WHY THE F*CK IS GAS SO F*CKING EXPENSIVE?

[battleknight24]

I know a lot of you will say that it is because of the Hurricane, but gas prices were surging upward well before that happened. What is up with these prices?

Peace,

[applegrove]

1. Because you are not reducing supply. You have had 3 years warning

and nobody has stopped making SUVs or selling houses way out of the city.

[tx_dem41]

10. Methinks you mean "demand" .

[applegrove]

24. Yes - sorry. You are not "sacrificing" in a time of war. So the price

rises and alternative fuels & bycicles are not promoted. "just go to the mall to fight terrorism".

Not how adults handle a situation. Adults fight with sacrifice. And going without for the good of the nation. Right now the only people who are going without are the underemployed who subsidize the stock market by keeping inflation lower than it would be. And of course the poor.


That is what you get when an adolescent leads the way and does the work of his bully big-oil friends.

[William769]

2. Chicken little comes to mind.

[battleknight24]

5. ?

?

[William769]

11. The mentality of the sky is falling

So lets raise gas prices.

[barb162]

31. The sky IS falling unless you happen to know where some

giant undiscovered oil fields are.

[PatriotMom]

3. $3.10 in AZ for Reg

But to even charge those people leaving the hurricane site or to charge them now in this State of Emergency is immoral, and probably illegal.

[kahleefornia]

25. damn. I lived in Phoenix four years ago

and remember it being $.98!!!!!

[Spazito]

4. The skyrocketing prices today could be because of this...

20 oil rigs missing in Gulf of Mexico: US Coast Guard

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050831/pl_afp/usweatheroilgulfrigs_050831213716

[barb162]

20. that's scary. Prices will skyrocket.

We all need to conserve.

[fishnfla]

6. Iraq sells oil too

according to the IMF high oil prices are supporting the Iraqi economy

[leesa]

42. Not much. One point of the war was to keep it off the market so prices

could skyrocket.

[nankerphelge]

7. Our oil gluttony is not sustainable

plain and simple.

[Jamison]

9. So true.

Looks like people are gonna have to trade those huge SUV's in for Vespas.

[Delphinus]

13. Yeah,

but Unca Dick says, "The American way of life will not be compromised."

[barb162]

28. I'd like to see the waste stop this weekend with everyone not

doing their 3 day vacations and unnecessary driving. I wish people would stay home instead and CONSERVE. We are headed for some very troubling times and it will only keep getting worse. Oil supply in the gulf has been disrupted badly just for starters but In am really talking about the long term problem of the world supply

[mitchleary]

WE cannot have Exxon

going one quarter without record profits, can we?

[The Jacobin]

8. Take an economics course at your local community college

[jim3775]

12. We in Canada have been paying $3.00+/g for a while now

Americans arent entitled to cheap gas. Join the rest of the world will you?

[chaska]

18. Well, I guess if we're paying the same as ya'll....

there goes my last reason to stay here.

[merbex]

22. Does any part of that price help pay for your

National Health Insurance?

What %of that price is considered taxes or fees?

[jim3775]

30. In Ontario the gas tax is 14.7%

That money goes directly back to the cities.

Edit: In the US the tax is 50 cents a gallon.

[FloridaPat]

23. Hey, we've paid trillions for our military to encircle oil rich countries

around the world. I've paid my dues. Gimme my cheap oil! And watch it you oil people of the north - you're on our list and we'll get your oil eventually. As soon as we take over the ME and Venezula.

[ugarte]

14. Gouging

The oil companies have license to jack prices as high as they want and they're milking it. All they have to do is shout "Katrina," just like Bush uses 9-11.

[Whoa_Nelly]

15. Because they can n/t

[barb162]

16. very tight supply and very large demand= high prices

And prices will get way higher because of the damage done to refineries, platforms out in the gulf, pipelines, etc. A lot higher and I think it will last for months

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

17. Greed.

[Rex]

19. Because the BFEE can

and no one will stop them.

[still_one]

21. so my oil stocks can go up

I voted against the bastard, I worked for Kerry and Gore, but when * won, without hesitation I went long oil and natural gas

People in this country voted against their own interests

I am sorry, but as far as the price of energy, they only have themselves to blame. Of course, those that voted against him will also suffer, but the elected democrats were too quiet for too long

When will they fight for the PEOPLE!!!

[Bumblebee]

26. Because they can -- remember California and electricity prices?

In situations like that prices need to be capped because the oil companies exploit it to the tilt. But who is going to stop them -- Bush and Cheney?

[undergroundpanther]

27. ummm oil is running out...

[barb162]

32. And it is amazing how many people refuse to believe this

simple fact, isn't it?

[undergroundpanther]

37. Fear can make you believe

Things that defy the reality right before you.

[barb162]

40. and denial. I think most Americans are in utter denial about

the situation.

[undergroundpanther]

44. Sad part is

When the illusion breaks it will be ugly.

