So, Socrates, what is the best government?
$3.00 a gallon and climbing...
All because the oil companies know that Americans will be driving a lot over the Labor Day Weekend...
Who are these Theoretical Americans? I'm thinking of staying home all weekend in a desperate attempt to not let my monthly Gas bill climb over $200...
$3.00 a gallon and climbing...
Capitalism says "If you don't like it, don't pay for it, and the price will change."
The local bus costs $150 a month and takes 2 hours and 13 minutes to get from my apartment to my work... what a haphazard attempt at competition...
So, with no competition, Oil can be set to any price it wants. They have a monopoly.
$3.00 a gallon and climbing...
Without alternatives, we will continue to pay for it. And we will be forced to encourage this behavior, regardless of whether it is the right thing to do or not.
Support your local sciences- Alternative fuels are on the horizon, some are already here, but no one knows about them, really. These aren't novelties, these are our future... It's either this or we can get used to...
Well... you know...
---Me.
posted by Aabh @ 4:00 AM
3 Comments:
Erm... Thanks... (Is this a spam thing?) Do I already have spam? I have but two replies to my blog and... Hey... this is something to blog about...
I had heard the argument before that gas prices are increasing at a normal rate as compared to inflation. However, I just found an interesting website with the California Energy Commission (http://www.energy.ca.gov/gasoline/statistics/gasoline_cpi_adjusted.html), that proves differently. Basically, it's showing that gas prices today are roughly three times higher (taking inflation into consideration) than they were 35 years ago. And sadly, it appears that the New Orleans catastrophe has been exploited yet again as a means of desensitizing us to the outrageous gas prices. You're absolutely right: where's our alternative? Many places don't have practical public transportation. It seems oil companies feed on our gasoline dependancy. The sad thing is, they're getting away with it.
(I deleted the Spam... even though I blogged about it... No need encouraging folks to go buy their things... I am a capitalist, after all... :) )
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