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Originally Posted by Chief
Pushing $5.80USD here and still going. I guess in the long run we need higher prices to force innovation and eventually get us off gas, but it sure does suck right now.
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I don't see that working really. People still need to get to work, people in rural areas have no public transit and people can't just stop living their lives because gas prices go up. The consumer takes it in the ass from all directions. Gas prices get high, food prices go up, anything that is transported via truck goes up. Something has to give. People always say the oil companies squash any attempts to create something that doesn't run on fossil fuels, well if they are raising prices to get people off gas, i guess they would embrace an alternative method of fuel now. But probably not. They are just getting as much as they can while they can get away with it.