Now do you really bat an eye at the gas pump prices filling
up your car or truck. I mean I don’t. I have a big truck and I still need to
fill up but the problem that most American’s have is that with the economy on a
slow upward climb we still see the darn gas prices at the pump keep rising and
why? I drive a big pickup and I still need gas but I still only get 20 to 40
dollars per fill up just because I cant afford the full tank of around 100 dollars.
We can all remember when the price of gas fell to almost 1.50 in the fall of
2008 and all things were thought to be solved but what we learned that with
people getting upset with the price of gas they started to basically boycott
the oil industry and what did we see the price of gas fall. So the question is
do we need to boycott the industry again to see gas prices fall. We can see
that with President Obama opposing the Keystone XL pipeline we can see a jump
at the pump.
Obama opposed exploring for energy in Alaska. And also killed the offshore
drilling which would help explore the possibility of oil in the gulf. If we
would open the drilling in Alaska the United States could lessen there
dependence on foreign oil by almost half. We can see that oil dependency is a
crucial part of the 2012 elections and also with the major part being on the
economy there is still a huge emphasis on oil and the price at the pump. According
to the Des Moines Register Thus, while “Drill, baby, drill”
makes a great campaign slogan, it is not a prescription for reducing pump
prices. Yet, both political parties are guilty of using high oil prices against
the other party. Obama used the issue against the Bush administration in 2008,
and now he’s getting a taste of his own medicine from Republicans who blame him
for high gas prices. So my opinion on the whole gas prices is that if we can
slowly start to lower our dependence on the fuel and start to use alternate
modes of transportation maybe the oil companies will get the hint again just
like they did in 2008 and will start to lower the fuel prices.
I feel that we need to boycott the oil companies. I know that on April 15th I will not fill up on gas. In April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight. On April 15, 2012, we are not to go to a gas station in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $1.20 a liter/$3.87 in most places. If we all did not got to the pump on the 15th, it would take $2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companies pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on April 15th and let's try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day. I know that I am going to encourage my friends to do this. This will literally take no time out of your day and is very easy to pass the word on.
ReplyDeleteI believe using alternate ways of transportation is a great way to go to save money and to in a way boycott oil companies. The only problem with the April 15 protest of not buying any gasoline is that oil companies can easily raise the gas prices slightly temporarily to profit off the protest. If we really want to make a difference, we would have to significantly cut spending on gas by going on long walks, biking, or of course long boarding.
ReplyDeleteReed Hanke