A voice in the wilderness.
I agree with Gansky1. Add the fact that our highways and roads are paid with gas taxes which havn't risen with inflation, and need to be raised about 30 to 40 cents a gallon just to maintain what we have.
And what I really don't get is why we think that we have to burn all of it up as fast as we can. What about saving some for the future generations? Let's face it, if we drove more economical cars, our expense, per month would be lower.
Here's another thing to ponder. Each and every person in the US uses the equivalent of 8 gallons of gasoline every day, in the form of coal, natural gas, oil or electricity. If we all quit driving today, we would still (assuming each one uses a gallon of gas per day) use 7 gallons of the stuff each day. Our whole way of life is built on extravagant usage of energy. Our large homes, no matter how efficient, use great amounts of energy to heat and cool them. The way most of the homes are built with long drive times to any service such as grocery stores, let alone to commute to work. All of these factors contribute to our energy usage. And as Gansky said, we have never had an energy policy, and that includes all of our administrations for the last 50 years.
With a decent and logical energy policy, we would convert the rust belt factories to photovoltaic panel factories. This would be the start of our independence from the oil dealers, and give people in our country jobs. This concept would need a huge push from the Govt, and our support, and would lead to higher costs for electricity at first. But this is an idea for creating a better future. What has this to do with the price of gas? Cars can be powered by electricity, for those who have short commutes. Electricity can also be used to create Hydrogen from water, which can power cars and other things. And any internal source of energy can help. We now import not only oil, but natural gas. Look for the pirce of those items to rise. We already have $108 oil, some predict $200.
My 2 cents.
Martin
