2007-04-12 11:37:24 · 8 answers · asked by boxer 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
When Bush is out of office
2007-04-12 12:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by nicky 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Great. Just great. Yet another in a long line of McDonalds french fry frier operators who thinks gasoline is expensive. If you even have marginal intelligence, you would already know that the price of fuel, although it rises and falls in the short term, has never fallen in the long term. Along with the gradual increase of the price of fuel over the last century, wages have increased as well, as have the prices on everything we consume. So if you are in a position where the price of gasoline, or anything else for that matter, is a problem for you, then you have made one of the following errors:
1. You insist on consuming more fuel than you can afford. This is caused by buying a vehicle that uses too much fuel, or you drive too much, or you have a job that does not pay enough.
2. You have an economical vehicle, you don't drive too much, and you have a job that does not pay enough.
These two errors applied in 1965 when gas was 25 cents a gallon, and they apply now when it's 3 dollars. Either way, you have a job that does not pay enough. The price of everything is never going to go down, and your wages should trend up. Unless, of course, there is a sudden and incomprehensible reversal of thousands of years of human history.
2007-04-12 20:44:51 · answer #2 · answered by Me again 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pretty soon. I'm guessing that by May, they will be pretty close to $2.00 or so (depending on where you live)...The main reason for high gas prices is because refineries are switching to their summer blend and have not been able to produce fuel at maximum capacity. Prices for barrels of crude oil are also going down.
2007-04-12 18:42:23 · answer #3 · answered by Chris_Knows 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Supply and demand!
Supply is squeezed by the fact that the easiest to mine oilfields have been tapped out, and of course the stuff in the Middle East.
Demand is squeezed by the fact - how many Americans are there? 300M? Well there are 1100M Indians and 1300M Chinese who are finally becoming wealthy enough to afford their own cars. They want to drive like Americans, so they'll want gas. And they outnumber us 8:1.
Face it, the days of cheap gas are over. Ask any European.
2007-04-12 22:17:08 · answer #4 · answered by Wolf Harper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
January /February 2009
2007-04-13 02:25:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can you say pipe dream. Gas will never go down from now on. You may see $.20-.30 cent drops, but it will never go down much. We are stuck with high gas prices.
Oil companies know we will pay what ever they want to charge.
2007-04-12 18:43:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we no longer need it or want it and then they will want to ive it away. I don't see that happening anytime soon in my lifetime, but who knows? If we can start getting the hybrids going and the hydrogen cars on line, we may stand a chance.
Good luck.
2007-04-12 18:42:05 · answer #7 · answered by Fordman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When demand drops
2007-04-12 18:49:17 · answer #8 · answered by Dr Phil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