If gas prices tripled how would you cope?
121446
Hubbert's peak has a good chance of being real. Check out the following link for more information:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbert%27s_peak\n\nYou could cope better in a number of ways. \n\nYou could buy shares of oil exploration/drilling/refining companies that would likely enjoy higher profits as gas prices increase.\n\nYou could live close to town and to work so that you could rely on automobile usage less. The less you drive, the less the price of gasoline will directly affect you. Hybrids are promising technology, but the cost differential between regular and hybrid cars is large enough to make them uneconomical for many people. This will change over time though.\n\nPersonally, I drive very little, so the price of gasoline is a miniscule portion of my income. It would not affect me too much.\n\nGasoline, after correcting for the loss of value of the dollar is still significanly cheaper than it has been at many points in time, including the 1970's. People survived then, they will survive with gasoline that costs three times what it does now.\n\nDriving for pleasure may decrease, so if your income is dependent on tourist traffic, I would consider the possiblity of checking out another field if you are concerned.
50711
Won't work unless everybody makes the same amount of money. The person who has a minimum wage job would get screwed, he doesn't have that much taxes taken out to off set the  increase in gas costs.
371192
Just pretend there's global warming and here's what you would do\nWe would start to look for alternative energy sources Clean burn fuels to replace fossil fuels \n1. There would be research and development that would create dozens of new business"s in this search. It could dwarf the technology boom of the 90's\n2. These business's would create or boost other business's to partner with, supply parts and services\n3. All these new business's could create thousands upon thousands of new jobs1,2 and 3 would all be good for the economy\n4. We could stop shoving money into the pockets of mega rich Arab Sheiks and oil companies and their CEO's. every time you pull up to the pump you know one of these SO B's gets a cut. It might even scare them into dropping the price of gas\n5. It would take the power outta the hands of rogue country's in the middle east and make them a non factor by making us energy independent\n6.And ............OH YEA we might clean up the environment so we don't leave our kids a filthy sewer of a planet!!!!\n\nSo what would be the drawback about doin this?
293325
To take Saddam's oil.  I'm guessing the U.S. tried to make a deal with him in the 80's but it didn't go well, so the U.S. decided to make him 'an offer he wouldn't refuse'.  But he did, and look what happened.  How would you feel if the price of gas shot up to $3/L or $10/gallon?  << THAT'S WHY.  In order for our way of life to continue someone's else way of life has to be altered.
585112
we gotta do what we gotta do (on the OPEC ?)  i think gas prices suck, but compared to other products say ten years ago I would say even though a little high we should have expected these prices due to inflation anyway.   And yes I think it is possible.
358961
My guess is that the price of gas keeps going up because we are still willing to pay it..  even though we should all just buy bicyles.  Second hand ones can't be more than $100.  Probably not that much.  Anyways, we need the gas so we pay high prices for it.  Sort of like food.  We need it, so we pay whatever the supplier says the price should be.  Here's a thought,  how about all of us who b*tch about the price of gas, go get on welfare so we can afford to buy the gas. Hey it might happen.   Just insist that you are mentally unstable.  Which of course, has to be true because society totally sucks.
329667
Gas will go up for this holiday weekend, more people travel more profits got nothing to do with supply and demand. Oil traded over $72 a barrel today. So get you gas before it goes up tommorow for the weekend.
231208
Gas is gunna keep going up and no its not over priced its what we get for relying on it soo much we might see it go down a bit but its gunna keep going up as the months go on we are coming to a point were its becoming harder and harder to find oil and especially when we do find it its in contries that dont wanna give it up or charge tons per barrel soo i suggest you looking into a hybrid! or a smart car by Mercedez and Swatch.. the less we rely on oil the cleaner the earth the worlds biggest glaciers right now are wabling on giant rocks and scientist belive that at anytime the glaciers could fall into the ocean causing water levels to rise up atleast a 2-3 metres causing huge problems and they say due to this the whole world would have different climates then they do now such as ONT Canada would be a desert I hope this helped good luck!  \n\nBlake C.
