Willa Holte: High gas prices have nothing to do with shifting to alternative fuels. High gas prices are about money grubbing, plain and simple. In order for an actual alternative fuel to become readily available, the entire world would have to switch at once. This would mean that fossil fuels are no longer available to anyone, which in turn means that the billions of people that live on this planet and drive regular gas vehicles would no longer be able to use them. They would either need to have some sort of extremely expensive conversion, or be scrapped. So we could help the environment, but at what cost to those that will still live here....Show more
Jerald Florence: We know that a shift is not happening any time soon. People are too closed-minded and don't care about global warming, or say that it isn't happening. We have gas tanks to fill too.
Jules Ashbach: niiether
Galen Gowers: 'cuz they're not happy unless they are ragging on someone about s! omething
Azzie Trembly: its not a trick questionis Rising prices (inflation)low gas priceswhich is better to have...Show more
Elinore Schlinker: High gasoline prices are a major financial squeeze for middle and lower income families. Their wages are not increasing but they face higher energy, food and tuition costs plus ever increasing property taxes.
Rosalva Steinmann: keystone? What are the problems that need to be adressed for a handful of jobs?Fox is really dumbing down their sheep!LOL!I guess educated discussion is too much.Jobs Bill puts the construction workers back to work but oh they are just unemployed who need job training!Pass the jobs bill the Keystone is no where near it!Why does the oil have to go 1700 miles through 2 water tables to a port?Where is that sandpaper oil going? China...Show more
Sammy Kar: They both move it tandem.....
Avis Brantner: Ok lets say this spurs the country into alternate fuels. Is your car capable of ac! cepting these fuels? mine aren't. So with the spike in price! s which is showing clear signs that consumer spending is taking a dive meaning the economy isn't growing because everyone is spending there unequal wages (to profits of companies) on fuel and food, the basics. Who is going to have the extra money to go and purchase a change over to their vehicle or a new vehicle to support these new fuels? Not to mention with the economy diving that means business will start failing which will lead to even more people losing jobs. Sad thing is oil has the capability to do this to our country. We should have been researching alternate fuels 20 years ago...now I am afraid its a bit too late....Show more
Andre Winegar: Obama has to keep pushing his green agenda, has come out against coal burning power plants and has said that if gas prices must go up and his popularity goes down, then that's the way it is. Of course, he will go after oil companies, speculators and blame them for price increases, while continuing to approve of the de! lay in the completion of the Keystone pipeline. This is the same president who wants infrastructure spending for high speed rail projects - I would assume to further reduce our dependence on autos - sore of move the masses en masse, so to speak.See attached chart which shows by State, federal excise and state taxes on both gasoline and diesel....Show more
Joaquin Dronko: Because the money is just going for corporate profits and not being spent on developing new clean sources that will make us energy independent and make the Middle East and all it's problems irrelevant And as usual, the high prices hurt the little guy most.
Rick Duchane: Having both(low) would be the best.
Sabra Roers: No, it extremely is in simple terms one greater dumb speaking ingredient, he needs to spur replace skill sources, and renewable skill, it extremely is a logical ingredient, we are able to run out of oil sooner or later, and with China and India placing out to apply greater ! oil the fees won't ever bypass down lower back, till that determination! is discovered. yet he himself reported this week at a press convention that he could quite desire to work out gasoline costs bypass down, yet he has no administration over the thought consistent with Iran being, or attacking in the Gulf and deliveries being disrupted. till your are waiting for nationalization the oil does not belong to us, we in user-friendly terms sell leases, the oil employer sells it for the acceptable cost they are in a position to get. The president hasn't have been given administration over it, and if he did he'd save it low so no possible be mad while some people pointed hands at him over costs. the government does not drill, does not very own a drill, and the Keystone pipeline is going from Canada, no longer the U. S., to a Texas port, the place it is going to likely be shipped in another u . s ., and that they already produce different pipelines its no longer a clean ingredient, this one in simple terms occurs to be routed over an aquifer that cen! ters the individuals of Nebraska. they might decrease federal taxes, simply by fact the states ought to diminish their taxes, so a great way i've got no longer seen any state decrease the taxes to make it greater handy for Hummer drivers. unhappy because it variety of feels, possible purchase any vehicle you like, yet you do would desire to pay for it. and that may not going to alter....Show more
Floyd Labuda: Obama wants to destroy American energy independence.He has already stated that his goal is to bankrupt the coal industry.
