Why Do Higher Gas Prices Anger You?

What I wonder is why any of you are complaining.
Many of you have said we need to conserve energy,we need to stop driving our cars,etc.

Many of the treehuggers say that high energy prices are good for the countries environment.
Now,you are complaining about the high prices.

That doesnt make sense to me.

As far as cars go, I already drive a small car that gets good gas mileage, and when it comes time for a new one (two years or so) I'll buy a hybrid. We also always try to live close to where we work, both to save time and gas money.

We've never built a house, but if we ever do I will pay close attention to how it is designed to take advantage of passive solar heating and lighting and wind cooling. I feel very strongly that a lot of the waste in terms of energy and everything else is due to our poorly designed buildings and cities. In short, there are no quick and simple fixes to this problem.

mysteryman wrote:

What I wonder is why any of you are complaining.
Many of you have said we need to conserve energy,we need to stop driving our cars,etc.

Many of the treehuggers say that high energy prices are good for the countries environment.
Now,you are complaining about the high prices.

That doesnt make sense to me.

Why? We don't like to pay high prices and we don't want to walk. How is that hard to understand?

If you dont like high prices,then why have the treehuggers and many on the left blocked any attempt to drill anywhere in the US?

Why have the treehuggers and many on the left not allowed ANY type of oil exploration on any US territory?

While I agree that we need to find alternate forms of energy,in the short term we must find more domestic oil,to reduced our dependence on foreign sources.

So,if you want lower prices,then you should support domestic exploration and drilling.
You cant have it both ways.

What I wonder is why any of you are complaining.
Many of you have said we need to conserve energy,we need to stop driving our cars,etc.

Many of the treehuggers say that high energy prices are good for the countries environment.
Now,you are complaining about the high prices.

That doesnt make sense to me.

Wholesale gas markets jump
The market, which usually reacts first to futures market nervousness, jumped 10 - 25 cents a gallon.
August 29, 2005: 3:09 PM EDT

NEW YORK (CNN) - Wholesale prices for gasoline began to react Monday afternoon to Katrina's march through the Gulf of Mexico, jumping 10 to 25 cents per gallon over Friday's prices, depending on the part of the country, the publisher of the Lundberg Survey said.

"Unless these are reversed in the next few hours, they will show up in the street" -- at the retail level -- by Tuesday or Wednesday, predicted Trilby Lundberg.

The price hikes were confined to the unbranded wholesale market, which is typically the first to react to futures market nervousness, said Lundberg, whose survey tracks the prices of gasoline on the wholesale markets.

Refineries and oil-drilling platforms were in Katrina's path.

"The market believes tightness (of supplies) is substantial, at least temporarily," she said.

"Unless Katrina spares the oil facilities, then these wholesale prices will make their way to the street very, very fast, probably by tomorrow or the next day."

If, however, the damage is quickly deemed minimal, it's possible that the prices at the pumps would not be affected, she said.

On Sunday, the Lundberg Survey found that the national average price of gasoline broke a record for the fourth time this year, soaring nearly 13 cents between August 12 and August 26 to $2.63 per gallon of self-serve regular.

New Orleans drivers paid the least, at $2.45 per gallon of self-serve regular; and Chicago drivers paid the most, at $2.84, she said.

Since early January, gas prices have risen more than 83 cents per gallon.

Though gas prices are at a high in absolute terms, they are about 40 cents per gallon below their 1981 high with inflation factored in, she said. In 1981, unrest in Iran caused gas prices to shoot up.

Wow! Roughly converting litres to gallons, that's um, well, a whole bunch.

Oh well its happening world wide we have just gone up to $1.47 a litre here a 40 cent jump! $30.00 gets me just under half a tank.

mysteryman wrote:

What I wonder is why any of you are complaining.
Many of you have said we need to conserve energy,we need to stop driving our cars,etc.

Many of the treehuggers say that high energy prices are good for the countries environment.
Now,you are complaining about the high prices.

That doesnt make sense to me.

why don't you war mongering baby killers just kill the treehuggers?