Aren't these rising food prices as well as other stuff with high gas prices the ultimate indication that,..?

Question

,... that we need to kick these gas powered vehicles to the curb, at least as far as using them as main commuter vehicles? You're not only contending with high gas prices, you are now contending with high food prices, higher prices with tow truck companies, auto mechanics, just everywhere, and guess what's caused it, yes, you guessed it, high gas prices and driving these gas powered cars. You can no longe rignore the fact that just being frugal won't do anything anymore. A lot of you who make at least $15 an hour forget about how those store clerks and other lower paid people are getting affected. You've got your new car every 6 or 7 years, you've got a career to pay for your house and 2 kids, but you're forgetting what it's like for those who make less than even $9 an hour. There needs to be an alternative source of energy for transporation, and fast!

It's one thing to drive these gas-powered vehicles as recreation, out for weekends, heck, I'll be doing it, but for regualr every commuting, that's another story.

Seeing this disturbing article just now compelled me to type all this up on YahooAnswers right now,

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/us_nm/food_prices_usda_dc_2

Answer 1

high gas prices are the result of a do nothing government, and an obstinate environmentalist movement, that do everything they can to block new oil drilling, new refineries from being built, and alternative forms of energy being brought to the market in a timely manner. government regulation and environmental lawsuits do nothing but harm this country. granted we do have to be responsible with how we handle the environment, but we have to balance that with what we as a country need to remain strong.

Answer 2

i drive more, to make my carbon footprint bigger and make my neighbor's jealous. come on, man, nobody makes less than nine dollars an hour

Answer 3

we need to kick all combustion engines to the curb...

combustion is not efficient.

electric motors are the most efficient, and electricity is the purest form of useable energy...electricity is also the cheapest to transport and store.... there is no point in converting electricity into anything else to harness work, because it will automatically have losses in the conversion and useage of the energy it was converted into.

the way forward is to produce vast amounts of electricity without the use of fossil fuel or any other combustable resource.

currently that solution is nuclear, which turns alot of people off for various reasons...

Answer 4

Yeah. I agree.

Mr. P, what are you talking about? I'm from the Midwest and it's d**n hard to get a job that makes nine dollars an hour! My first job and my next about seven all paid $5.15/hour!!! Now tha minimum wage is about $6.25!!! Get a clue before you speak! We live in the time of the working poor and the working homeless!!! Meaning!!!! Many many many many people work more than full time and make so little that they can't even afford a place to live!!! Many can't eat regularly!!! Do some research before you speak! Feel free to come visit us here in MN, or WI and I'll show you around and you can go into local businesses and see if they pay any more than about 7 an hour at best!!! Most managers and supervisors around here are making 9-10/hr. I know people who run entire businesses as the top dog and make as little as 13 and hour!!! You can't even scrape middle class on that kind of money! And you are why! Because ignorant people like you don't understand reality and vote accordingly!

Johnnie B, you simply have no idea what you're talking about and that's all I'm going to say in response to you. You're just ignorant, do some research somewhere other than on FOX News!

Answer 5

I kicked my gasoline powered cars to the curb last November and bought 2 used cars that run on natural gas (methane) instead. 87 cents a gallon to fill up and way cleaner for the environment. Now if only everyone would do the same...

Answer 6

What bitter fruit did you eat? I don't see how the gas powered vehicles, the supposed rising food prices (I've heard that meat, dairy and eggs have gone up) and people who make a more than $15 an hour correlate. Well, I can see how the cost of the extra gas is passed on to the consumer. My favorite brand of veggie burgers have gone up, as well as the brand of organic baby food we buy for our eleven month old daughter. Other than that, not so much with the increase notice.

Just because somebody has a career, doesn't mean s/he is living well. My husband has a master's degree in a field that has more openings than people to fill them and is unemployed. However, the process of pastors being called to churches is a bit different than in other fields. Even then, he probably won't be bringing in much in paychecks, even with the parsonage and housing allowance.

If you don't like the low wages you think you're getting paid, then why don't you do something other than gripe.

I don't think the US is "rich". I think that there are many greedy materialistic people who don't know how to spend less money than what they mak.  

Answer 7

I think it's just an indication that we need to use them more intelligently and efficiently while trying to develop better alternatives.  People will choose to get rid of their gas-powered vehicles when it becomes cheaper to go with an alternative method of transportation.  

One way to make sure that we transition to other forms of transportation, or at least to insure that we choose the most efficient gas-powered vehicles, is to have a Federal Gas Tax that keeps gas prices at or above a certain price, and that is guaranteed to rise by a certain percentage every year.  This will assure people that prices will remain high, and will get higher, which will cause them to choose efficient vehicles, nearby jobs, etc. (this idea is outlined in more detail here: http://www.oneofusiswrong.com/index.php?...

Answer 8

WRONG !! The reason for the high gas is the democrats and not leting us drill our own oil ,but it is ok for the Chinese to drill it. The cost of fuel is driving every thing else up .