Why Are Gas Prices So High?

How many of you think the gas prices are going to go down, like we are being promised?

Gas prices are outrageous right now and if you are like me your pockets are empty every time you get a paycheck. Tell me and everyone else what you think is going to happen in the near future like promised by so many people lately. If you think it is bullsh*t. Tell me! Any answer goes! Thanks people!

Public Comments

1. lets see, most people believe in the supply and demand theory, all though it is true when supply is low and demand is high the prices go up, but again open your eyes, there is no supply issues, as a matter of fact there is plenty of supply and the demand has dropped due to less driving, so you would think the price would go down, but they haven't and will not, not ever until the American Economy and the American dollar collapse, that is the plan, get it
2. Why do so many people think that the supply of oil is infinite. How many gallons of gas do you use per day? Multiply that by everyone in this country who can drive. Now add billions in China and India. Not to mention all the oil used in industry for plastics and machinery. And all the airplanes and truckers. Why do people think that the supply is limitlessness. Has it ever occurred to these idiots that maybe someday it will be harder to find! Guess what, that is what is happening now!
3. Nothing, except higher prices. World demand for oil is increasing. OPEC holds the world hostage. Meanwhile in America, congress has done nothing since the energy crisis of the 1970s. No new drilling, no new power plants, no research into new energy sources. Big oil already leases drilling rights to a lot of unexplored land and they want to get their greedy little hands on what remains, while Bush is still in power. High prices aren't necessarily a bad thing. This is because (1) we'll learn to drive smaller cars. What does your average Joe need a monster SUV for. (2) we'll learn to cut our dependence on Arab oil. As far as I'm concerned, we should be charging the Arabs a fortune to bring fresh water, and our technologies into their countries. They hate us and want us dead anyways. (3) We'll bring back public transit, walking, bicycling, and the passenger train. (4) Airplanes pollute way too much (5) We'll learn to cut back on our wasteful spending (6) As oil prices rise, the cost of "Made in China" goods will rise. We might actually import less of this crap.
4. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SUPPLY AND DEMAND YOU ALSO KNOW THAT IF PEOPLE BUY LESS THAN THE PRICE GOES DOWN. THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED. I THINK THE PRICE GOES HIGH DURING WAR TIME IN ORDER TO TAX PRIMARILY THE NATION AMASSING HUGE COSTS. THAT BE US AND ONLY AFTER IRAQ AND BECOMING TOTALLY INDEPENDENT ON THEIR OIL WHICH THEY PLAN TO TAX TO THE VERY LAST DROP WILL THE U.S.A BE INDEPENDENT AND GREEN. THE FIGHT WAS ALL ABOUT OIL AND DEFENSE AND WE LOST BUT BELIEVE WE STILL BELONG IN A LONG DRAWN OUT WAR RATHER THAN NUKING OR DETONATING A HYDROGEN BOMB ON THE PAKISTANI REGION HOLDING OSAMA BIN LADIN. THAT WOULD SEND A MESSAGE THAT IF YOU HARBOR GLOBAL TERRORIST YOU WILL BE TREATED WITH THE SAME RESPECT. WE ARE BEING PROMISED THINGS TANTAMOUNT TO THE TERRORIST THEMSELVES BUT ALL WE GET IS A BIG POLITICAL HE SAID SHE SAID THEN THE LEGACY REARS UP BEHING MCCAIN. MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE PRICES GO DOWN AFTER WE HAVE A LIMITED STRIKE ENGAGEMENT WITH VENEZUELA OR SOME PSEUDO DRUG WAR OBJECTIVE BULLSHIT.
5. Down .18 cents in a month.Then up to $5 if no attack on Iran.If so,much higher.http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=energy+non+crisis&hl=en&sitesearch=# http://www.rense.com/general81/extr.htm
6. According to the media, gas prices are not going down anytime soon. There are other alternatives than building a car I happen to have done some research on the topic and found where this guy Oliver South convereted his BMW to water gas fuel. He has a video that shows step by step how anyone can do this. There is also a review website that I found in my research that covered a few other companies that are doing the same thing. You might want to check the review site at http://waterfuelconversion.googlepages.com