At what price of gas will arnold change.........?

Question

all these greenies , who would rather people go without things their parents enjoyed. will gas at 6 or 7 dollars start drilling off shore. if california won't .then .they should pat a green tax to those states who do.

Answer 1

FYI:

In California, unlike the rest of the US, people understand that the first step is to conserve energy especially when it does not reduce your quality of life.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/blogpho...

http://www.energy.ca.gov/2007_energypoli...

Answer 2

The price of fuel has more to do with Supply and Demand, and Futures Market Speculators making money. The latest studies show the "true" price per barrel of oil should be about $87. Due to hype and speculators, it is about $140. One good thing about high gas prices it is forcing Politicians and the media to really look at our alternatives and the cost effectiveness of all options more realistically (Not just from the "Environmentalists" lobby viewpoint).

Drilling more offshore and elsewhere will help hold it down some over the next 20-40 years, but we really need to be also Building more nuclear, Wind, Solar, Clean Coal, Natural Gas, etc. We also need to conserve as much as we can. We need to raise the emissions limits on Small Diesels so we can have the nice little inexpensive cars getting over 50 MPG they have in Europe, Australia, and other countries. These cars alone could reduce our gasoline usage more than Hybrids and cost less than them or Electric Cars. I believe it is Primarily California, New York, and Mass. markets that are keeping them out of the U. S. because these areas are so terribly polluted and have especially low emissions.

Answer 3

Are you aware that no matter how many holes we put into the earth gas prices will increase? A couple of facts, the amount of crude oil still available is finite, meaning it will eventually run out and the estimates for the well to run dry is as soon as 50-100 years. There is no 100% accurate way to forcast it, it will depend on how quickly we use what we have left and if any new areas net what is predicted.

I have no doubt that we will eventually have to drill offshore in CA, and Alaska, but we need to delay that as long as possible. We need to find alternates to fossil fuels in as many areas as possible so what we do have left will last us.

I think it is very selfish to want everything your parents had with no regard for what you will leave your children. Our mass consumption lifestyles have also given us things our parents didn't have, like spare the air days. For people who don't know what those are they are days that the air is so full of pollution we are warned to stay inside with our windows closed and air filtration systems running. Our parents also didn't have food designed more for appearance than for taste or nutrition and then picked long before it is ripe so it can travel thousands of miles to be purchased then rot in refrigerators.

If you want what your parents had, reduce your petroleum consumption. Buy a fuel efficient vehicle, adjust your thermostat so you are more acclimated to the natural temperature, buy food locally it is healthier and taste better. If you make some better choices you just might save enough money to take a trip to the CA coast and it's abundant wild life.

Answer 4

More drilling today will not lower today's gasoline prices.  But it will lower gasoline prices 10 years from now when gas will be even more expensive.  The bias against drilling is trying to tell you it doesn't matter.  But it does tomorrow.  They are also complaining that there is ample land under lease for the oil companies to drill.   That's like telling someone to pick a bucket of peaches off the trees with only one peach per tree when they could do the job much faster if they did it on trees that were full of peaches. And they say that nuclear is not the answer because it will take 10-20 years.   1. guess why it takes that long.  2. If we don't start now how bad is it going to be in 10-20 years.  For those that oppose energy development, no price or reason is good enough to go against their position.  And of course they know they are right!

Answer 5

I hate to break it to you, but 'the right to cheap gasoline' didn't quite make it into the Bill of Rights.

Gas prices follow basic supply and demand of economics.  If you increase drilling offshore, the supply will barely increase.  Meanwhile demand is skyrocketing because of developing nations like China and India.  Drilling in ANWR, for example, will decrease gas prices about 3 cents per gallon in a decade or two.

Sorry, I know you're looking for a scapegoat, but the price of gas has nothing to do with California or Arnold.  In fact, California is helping to keep gas prices down because Californians tend to drive more fuel efficient cars than most of the rest of the country.

If you want cheap gas, buy a hybrid.