Gas prices set to destroy United States

[tcaudilllg]

My mom just told me that she's looking for a job as a sales associate at Walmart, as opposed to a higher paying job working in Cincinnatti. (she lives in Monroe, a suburb between Cincinnatti and Dayton) The reason: gas prices. She says that the increased earnings she would get from a higher paying job would be more than offset by the transportation costs of going back-and-forth to work. This is the new financial reality in America today: people with college degrees are taking unskilled jobs because they pay more than professional work. (after transportation costs are considered)

And wonderful, we have an incompetant president who is incapable of seeing the reality in front of his face. Or... should I ask myself what the conservatives have to gain from reformer-types like my mother thinking they've got to live on the edge of their seats? There may be something more nefarious at work here.

[misutii]

good it's about time america died. look on the bright side, if it falls it will likely splinter into a number of smaller countries, one of which might actually bloom into a real democracy

[Lotus]

good it's about time america died. look on the bright side, if it falls it will likely splinter into a number of smaller countries, one of which might actually bloom into a real democracy

haha

[xyz]

Gas prices will not destroy america. tons of companies have been looking into alternative fuels for a long time.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...html?series=19

Personally I can't wait for the hybrids and full electric cars to pickup. (Hell, even the 'hybrid' cars that run on electricity but have a gas carburator to charge the battery AS YOUR DRIVING sound cool) , although some of these cars propose to do mass changes to america's infrastructure. I don't think those will do too well.

In the mean time, shortened cylinder heads and big engine modifications will come soon as well for that 35 MPG. But, I think this would probably be more of a band-aid than a long term solution to the oil problem.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...s/4261289.html

[Creepy-bg]

Gas prices will not destroy america. tons of companies have been looking into alternative fuels for a long time.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...html?series=19

Personally I can't wait for the hybrids and full electric cars to pickup. (Hell, even the 'hybrid' cars that run on electricity but have a gas carburator to charge the battery AS YOUR DRIVING sound cool) , although some of these cars propose to do mass changes to america's infrastructure. I don't think those will do too well.

In the mean time, shortened cylinder heads and big engine modifications will come soon as well for that 35 MPG. But, I think this would probably be more of a band-aid than a long term solution to the oil problem.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...s/4261289.html

too bad they don't have plugs for electric cars in Bakersfield

[xyz]

too bad they don't have plugs for electric cars in Bakersfield

Whats with you guys and the bakersfield and gay jokes?

[UDP]

too bad they don't have plugs for electric cars in Bakersfield

Steinbeckwould defecate in his trousers.

[Not A Communist Shill]

Petrol in Americar is cheap! More than double the price here!

[Creepy-bg]

Petrol in Americar is cheap! More than double the price here!

nobody cares about France

[Lotus]

Petrol in Americar is cheap! More than double the price here!

Hey! I'm in your signature... what's that all about?

[xyz]

Petrol in Americar is cheap! More than double the price here!

True, but don't you bike more in france?

Wait, you're not even in france are you!?

[Creepy-bg]

good it's about time america died. look on the bright side, if it falls it will likely splinter into a number of smaller countries, one of which might actually bloom into a real democracy

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