I can understand why people don't enjoy paying more for gas. According to this video the polls show people finding the increased prices as a permanent change and a hardship. I would like to look on the bright side of this situation...
Increased prices means people think about filling up. People must consider driving less or being more efficient when running errands. Is it a bad thing more people are choosing to carpool or ride their bike? It may be inconvenient, but surely it is better for our environment. What's wrong with buying the smaller car instead of the gas-guzzling SUV? I'm certain the overwhelming majority of people complaining that all their money is now going to the pumps are also the people who own the giant flat screen tvs and every video game system that has ever come out.
All I know, is it's a good thing we don't live overseas, where prices easily are pushing seven dollars, or we might actually have something to complain about.
Y,your let's save the environment thing sounds all hunky-dory and what not but you know what?... 1)When high school students(like myself)are busy and involved in many activities, it's nearly impossible to make carpools with others. 2)Many of us live a good distance away or have projects and other things to take back and forth so it's pretty difficult to just ride a bike. 3)Even people who don't own giant flat screen tvs or a big collection of video games still complain about paying for gas.
I'm sorry if all this sounds a little mean but it's the truth. I just don't think "looking at the bright side of this situation" is going to help very many people...
It will be insane to see what happens to the technology of cars in the next couple decades. By the time we have kids our kids will not be driving around with gas fuel. Just before Christmas we had nine cars between my siblings and parents. We do spend in insane amount for gas and it does not help the fact that we have to take at least two cars to get any where at all because we do not fit in one. But we have lost all thoughts of even trying to be efficient. It's not uncommon for me to show up at church and realize we had four other cars there. I generally have to go to softball after church, that is if we are lucky enough to be in town, and my nearest softball teammate lives twenty minuets away. My parents can't come an hour and a half early but my games tend to be a good forty minuets away. I guess what I am trying to say is that lower gas prices would be convenient but it's not my place to complain because we are not gas efficient people and we are failing miserably at trying to lower the amount of money we spend on gas.
Emily, I agree with you. I want to see car technology improve. I want one of those water-powered cars. It'd be so inexpensive to keep running.
But the problem is patents. People design new ideas for cars using alternative fuel sources and/or being gas efficient. The problem is that oil companies see this as a threat to their profit. So they pay billions of dollars to buy these patents from people. So these wonderful ideas stay in vaults never to be seen again.
How can we lead the world in inovation if the oil companies literly buy our ideas? If we could use these ideas we could revolutionize the auto-mobile industry. We won't need oil from Mexico, Nigeria, or Iran. We will have more sovereignty. We won't be dependant on their oil.
The oil companies are very greedy. SUV's seem pretty cheap to buy: many people drive in them. If they were expensive, no one would drive them. These gas guzlers help the oil company make more money. They use more gas and therefore oil companies make more money. I even bet there are some behind the scenes deals between oil companies and car dealerships. What an oil company wants, it buys.
Innovaters must resist the billion dollar check from the oil companies.
To be honest, I am fed up with these unreal prices. I want it to be like the old days. Where I go to the pump, flip a quarter, and call it good.
I have before and after school activities. And taking the bus is unrealistic. I'd miss out on many opportunities which I feel out-weigh the hefty gas price.
You know, that's really funny. The average American Family owns two cars. My family owns three. The average American Family pays around 199 dollars for gas a month. I'd say I could do that alone with no help from the other two cars in my family. And last, the average American Family owns a car with around 22 mpg. I get about 13 to 14 in my f150. And people still complain about gas? Seriously, people need to just get over it. If 71% say gas is staying where it's at, well, accept it and quit complaining. I'm not, and it's because I want to drive. Go buy a bike, or a tin can and slap some wheels on it! Or just quit complaining and it will all be good.
