Meh, our gas is way the heck cheaper than anywhere else on earth. Whenever I start to ***** about things like this I try and remember 1/3 of the world doesn't even have access to electricity...
It's one thing not to have access to sources of energy, it's a totally different thing for that source of energy to have a negative impact on an economy when it doesn't have to. And with our incredibly overpriced fuel, we produce 2/3 of the world's food?
I'm not arguing that the price of things going up is frustrating... especially with the capability to produce even more of the product being hampered by government. I am just one of the skeptics who thinks the global demand is now too large for a larger source to drive the price down much. China will buy up every barrel possible at the rate they are growing, and companies will NOT sell it locally here for a much cheaper price than they can get for it across the pond. I think we should allow all oil reserves to be tapped, as it may stabilize the prices for a while and stop continued rises, but we need to accept gasoline isn't going back down to the early 90s and late 80s prices... because it is now 20-30 years later and literally every good on earth has increased in price at a similar pace. $4/gal+ for milk? $3 for a loaf of bread? $9-10/lb of turkey deli meat? Corn is what $7+/bushel now? $15-20 for a typical tshirt? Cars used to be $3-4k brand new and are now $20-30k for the equivalent quality vehicle. Houses that sold for $25k in the 60s are now going for closer to $100k for a 50 year old home. Land prices have increased enough to make a guy want to cry. Gas isn't this unique entity that experiences price increases alone, everything is going up.
I agree with things in regards to happens in china, etc. but fuel is the one constant in every part of the economy. Agriculture, manufacturing, medicine, tourism... It is all directy affected by fuel prices. Milk, bread and vehicles could be produced at significantly lower costs if farmer didnt have to pay $4/gal for dyed diesel to plant, harvest and haul. If everyone else in the world hates us, why dont we quit supplying them with food and trade for oil? Im with you Trev, drill it.
Your post pretty much echoes my thoughts....everything we buy has gone up significantly over the years...gasoline is not exclusive to that....it sucks but there is really nothing we can do about it
As much as we hate where fuel prices are, and are going, are we willing, or even can we, make the sacrifices necessary to reduce our consumption of fuel? I have been giving some serious consideration to parking my vehicle for the summer. I am 6 blocks from work and, with a small trailer, could ride a bike to the grocery store without too much effort. My community is small enough that I could bike across town in 20 min. or so, and large enough that most of my true needs can be found in town. It would mean some serious changes in lifestyle for the summer. I wouldn't get as much scouting/observation of the hunting property as I had planned. Might not take the vacation that we have been planning. Don't know what will come. Just know it is raising a lot of questions at the moment.
I don't think the news needs to cover it because every average person is fed up with how high the gas has been for the last 14 years and the BS reasons for why it continually goes up and stays up. Who cares if 1 refinery is temporally shut down it has .00001% impact on the global output. Bottom line is regardless of who is in charge our government is too big and is very corrupt.
I agree with trevor. My comment about gas not as expensive as bottled water was facetious but true and people voluntarily buy it every day and don't complain. While at the same time, complain about the amount their fuel cost. 20oz bottled water is $2.00 alot of the time. That equates to over $10.00 a gallon. They could easily fill up a bottle at home or fill up in a store with the water faucet. Convenience is expensive. sent from my samsung note 2
Went to the big city yesterday and they wanted $ 4.30 for super unleaded. Glad we had enough gas to make it back as it was only $ 4.10 here. I probably will go top off my truck and fill the big gas can for the lawn mower today before the local places start jacking up their prices. Tyler paid $4.40 for regular unleaded yesterday in Devils Lake. He was whining. LOL Tim
Still 3.22 in Birmingham, and that's a metro area. Even lower outside the city a bit further south. Driven 750 miles the past two days so I'm thankful to have the lower prices and Camry mileage for a few more months anyways. Crazy that it's a full dollar difference up north from what it is down here.
Put Americans to work growing corn for e85 and at least show the world there is another source of fuel for are cars that we can control. Farmers have been paid to long to not grow crops on the tax payer dime.I would much rather have the money stay where I make it.
Then you have a year like last year. Some farmers were seeing 10 bushel an acre in our area. Good fields were 80. We can't grow enough corn to supply the US with fuel. We can grow enough to help the supply but that is it. sent from my samsung note 2
Corn ethanol is wasteful, inefficient, and a misuse of tax payer money. Corn is the crop choice of powerful lobbyist's in Washington for making biofuel. I'm not saying the biofuel is a loser...just that using corn for it is not the answer
Corn belongs on the plate, not ruining a gas tank. Any form of subsidy is a loser for the american taxpayer, and the american way of life. To pay people not to produce a crop is dangerous. We are already overrun with people who get paid not to work, we do not need to give incentives for more people to live like that.
