Are you Americans ready for $10 a gallon gasoline?
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If fossil fuels are going to start being expensive to the level that the economy is severely effected in the near term how will the 1st World retain their life style?  Even the “poor” feels they are entitled to their present life style to the level threaten it; they may riot.  Environmentalists for years have been selling the glory of “Free” Renewable Energy.  True the energy is free for the taking, but capturing, storing and transporting aren’t.   Some say that this “Free” energy may cost as much as 10 times the energy we purchase from the power grid (utilities).  \nAccording to the University of New South Wales in Sydney Australia the theoretical maximum conversion rate of solar cells is 27%.   They were quite proud to reach a 24% rate.  According to the University of Davis using electricity to isolate hydrogen then using the hydrogen to get electricity gets only 40% return of their investment of energy.  This doesn’t include storage, or lose due to leakage.  Speaking of storage to liquefy hydrogen consumes 40% of the energy in hydrogen.  The higher the pressure of hydrogen the greater the leakage.  All of these losses are reflected into the size of ones solar farm.\nThe cost is in the infrastructure that has to be paid up front.  The 3 different financial types relating to energy are: ones that can’t afford to pay for 20 years of their energy consumption up front, those that can, and finally those that choose to invest to create energy for the masses.  With at least the last 2 the numbers have to be run to look at our future energy availability.  They are looking for a return on their investment.\nNot only is the cost of the infrastructure to capture, store, and transport Renewable Energy, but the infrastructure to build it.  Many are caught up in the illegal activity of Enron and Global Crossing.  Their illegal activity didn’t start until they had to hide the fact that they didn’t have return on investment from investing in infrastructure that paying demand couldn’t support.  Their action warns of growing the replacement infrastructure too fast.  \nThe documentary The Cadillac Desert hints at the way to pay for infrastructure.  The movie implies the taxing the areas land paid the bill for bring the water to Los Angeles.  This is only ½ right.  The head of the chamber of commerce, Frank P. Wiggins, marketed Los Angeles world wide.  By populating the area he upped the quantity of water that would be consumed and increased the value of land.  The increase value of land increased the tax collected.  This solution is based on changing the value of land to subsidize the cost of Renewable Energy infrastructure.  \nToday environmentalists say 5% of continental (conus) land mass is required to power the United States with renewable energy.  Granted they assume distributed backyard energy collectors.  The closer to the poles the lower the energy collected.  They may also be envisioning lower conversion rate solar cells due to cost.\nThe build rate is very much a juggling act to get sellable spin-off benefits.  One has to consume enough hydrogen based energy to hydrate the area. According to government figures a family of 4 consumes 300 gallons of water a day.  To create this amount of water one has to consume 5000 KWh a day per family of 4.  Since the wire through isolating hydrogen back to electricity is only 40% return of investment, 12,500 KWh will have to be captured up-front.  This amount of energy is based on a web site energy equivalence calculator, www.shec-labs.com/calc/fuel_energy_equivalence.php and the information supplied from the University of California Davis.\nOne might think that if the 2 international governments quickly donated/invested a quantity of land large enough for the private investor to sit-up and take notice would be adequate to get started.  The way they show transferring land is the correct way to pay for
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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're high.  But I think don't think we're in the "too high" range yet.  That'll probably be this summer and the year after.  We're still around 80% of the all time high for gas compared to the oil crisis we had years ago.
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crazy answer, but it has been going around lately, we should pay what Europe is paying for gas . i know crazy but if gas were to go up to $10/ gallon around 20% of our drivers would be taking public transit. this would cut down accidents by 35-40%. and on the plus side those taking transit would have time to sleep, read or get that extra bit of work in on the way to work, and save some more bucks.
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Shoot, Id contribute $100, especially if I knew for sure that we could stop sending $$ to the Middle East and to the commies in South America, and that I would save money in the long run in fueling my car and powering my house.  Anything that breaks our foreign oil dependance, stops polluting the environment, and costs less doesnt sound like it has a down side to me.
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Used to be $2.21 as I remember. I saw yesterday the gas station near my house was $2.33. The low gas prices arguement was used by the GOP as a campaign tool and now they still lost. So, it is rising again.
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yeah.. good point... but I'm in S.C. and we have one of the lowest gas taxes in the nation and we're still paying near $3 for it... I don't know how that works exactly... oh yeah, greedy oil bastards jack up the price no matter what
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$2.40  from $2.10 in the last two days, coinsidence, or some more gouging from the oil company's? I think we will see some $4.00 a gallon before Christmas.
