GASSS!!! 3.15 a friggggggin gallllon. This counrty is run by crooks?

Question

I cannot afford to make it to work and back and feed the fam at this rate!!! im working to MAKE IT TO work and back, fill up, and then ALLLover again

Who thinks that a barrel of oil is reallllly worth 93 bux????? sooo how come, why ,???????? is it a racket ??????????

Answer 1

i know what you are saying!!
People have to get jobs just to pay for gas!

Answer 2

Where have yo been for the last 12-18 months.

Gas has gone well past $3.15 during that period and just recently had dropped back below $3 a gallon.

The Chinese and Indians think oil is worth $93 a barrel, as their economies grow and need more energy it isn't going to get any better.

We need to start drilling in the short term to bolster our resources, and develop nuclear, solar, and clean coal alternatives to help with the cost of energy.

You need to look into carpools and maybe a more fuel efficient vehicle if you can't afford to drive to work. Or maybe a job closer to home, or a home closer to the job.

Answer 3

The thing that bothers me, is the government is not doing enough to help. For example: I live 1.3 mile from work if i drive. Probably .8 mile if I walk. I have to go .2 mile back North to get on the road out of our neighbor hood. Then the Ave goes 45 degs to the South.

When I use to live in San Diego, California there would be traffic jams at 11:00 om at night. It took me 45 Min's to travel 10.5 miles then I had to walk 20 Min's from the huge parking lot.

There is just too many people live too far away from their work.

The DOW goes down 315 points and oil goes up $10 barrel. Go figure...

Answer 4

Gas prices are being lifted by people that buy oil futures on the stock market. The oil is not even out of ground when they buy it.
The dollar is weak on the world stage. Two dollars will buy you a pound English, some parts of the middle east are drying up! Who are we to tell the rest of the world how to set prices?


These are just a few of so called reasons. Who knows where the truth lies. But I can tell you that the largest tract of American oil ever discovered is in the Santa Barbara Channel here in Calif. But environmental nuts have stopped the oil companies from drilling it. What ever happened to Majority rule?

Answer 5

Gimme a break. People buy bottled water after gym workout for more than that without complaining, buy Starbucks coffee for $4 a pint ....... In Europe and other countries they pay even more and have for decades.

Ditch the SUV for an energy efficient vehicle, ride a bike, take the bus, move closer to work, walk ..... You'll save money, reduce smog and help slow climate change.

And don't get me started on how the war on Iraq could have been avoided if the US wasn't so gas guzzling dependant on foreign oil.

Answer 6

Our country is sitting on enough oil to last 50 years. The problem is environmentalist have kept us from drilling it. We also have not built a refinery in 40 years. Still more than half of that $3.15 per gallon is TAX. It is because of our countries decisions over the last 40 years that we are in this mess and it's not going to get better any time soon.

Answer 7

This isn't the only country paying that much for gas.


Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48
Norway Oslo $6.27
Italy Milan $5.96
Denmark Copenhagen $5.93
Belgium Brussels $5.91
Sweden Stockholm $5.80
United Kingdom London $5.79
Germany Frankfurt $5.57
France Paris $5.54
Portugal Lisbon $5.35
Hungary Budapest $4.94
Luxembourg $4.82
Croatia Zagreb $4.81
Ireland Dublin $4.78
Switzerland Geneva $4.74
Spain Madrid $4.55
Japan Tokyo $4.24
Czech Republic Prague $4.19
Romania Bucharest $4.09
Andorra $4.08
Estonia Tallinn $3.62
Bulgaria Sofia $3.52
Brazil Brasilia $3.12
Cuba Havana $3.03
Taiwan Taipei $2.84
Lebanon Beirut $2.63
South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
Nicaragua Managua $2.61
Panama Panama City $2.19
Russia Moscow $2.10
Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12

Answer 8

in short... yes

What will get your goat is that a business does projections of sales for the next year, five years and so forth.

Last year or the year before that, the oil companies over shot their projection... meaning that they made more money than what they thought they would... yeah the missed it by 9 BILLION dollars!

In short it is a racket and too complex to explain here. I suggest filling up in the mornings, not pumping as fast as the pump will go and getting a car the uses less. :(

Answer 9

The price of Petrol (Gas) has gone up because of the following,
(A) It is becoming very scarce.
(B) More and more people in China etc are driving cars now. (C) More people are buying larger cars, which they do not
need, but it is a vanity with them.
(D( And one of the main reasons is, because of the War in
Iraq, and the possibility of the USA. going to war against
Iran, and whatever other country that has oil and does not
toe the USA line.
(E) Of course if the Taxes on Petrol was not so high, it would
be a lot cheaper.
(F) And of course if it was priced in Euros that would make a
difference in the cost.

Answer 10

It's been common knowledge since the 1970s that we need to lower oil consumption in this country - if there's a significant cut there, prices will go down from lessened demand. However, we've instead gotten to the point where we're now importing over half the oil we use in this country, due to increased demand. That's a big part of the problem.

Another part of the problem is US refinery capacity -
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6019739/
US refineries can't meet the needs of domestic demand, so the pump price reflects competition for refined oil.

Now, there are a lot of ways to cut energy consumption, and most involve increasing efficiency. Widespread use of compact flourescent bulbs in place of standard light bulbs would make a huge difference in US oil consumption.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/108/open_lightbulbs.html
I was in a local restaurant just yesterday, and for a small place, they had 10 ceiling fans going with regular bulbs. If they switched to CF bulbs, they'd save enough on their electric bill in one month to pay for bulbs, and the bulbs last 5-10x longer than regular bulbs.

The big problem is the auto industry - if they'd finally buckle down and increase fuel efficency instead of whining about it, that would make a huge difference in oil consumption. If the car companies and oil distribution worked together, they could cut their consumption by a third in 5 years.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/120/motorhead-messiah.html

Now, if they could just bring some modern nuclear power plants online to get us off fossil fuels there, as well as push for rapid development of wave power generation
http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/2da4e8711f04ede6832572fa0027e43c.aspx
in the US, we could increase electric capacity from non-oil sources, freeing up oil for use in vehicles.

Answer 11

I'm with ya there! Who's gonna finally put a stop to this thieving? We need someone to actually lower gas prices. Here in Kentucky it's in the $3 tens, but going higher. Who's the thief making up these insane out-of-this-world prices?

Hey, I bet if you went back in times to the 70s and told somebody gas would raise to $3 they'd laugh hysterically and think you were crazy. Imagine that! Still goin' up!