I have been hearing that gas prices are suppose to go up to $4 a gallon. What the heck???? Isn't gas a neccessity and not a luxury? It is not like a can cut buying gas like I cut buying a latte!
2007-05-14 09:39:04 · 14 answers · asked by Katherine 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
I have cut my driving down....I was just shocked...I was at Safeway filling up, and I put in my club card (to get that 10 cents off) I saw it was 3.33 for a gallon of reg...so normally it is 3.43?
2007-05-14 09:51:54 · update #1
That's why they won't ever go down without government intervention or boycott. We have to have it, and alot of it. People drive everywhere, mostly because they have to. Public transportation isn't popular because you can't just get up and go anywhere at anytime. Also, Americans drive big, gas-guzzling SUVs, that most of time are unnecessary. Big Oil sees a profit to be made without limits because politicials are in their pockets. Its not a matter of supply and demand when gas prices rise and fall on a dime and supply increases or remains constant. its pure and simple greed. Look at Exxon, you don't make a $400 billion profit because people are driving more and certainly not because supply goes down, you do it by milking those that already drive.
2007-05-14 09:45:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gas prices go up because of higher demand and limited supply. That's basic economics. If you don't understand that, get thee to a college campus and enroll in Econ 101 right away.
Unless you've got enough money to build a refinery, the way to influence prices is to reduce demand. That means drive less, drive a more efficient car, carpool, take public transportation, walk, or ride a bike. It means a change in your life, but it can be done. Not buying gas on a certain day won't cut it - people will just gas up ahead of time, or the day after, and you end up spending the same amount as you would have any way.
2007-05-14 09:45:23 · answer #2 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
About the only thing you can do is vote on tax issues, since that does factor into the cost of gas. I've found while I was traveling that gas stations outside of incorporated areas had cheaper gas and the owners told me it's because they don't pay the higher tax. And no, it isn't a necessity. You have the option to move closer to work, school, church and shopping. Take a bus, ride a bike, walk or jog, saddle up a horse. Carpool or work from home. Arrange your errands so that you drive to one spot, park, and walk from there.
I know, I know, it's hard to do. But when your car breaks down, or runs out of gas, you make do, don't you? Think on it.
2007-05-14 09:49:20 · answer #3 · answered by Jess 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gas is not a necessity. Housing, Food and Clothing are necessities. People walked the earth for thousands of years before cars and gasoline came to be.
The only way to lower gas prices is to stop using gasoline.
2007-05-16 03:42:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-09 20:47:48 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oil companies buy there oil from other countries that can charge what ever they want. If gas price are to go down we need to drill in the USA
2007-05-14 09:48:34 · answer #6 · answered by raynard20010 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you said it right there. Gas is a necessity to most people, and the gas companies know it. Supply and Demand.
2007-05-14 09:43:08 · answer #7 · answered by starwings20 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
in other countries, gas is much more expensive then $4. America is luck.
Natalionlize the gas companies would be a quick fix
2007-05-14 09:41:53 · answer #8 · answered by Journey 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW NOT TO BUY GAS TOMORROW MAY 15 2007
in 1999 when we boycotted gas it went down 30 cents overnight so lets do it again
2007-05-14 09:42:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
We as Americans don't know when to say when...
Case in point...my friend buys a new Yukon, and laments 1 week later that it cost $80.00 to fill the tank...DUH??
2007-05-14 09:48:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