Gas May Soon Cost $7 and $10 a gallon...

[Bouncer]

America would be fine if gas went to $10 per gallon. People would adapt. They would ride bikes and take advantage of public transit.

you couldn't be more wrong. many people work to far away for bikes or simply cant ride them because of poor health. as for public transit, the amount of people that would move to public transit would flood and break down the system. our country is built for cars like no other. $10 a gallon would shut down america.

[bigscott]

This is about how much gas costs in the United Kingdom, thats why they all drive tiny cars or take the trains. America would be fine if gas went to $10 per gallon. People would adapt. They would ride bikes and take advantage of public transit.

really and who is going to deliver goods and services -- 10 $ a gallon of gas -- bro you would be paying damn near that for a loaf of bread -

the cost of shipping and delivering would be passed onto us -- the cost of everything would go up tremendously -

hence -- shut us down - crime rate will skyrocket along with poverty rate etc etc - hell i wouldnt want to be the guy delivering the gas :hang:


all this while the towel heads that hold the oil over our heads sit in the drivers seat making record profits by selling us supply and demand and shortage bullshit -

but hey - we bought it - now have to live with it -- this country should have been looking for other alternate means since the 70s so called crisis -- again we were sold a false claim !!!

sad thing it takes a baseball bat to the face or planes into buildings to wake this country up -- by then though damage is done

[The_Grinder]

fuk were gonna have to ride mopeds/ motorcyles like Grinder does.

:rofl: haters!

[babyblues]

Babyblues, this article illustrates what you're saying...

Why we're stuck with insane prices - MSN Money

I like it....:D It seems the decline of our economy is caused by a lack of confidence from consumers than any actual threats or deterants to our economic prosperity. I guess you could say the greatest threat is ourselves.

[toolwtf]

We would adapt and survive and life would go on even with $10 gas. Things would definitely suck, but the USA would not shut down. If you think it would, then you haven't paid much attention to history and the resiliency of this country.

[Bouncer]

If you think it would, then you haven't paid much attention to history

Maybe its you that doesn't pay much attention to history. What would you call the depression? i think most would consider that a shutdown.

[NYCmitch25]

oil 130 and148 by sunmer = $6 a gallon :)

[Megiddo]

That, my friends, is what we call propaganda. I'm sorry, but what a bunch of crap. There is no freakin supply and demand problem. Goodness. Gas probably will go that high and we'll be told that it's because of supply and demand. Bullshit. Gas reserves go down 6% and the price of gas goes up 186%?!?! We're being sold a bill of goods, folks. The thing is that if our economy collapsed, so would the world's economies. The entire world isn't dumb enough to let that happen...at least one would hope. In the 70s, there was this "shortage" that made the price of gas shoot through the roof. People were lining up for miles to get gas. Come to find out, gas companies were holding their tankers offshore telling the public there was a shortage and jacking the prices up, then magically making the tankers appear with more gas. It's nothing new. It's a manipulation tactic that has been used many times before and the American public falls for it every time because we're lazy and stupid. People trading oil futures have completely lost their minds! There is no rational reason for trading oil futures at that price. All that has to be done is plant the IDEA that there is a supply and demand problem and we lose all common sense. Just the suggestion that oil will hit $200 a barrel will probably be enough to con us into paying that price out of panic. "Oh my God! We better buy at $200 or we won't get any! Oh my God!" It doesn't even matter if we do anything to reduce our consumption because the price escalation really isn't due to supply and demand in the first place. It just pisses me off that we're being scammed.

QFMFT!!!!!

Oil prices right now are based on futures speculation. There is no supply problem. There is no such thing as Peak Oil!. It is all coffee-house horseshit!

[hitmansb]

Oil prices right now are based on futures speculation.

These bastards trading in oil futures eight years down the road are artificially inflating prices, and it's sickening. I hope there's a huge discovery of oil in the near future that causes the price to take a healthy dip, so all those spectulating scumbags to lose their shirts.

[FitnessBrat]

$95 to fill up today - what a bunch of sh*t :mad:

[FrankTheTank55]

$95 to fill up today - what a bunch of sh*t :mad:

Tell me about it. It cost me $75 and that will last maybe 10 days or so. I dont see how people that make minimum wage do it. Most of their paycheck has to go for gas. Sometimes I use that E85 just because its like .40 cheaper but that shit burns so fast it isnt really worth it.

[Bouncer]

$95 to fill up today - what a bunch of sh*t :mad:

wow, what the hell are you filling up a dump truck?

cost us $50 to fill up.

[toolwtf]

$95 to fill up today - what a bunch of sh*t :mad:

gas guzzling americans. What do you drive? A Hummer?

[Bouncer]

gas guzzling americans. What do you drive? A Hummer?

you have a way with women. :breakit:

[toolwtf]

In Europe, they have been paying $7-$8 per gallon for years. Thats why they all drive tiny cars over there (or take the bus or train). They also don't attack other countries for their oil so that could explain it. If you think about it, $4 per gallon isn't all that bad in comparison.