What do you think of the government easing environmental rules on gasoline?
369038
I think the entire energy crisis was created by the oil industry to envoke just such a reaction. They want to get people scared so they are willing to give up their concerns about the environment just as they are willing to give up their civil liberites in order to feel protected. The president sits back and watches it all happen because lets face it he is an oil man from an oil family and somewhere along the line his family and friends are getting richer off all this. I think its all a conspiracy. Our children and our grandchildren will pay the price in an egologically destroyed world
325013
I wouldn't mind to give it up for Life if it made even the slightest bit difference.\nTo make an impression to the oil companies, to help to curb pollution even the slightest bit, to use the surplus money to help the poor - why not?\nIn some European countries like Norway, they're using these rishaw-type bicycles, which are essentially bicycles pulling a wagon or having a kind of carriage attached to it like a car to carry groceries, babies, etc.\nIt works, and it doesn't cost a lot.\n\n\nJenova\n(d.yuffie@gmail.com)
267397
Fuel conservation linked to newspaper delivery?  \n\nI suppose, but I suspect you're far off the mark.
542493
to save the environment!! Hybrid cars and some alternative fuel cars save on emissions and do not attribute to the overuse of fossil fuels such as petrolium ( which is refined into the gasoline that we use in our cars).  Yes i am a tree hugging hippie..but at this time of global warming and overall ecosystemic breakdown...we all should be...did you know that by 2050 the north pole is expected to be ice free through the summer months?? That will mean a dramatic increase in ocean levels...meaning a dramatic loss in usable land mass...meaning people will be moving further in land...rebuilding..using up more of nature's building materials and facilitating further breakdown of nature...and eventually both world economy and humanity itself...never mind the aesthetic value of once booming tourist attractions going way downhill
297496
I'm already half way there; a Vapor Chamber that converts Regular Pump Gasoline into Propane.The Problem is that it's Illegal to change anything on any Car from 1996 to the present, even if Emissions are Lowered, and Fuel Economy is Improved.100 parts of Air to 1 Part of Fuel, instead of 14.7 Parts of Air to 1 Part of Fuel, which is the Law! I've already built the Vaporizer Chamber, which is a Really Cool Gadget, and burning less Fuel would definitely make Life easier!
678999
Very noble thoughts but hypocritical! Who would leave his car at home and ride a bicycle to work? Would u? The world is too entangled in the interests of different groups to let go of the facilities it has even if those facilities pollute our air. Big business clearly doesn't bother--Has there been a decrease in number of cars manufactured in the world? OK they're more energy efficient, but that doesn't solve the problem--Energy efficiency doesn't change the gases released into the atmoephere. Until now we should have developed and started mass producing a car using some other source of energy.Generatios to come will look back and definitely blame us for our inability to react fast enough to a looming danger.
380440
There really isn't much. All gasoline has to meet federal standards. Go for price.
388397
Most would be content to get rid of cars until it comes to their own. Not realizing that horses polluted the ozone far more than cars we have today. No sense in complaining because in some cases an environmental check is good for us as long as it does not brake the bank and this won't. It may be possible that because of them(greenies) there will be alternative modes of extraction. Now there is only a few modes of extraction wherein only 20% efficiency is obtained. The realm of perpendicular drilling has not been explored yet. Mark my words you will see those things explored very shortly.
256077
Exactly. A far bigger emphasis should be put on environment protection than it is getting now. Everybody and every country is only looking at their own interests while the amazing rainforests are being cut and the waters full of oil.. \nI'm from east Europe, air pollution is a big problem here too, still only few people think and talk about these. I hope they won't realise the importance of this when it will be already irreversible.
346330
These "plans" are so stupid.  If you really want to do something that reduces the price of gasoline... you have to signifantly decrease the demand for oil.  That means not driving your car... at all.  Don't buy plastics or Rubber products ever.  Not just a few thousand people... it has to be 100's of millions of people.... then maybe... but\n\nNot going to happen... so forget it.
