Just another reason to raise gas prices

[dotymed]

Currently we have the largest reserves of oil, ever.

http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/reserves/spr/spr-facts.html

Yet, have you noticed since the catastrophe in the Gulf (totally preventable), that our gas prices are rising ? In my Indiana area, gas is $2.95 a gallon, 25 cents higher than last week. But, hey we still have oil tankers parked, waiting until the prices rise before they unload it. Hurry up speculators, get those prices higher...Now, I believe, that in addition to the speculators gouging us, we are paying for the BP spill. You know, the one that wasn't their fault but THEY were going to pay for it anyway. No, we are paying for it twice over, and that does not include the irreversible environmental damage that the spill is creating globally, it's in the "Gulf Stream."
When will we say enough? Will we wait until the IMF takes over the US economy? We are the largest debtor nation in the world. The Greek citizens are facing years of suffering while the ruling elite, who caused the mess, are jet-setting. We have been "globalized" so the elite can feed off of and play all of the worlds citizens against each other. All of this, in the name of their God, unregulated capitalism. We need to globalize our resistance and stand as one to put the "jeanie" back in the bottle. Capitalism is killing all but the tiny percentage of the worlds wealthy. Well. I need to go put $10.00 in the tank...:rant:

[polichick]

1. I hope the price of gas goes to $5 and stays there...

It's the only way idiot Americans will seriously support green energy and make the changes in their own lives and in their votes that are critical to survival.

[unabelladonna]

5. i don't give a damn if it goes to 8 dollars a gallon

i can afford it.
and that's exactly what you're saying. there are many people who MUST travel to their jobs and not all of them are algore.

[Statistical]

6. If gasoline was $10 per gallon you don't think you would reduce consumption at all.

No carpooling
no buying a more efficient vehicle next time,
no looking at natural gas, fuel cell, hybrid, or electric vehicle
no mimizing unneeded trips
no walking/biking/jogging for short trips to Grocery store

On a more macro-economic level
no people looking to minimize commute distances
no more people interested in mass transit

You just think consumption will be exactly the same no matter if gas is $0.10 per gallon or $10 per gallon?

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. Ours just went up this morning.

I don't know whether it is the spill or whether it is just the higher summer prices.

[Andy823]

3. Yep

Oil prices are down about $6 a barrel from last week, there is a surplus of oil and gas, very large surpluses that have been up for some time now, yet prices go up. Of course Memorial day is coming up and no matter what price "always" go up on a major holiday when people will be doing a lot of driving! Simply "GREED"!

[CountAllVotes]

4. they did not waste time around here

gasoline had been at $3.25 a gallon (way to much) for a long time. Yesterday I spotted it at $3.35 a gallon while in town. :grr:

I came home and filled the car up with 5 gallons of gasoline (a weeks supply) with my 5% cash back credit card good on gasoline purchases. It was $3.29 (raised 4 cents a gallon) where I live, not far from the other Shell station in town where the price was jacked up to $3.35 (no doubt earlier that day!).

The cash back credit card seems to only work at Shell Oil (a company I strongly dislike for personal reasons) being the company that issues this VISA card is back east. Apparently they don't have a Union 76 back east nor many of the other gasoline stations we have where I live.

So it is Shell Oil or pay more.

The really gotcha don't they? :mad:

:kick:

[jimlup]

7. I agree that it should be over $5

maybe higher... the climate crises isn't really a side issue, it is just that most people think it is.