You are assuming that everyone can just bypass all these things? What about here in Alaska where people are forced to buy fuel-oil or freeze to
death? How are people supposed to get to work from areas with no mass transit? You can't ride a bike because you will probably get 3 feet and break
your face after slipping on the ice. Your mode of thinking is good and simplistic but it doesn't account for what actually takes place in reality.
We as americans should just ignore everything if we don't agree with it? How is that even America?
In 4 months gas prices have risen 20 dollars per barrel and continue to skyrocket.. The main determining factors for gas prices
i.e..
1-The geopolitical situation
2-Supply and demand
Are not exactly looking peachy either. Supply already can't keep up with demand as demand is increasing due to developing countries like India and
China, The goeopolitical situation isn't exactly a parade either. War in Iraq with no end on the horizon, Iran building a nuke and threatening to
use it (another war?), The global food crisis, etc..
Don't think this will ever affect us in the U.S.? It already is. Although it doesn't exactly affect all americans yet, the situation will only get
worse as oil prices continue to rise. Meanwhile Costco and sam's club will continue to ration rice and whatever else they are rationing right now,
and if oil prices continue to rise the food situation will become more dire.
We all know that basic economics involves ups and downs. But the determining factors that decide what oil costs are not going to let up anytime soon.
Supply will continue to fall short of global demand, the geopolitical situation will progress into who knows what.
Prove to me there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Meanwhile nothing resembling anything other than oil is in our future. We've seen nothing resembling an alternative energy movement and we will
continue to be dependant on oil (let alone foreign oil). Even if an alternative energy movement begins, how are alternative energy companies supposed
to compete fairly in the energy market with the big oil companies who already have a stranglehold on all of us?
And during all of this turmoil, the oil companies will make record profits as they continue to do. In the short term, fuel prices may go down, but
the overall trend of oil prices is pretty friggin obvious when you look at this:
s6.photobucket.com...
Since oil prices have risen 20 dollars a barrel in 4 months (since oil hit $100 a barrel since January) if that trend is continued we will see double
the prices we see now in 2 years. Could it happen sooner or later? Yes, however looking at oil prices since 1994, the question isn't if gas prices
will double but when. If this continues it will happen in 24 months. Not saying that will happen, but it very well could seeing what has been going
on.
-ChriS
[edit on 11-5-2008 by BlasteR]
[edit on 11-5-2008 by BlasteR]