322862
Gas taxes provide the majority of the road upkeep in the country, which is underfunded as it is. How exactly would that help? Also, $.30 per gallon is not going to affect gas prices all that much. They will continue to go up, no matter what.
1107450
Hardly. Methane, ethanol (not yet for cars but already viable for power plants), vegetable oil etc.  If we really had to stop burning fossil fuel, the current service stations could distribute the new fuel.  One of the problems with bringing out alternate fuels is that in order to 'compete' with gasoline, it has to be reasonably available to people driving across the country.  Distribution is a tough issue for some of the products.
136413
Have you ever hiked the beautiful Rocky mountains of Montana, I mean really got out there, it's my back yard, and the Bushites wanted te rip it appart for oil, I couldn't imagine what my life would be like without these places, the affect it's had on my character. Where I learned to swim, climb, fish. Where I learned to drive, where I learned to love life, and where I will someday be returned to the earth. No, I am not normaly a radical when it comes to the environment, but I want these same expiriences for my children some day. All I can say is you can pass any legislation you want, the fact is most people in my region feel very similar to the way I do, and I will not sit back while other states exploit our states resources, just because our population is low, and some Easterner wants cheaper gas. I would rather pay the price at the pump, that at the expense of my home, I will defend it by any means necisary. If that means dependance on forign oil, thats fine by me, I would rather hand over my money to the terrorists, than hand my home over to anyone, and my last ride got about 12-14 mpg by the way. I belive in alternative fuels stronly, but big oil blocks any legislation proposed to promote them. Oil can only get so expensive, before the cost becomes prohibative, It is your choice to drive, there are other, cheaper alternatives, if you choose to drive still, the high cost is your fault, not mine, I pay for my gas at the pump.\n\nDrill here, drill there, you'll still run out eventualy if you are using any resource faster than it is being replenished, and that is exactly what is happening to oil. As the supply diminishes, and demand remains the same, the price will go up, it's basic economics.\n\nWhe can make vehicles that burn ethanol (most of the vehicles already out there will run on the stuff), it is made from corn/wheat, is renewable, and is made domesticly. As for the oil needed for polymers and anything else you can think of, whe do have enough domestic oil for that. In fact, as a bonus, if we boild ethanol refinerys, the cost of plastics should go down.\n\nEven if it costs more to make a product domesticly, it is allot better for the country, because if we pay money overseas, it is money that is not being earned by U.S. Citisens, wheras if you use the resources we already have, it will keep the money here.\n\nBotom Line...\nI am against forign oil, I am for domestic production of ethanol.\nBut anything is better than irreversably tearing up the nations treasures for damned oil, when it comes to that kind of attack against my home, I belive very strongly in eye for an eye.
576619
Won't work, the refinery that sell to the big boys also sell to the mom and pop store.\n\nThe key is to get more fuel effecient vehicles or ones that run on fuels other than gasoline.  We already have natural gas vehicle and hybird gas / electric cars which is probable the way to go.
877399
Yes!  I believe strongly in environmental issues.  I'm not really a tree-hugger, and I don't blow up Humvees on my weekends.  I simply believe that global warming is one of the biggest dangers facing our country.  Far more so than terrorism. \n\nIf I had the ear of US lawmakers, I would encourage them to follow California's rules, forcing carmakers to manufacture vehicles with lower emissions and higher fuel efficiency.  \n\nI would fine companies that pollute commiserate to the amount required to clean up the pollution plus a punative fine that would be calculated upon the amount of money that they saved by causing the pollution to begin with. \n\nIE: Acme dumps acetote into the drains, which go into our rivers because they don't want to pay $1500/mo for proper disposal.  They would be fined the amt of $$ to clean up the mess, plus the $1500/mo for however many months they've been destroying the environment.\n\nIt's just fair.  A person can't get away with this sort of stuff, so why should our corporations?
581998
I think everyone except the oil companies would welcome another source of fuel.farmers will definately benefit from it as there would be an opportunity to farm the crops to provide the oils.
82643
If things keep going as they are we wont be driving cars that run on gas. There are electric cars in development and other forms of fuel being developed.