Will the gas prices ever go down? Or do we need a different president to do the right thing?
613084
◙ the only way to get gas prices to go down is for everyone to stop paying them. you can't blame them for their high prices. you can only blame yourself for paying them.\n\n◙ here in east moline illinois gas is $2.53 :)
592877
I'm sorry this question is too mundane for me but I will answer it even though I will still get the two points anyway! If we look forward to the USA war machine to grind to a halt because of gasoline what do you think will happen to us?\n\nI guess you didn't have time to think about that did ya? Or course not when they run out of gasoline then we will be next. Everyone needs gasoline to move around from place to place. Now if you are only saying this because you want the war to stop then that is a different story but fat chance on that ever happening because they keep reserves for that kind of problem. Believe me the military is well prepared for the they double up on everything and I do mean everything.\n\nUnderstand we are all in the same boat together when it comes down to the price of gasoline and trust me the military is having there share too. But to be honest with you, I really think you should have thought this question out much more thoroughly before you presented it to us. Because you my friend are just speaking with giving a reason of intellect.
191200
how low can we go? Bush and Cheney are monsters. How much more can the national debt soar? How many lies can he tell?  Is there another oil-rich country that we can invade? Is Osama Bin Laden still virtually unscathed from his horrendous attack on our country? How many of our young people are going to Iraq? How many will come home? How much richer can the rich get? How much poorer can the poor get? It is a sad state of affairs when our people are out priced at the gas pumps, and it is only going to get worse. These are tip of the iceberg questions, but suffice it to say that there is not a number that goes low enough. He will spend his remaining tenure in office seeing just how much his constituency can stand before reaching point break. I am already there, but I can proudly say that I did not vote for this monster, or for his ass clown father.
628324
Gas prices will never go down. You might see a small reduction after a massive increase, but $3 a pop is now the price. I bet you will see $3.50 a gallon by the end of summer.\n\nWith your suggestions I believe you think American corporate price gouging is the cause for high prices. Most people point to supply and demand. But if price gouging is a factor, I fear there is no solution.  That is what Capitalism is all about.\n\nMost of middle America hates the prices, but loves the profits they are accruing with stocks in their 401K. ExxonMobile made $10 million in one month, made $1 billion last quarter. ConnocoPhilips made about 1/3 that in profits as well.\n\nThere just aren't enough people in the country that don't profit from selling gas to go beyond complaining about the price.  A boycott will not work.\n\nThe only thing we can hope for is the Feds suspend their gas tax for awhile.\n\nEDIT:\nOn another note, we Americans are too damn hypocritical.  We want the world to be democratic & capitolistic, but when oil prices rise, we want our people and government to act more with socialism values.  People chanted in the streets "No blood for oil!" when protesting in the 1990's, but now Americans want their oil.  What the hell is wrong with us?
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They are really pushing for this drilling and I agree with you it is not right. I would not be surprised if it ends up happening though. The way the government in this country is run nowadays "president" Bush does anything he damn well pleases. Let's keep the hope that they find a new alternative.
644443
Our economic policy is Nixonomics (Keynesian policy), so you can imagine that the result will be pretty much the same.  I expect inflation (currently observed in prices for both housing and raw materials like oil and metals), and over the longer term, some weakening growth (recession). In the days of Gerald Ford, it was called stagflation.  If we elect a responsible leadership that can control spending, we might be able to turn things around and forestall that slowdown, but sadly, I just don't see that happening.  Very few politicians on either side of the aisle are talking about responsible spending these days.  (OK, maybe they're talking about it, but they're sure not DOING it.)
486472
No, they'll just b*tch about how the price of gas would really go up with him in office. You know how much they hate oil men. They'd have to vote Republican in that case. Wanna be my running mate?
326194
Yes we are in a crises! And if something is not done it is only going to get worse. I don't know exactly what needs to be done but Americans need to make a stand against this and say enough is enough. It is all over the news, on the net, talk shows and so on. That suggests to me that something is wrong. I don't know what Americans are going to do. The price of everything has went up and continues to go up. And we are not getting any cost of living increases either. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. And no help from the government because they are some of those getting richer over the oil. When Exxon goes above Wal-mart we have a problem.
