What do we do.....?

Question

The gas prices are shooting up and my dad keeps saying "we can't do that" and you know why.....hes afraid of the gas prices. do you think that if they keep shooting up people will start riding horses and riding bikes? What do you think about the gas prices? Ridiculous, huh?

Answer 1

horses are more expensive to feed & maintain than cars.they have to eat every day. thats why bicycles became instantly popular when they first came out.

when people used horses for farming it usually took 1/3 of your farm to feed your animals. their worse for the environment too. all the flys, maggots,piles of horse apples & dried horse manure in the air you breathe were a serious health hazard 100 years ago in citys. as well as disease's such as equine encephalitis & tetanus

then theres always the problem of disposing of hundred or tons of dead horses every day nation wide.

the solution to high gas prices is to use smaller less powerfull cars & drive less often.

Answer 2

Yeah all these Global Warming liers and scam artists are driving up gas prices. Now they are rationing food because we have food shortages due to these idiots and their bio-fuels. All this reformulated gasoline is BS.

Answer 3

theres an easy answer, the goverment doesent need to put at force towards alternet fuels because when gas prices finaly get unpayable then people with start the new industries that run off an alternet fuel. but not people wont ride bikes cause instead of that they will  develope a new transportation fuel.

Answer 4

hopefully thats what will happen, its the only way they will go down.

demand has to go down and supply go up in order for gas prices to drop, so yeah people will have to start car pooling, riding the bus, walking, biking, etc... in order for the message to get out there and reach the oil companies.

you must remember that it is "travel" time in th US and that helps gas prices go up as well. I think its crazy though, we are almost at $4 a gallon in Rhode Island now as well and we've been well below the national average for a long time now. I'm walking and carpooling 80% more now. F bush and his oil buddies. we all need to say the same thing.

Answer 5

They are insane! I don't know what to do but I live in Alaska and horses and bikes are fine in the summer, but winter time I really wanna drive my car!

Answer 6

Until supply becomes greater then demand the prices will continue to rise.  If Americans are willing to consume less fuel the prices will eventually come down. My only problem with the prices are that oil companies are making record profits and  won't they lower the profit margin to ease the burden on the folks?

Answer 7

I remember when they went above 50 cents.  People said nobody would be able to drive anymore.  Where I worked, everybody left work and went out and got in line to fill up before the increase.

I remember when it went over $1,  People said nobody would be able to drive anymore.  Where I worked, everybody left work and went out and got in line to fill up before the increase.

Your Dad probably remembers these things too, or your Grampa.  The government is controlling the price of gas exactly as it wants to.  They are speculating in food commodities on the world market in an effort to recoup the huge losses investors have taken in the housing market fiasco last year.  You buy "commodity futures".  That's a commitment to purchase at a price that's locked in.  Then you make the price go up and the futures increase in value.  Then you sell.  Creating shortages raises the price, so do high gasoline prices.

It's ridiculous, and scarey.  Your best thing to do is count your blessings.  People are starving.  The Asians are furious.  the Europeans are starting to get pissed.  It's even sadder if you're like me, and old enough to remember when we were the good guys.

Answer 8

Well, at least it will stop the enormous amount of cars on the roads. And at least hopefully less pollution. I think people should ride their bikes especially if it is a short distance.

Answer 9

This is the intent.  Gas prices are high just because there is no political will to drill for it.

Politicians and the left want high prices to provide incentive for higher cost, and research dollars for alternative energy.

If oil was always at $10/bbl, we would have no incentive to move away from Saudi oil.