Gas Prices?

Question

Do you think auto racing/space exploration or any other unecessary activities should be curtailed during this fuel/enviromental crises?

Answer 1

there isn't really a fuel "crisis" but yeah it's a waste.....good luck gaining support for that though.

Answer 2

Space exploration is never an unnecessary activity. The reality is that this planet is being used up and we are eventually going to have to move if we want to survive.

As to auto racing, the fuel consumption from sports is a very small percentage of total fuel consumption and will not make a difference. Eventually gas-based autoracing will die out as it becomes too expensive, but it will be replaced by a similar sport using a different fuel.

Answer 3

Auto racing? Less fuel is consumed in an auto race than the fuel consumed by the spectators driving to a college basketball game. Should we ban college basketball games too?

The following technology was developed and tested at the racetrack:

Fuel injection.
Alternative fuels.
Pneumatic tires.
Pneumatic shock absorbers.
Passenger restraint.
Synthetic lubricants.
Electronic ignition.
Radial tires.
Transvers mounted engines.
Aerodynamic design.

The "crisis" you speak of is all in your mind.

Answer 4

It would help a bit but since we are past peak oil extraction we are dealing with the rest of the world catching up to our standard of living and its taking its toll on what resources are left. Whatever Americans can do to save resources will probably be negated by China and India's ever increasing thirst for crude oil to supply all their new conveniences like furnaces, water heaters, washers, dryers, cars, etc...the bad part is over the last 20 years we have contributed towards their growth by buying exponentially more products from those countries. Best bet is to save where you can and get an alternative power source lined up for personal use.

Answer 5

Considering that Bush/Cheney are the ones running the White House at this time, it is very hard not to blame them for the high fuel prices.......

I don't mean that they personally saw to it that this happened but many of their policies have lead to this most recent fuel price hike.

1) The mega-tax breaks that are painfully and obviously for the top 3% of this country..... this means that their is less money collected in taxes (contrary to what the right-wing corporate owned media might tell ya).... is this about reinvesting in America to make us a stronger and better...... perhaps.... but under Bush/Cheney.... I got to tell ya.... I haven't seen it. Makes you wonder how many US dollars are sitting in a bank in the Caymans, Bahamas, or Switzerland? Never to see light again.

2) Many of our jobs are sent over seas to countries that pay their people near slave labor.... this undercuts not only us here in the USA but destroys the country that our jobs go to, the only ones that make out on this are the corporations that sent your job there and the corrupt government of the country. And it is those of us in the middle/lower class that feel the hurt! Poor ole millionaire..... can't afford that third yacht!
Ever wonder why FOX and todays Republican Party leadership constantly tries to blame us little guys for not doing enough to make ends meet...... easy for them since they all make millions or more!

3) As a result, we have mass inflation and foreign investors begin buying other counties money (like the Euro or the Yen).... and dumping ours.....this weakens our dollar (FYI: in 2000 the US dollar was $1.45 in Canada.... today it is $ 0.98) and everything goes up in cost....... Why do they do this? It could be because America is in debt to China, Russia, Japan, and Saudi Arabia (We are talking BILLIONS here) and many other nations
Until Bush, we were never so in debt to any country, it was begining that way with Reagan and Bush Sr but Clinton slowed it down and we HAD a suplus of 5.7 Trillion over ten years (projected) to 5.3 Trillion deficit over ten years (projected) Why? Go back to reason #1

4) With gas at $3.00 a gallon the oil/gas companies don't spend any more than they did before to create the fuel, but the precieved weakness of the dollar forces this issue, partly and yet crude oil is trading at $98 a barrel as opposed to $26 a barrel (last year under Clinton)......
Why? Crude is being pumped at the same levels now as it was 7 years ago, if not more so... Why the high price?

One theory is that since Bush/Cheney are oil men..... it stands to reason that their is something happening that is quite fishy
Another is part and parcel to the first theory.... the illegal occupation of Iraq and the destablization of the Middle East as a means to hide the truth (of their true motivations).... whatever those may be!
Another is that the "Peak" (which means from this point forward every drop of oil that is pumped and then used gets harder to find) of oil was already reached.

As for auto racing being a factor, minimal at best....
Space exploration is an absolute must!
Fuel use? Curtailed? No..... but we should as a human race, begin to create and implement, every kind of altenative fuel type we can find or create..... and do it soon!

Answer 6

no the opposite. Advances from racing / space have helped not hurt. Examples, fuel injection, variable valve timing, fuel cell, battery tech, lightweight materials....

Answer 7

What crisis? Gasoline prices are not that high. Who died and put you in charge of deciding what is necessary and unnecessary?

In answer to your question, NO!

Answer 8

Not necessary to curb energy usage, there is plenty of energy for all - it is the price that we don't like.