Jannette Kotz: Why do no longer you human beings obtainable that purely keep on paying the better expenditures awaken and examine between the lines. Oh expensive the undesirable oil agencies something happens and up pass the the charges, whoop de do, purely take a seem on the quarterly income that they make, ever on account that Katrina the 'income' have been hitting checklist highs each quarter, the government won't do something approx! imately it, oh needless to say they'll communicate approximately it, ju! st to mollify the a lot, yet take action no probability they could lose to lots money. in case you have chose the charges down, automobile pool, walk to artwork, the keep, use public transit, do no longer purchase gas for an afternoon or 2 if sufficient human beings "who care' do it for a week it may make a significant dent of their revenues the two the Oil agencies and government. Come on human beings awaken scent the espresso....Show more
Caroyln Ebach: they go hand in hand.
Minh Lefrancois: Plain and simple, you're WRONG...It does nothing but HURT the working class.
Nelly Kikuchi: Clean coal refers to the method in which it's used to create power, it's cleaner and more efficient process than the old smoke billowing stacks that exhausted the emissions from burning coal.
Jude Kennelly: Interesting screen name. So this guy is ''vermin'' to you?How patriotic. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.daily...^ Google Images isn't behaving the way i! t normally does. Instead of the article, click the top link reading ''See full size image.''...Show more
Dick Maisenbacher: I´m not liberal. I´m not conservative either but I am worried about gas prices. You don't find money on trees.
Adam Momaya: They cannot make up there minds.
Davida Gisriel: there is cleaner coal, there is no clean coalit's where they catch and store heavy metals, radioactive isotopes, smog chemicals, and greenhouse gases underground instead of releasing them out the smoke stack - it also costs 40% more than normal coal, meaning it makes no sense.NUCLEAR NOW
Michelle Sohre: They complain because the core of their voting base is poor. It is that plain and simple. They need all of those votes so they will complain till the cows come home. It has nothing to do with alternative fuels, or the enviroment or how bad it hurts the poor. It has to do with votes and votes only.
Clare Hoard: Because they want it both ways. Entitle! ment does crazy things.
Ruthe Real: It refers to carbon sequester! ation.
Shamika Schools: Conservatives are worried about high gas prices too, skippy. Even though what you say may be true, the short term effects of high gas prices can make life very difficult for many people, both liberal and conservative.
Ariel Arons: Clean coal is an umbrella term used in the promotion of the use of coal as an energy source by emphasizing methods being developed to reduce its environmental impact. These efforts include chemically washing minerals and impurities from the coal, gasification (see also IGCC), treating the flue gases with steam to remove sulfur dioxide, and carbon capture and storage technologies to capture the carbon dioxide from the flue gas. These methods and the technology used are described as clean coal technology. Major politicians and the coal industry use the term "clean coal" to describe technologies designed to enhance both the efficiency and the environmental acceptability of coal extraction, preparation and use, with! no specific quantitative limits on any emissions, particularly carbon dioxide.It has been estimated that commercial-scale clean-coal power stations (coal-burning power stations with carbon capture and sequestration) cannot be commercially viable and widely adopted before 2020 or 2025. This time frame is of concern to environmentalists because, according to the Stern report, there is an urgent need to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.The concept of clean coal is said to be a solution to climate change and global warming by coal industry groups, while environmental groups maintain that it is greenwash, a public relations tactic that presents coal as having the potential to be an environmentally acceptable option. Greenpeace is a major opponent of the concept because emissions and wastes are not avoided, but are transferred from one waste stream to another....Show more
Rachell Meese: Obama has nothing to do with the Chevy Volt. Look at the dates in ! the link below. They show the Volt was developed between 2006 and 2007,! and the production model was ready by 2008. That's all before bailouts, and before Obama's election.*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt#Produc...*Widespread assertions that the Volt was developed with large amounts of taxpayer money are false.*GM, in fact, must build electric vehicles to respond to market pressure from Nissan, Mitsubishi, Tesla, and a dozen other auto companies bringing electric vehicles to market. All the "Volt trashing" on Answers and elsewhere will just hand the EV market to overseas competitors.*RE: The Keystone Pipeline. Take a look at where that pipeline runs. If it's oil for Americans, why run it all the way to the Gulf of Mexico? That pipeline is not for us here in America. It so the multinational oil companies can load it onto ships and sell that oil overseas. So it's a boatload of environmental damage for the US and Canada and nothing in return for us....Show more
Alecia Kaehler: So, to those who are saying it's about the e! conomy, is the economy more important than the environment? And just so others of you know, I think that in order for the country to get off it's butt and lessen it's dependence on fossil fuels (which I am for), it needs economic incentive in the form of high prices.
