How high do gas prices need to get before people do something?
The Big Aristotle asked:
I realize that we have our hands tied somewhat, since most people need gas in order to drive to work, store, etc, but there must be SOMETHING people can do to put pressure on the states to cap oil prices. By continuing to buy at these hiked prices, we’re sending the message that we’re ok with paying these prices…..but we’re not! What do you suppose should be done? I was thinking we could start riots at all our local gas stations…but i dont know if that would work
I realize that we have our hands tied somewhat, since most people need gas in order to drive to work, store, etc, but there must be SOMETHING people can do to put pressure on the states to cap oil prices. By continuing to buy at these hiked prices, we’re sending the message that we’re ok with paying these prices…..but we’re not! What do you suppose should be done? I was thinking we could start riots at all our local gas stations…but i dont know if that would work
Matt Lower ,was interviewing the CEO of exon/mobil and asked him , but he dodged the questions , they know whats the walk away price of fule where people will say hey im not going to pay that price and asked another question if we are near that price yet ! would love for the goverment to go back to blue laws where they close every thing i mean every business down on sundays ! close the 24/7 world down that would save alot of gas and bring familys back together
You are not alone in your frustration. But, the reality is that “we” have become a nation that tends to sit back and not do anything until it is too late.
We could boycott, but, as you mentioned, many people NEED to drive, and can’t afford to not buy gas to get to work for even one day.
I do applaud your question. At least you are trying, and that is the first step to any change. Even though I started “negatively”, don’t give up!
Semper Fi!
Alan Powell
Want free gas?
riots? violence is not the answer. I agree prices are high, but Google some prices around the world.
People could try to organize some kind of “do not buy gas day” or “dont buy from this company day” but we are lazy and if we need gas we will buy it.
what is there to do ? we live in an around the clock society, work starts at different hours and people tend to change jobs getting farther from their homes. there is no way out without societal changes—not gonna happen. live in the cities, take the bus or train. nope not gonna happen–i’m enjoying the way we think someone else is to blame. hey, mirror time baby.
there are alternative fuels, also, such as biodiesel, ethanol, methanol, flex fuel, fuel cells, solar cars, electric cars, or even cars that are really fuel efficient like the toyota prius.
i did a whole huge report on it a while ago.
and i dont think that the greedy people owning the oil companies really care how much the cost of gas really screws up our budget, so yea, we rly need to do something, but not a riot, lol
High gas prices are not the problem — they are a symptom of the larger disease: an unstainable level of over-consumption in an overpopulated world that has limited resources and struggling ecosystems.
Here are your answers that can actually make a difference:
– Conserve and shift to renewables wherever you can
– Write your congressman — need national energy policy that allows drilling (short term solution) and agressively pursues the long term solutions of renewables. We’re 20-30 years away from being out of this mess, and that is if we started today with the same priority this nation put into the space race and moon missions of the 1960’s.
– Talk to your peers and point them to the facts. What we need are real solutions, not misinformation and finger pointing of who is to blame for uncomfortable situation that we’re just now waking up to see. Twice before, we should have learned our lesson — during the OPEC oil embargo of the 1970’s and during the price spikes of the early 1980’s –that this nation was on the wrong path. But we didnt. When prices subsided, we went back to our ignorant, selfish, wasteful lifestyles. High gas prices are just the tip of the iceberg of the economic trainwreck that is coming. We need to begin doing something today that gets to the root cause of the problem.
I think it’s a long way off in the US. I think the price has to double first.
I moved to Europe in January and the gas prices are about three times higher than in the US. All because of added tax. In some countries like Germany and Holland people are bicycling a lot, but not in France where I live. However, transport companies and the like are already complaining and some are on strike.