Originally posted by lazs2
sheesh.... gas costs what it costs... the cheaper the better... gouging is illegal and tax on gas is immoral... If it get's too expensive then we will either find more or use something else..
In the meantime drive whatever you like and can afford.
One thing that
might lead to cheaper gas is if demand was reduced. Hardly likely where people think it's right and proper to drive 12mpg gas guzzlers, which they consider to be "pretty economical". ^
The price is governed by the laws of supply and demand, Lazs. To use a somewhat laughable hypothetical example (but one which our wise and mutual friend Mr. Toad assures me could be applied in practice) imagine if all car drivers switched to horses and carts. The demand for oil would take a nose dive. The people selling the oil would have so much they wouldn't know what to do with it, and would have to reduce its price drastically to sell it at all.
Conversely, if we continue to boost the demand for oil by wasting it, the price will be high and will climb higher. Oil and gas are bought on world markets, and what we have to remember is that China's total energy demand is forecast to grow at 3.2 per cent a year over the next 20 years. The northern hemisphere is just entering winter: Let's see what happens to oil prices in the next 2-3 months...
The more we waste, the more it will cost.
Ripsnort seems to think that some sort of monster V8 truck is needed to tow a 21ft boat. This, of course, is bollocks. 21ft? Pffft... I used to tow a 30ft glider trailer behind my car which had a 1.8 litre petrol engine, and there was no problem. My aunt and uncle had
two cruise boats, and as far as I know they did not need anything other than an ordinary car to tow them. Still, I'm talking European cars here.
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