by RayM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