Why aren't people doing more besides whining about high gas prices?

Question

It is hurting everyone. The ripple affect hits all facets of our existence. Where is the outrage and resistance? Where are the boycotts? Are we that complacent?

Answer 1

COMPLACENT, HECK. WE'RE BEING LED LIKE LAMBS TO A SLAUGHTER. WE OUGHT TO BE THREATENING TO RECALL, IMPEACH, OR OTHERWISE REPLACE OUR REPRESENTATIVE "SERVANTS." LIKE WAS SAID IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS."

Answer 2

If it's safe to assume you advocate a boycott of gasoline, who do you think that's going to hurt?  Do the Chinese, Sierra Club, Hizbollah, GreenPeace, OPEC, or Congress advance their causes with lower prices?  In spite of current "presidential candidate" pap, the oil companies are neither the big winners, nor the culprits.  Your ire is misdirected and it must get considerably worse before we join the social retards in their street riots.

Answer 3

What's your suggestion?  

I can neither bicycle nor walk to work, as I have to cross an interstate highway bridge to get there.  I have no option but to drive. Perhaps I should ask my government to provide a multi-million-dollar pedestrian/bicycle bridge so I can save a few dollars on gasoline.

Converting my home to solar power would cost me more than fifteen years worth of energy at current prices.  If I put the same amount of money to work at 5%, I'd get enough after taxes to pay the energy bills.  That would only be a good option if someone else paid for the solar panels for me, do you want to do that for me?

So why don't you do more about the whining than just whine?  Let's hear some real solutions.  

Personally, I think that "whining" about the federal government's role in causing this problem is the best thing we can do, at least until November.  Vote these morons out.

Answer 4

I'm part of the Boycott Exxon Mobil Effort.  

The Idea behind it is Exxon is the most American dependent of the oil companies so they could actually feel it if everyone stops using them outright.  I'm not talking about boycotting them for a few days.  I'm talking permanent until they're DEAD.   Whatever it takes to hurt their bottom line.

Answer 5

i know, its rediculous, everyone is just sitting around and complianing, what if we just did not go out one saturday, everyone in the world, it would make and effect on the whole economy, we need to stand up and make a difference

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Answer 6

In all honesty boycotts are good for progress and they have always been. But today's society really is the most complacent in a long time. Rather than talking about this in a tavern among fellow people who want change, were typing on our nice computers with the modern comforts of heating and air conditioning maybe while watching tv.

Answer 7

I am investing part of my 401(k) into the energy market just for this reason.

Answer 8

Well, alot of people just don't understand the changing world we live in, or ant to have their cake and eat it too, meaning complain about the price of oil but do nothing to help it. Case in point, for all the bellyaching I hear, my neighbors drive 4 cars. An F-250 super duty, a Tahoe, another F-150, and a Silverado. And they drive all the vehicles, all the time. I also get passed by half the cars on the interstate when I'm driving the speed limit or lower to use less fuel. People like that don't deserve lower oil prices.

Answer 9

It seems like protestors, who are the true patriots in this country, are made-out by the media to be crazy, stupid people.

Look at the Conspiracy Theory people.  They are always teased about living in their mother's basement, wearing foil hats, or something.

When We The People stand-up and question our government, we are made to look like fools and shunned by We The Sheeple that watch way too many "news" shows.

We are sheep being led to the slaughter, but as long as Dish Network is still on, we'll go quetly.  We can't handle the truth, and we're okay with that.

Answer 10

You cannot lower gasoline prices by bellyaching.  You can lower personal expenses by not using gasoline.

Answer 11

what more can we do??

Answer 12

There are 554 people running this country and if you think they want the price of gas to come down, you are sadly mistaken.

Back in the wonderful 1990's there was an effort to raise the price of gas to around $5.00 per gallon. This was to take place by artificially raising the need for petroleum products.

This action was suggested by none other than the Democrats golden boy, Al Gore himself.

Answer 13

Yes, we are that lazy.  Or we just aren't as poor as we tell the rest of the world we are...  How much have you spent on that computer your tapping out these questions on?

Answer 14

First of all, boycotts have no effect on oil companies.  And I mean NONE.  One day, one week, one month boycotts are all meaningless in the overall demand for oil and its products.  Additionally, since when are the oil companies responsible for the increase in the price of oil/gasoline??  There is something called supply and demand.  When demand increases far more than supply does, prices go up.  It's that simple.  Oil is an "inelastic" commodity, which means that it is relatively price insensitive.  I wish the average american would take an average economics course, same for our politicians.

Here is a few questions to ask yourself:

If oil companies were responsible for the high prices now (causing huge profits), were they also responsible for the low prices in 1997-1998, when oil was at $10/Bbl and they were incurring huge losses?  Nope.  (The losses drove them to consolidate to survive, Exxon-Mobile, BP-Amoco, all occured in that 2 year span).  What was happening during that period?  The Asian economic (currency) crisis.  What's happening now?  A massive Asian economic boom.  Again, it's all about supply and demand (particularly from China and India).

Answer 15

Why aren't people researching the issue and discovering that this is just another asset bubble caused by loose credit?

Yes the supply and demand fundamentals indicate that oil prices should be higher than they were five years ago.

But not four TIMES higher.