I think gas prices will go to $5.50 or more before people actually start doing something.
<shadow> I drive a honda fit and heat my home with a corn stove. You sound like a pretentious prick.
AMERICANS ARE TOO LAZY TO REBEL
Rebel
Scream
Throw Eggs!!!
Go Spec Hunting and make them listen to miley
If you just want to be on the computer
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you must fight the oil king, jester and prince
Petrol has fallen from recent highs of about £1.20 a litre to 94p a litre. The utility companies always blame soaring wholesale gas prices as the reason for their 20% price increases, as the gas market is linked to the oil market. Any ideas anyone?
The government should have intervened to force the prices down but hasn’t. At the risk of being cynical I wonder how deep the brown envelope syndrome goes with this government.
Is there a connection between the lower gas prices this last month or so and the upcoming election? Once the election is over will prices rise again?
The price of gasoline, along with everything else for that matter, will continue to rise over time. When I was a kid, a Hershey bar that costs 89¢ today was 5¢. A bus ride that is now $1.50 was 10¢.
Will gas prices rocket back to $4 per gallon immediately after the election? No, not at all. They will probably continue to slide somewhat, driven by significantly reduced demand and a strengthening dollar both of which are results of the current economic turmoil.
Will gas prices eventually return to $4 per gallon? Yes, eventually they will. If gas prices keep pace with inflation they may well double in 8 to 12 years. Though honestly, if gas prices had kept pace with inflation since 1981, they’d average just under $4 a gallon right now so the roughly $2 we’re seeing here in MO is about half of what it should be. If prices had steadily risen since 1981 to $4 a gallon today, nobody would take notice of it at all. In 1981 you could buy a new mid-sized car for less than $8,000. A similar model will set you back close to $20,000 today and nobody seems to notice or care.
One thing that may stabilize is the stock markets. Even if the market doesn’t “like” the choice (and that could go either way with both McCain and Obama by the way) at least the speculation will be over. This has a stabilizing and calming effect on market volatility. The devil you know is always preferable to the one you don’t know.
If the price of gas keeps falling, more people will be out driving, and that will create more greenhouse gas and pollute the air we breathe. People will stop buying Priuses and will start buying the big SUVs again.
What are the candidate’s plans to get those gas prices up so the environment can be saved?
I’m sure the democrats will find some way to screw it up and get those prices back up there.
If the price of gas keeps falling, more people will be out driving, and that will create more greenhouse gas and pollute the air we breathe. People will stop buying Priuses and will start buying the big SUVs again.
What are the candidate’s plans to get those gas prices up so the environment can be saved?
I’m sure the democrats will find some way to screw it up and get those prices back up there.