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This is just another urban legend floating around.\n\nBoycotting Exxon isn't going to work to bring down prices.  If everyone stopped buying from Exxon and used the other providers, then the other providers would run out of gas pretty quickly due to supply and demand chain effects.  What would happen is that they would buy their gas from Exxon and overall all prices would go up, not down.\n\nFull mythbuster at Snopes.\n\nhttp://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp\n\nTo lower gas prices, you have to lower demand, which includes things like carpooling, public transportation, alternative sources of energy, and better milage vehicles.
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Yes we can, and yes we will.  There is a finite amount of fossil fuels in the world.  We certainly have more (a fair bit more) then the doomsayers would have you believe, but eventually they will run out.  Before they run out, the price will go up, and up, and up, until alternate clean sources of energy become marketable.  This will happen, it's simple economics.  In the mean time we, as a country, should be pushing to increase our domestic supply, and start now with serious research on how to create a new usable transportable source of energy.  I'm personally like the idea of hydrogen burning engines.  They're combustion engines like you have in your car, but they burn hydrogen, and emit water (h2o), that's their exhaust.  The only trick is you need alot of electricity to separate the hydrogen from the O2 in the first place, and we don't have a safe fuel tank for transport yet.  In the mean time, write your congressmen and senators, let them know this is a priority of yours and that it is a priority for our country.  Talk with friends, and increase awareness.  I work in the oil field, and trust me, I certainly recognize that our country, our planet needs to be thinking of the future.
299565
Ughh!! I hate him, I hate anyone who likes him. Actually I wonder what people who like him think, do they LOVE paying that 5 dollars per gallon for gas? most of the people that like him are rich democrats and the middle and lower class are getting screwed around. I don't think he is going to make it another three years, impeached shot, or he will resign. Personally if it keeps up, I think the lower class will be non-existent and the middle class will be the lower class \n\nI agree that the war was just for his interest, which is NO WAY to start a war, if we went after every dictator/tyrant who hated America, we'd be there for ages.
1167446
Until we change our habits. If people started car pooling and bought what they needed in one trip instead of 20 and they didn't jump in a car to drive to blocks. When people stop buying so much gas the prices will come down. I know not everyone can carpool but they can do other things like pick up groceries on \nthe way home. Plus we can push for alternative fuels there is progress being made in that field.
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George Bush is doing a hell of a job in the whitehouse! Now to answer your question I will ask one of my own; How does a country take over the world? Simple, by controlling the oil. I don't see any problem with that. Gas prices are fine the way they are. And finally weapons of mass destruction, we did find them, many of them, they are called terrorists.
355639
yes, and we are far behind other countries in mass transit. I used 10 percent Ethanol 10 years ago. Paid less for it than Gas. The oil companies took it off the market. If HisBushyness had any clue what was going on in America he could fix the problem with one executive order. That will not happen. He will not cut off the hand that feeds him. If he puts price caps in place and the supply goes up then the price will go down and that would stop his cash flow from the wealthy oil corporations who own Congress.
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OK I will say to you what I said to everyone else.  Bush does not make the laws.  It's the senate and congress.  Bush has no power.  Why blame someone that is there for show.  It's all politics. Read up on your govt.  Please!   Calling him an As s Hole is like me calling you an B itch for gas prices going up.    And for our soldiers dying.  The congress voted yes on war they could have easily voted no.  And for the soldiers dying I was a soldier at one time.  I knew the consequences so do all of our soldiers at this day and time.  So to blame someone for their death we should just say thanks to those who serve instead.  Also as for gas prices it's all in the Lobbyist that control congress.  Before you ask any other question as stupid as this please read into how politics work.  I am not political but just one person that tries to keep informed on the reasons behind it.
958839
Gas prices will go down when Bush is gone! Dems. don't have oil buddies they are trying to make rich!
550385
I don't think it's possible because people want what is no theirs. the U.S. is a prime example. They will keep taking until they have it all and someone is going to fight back.\nthat said we have Bush as a president and the U.S. will keep electing idiots.\nWeapons of mass destruction. HA!!  he just want the oil and people are dying for NOTHING!