[jeff denton]

I have no doubt that the oil companies are gonna keep pushing the price up to see at what point people will stop buying it. Let's take a poll and see what we think that price will be?
Ha. We are addicted to gas, we're not about to quit buying it.
When I was in Scotland, gas was $6 a gallon. Very few people could afford cars, those that could wanted economical ones and drove them only when they had to. Otherwise they took the bus and the train.
Some people could have luxury cars, and lots of them, and bought all the gas they wanted. It's kind of a perk for being successful, whether that was inherited or earned...
That's what's gonna happen here. Driving cars will be a luxury for those who can afford them and the gas to make them go. Should alleviate traffic congestion quite drastically.
I wonder what would happen if we all voluntarily contributed a dollar per gallon to researching an alternative fuel? You know the oil companies won't want that, but the government would if we tell them to. Otherwise we're gonna keep paying more and more for gas and the research will crawl on.
Remember that the gas we burn in our cars is a tiny slice of the pie as far as oil consumption. Very tiny, like seven percent. Most oil is used in the production of plastic. A big slice is in shipping, as in ships and trains and jets and trucks. Agriculture is a major one, so is the heavy equipment that builds and maintains our highways and digs our coal and aluminum and gold, etc.
I'd like to know how many gallons of fuel a day it costs us to screw around in Iraq and other military operations globally. You would be horrified if you knew, trust me.
It's my understanding that the largest privately owned fleet in the world is Coca Cola. I wonder how many gallons of fuel they go through every day. Have a Coke and a smile.