When I was listening to the radio this morning they were taking about all the budget cuts they have had to make in order to pay for their gas bill. I don't think these cuts should be necessary. We pay an insane amount for gas. My father and I were taking about it the other day and he was saying that it is becoming more and more clear that you have to make some sort of a decent wage to be able to get by any more. This is supposed to be the land of the free where other people can come here and live their dreams. I think we need to keep insisting that they do something about it. As for beef sandwich it is practically impossible to live in this day and age and not have a car. It is becoming more and more a necessity and I do not see you offering any suggestions. We should not have to make huge cuts in the rest of our budget in order to get to school and back each day.
As soon as the common man is directly effected in an adverse manner, you can be sure change will occur.
Inflated gas prices is the catalyst for this. In a sense, this is wonderful. It will force the government, car companies and\or the oil companies to help pioneer new technology into alternative energy resources.
At the very least it will help push car technology into a more "efficient" path.
The sooner we get off oil the better.
But until people realize this: The spice must flow. And he who controls the spice, controls the universe.
gas prices are ridiculous, and i heard somewhere that gas is supposed to break the $4.00 a gallon mark by the end of summer... which is horrible. yeah im fine with lessening dependency on oil and its refined products, but figure out someway to do it and quickly. As of right now our family is making minimum trips for errands, and the last week of school and afterwards i will be running to school, which is roughly 2 miles away. Im even thinking now of instead of buying a truck for college(because my car is about to fall apart) thats manual that would get decent gas mileage, im looking into something along the lines of a suzuki or yamaha motorcycle... SOme of their bikes get up to 50 miles to the gallon... which might save me a great amount of money.
Gas prices are a big problem. Not necessarily for the AVERAGE american, but for the slightly less accommodated american. how can these people expect to pay for gas without griping, especially when they come home with their 5.15/hr paychecks? if gas prices go up, so should minimum wage. transportation should equally affect wages and vice versa
It's honestly not that big of a deal. Prices in Europe and stuff are a lot hinger than here. It kinda reminds me of like the American Rev. The colonist and all complaining bout the taxes, while the people in Britain or wherever were paying a lot more then they were. So to be frank, get over it. We have it pretty good here, and stop whining.
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I can understand why people don't enjoy paying more for gas. According to this video the polls show people finding the increased prices as a permanent change and a hardship. I would like to look on the bright side of this situation...
Increased prices means people think about filling up. People must consider driving less or being more efficient when running errands. Is it a bad thing more people are choosing to carpool or ride their bike? It may be inconvenient, but surely it is better for our environment. What's wrong with buying the smaller car instead of the gas-guzzling SUV? I'm certain the overwhelming majority of people complaining that all their money is now going to the pumps are also the people who own the giant flat screen tvs and every video game system that has ever come out.
All I know, is it's a good thing we don't live overseas, where prices easily are pushing seven dollars, or we might actually have something to complain about.
Good point Y! I have a 52 inch flat screen and an xbox360, oh and by the way, I have an SUV! What a great country.
Y,your let's save the environment thing sounds all hunky-dory and what not but you know what?...
1)When high school students(like myself)are busy and involved in many activities, it's nearly impossible to make carpools with others.
2)Many of us live a good distance away or have projects and other things to take back and forth so it's pretty difficult to just ride a bike.
3)Even people who don't own giant flat screen tvs or a big collection of video games still complain about paying for gas.
I'm sorry if all this sounds a little mean but it's the truth. I just don't think "looking at the bright side of this situation" is going to help very many people...
It will be insane to see what happens to the technology of cars in the next couple decades. By the time we have kids our kids will not be driving around with gas fuel. Just before Christmas we had nine cars between my siblings and parents. We do spend in insane amount for gas and it does not help the fact that we have to take at least two cars to get any where at all because we do not fit in one. But we have lost all thoughts of even trying to be efficient. It's not uncommon for me to show up at church and realize we had four other cars there. I generally have to go to softball after church, that is if we are lucky enough to be in town, and my nearest softball teammate lives twenty minuets away. My parents can't come an hour and a half early but my games tend to be a good forty minuets away. I guess what I am trying to say is that lower gas prices would be convenient but it's not my place to complain because we are not gas efficient people and we are failing miserably at trying to lower the amount of money we spend on gas.
