What will you do if a gallon of gas costs us $10 tomorrow?

Answer 1

I would be irate to the point of going postal, and I am sure that I would not be alone in this country. There would be innumerable citizens who would be enraged by this. Sure the argument can be made that in certain countries, especially in Europe, the cost of gas is this high. My response is so what!

Europeans are not so dependent on high levels of gas consumption, because their cities are laid out in such a way to where most places of interest are in close proximity to each other. Cities, towns, and villages are also not far out of reach in European nations. This makes their continent conducive to efficient public transportation systems that reduce overall fuel consumption on an individual basis. The United States, it should go without saying, has the exact opposite type of layout in most of its major cities, and the distance between many cities, towns, etc. are far too great to make any public mass transit system, feasible.

A gas increase of this enormity would literally cripple our economy, because the revenues garnered from such an increase, as we have seen just recently, is not being passed onto the American worker, but is instead being retained, selfishly, by the oil oligopoly. I am not an economist, but based on my rudimentary understanding of how the market works, any significant increase in the cost of an essential commodity will only be beneficial to the citizenry as a whole, if the profits from that rate increase are passed on to the average consumer in terms of salary increases and more lucrative job opportunities. As with the failed theory of “trickle down economics”, just because one sector of the economy prospers, doesn’t necessarily mean that others will share in the good fortune, especially when the minority who do prosper are not willing to reinvest back into their communities.

A rate increase of the one you are postulating, which might be not as far fetched as some might think, would be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. It will create such a backlash in this country, and a real effort will be spearheaded to turn to an alternative form of fuel. In a sense, if this rate increase is done out of the greed of oil profiteers, which it almost invariably would be, it would be a virtual suicide for them. American ingenuity has been fairly complacent, and lackadaisical with regards to coming up with new technologies that will replace our dependency on oil and fossil fuels. However, a major burden like this will act as a catalyst that will produce inventions in spades, which will lead to everyone getting off of oil. Then it will be the oil barons and corporate fat cats that will be in the poorhouse for a change. Imagine that?

Answer 2

It already costs nearly that much in Europe. In the UK we pay about £0.98 per litre (give or take)

£1 GBP = $2.06 USD
1US gallon = 3.7854118 litres

So we pay approx. $7.60 per gallon. That's why European and Japanese cars travel for more than 2 miles before they need to refuel.

The way you pose the question makes the central point sound a bit trivial. I think the question you should be asking is:
"how are we going to change the economy in the next 5 - 10 years so that we are prepared for the time that gas reaches $10 per gallon".

Answer 3

Six days truthfully, he rested at the 7th. It isn't essential to me whether or not he did it in 24hr levels or 1000's of yr levels -God is the Might Universal Spirit Creator. There is legislation and order in the whole thing God does, numbers have pleasant meanings and value in Hebrew information. I think that it used to be no coincidence that the OT used to be written in Hebrew which has characters with robust subtleties of meanings referring to God and religious realities that English simply are not able to deliver. But there may be so much medical proof to end up that this global is handiest approximately 6,000yrs ancient alternatively than billions of years ancient -unique facets would no longer have lasted that lengthy! Also carbon relationship has been proved to be a funny story! - Incredibly unreliable.

Answer 4

I work in public Transportation, driving a bus and train Bus drivers. So high fuel costs are good for me.

I'd buy a Playstation 3, and look foreward to the new Grand Theft Auto game.

And I wouldn't talk about it too loudly when I was fueling my Honda Civic or Yamaha Vino, especially when Hummer owners might hear!

Answer 5

I would become much more physically fit by walking and pedaling my way over short distances. I've done it before and it might not be a bad idea to go back to it.

Might be a good thing actually. We would all gravitate toward jobs closer to our homes, stop the commute, have more time with family and friends and less overall stress in our lives.

If you think about it, in a lot of cases, we only HAVE to get THERE because we can.

Answer 6

Screw ANWR. I'd go to Alaska and start drilling. Actually, I wouldn't do that, but I'd suggest more oil drilling in the US and Alaska currently while working on alternative energy for cars. I'd also continue using public transportation.

Answer 7

I'd probably do a lot of swearing and then pay $200 for a tank of gas.

Answer 8

vegtable oil from cheep store is 48p a litre diesel £1.05 a litre what do you think im using now ?
veg oil was invented for this reason during second world war when diesel was hard to get

Answer 9

You laugh! Go ahead!

Its on its way there now. And while your blaming the republicans your stinky little dems are investing just as heavily middle east oil after they approved billions last summer for us to STAY in Iraq.

Do your home work and you will see the lights go on. Everyone needs to realize this!

Answer 10

Walk.