Faustino Mellerson: A very expensive ruse, and an outright lie. Clean coal does NOT exist. It is the technological system of burning it that cleans the outgoing air (exhaust if you will). It costs more than it is worth. About as stupid as turning our food (corn) into fuel (would you rather drive than eat?).
Blair Abdi: Could be possible.He wants to also make us buy what the environmentalists think is eco-friendly.I have a Audi TT and gets about 35 MPG and it is powerful... that is eco-friendly and driver-friendly....Show more
Damion Oleksa: I think Obama wants the USA to wean itself off of a limited resource that will run out eventually, instead of believing that there will always be enough ! oil for the rest of eternity
Andrew Sinatra: Keep in mind that ga! s prices are still not at their highest prices. When you count inflation that is. Prices were higher in the 70's and 80's when you compare dollar to dollar.
Andrew Sinatra: co2 and Mercury and all heavy toxic metals..
Germaine Tieken: oh, there is this tiny little thing called an economy and jobs and expenses.High gas prices doesn't help any of them.
Ayesha Genova: Is there actually such a thing or is just a misnomer used by the fossil fuel industry to say they are for "green" technology. I think it is a huge misnomer because there is only one type of coal, the one that emitts the most co2 emissions.
Eleni Mccier: I don't get it either. I am in favor of alternatives and am glad that people are paying more for gas. It is the only realistic means for alternative fuels, economic viability.
Darnell Cutliff: Well, in classic terms, high gas prices would be an effect of inflation... So, I am not sure what you are asking!
Russell Mckinzi! e: Less sulfur.
Esteban Faggett:
Davis Zou: no, i do not belive this has anything to do with the chevy volt, nobody wants that car to start with, it has to do with forcing americans to spend all there income on transportation to stay alive. it has to do with making the ecnomy worse and inflation, it all goes back to his hatred of the american people and how racist we are.
Lulu Bukowiecki: Makes it damned hard to add on more taxes and that's what libs live for,taxes.
Ewa Homrich: Low gas prices, low infllation and high employment.Like when Clinton was president.
Thomas Riner: Certainly they are worried about their popularity. A failure in Iraq, an attack of Iran, poor diplomacy in Venezuela, drilling in Alaska...none of these topics are particularly popular; but unfortunately all have to do with the price of oil. By expressing their concern they are letting the American people know price are a priority despite any responsibility they take fo! r their actions. I might add, the conservatives use of terror around t! he world in the name of oil is far worse. Progressives should rule....Show more
Ervin Laeger: Because this pain COULD have been antisipated and avoided by better policy since the Nixon era. The Dumbya Coup is the MAJOR culprit here. The Chain Gang Cheney secret "enegy policy" meetings probably set the course to make a bad situation worse for the average American. Down with Dictator Dumbya!!!
Javier Holsonback: This could explain why he delayed a decision on the Keystone Pipeline.
Bianca Lannier: I take it from your question that you're a conservative who thinks that everything is just wonderful, that we don't need to be looking for alternative fuels or cleaner energy sources. That's crazy.
Adelle Weight: Maybe the are. You seem to be. However I would consider not living in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix or any other non viable city in the not-too-far distant future. Hold on to you hat, its going to be a bumpy ride.
Refugio Gastineau: Simple! , they want the high prices to be the result of high taxes.Not high profits.
Bennie Lantgen: they go hand-in-hand.high gas prices will cause inflation, example, food prices will be higher due to the higher cost to deliver the food to the market. Utilitiy bills, so on.
Nell Dipiero: They are concerned about the poor and their ability to get to work
Alise Rutgers: Obama SAID he wants energy prices to skyrocket. That's why NO Democrat is CAPABLE of believing he does.
