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Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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All we ever seem to hear on TV is "oh how terrible gas prices are". But when you think about, gas at $4 or more will really be good for America in the long term. Why? Simple- as gas prices rise, good old American innovation takes hold. If they stay high, we will see alternatives coming such as electric, hybrid and even hydrogen cars and we will see good reason to invest in things like high speed electric rail transportation which are really the future. This will, in turn, keep billions and billions of dollars here in America that otherwise would go over to the Arabs which use it in turn to hate us and blow us up whenever they can. I think that most of us are kind of tired of feeding the Arabs all our money.
Will there be short term pain? Yes but we can all lessen our pain now by cutting back on what we buy. I have found that I am saving lots of gas by being more careful about what trips I take (combining trips) and doing other things like walking my ass into a food place instead if idling in the drive thru lane. I also ride the subway a few days a week. Also, I hear people say all the time why they need a huge SUV but almost ALL of them I see have ONE person (the driver) in them. I am actually paying LESS now for gas than I did when it was $3 a gallon! The fact is that our short term pain- which will only last as long as our bad habits (buying a huge SUV and living 50 miles from work) last. Eventually most of us will adjust and the short term pain will become a long term gain as we send less and less money to the Arabs.
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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Originally Posted by Greatday
Those who can afford it LEAST are being harmed the MOST
They always are no matter what is costing more. Were they not harmed by higher housing prices? Higher electric and gas? Food? At least they have the option of a smaller car or the bus.
I can see your point OP, except for the fact where I live there is no subway. The mass transit system here is laughable. It takes three hours to get anywhere. I live in one giant sprawling suburb where it takes almost half an hour or more to get to one's destination. Higher gas prices are not good for people in my shoes. Too, let's not forget that these higher gas prices translate into higher everything prices.
They always are no matter what is costing more. Were they not harmed by higher housing prices? Higher electric and gas? Food? At least they have the option of a smaller car or the bus.
Why do you really think that a family who is already struggling to fill the gas tank of their mini-van, which is bought and paid for, can afford to buy a smaller car? Poverty is a self-perpetuating cycle without education, a better job...something to pull people out of it.
The bus, sure. If there are bus routes that will take them to their destinations, and if the schools are in a safe neighborhood, etc.
They always are no matter what is costing more. Were they not harmed by higher housing prices? Higher electric and gas? Food? At least they have the option of a smaller car or the bus.
It's not the price of gas you put in your car you need to be concerned with. The high price of oil is driving the price of all goods, services and produce up...The consumer will be paying for the fuel the farmer uses in his machinery, the trucker to transport it, and on and on. The US is run on oil and you will be the one paying for it in the end...We have seen nothing yet!
How come the first successful electric car some 7 years ago was shelf then
rent film "who killed the electric car"
Then ask republican agenda why they messed with california taking care of its own needs democratically.
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