Gas Prices vs The Environment
I wonder if the same people complaining about the environment and specifically our carbon emissions are also the same people complaining about high gas prices. I saw an article today (forget where) about how much less people are driving now because of the increase in the price of gas. Isn’t this exactly what environmentalists want? Less driving = less carbon emissions = happy environment, right?
For some reason the phrase about people wanting to have their cake and to eat it, too comes to mind.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Seems to me, the sooner we use up all the gas the better off the planet will be. We’ll have to figure out another way to get around. I’m off to the Hummer dealership to do my part.
June 3rd, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Fortunately, cake is not made of gasoline.
But you can burn your gas and breathe it too!
June 27th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Actually, environmentalists ARE part of the reason why gas prices are so high. There is NO shortage. Prices are being artificially manipulated, either by speculators who are driving prices up, or by oil companies who are reporting a false “shortage” just to drive prices up. This reminds me of when electricity prices skyrocketed in Califonia in 2000 and 2001. There were public messages on the radio and tv everyday, saying that there was a power shortage and to conserve electricity. Well, guess what…it turned out that Enron was deliberately shutting down power plants to create a false “shortage” that didn’t exist. As soon as the Enron scandal came out, the power shortage suddenly vanished. No more rolling blackouts, no more messages on the radio or tv. Everything was quiet. There was never any shortage. The same thing is happening with gas prices. And environmentalists are partly to blame because they are giving credit to the hype and rumors about a shortage that doesn’t exist. They have their own alterior motives…I actually did hear an environmentalists say one time that they are glad the gas prices are so high, because that will make people drive less…even if it it does mean people are barely surviving. Some people live in the REAL world and can’t ride a bicycle to work everyday. Has anyone noticed that most environments tend to be upper-class? Maybe they will start to feel the misery too when their organic food starts to tripple in price because it’s more expensive to ship everything.
July 13th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
yup Im one of those people. actually I dont complain much cuz I hardly drive anywhere (new driver here). But yeah gas prices are high, and i care about the environment.
But c’mon green house gas emissions are supposedly way worse than vehicle emissions, but who pays attention to that?