Reformingstudent
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Don't know if it will get this bad 'Squawk Box' Guest Warns of $12-15-a-Gallon Gas but the way things are looking now, I wouldn't be surprised. 
Gas pains
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Zenas
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Yeah, worldwide economy would crumble if that happened.
Hopefully we'll return to some sort of psuedo-rural society to reduce gas consumption and depend on animal transportation again. I would so love to ride a horse around. With gas consumption reduced, prices would plummet back down so as to allow for us to still transport goods long distances cheaply and quickly.
We should all start saving up to buy in for New Geneva, my presently fictional Christian community.
Hopefully we'll return to some sort of psuedo-rural society to reduce gas consumption and depend on animal transportation again. I would so love to ride a horse around. With gas consumption reduced, prices would plummet back down so as to allow for us to still transport goods long distances cheaply and quickly.
We should all start saving up to buy in for New Geneva, my presently fictional Christian community.
staythecourse
Puritan Board Junior
I liked the link on "the Dean of Oil Analysis"
There's never a need to fear as a believer but being aware of likely future events is being like the wise ant. This was the first analyst that gave dates and amounts that I found helpful and conceivable. When people say "gas is going to hit $7/gallon" that's nothing I don't already believe. I am looking for specific dates as well.
There's never a need to fear as a believer but being aware of likely future events is being like the wise ant. This was the first analyst that gave dates and amounts that I found helpful and conceivable. When people say "gas is going to hit $7/gallon" that's nothing I don't already believe. I am looking for specific dates as well.
RamistThomist
Puritanboard Assessor
The government will save us.
Simply_Nikki
Puritan Board Junior
*got it*
Simply_Nikki
Puritan Board Junior
What if Gas Cost $10
What if gas cost $10 a gallon? - MSN Money
This article was pretty good, funny at times too
What if gas cost $10 a gallon? - MSN Money
This article was pretty good, funny at times too
Hippo
Puritan Board Junior
$10, Thats pretty much what it costs at the pumps in the UK, life goes on.
The threat of $10 per gallon gasoline could drive ME into bankruptcy. I'm a salesperson who has to pay for his own gas and vehicle maintenance. Unless my company subsidized my fuel costs I wouldn't be able to continue in my job. I'd have to find something else to do and probably earn far less money.
Simply_Nikki
Puritan Board Junior
$10, Thats pretty much what it costs at the pumps in the UK, life goes on.
That's pretty much what the article was getting at. Adjust, Adapt, Move on.
However it just provided some interesting scenarios of some pratical things consumers need to do to accomplish that.
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ReformedWretch
Puritan Board Doctor
I live 35 miles from work, I would definitely have to move.
Before gasoline would hit $10 a gallon I would suspect the SEC would suspend futures trading in the United States. In other words: government intervention. At $10 a gallon usage would plummet and so would OPEC profits. As has been mentioned, foreign oil would be supplemented or replaced by aggressive drilling in our own hemisphere. Alternative fuels are still so far off from widespread reality that they are no more than a promise. Hybrid technology would probably be mandated by government. Either that, or a minimum of 60-70-80 miles per gallon for gas-only powered cars. Life as we know would certainly change.
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