Emily, I agree with you. I want to see car technology improve. I want one of those water-powered cars. It'd be so inexpensive to keep running.
But the problem is patents. People design new ideas for cars using alternative fuel sources and/or being gas efficient. The problem is that oil companies see this as a threat to their profit. So they pay billions of dollars to buy these patents from people. So these wonderful ideas stay in vaults never to be seen again.
How can we lead the world in inovation if the oil companies literly buy our ideas? If we could use these ideas we could revolutionize the auto-mobile industry. We won't need oil from Mexico, Nigeria, or Iran. We will have more sovereignty. We won't be dependant on their oil.
The oil companies are very greedy. SUV's seem pretty cheap to buy: many people drive in them. If they were expensive, no one would drive them. These gas guzlers help the oil company make more money. They use more gas and therefore oil companies make more money. I even bet there are some behind the scenes deals between oil companies and car dealerships. What an oil company wants, it buys.
Innovaters must resist the billion dollar check from the oil companies.
To be honest, I am fed up with these unreal prices. I want it to be like the old days. Where I go to the pump, flip a quarter, and call it good.
I have before and after school activities. And taking the bus is unrealistic. I'd miss out on many opportunities which I feel out-weigh the hefty gas price.
You know, that's really funny. The average American Family owns two cars. My family owns three. The average American Family pays around 199 dollars for gas a month. I'd say I could do that alone with no help from the other two cars in my family. And last, the average American Family owns a car with around 22 mpg. I get about 13 to 14 in my f150. And people still complain about gas? Seriously, people need to just get over it. If 71% say gas is staying where it's at, well, accept it and quit complaining. I'm not, and it's because I want to drive. Go buy a bike, or a tin can and slap some wheels on it! Or just quit complaining and it will all be good.
When I was listening to the radio this morning they were taking about all the budget cuts they have had to make in order to pay for their gas bill. I don't think these cuts should be necessary. We pay an insane amount for gas. My father and I were taking about it the other day and he was saying that it is becoming more and more clear that you have to make some sort of a decent wage to be able to get by any more. This is supposed to be the land of the free where other people can come here and live their dreams. I think we need to keep insisting that they do something about it. As for beef sandwich it is practically impossible to live in this day and age and not have a car. It is becoming more and more a necessity and I do not see you offering any suggestions. We should not have to make huge cuts in the rest of our budget in order to get to school and back each day.
As soon as the common man is directly effected in an adverse manner, you can be sure change will occur.
Inflated gas prices is the catalyst for this. In a sense, this is wonderful. It will force the government, car companies and\or the oil companies to help pioneer new technology into alternative energy resources.
At the very least it will help push car technology into a more "efficient" path.
The sooner we get off oil the better.
But until people realize this: The spice must flow. And he who controls the spice, controls the universe.
gas prices are ridiculous, and i heard somewhere that gas is supposed to break the $4.00 a gallon mark by the end of summer... which is horrible. yeah im fine with lessening dependency on oil and its refined products, but figure out someway to do it and quickly. As of right now our family is making minimum trips for errands, and the last week of school and afterwards i will be running to school, which is roughly 2 miles away. Im even thinking now of instead of buying a truck for college(because my car is about to fall apart) thats manual that would get decent gas mileage, im looking into something along the lines of a suzuki or yamaha motorcycle... SOme of their bikes get up to 50 miles to the gallon... which might save me a great amount of money.
Gas prices are a big problem. Not necessarily for the AVERAGE american, but for the slightly less accommodated american. how can these people expect to pay for gas without griping, especially when they come home with their 5.15/hr paychecks? if gas prices go up, so should minimum wage. transportation should equally affect wages and vice versa
It's honestly not that big of a deal. Prices in Europe and stuff are a lot hinger than here. It kinda reminds me of like the American Rev. The colonist and all complaining bout the taxes, while the people in Britain or wherever were paying a lot more then they were. So to be frank, get over it. We have it pretty good here, and stop whining.
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