People can't endure looking at reality for long.
Because existance is wall to wall trauma with a bit of love and beauty in it for cognitive dissonance. The people with thier world veiw crashing down will be scared they will have angerat being used and lied to,and shafted.. But they will not be able to confront the source of thier anger( the elites and corporate greed) So Where will it be displaced? On each other..exactly like the elites want it to be.
I look at reality without flinching and all day I contemplate suicide.

I can't wait to get away from this crazy miserable deluded prison of a world.Death is merciful.For life here for the most part is suffering.
We are in hell/samsara and nobody gets out alive...

[barb162]

45. It will get worse very soon and I am beside myself about it

I see my idiot neighbors riding around in those damned SUVs and it is as if they are living in a dream world that will not end. The arogant showoff idiot across the street who likes to flash his money around got his 4 year old kid a small "kiddy" car that has a small gas engine in it. The waste is taught and encouraged. It's gonna end and there will be a lot of pain in this country. It's just amazing watching it. Not many people are conserving; many are in blame mode and/ or wondering when the prices will decrease.

[undergroundpanther]

46. Thier minds have been hijacked

And they don't even KNOW it becausevthhey grow up SURROUNDED in a sealed worldveiw,a circle of"logic" a lie they are fed and forced to live from cradle to grave..IF they hope to "make it" in our society. You see I never made it,I am crazy I am on disability I am a loser in thier eyes.

Yet they do not realize they have been playing make believe,from birth..They do not know what is making them suffer and if they do know they lie inside because they are terrified to say...the unspeakable that existance IS.

[barb162]

47. You're not crazy

Most people are living in a dream world in this country. Most of those who have not "made it" look to live in that same dream world. The dream world is based on consuming and who has the most toys. It's mind- numbingly shallow.

[undergroundpanther]

48. But the alternative

Real world is painful enough to make you want to die.

Painful enough to make you want to smash your brains out.

Love can kill you from the inside out ,when what is good matters to you.

That's why people fear real love.
Real connection,honest heart to heart relationships.
Because this world will kill every living thing you love..
Mortality is torment,so people pretend life will not leave them,to the point of delusion..
Death takes all except THINGS.
So when people love things over people they really are scared of their own vulnerabilities.They'd rather love things because things have no will of their own and they do not complain when abused,suffer or die.
Sick part is when cultures turn living beings into commodities.Pretending they are things.That is one way our culture does harm when it plays make believe.

[barb162]

51. I think everything you are saying is true

but I think there is still a lot to love. Despite all the pain and ugliness in the world, there is still a lot of incredible beauty and love in the world. Thinking of how incredibly beautiful national parks are, just watching a bird, cumulus clouds, snowflakes, talking to friends, having pets....

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

49. I understand your sentiment completely

and tend to agree.

From my profile comment:
To be rational is to look the universe in the face and not flinch.
Anonymous

I too look at reality without flinching - and no, it is not pretty.
I quell my suicidal ruminations with the refrain, "it could always be worse."

[Roland99]

29. Because people are FEEDING the PANIC!

DON'T BUY GAS IF YOU DON'T NEED TO!


If you have 1/2, 3/4 tank, etc. DON'T BUY GAS.

[jdlh8894]

35. If you have 1/2, 3/4 tank, etc. DON'T BUY GAS.

What difference will that make?

[Roland99]

36. Because you can last a while on that. Don't add to the panic buying.

It just makes it worse.

[mvd]

33. They are given perks under Bush..

so once you get some, you want more and more. Bush certainly won't stop them. Gas prices can't possibly be THIS volatile without greed.

[kestrel91316]

34. Time to get rid of the GAS HOGS, already, ijjits.

[NoBushSpokenHere]

38. the prices are going up because

W's friends and family profits from THE SALE OF GAS and other fuels. And because the majority of America sat back and DIDN'T FIGHT THE ELECTION FRAUD. And because the Democrats in POWER let it happen despite the MAJORITY of the Democratic membership recognizing fraud. And because county by county, corporations are currently taking over our elections. And, despite the majority of Americans not wanting this to happen, there are NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE protesting and working for solutions to the problem by attending BOE meetings and contacting our congress!

Did you know the Election of 2004 is still being investigated???
Please check out the 2004 Election Results and Discussion Forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=203

We could use some help!

[Terran]

39. IT'S $2.99 HERE IN DA HEARTLAND

How long you think all these SUV-drivin Medicaid-deprivin sons-a-beyatchs will put yp with THAT? I say $4 gas is worth if it hurts the repubs next year.

[leesa]

41. It's called gouging. Oil company profits are up 300 or so percent.

They can charge what they like, demand is high, supply artificially low. Why the hell do you think we have worked so hard to keep Iraq's oil off the market?? The war and chaos in Iraq keeps their oil off the market.

[battleknight24]

43. Did we go to Iraq to get their oil and...

... just hold on to it? Serious question...


Peace,

[Liberal In Texas]

50. BECAUSE THEY CAN. N/T