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Originally Posted by l3uddha  i didn't know anyone was complaining about that. I thought people were worried about gas prices skyrocketing and crippling our economy. cheap gas has enabled this country to accomplish everything it has over the years. you wanna hear people bitch about gas prices, try over in europe. the economy is nowhere close to dead now, but letting oil prices run rampant is a sure way to kill it.
what works for you isn't going to work for society. we could all run electric saws, but there's already an energy shortage. if gas prices doubled or tripled, i'm sure you'd realize real quick just how much you really rely on it.
it'd be nice not to have to rely on oil, but we've been saying the same thing since the 1970s, and any change is decades into the future. self-sufficiency is great, but most people dont have the luxury to take all this time out of their busy schedule to chop wood. the only kind of self-sufficiency that might work, would be a windmill spinning freely in the back yard, but even then there's the startup cost, and all sorts of zoning issues and regulations that prevent people from doing it. my parents wanted to do this years ago for their 2.5 acre property on the south shore, but the street and town committee wouldn't allow it because windmills are "big and ugly" or something.
to say you dont rely on oil is dillusional, and to think people have the time and/or strength to chop wood or gather energy themselves by other means is insane. if people everywhere take time out of their lives to do this, they lose work, spend less, and the economy tanks. once again, this isn't the 1800s. i think you've been hanging out in the woods too long. |
And you feel competely entitled to a certain lifestyle. I understand that. Entitlement is the cause for the vast majority of our economic problems currently.
Pricey gas? Guess what? The economy can evolve.
BTW, gas prices HAVE trippled.
I choose to live in a somewhat financially responsible way. I am not betting on our government babysitting my finances and our luxorious way of life. If it comes to it, I'll sell the truck for a Corolla. Even at $10 a gallon, my weekly expenses will be reasonable.
Not enough time due to their busy schedule? Are you kidding me? Put down the remote, don't go the bar, shut off the PC and then see just how much free time there is. So many people talk about how hard previous generations had it and how much work they did but are completely unwilling to do anything that may inconvenience them in the least.
If gas gets really expensive, will you do something so simple as to take public transportation? Or is that just too much of a sacrifice for you to make?
Really now....
If you take care of yourself, you won't feel the need to cry/whine about situations like this. IMO, gas prices should be on the back burner for our government issues. When cars start getting better gas milage than they had TWENTY years ago it really won't be that big of an issue anymore.