is the gas price high enought?
471334
Gas prices are determined by supply and demand...\n\nAs gas prices rise......this causes consumers to drive less.....which stops consumers from using so much gas\nThe price will start to go back down....\n\nGasoline is very cheap......the same people who complain about the cost of gasoline....$3 a gallon....are the same people who spend $1.99 for a bottle of water, $4 for a pack of cigs, and $5 for lottery tickets.
1165074
Well with the look at gas prices rising every year...   Yeah I know sad..  I would say yes\n\nExxon Mobil  these money grabbing corporation is not going anywhere. Even if we change to a differnt kind of fuel... They will still be using oil... for the next couple of hundered years...\n\nI pray that judgment comes before... that happens..
993916
My opinion is only worth two points.\nBut the chance of oil topping $100 per bbl is greater than its dropping under $50.
84095
We'll spend $6 or $7 a gallon for gas because:\n\n- We're willing to.\n- Supply and Demand will dictate that price or higher.\n\nI saw a segment on 60 Minutes a couple weeks ago about huge reserves of oil in Canada. The reserves reside within soil.
222226
Yep, I'll speculate, they are giving us shit gas. I'ts 2.65 in Wisconsin and only goes half the distance in my car too. There are places where gas isn't treated here, but now are great goverment wants to poison gas across the state. One way of not raising the taxes elsewhere, just buy twice as much gas. Use 2x's the amount-get2x's the tax.
790990
http://www.howstuffworks.com/gas-price.htm
305339
Remember that no matter what someone says...   EVERYONE has thier price.\n$10 and a tank of gas.
300860
no gas prices should go higher!!\n\nthen maybe fat a**es will stop driving their big fat SUV's, take a bus\nand other technologies will be developed\n\nthe gov't did not create the "gas problem" people being lazy did
202996
I have! Oil prices go down and gas goes up. Supplies increase the price at the pump goes up. The 2nd biggest oil deposit in the world comes under U.S. control.... You get the idea. Enough is enough. His friends have all made a buck on this insanity, let's go back to $1.00 a gallon.
479376
No.  The 80's gas shortage was caused by the Presidential order by President Carter to ration gas.  When the free market was tampered with it got screwed up because people panicked and tried to stock up on gas.  Look what happens here very carefully.  When the hurricane hit LA last year, gas prices in that area rose sharply.  Gas in the New Orleans area was selling at a premium price.  Now, if you were a gasoline dealer, and you could sell your truck of fuel in Texas for say 3000 dollars, or in New Orleans for 5000 dollars where would you sell it?  If you said New Orleans, go to the head of the class.  The price has the job of regulating consumption.  In this instance, it sent the fuel to the area it was needed most, that is the highest bidder.  Subsequently, prices rose in other areas as a result of this, and people react by buying less fuel, which increases supply, then prices come back down again.  Also, you have developing countries using gasoline at rates never before seen.  We also have a government that restricts oil exploration.  Mexico can drill for oil in the gulf of Mexico, but the USA can't, because a few special interest groups say it would be bad for the environment.  You can thank many of those groups for a good bit of the high cost.  The best thing you can do to lower prices is not buy any gas.
481296
I read a report about 6 months ago that said gas prices would have to exceed $6.00 per gallon before it would even change our personal driving habits.  I believe this and I also believe the first 2 answers you got.  If the price gets high enough, will figure out something better.
551795
I Think:\nPetrolium (gas) will be well over $4 allover the world by July. But nows its only $2.99 a gal here.\nStupid lack of oil refineries by big oil money people\nGold will be substitutable in 2010 but for now, the price will escalate
638765
High prices!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  People trying to raise a family can not afford the high price.  The worst of it is with gas prices rising,  everything (housing, food, clothing, toys etc.) will increase.  This is probably going to put us in a depression.  People will not be able to afford things they need to live.  They surely will not be able to enjoy any entrainment
473109
GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work\n\nThis was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It ' s worth your consideration.\n\nJoin the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea.\n\nThis makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them.\n\nBUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read on and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1. 50 is super cheap.  Me too! It is currently $2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the\nmarketplace..... not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war.\n\nHere's the idea:\nFor the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.\n\nBut to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people.\n\nI am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us sends it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers. If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people w! ill have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!\n\nAgain, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send this to 10 people...Well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician. But I am, so trust me on this one.)\n\nHow long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!\n\nI'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you?\n\nActing together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.\n\nTHIS CAN REALLY WORK.
955709
Not really. The higher the price of gas, the more reasonable alternatives become for the average guy. And there are ways...\n\nIt costs all of about $6000 to convert a gas guzzler into a nice clean electric car that gets about 50 miles to a charge. Add one of the many free energy devices that are being explored AND DOCUMENTED ONLINE, and you get electric cars that cost NOTHING to drive, other than insurance, registration, and maintenance. \n\nThen we can smile as we drive by those expensive dinosaur juice dispensaries!
1154704
Sounds like a good choise to me. As in the near future with the cost of petrol going up continually, people wont be able to afford to run a car!
690244
Gas prices are rising due to the rise in the price of crude oil.\n\nThe price of West Texas Light Crude rose to over $70 a barrel on the international market, although it has now fallen to $69.63. The price of Light Crude tends to be higher than other Crude Oil prices because it contains less sulphur. This reduces the refining costs involved with making petrol that conforms to the environmental standards in the US and Europe.\n\nAlthough OPEC and other Oil producing countries have increased production of oil, the demand is outstripping the supply.\n\nThe economy in China is growing fast and as the masses enjoy more disposable income, they buy cars which in turn require more oil.\n\nThe Indian economy is also getting stronger and they too are buying more oil.\n\nA further complication that adds to the demand is the lack of refineries. The efficient refineries are operating at almost full capacity which means that less efficient plants are being pressed into service. The problems in obtaining refined product places further pressure on demand side prices.\n\nOn the supply side, there are political uncertainties in a number of big oil producing countries. Such uncertainties cause problems within the supply chain and cause prices to increase.\n\nOPEC cannot produce enough extra oil to satisfy the extra demand.\n\nIn the past, Russia could be relied upon to pump extra oil. However, Russia is busily re-nationalising Oil Production (e.g. The recent Yukos case). This means that Oil production in Russia has fallen away from 2004 levels. Although Russia has huge reserves, it will be a while before production starts to grow again and so they cannot be relied upon to meet the extra demand. \n\nVenezuela is having a little spat with US Oil companies. Go Venezuela! Unfortunately, this is also effecting supply. \n\nNigeria, well is Nigeria. However, the locals are not happy with the way that oil companies operate and have taken to protesting over the way their land is being poluted. Local bandits and industrial unrest all combine to threaten oil supply.\n\nThen there is Iran which is in dispute with the west over Uranium enrichment.\n\nWhenever demand outstrips supply, speculators get involved. The US leads the way in commodity speculation. With continual upward pressure on the price of oil, speculators are having a field day.\n\nThe complication that the US has brought to speculation factor is the invention of 'virtual speculation'. These are speculators who speculate on the commodity speculators. This in turn causes prices to fluctuate more wildly and pushes prices even higher in a rising market or lower in a falling market.\n\nThe only way to improve the situation would be to either increase supply or reduce demand.\n\nIncreasing supply will take many years to be effective.\n\nTherefore the only way to reduce prices is to reduce demand. So, if everyone used less fuel the prices would fall.\n\nTime to dust off your old pedal cycle?