bigbaldbulldog said:
everybody had great info and input..we have been trained and conditioned by the american gov't NOT to fight back..We sit back bitch, moan and complain but we do nothign about....We should make car manufactuors make cars that run on something other then or addtion to gas ..in the year 2005 we do not cars that get better milage then we did 50 years ago...the technology is out there to get atleast 50 miles a gallon on gas...now that Japan is using gas and oil at an alarming rate we WILL see gas and oil dissappear in our life times..i say within 10-12 years...thank god the US GOV"T is fighting steroids and prohormones instead of giving us a longer better running world...
Funny how this thread turned from gasoline/energy costs to government
Many of you know I work for the government. I don't get paid off the tax base. I get my own funding from the private sector and am pretty good about getting it.
Our agency deals this "world" energy crisis that as MikeS said, will put us (and the entire "industrialized" world) on it's head. Go ahead and blame the government or look towards them for solutions. We have all grown up and have not given any though to where energy comes from (gas, electricity, natural gas, petroleum products, etc) - it must grow on trees
I'm not saying it's wrong, but American's on a per capita basis use WAY MORE energy than ANY OTHER nation. Did you know the average house uses the equivalent of 15 mpg of fuel? Where do you think the electricity comes from - the forest? And this is a fraction of what most businesses use.
Most electricity is still generated from limited resources like coal and oil. In my neck of the woods it "was" hydro power. But I won't get into the stuff associated with this. Many are predicting that we are near the top of that curve for Natural Gas Resources. They can't build new electric generating facilities in my region (they were too dependant on hydo) fast enough and now they're trying to play catch up. EVERY NEW facility is a Natural Gas turbine. Our resgion used to have a tremendous surplus of NG and once all the Gas turbine fire up, we are going to be hurting.
There are some of us (I'm not in this category) that given that all we did was spend our money, it couldn't be spent. But - Most people though, are about 2 months worht of paychecks from bankruptcy (if you didn't get a paycheck for 2 months would nothing change in your life?). Sure we make good money, but most just spend it.
As Americans, we all have the right to do what we want. If you drive a vehicle like a large SUV - don't bitch when the gas costs $5 because it will - much sooner than you think. Same thing with how you use energy at home and the workplace.
But - since us Americans won't give up or cut back the use, it WILL BE the government that will end up telling us what to do. Some of you will remember the Oil Crisis of 1974 - parking your car in a line overnight, only to able to purchase $10 worth max, the next day. It won't be this easy next time around - when there is only so much to go around, it will get allocated.
Would you rather not work because of energy supply/costs or have your power restricted (turned off at peak demand times) at home - or would rather use whaat we have more smarter.
The situation is here today. You can either turn your head (ignore it until it really hits your pocketbook) or turn to the government - how could "they" let this happen or it's "their job" to fix it.
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