What are you willing to sacrafice?

Question

Are you willing to pay upto $5.00 plus per gallon of gasoline to get the USA uninvolved in the world forign oil? Are you willing to curb your spending on non-necessities (electronic devices like computers, televisions, stereo equipment) to conserve energy?

Answer 1

absolutely, I won't spend one penney extra for anything, !! I can't wait for my rebate, so I can pay part of my estimated income tax.

Answer 2

Yes, I would make the changes

Answer 3

Everybody must be concerned with the use of oil before it runs out and America might be endangered because it depends so much on oil.

Answer 4

I got news for ya--it's $4.59 a gallon in my area already!

Answer 5

Americans? Frugality? What?

Our government will have to remove luxury gadgets from our store shelves if they hope to curb our purchases. I cannot imagine any message that might possibly convince the public to do so on their own--it will have to be enforced with an iron fist, and the enforcer would inevitably be accused of tyranny. Not to mention the fact that the businesses of America would have a screaming fit if anyone were to interfere with the market in such a dramatic way, and rightfully so--this proposal is antithetical to the capitalist society that we have created and sustain.

As for alternatives to oil, our society has not yet accepted that new alternatives are as profitable (in fact, more) than oil. I wonder if the problem may be that the accrual of new technology would cause a broader and less predictable dispersal of wealth than the oil business provides, thereby upsetting the hierarchy we find in the U.S. And as far as the oil business is concerned, oil is "tried and true"--it certainly isn't harming their pockets, so why go through the trouble of adapting to new technologies and possibly losing your wealth?

I do have to disagree with the idea that our purchasing of electronic items is the problem. I may have 20 electronic items in my home and only use them for brief periods of time, while my neighbor may have 5 electronic items and use them regularly throughout the day, thereby consuming more energy than I do. It is not about the amount of items you own but your habits of use. If an individual can be conscientious and responsible in his use of energy, it does not matter how many electronic devices he chooses to own. This is the problem--how do you convince an entire nation, or indeed an entire planet, to responsibly use their given resources? Is force the only way? I'm leaning towards "yes."

Answer 6

Yes let's go back to the past, no more electricity, no more vaccines, dirt, starvation, walk, no cars, no planes, rapes, slaughters, great future!

Answer 7

We need to stop depending on oil and start going green.  The oil man has his hands in everything even stopping the push toward green living.  Cars can run on water or solar no Need for gas.  Use as much solar power you can its FREE!!!!

Wind is the new way to power anything that is also FREE!!!! No one has to die or get rich off it and NO Pollution

The oil man is our President and vice getting rich

Answer 8

I am willing to sacrifice by recycling,buying a more fuel efficient car, investing in solar panels,making my own compost out of left overs to make a good garden to grow food and reduce my bill at the grocery store, walk more places that are local,change to a lower wattage lightbulb,keep electric use to a minimum, and share a ride going to work!!! With the money I save then I would buy stock in alternative energy companies!!!

Answer 9

Yes, we need to disentangle ourselves from dependence on foreign oil.  That's the root of why we're hated in the Middle East (that and Israel), and ultimately much of what led to 9/11.