March 13, 201412 yr I agree with many on here and that this is all about greed. It is much like insurance in that we need it so we can charge whatever we like and the public will have to live with it. And here's where market solutions added to correctly thought-out government action come into play. Insurance is a whole different thing that I'm not going to get into here. Suffice it to say that whole system is a mess. As far as oil goes, I think it's completely ludicrous that in the 21st century, we're still getting most of our energy by digging for decomposed plant and animal compounds in the dirt. But we've been keeping oil prices artificially low for years and now we're starting to realize we can't control it as well anymore. With artificially low oil prices, the industry had no incentive to innovate and develop other ways of producing. As oil prices rose starting a little more than 10 years ago, coupled with concerns about world supplies dwindling, we got the revolution in fracking technology that's going to make the U.S. the world's leading producer of petroleum in short order. And with Americans getting those artificially low oil prices in the 1990's, no other alternative industries got the investment they otherwise likely would have to develop their own alternatives. We're way behind the curve and we have only ourselves to blame.
March 13, 201412 yr Buy a hybrid people we all control gas prices. Easier said than done, I'm afraid.
March 13, 201412 yr Buy a hybrid people we all control gas prices. Cant they dont last long enough to make them a valuable purchase, at least not when you put 35K miles on a car in a year.
March 13, 201412 yr IMO....the big oils just increased their prices to capture all of the spring breakers headed out. Thanks to all of the northerner's for this!!!! No, not you in NKY but, those idiot drivers from Ohio and Michigan
March 13, 201412 yr Cant they dont last long enough to make them a valuable purchase' date=' at least not when you put 35K miles on a car in a year.[/quote'] Jetta or Passat TDI
March 13, 201412 yr I know one thing for certain, if gas is at $3.30 per gallon and suddenly jumps up to $3.55 in one day, it will take it 6 weeks to gradually work it's way back down to $3.30 at 5 cent drops at a time. It jumps up much faster than it lowers. This phenomenon should have a name given to it, the Law of ______. Fill in the blank.
March 13, 201412 yr Easier said than done, I'm afraid. True, but it can be done. When my dad bought a Chevy Trailblazer I told him he loses his right to gripe about gas prices when he made the decision to buy a vehicle that gets such bad mileage. He did anyways and I always like to be a thorn in his side when he brings up gas prices. He just bought a new SUV but it is much smaller than his Trailblazer and gets almost car like mileage. The same is true for people who choose to move further out from town. Living in more rural like areas is nice but it will make you much more sensitive to gas prices. We all make choices and all of those choices combined affect gas prices. Unfortunately, Americans don't want to sacrifice like generations past, would rather complain.
March 13, 201412 yr True, but it can be done. When my dad bought a Chevy Trailblazer I told him he loses his right to gripe about gas prices when he made the decision to buy a vehicle that gets such bad mileage. He did anyways and I always like to be a thorn in his side when he brings up gas prices. He just bought a new SUV but it is much smaller than his Trailblazer and gets almost car like mileage. The same is true for people who choose to move further out from town. Living in more rural like areas is nice but it will make you much more sensitive to gas prices. We all make choices and all of those choices combined affect gas prices. Unfortunately, Americans don't want to sacrifice like generations past, would rather complain. ^ Well the auto industry did not only a great job in the 1940s and 50s of selling people on the idea that owning a car was fundamental to the American dream, but had an active role in dismantling useful public transit systems and encouraging the development of urban highway system at taxpayer expense. In all the hubbub about how expensive rail systems are now, we forget that all cities used to have really outstanding public transit systems and that the through road and highway projects (that don't come anywhere near being adequately funded by gas taxes), the auto and trucking industries are receiving massive indirect subsidies.
March 13, 201412 yr $3.65 up around Dayton, OH this AM. Saw it was $3.75 in NKY so I saved $.10 cents a gallon on my fill up on the way back down. Feel like I cheated the system :banana:
March 15, 201412 yr They raise the prices because of one simple reason: Because they can! Yup.. Only only defense is fuel economy.
March 15, 201412 yr I work up in the Beechmont area an gas is always cheaper up their in NKY. Last week everyplace was $3.65 and the UDF on Turkeyfoot and Richardson Road was only $3.39 makes no sense.
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