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Damn right. I recieve emails all the time regarding how the Americans actually beleive what comes out fo their TV sets. Finally they are experiencing the cost of car fuel the rest of the world has experinced for years! It's amazing how such a large country, who really genuinely believes it is the 'keeper' of the world, can have such a weakened economy, despite make fuel cheaper for years.\nWhen Bush finally agrees to discuss this issue, it will be too late. Do you wanna be an American Idiot? - Even your own pop stars write lyrics about how stupid you are.\nI realise that the power of these issues is a little out of about 50% of the populations' hands, however, 50% of you (roughly) did vote for Bush, and therefore the BLOOD is on your hands!!
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because we the americans have an attention span this --------- long. as long as we vote like we do....we need to throw out all the lifetime goverment babies and start new. As long as we continue to drive like we do and pay ....its not going to change... we need to stick together as one {which will never happen, and they know it} we cant even stick together, with out the communist ACLU breaking us apart...as for the price gouging that is supposedly going on every week......how does the price of gas jump up 10-15 cents on the weekends. To say its the right of the company is b__sh__. its price gouging when you buy a piece of lumber in the northern state and sell it after hurricane down south for a profit. WHATS THE DIFFERENCE?
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probably no more than ten bucks
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it means they charge you .0090 extra cents per gallon. If the price says $1.00 9/10  it means they actually charge $1.009. Since their machines round up the price, it would cost you $1.01 to buy 1 gallon of gas.
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By getting the gas prices to go through the roof? That's an interesting question. \nThey said on the news today that Americans will not even consider buying a more gas-efficient car before the price of gas hits $3.5 per gallon... So I'm not sure that what's happening is really going to help.
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Not Totally. I Hear Everyone Complaining about the High Cost of Gas. I've Found a Way to Convert Regular Pump Gasoline into Propane.My Unit is Safe, Compact, and Uses Low Pressure Air to Do It. But, it's Illegal to Put on Any U.S. Vehicle Made From 1996 to the Present, even if Fuel Economy is Improved, and Emissions are Lowered.That's the EPA-OBD-II Vehicle Inspection Law.We Can Thank The Clinton Administration for That.If a Vehicle Does Not Emit Enough Pollution, It Will Fail Inspection, and be Illegal to Drive! This is Insane! I've Been to the US Patent Office and Looked at Patents Kept Off The Market. Case in Point, the Pogue Carburetor, Which is On File as Having Achieved 100 + MPG With a Flathead Ford V-8 That Normally Got 15 MPG!All OBD-II '96 ^ Engines are Set To Run 14.7 Parts of Air to 1 Part of Fuel.My Vaporizer Does 100 Parts of Air to 1 Part of Fuel, With an Actual Increase of Engine Power, and Longer Life. 50 + MPG With even the Largest SUV! And, It's Illegal! If I'm Wrong, then How is it That Engines DO Run On Propane? To Do So Legally Requires the Use of a Large, Cumbersome, Expensive Tank Cylinder, Which must be hauled with the Vehicle, Expensive Metering Equipment, and the Added Hassle of Having to Refill the Tank.So Much Hassle that even with Gas Going Back to $3.OO Per Gallon, it's Just Not Worth the Hassle!Again, I've Heard it Over and Over Today, and Tonight, People Complaining About the High Cost of Gas. Know What? All Petroleum is Essentially the Same on a Molecular Level. Only the Dispersal is Altered. But The OBD-II Law, that Applies to the Vehicle That You are Driving Can't be Altered! Most People I Try to Explain This To Don't Want to Hear It, But They Still Complain About the High Cost Of Gas. I'd Like to Fix Up Older Vehicles Converted to Vapor, and Donate Them to The Meals On Wheels Program, Volunteer Veterans' Services [We Owe Them So Very Much!] Homeless Shelter Assistance Centers, and Many Other Worthwhile Charities! See, Greed has Stopped This Every Time! Now, The OBD-II Law. So, No, I'm Not "Happy Tonight"!
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Never!Here in Europe gas is about 5.5 $ per gallon. The problem is not the price of gas. The real issue is having a lifestyle that complies with a sustainable environment. So don't ask yourself about the gas-prices.Ask yourself about how much gas you're use compared to how much gas you should be using
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It'll get to be about $3.19 a gallon (national average), with some fluctuations.....but a fairly steady rise.
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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.