why don't people protest the raising gas prices anymore?

Question

I remember that when the gas prices started to go up, people would get angry about it; wherever I went, stores, movie theathers etc. everyone was expressing their concerns; people organized protests, etc. And now when the prices are well above $3 a gallon it seems that nobody cares, at least I don't hear enough complains. What are your thoughts on it.

Answer 1

People are more worried about celebrities in trouble and when the next reality show will start.
The protests are mostly ineffective because they are too civil....now if civil disobedience and property destruction were to occur..maaaybeeee someone may listen.

Answer 2

I agree that something should be done. I do not believe that the prices have to be so high. The high prices are affecting more than just travel. It is affecting the economy in general. Higher prices means higher cost to get the merchandise in the stores which increases the cost to the consumer. The high prices make people chose to go shopping, to watch a movie, or any variety of leisure activity, or to go to work. It is hurting alot of areas.
The problem is so many people use their cars to travel to work that any idea like I have seen in recent months of everybody not buying gas on a certain day will not work. People HAVE to have gas. I did see a segment on news with a man suggesting we "conserve." If we could cut back some maybe the companies would do something about it.

Answer 3

Oh we care believe me! However, most of us have to work to keep our roof over our head and we're too damn tired at the end of a ? hour week to go protest!!!!!
I just looked up the US poverty level because on Yahoo's home page there is an article on "how much do you make in comparison"......and here is your question.......
I wonder where they get their chart numbers, with the gas prices the way they are, I'd be surprised if MANY, HARD WORKING AMERICAN BORN TAX PAYERS, weren't living under the poverty level!!!!!!!
It's a shame we don't have the balls and the energy the people in the 60's had, or gas stations and the White House would be Protested!!!!!!!
Not right is it, Gas or Food???
How many people buy Cheap Crap, so they can keep gas/oil companies operating.......
Just not right!!!!!

Answer 4

it isn't the guy that owns the pumps that's doing the fee gouging. have you ever heard that Mobil-Exxon and different super oil companies have made the optimal income ever...for this final year? i think of it properly to observe that the international furnish of crude oil is working out...(a minimum of in the countries the place we don't opt for to kill human beings to get it.) we've general for the previous two decades that it replaced into time to look to different kinds of power, yet noone had to take the problem heavily. there continues to be talk that the U.S. has oil reserves...no longer. there may be some for a short term in the Alaskan area whether it is going to shale oil tremendously quickly. Shale oil is a lot greater sturdy to get admission to and fees huge quantities of money and is an inferior product. those "stockpiles" of oil that the U.S. stored for emergencies have been long gone years in the past. we've been based on UAR oil for years now. they'd develop production yet why? They comprehend that's a efficient commodity and that they do no longer even comprehend whilst theirs will run out. No nuclear isn't the respond. it is too risky. there is wind/water/solar, bio diesel. Ethanol costs too lots and makes use of too lots land to get a pitiful volume. human beings! u.s. sucks up gas like an old woman soaks up face lotion. previously all us Seniors are long gone, you babies had applicable locate yet another source of power, or get a sparkling bicycle!!!

Answer 5

Not me. I'm going to complain about high soda prices. A gallon of Coke or Pepsi is much more than a gallon of gas. Don't see any protests about that. Why? Because that's just how much it costs. Same with gas. That's just how much gas costs now.

Answer 6

Your right, the public has definatley relaxed on gas prices. But I don't know why. I remember when gas was less then a dollar per gallon. The prices we pay now are ridiculous! I wish everybody had the ability (or at least the willingness) to take public transportation. I hate what these oil tycoons are doing to us. But then again when the president himself is an oil tycoon what are going to do?

Answer 7

It used to be the case that $18 pb was high, now it's $100 pb. Madness, the only reason I can see for this is Dubya and Iran. Here in the UK we are paying 96p per litre, that's £4.32 per gallon and the dollar is at $2.8 to the £ sterling.

Answer 8

It hurts our wallets but in the end complaining is useless. I drive a small car that gets good gas mileage and live close to work, so there's not much I can do to conserve more, but wish there was.

Answer 9

There's no point anymore. People rather buy hybrid vehicles or ones that uses Natural Compressed Gas.

Answer 10

We can protest all we want,but in the end, nothing will change. Too bad we go back to horse and buggys days.