165243
LOL, ha ha, funiest joke I heard all day, they know we will pay $3.00 a gallon now, it won't go back. Do I her $4.00
392473
Intresting question. As I was reading I thought that I would just hit the gas but then you brought up the point of sueing and tickets. I don't know I guess knowing that I might get out... well maybe I would just reverse.
196548
It is ridiculous,  and I am scared about it.  The gas prices drive up the prices of all other products because, the products have to be driven to the stores in trucks run with gasoline.  So, not only do we end up paying more for gas, but for everything else as well.\nNow, I suppose for the upper and probably mid-level middle class this isn't that huge of a deal, but if you are mostly paycheck to paycheck, like my family, this can really hurt.\nOf course the rich get richer....that's just the way it goes.\nAnd what bugs me is that there isn't even a good reason for this gas spike...it is just speculation in the market driving up the price....\nWhere is our president when we need him?  He is NOT here for the majority of citizens in this country.  He has an agenda that goes against helping his own country, and that is pathetic.
588610
Yes, but w/good reason.  Gas prices have never been this high w/no relief in sight.  It seems we are limiting our travel b/c we just can't afford to drive in this country.  I know I'm on a gas budget.  Work-home-work-home, maybe a chill spot on the wknd, but that's it.
653132
Let the gas get much higher and we will invade them for a cheaper way of getting around- one hump or two?
257722
Not much different.Maybe things will cost more and there might be another war here or there.People will be even more fed up with the price of gas and our troops in Iraq.
557045
Truthfully and without sarcasm: no. Plain and simple. The hike in gas isn't just because of us invading Iraq. More and more people are using gas: it's the law of supply and demand. If the demand for a product goes up and there's a little supply (there really isn't a small supply, but these countries have to supply the whole world) the price goes up. Plus, with us being in the Middle East, other huge oil producing countries like Iran--especially with the controversy over their nuclear weapons program--might sell less oil to us, thus lowering the supply with the high demand, increasing the price.  And as long as the American people can and will pay for the gas, they'll keep selling it.  Also, as a result of whatever sanctions or mandates are out there on some foreign oils, prices will go up.  Just because there are oil fields in Iraq, doesn't mean that we went in there for that. Why would we do that? If the gas prices were moderate while Saddam was in power, without this huge hike in prices, why would we go in there specifically for oil? What would you do if you suspected a foreign power was invading you to overthrow you, take your money from the oil away and put it in their pockets? You'd do the same thing Saddam was doing (sabotaging oil fields and the pipelines).  The only reason why the oil prices went up to begin with during the Invasion was because Saddam felt that he wasn't doing anything wrong (like the genocide, even building up his military) and that the only reason the Coalition (led by the U.S.) was invading his country was because of the oil. And when the oil prices get high enough, don't you think people will find different venues around them? Like more carpooling, public transportation, bicycles. I know when they get so high that it's really burning a whole in my pocket, I'm buying a train pass.
619729
The price of the food on your table is going to keep getting higher. The cost of gasoline and diesel is increasing weekly. Your bills are getting higher, your debt deeper, and your job less secure. One morning you are going to wake-up and discover that the country has come to a complete stand-still, because nobody can afford to go to work or go to the store, or pay their bills. Truckers won't be able to fuel their trucks. That morning is closer than you think. And within hours or days of it happening, America's streets are going to be filled with foreign soldiers - UN peace keepers, who won't give a damn about who you are, or your Constitutional rights. They'll take your guns and your life! America's soldiers are gone, overseas, fighting a bogus war - America's police are not here to "Protect and Serve" you - they're here to protect and serve the New World Order, the elite politicians and bureaucrats. If you think that John "Fraud" Kerry is going to save you from George "Weasel" Bush, you better think again! They're blood brothers of the Skull & Bones - just two of the many faces of Satan - two of the many faces of the New World Order, bringing you the world financial collapse - the collapse of your own financial world with it. You better learn how to pray, and pray right - because the time is much later and shorter than you think!
171556
They raise prices by restricting supply. They try to maximize their income without driving their customers to alternate fuels or into a depression. Either would reduce their income.