Gas Prices (USA, cheaper, consumer, Washington)

[njguy]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

not at all

im not well off by any means, and soon to be worse off

but if prices are higher, alternatives will come sooner.

gas will prob never drop below 3/gallon again.

IMO: Soon make that below $4.00/gallon again.

Don't forget the summer driving season plus any tropical storm/hurricane just approaching the gulf not necessarily hitting the gulf coast (and if it does "oh boy") will raise prices each time at a even faster pace than it has thus far to this point.

The Oil per barrel price goes up when the slight breeze is barely not quite right - the rest is sure to follow and we've been "underpaying" in relation to what the Oil per barrel price is.

[crystalblue]

Four-dollar-per-gallon gas is cheap! - By Robert Bryce - Slate Magazine

worth a read. interesting how little the price has changed when adjusted for inflation.

[UpperPeninsulaRon]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

Four-dollar-per-gallon gas is cheap! - By Robert Bryce - Slate Magazine

worth a read. interesting how little the price has changed when adjusted for inflation.

Absolutely. So what's the problem?

[JFRRACING]

WHERE AT 4 BUCKS NOW SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM. lol LOL LOL LOL WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[TheDragonslayer]

Diesel here just went up another 10¢ to $4.89.9 a gallon, regular is still at $4.09.9.

[ANewDay2008]

Originally Posted by Nafster

its not a liberal or conservative issue. It's a moral issue.

Suburban sprawl kills forests and natural life. It causes people to have to drive more and burn more oil to get to the city.

Put an end to everything involving oil I say. Everytime I see a Hummer btw I want to cry.

Arnold Schwartzenagger drives a Hummer - that runs on vegetable oil.

Vegetable oil fuels cars - and tax bills.

[ANewDay2008]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

because, if gas was higher, people would buy more fuel efficient cars, use public transit more, and better cars would be coming.

Yep. Circumstances beyond our control are driving us to seek alternative energies and high efficiency products to replace the permanent loss of cheap oil and natural gas. Whether we want to or not. And the higher the price of oil will permanently and inevitably go, the much greater the demand for alternatives will grow.

[ANewDay2008]

Originally Posted by JFRRACING

That's right , be carefull what you wish for. you just might be walking to those recreation ares or to work. this will only hurt the lower and middle class. those that drive hummers and 40 foot class a rv 's will still be letting the good times roll. when the price of diesel hits ten dollars a gallon you will be paying 8 bucks for a loaf of bread. the price of fuel will ultimately cause a land slide every where else in the market. SO BUCKLE UP IT'S GOING TO GET ROUGH.

You're right. With the permanent loss of cheap oil, it's about to get rough for the United States. VERY rough. Because it's going to affect every aspect of our lives. But we CAN survive it - just like Cuba did.

How Cuba Survived Peak Oil.

America has survived many HUGE losses. And we will survive this one. Hopefully.

[Drover]

Of course Cuba is surviving peak oil by drilling in the same waters we refuse to drill ourselves. Awesome energy policy we have.

[ANewDay2008]

Originally Posted by Drover

You obviously have no idea how long the product lead time is in the automotive industry. It's not like they can just flip off one switch to stop a product stream and then flip on a different switch to start a new product stream. So in the meantime, until a new product line is developed... it may sound unintuitive to keep producing something that is no longer profitable, but it costs a lot more money to have a plant sit idle than it does to keep producing a money-losing product until you have a new product lined up to re-utilize that capacity.

This is true.

But time waits for no one.

Americans are not going to continue to wait on the traditional automotive industry to make the transition from gas guzzlers to alternative fuels. We cannot afford to. And that's why Toyota and Honda are enjoying HUGE profits right now. And newer American alternative fuel car companies are starting to pick up steam. Meanwhile, Chrysler is gone, Ford is on life support, and GM is running neck-and-neck with Toyota. Toyota will probably become the #1 automobile company in the world next year.

Americans are moving on without the Big Three.