Why are people so passive about the rising gas prices?

The rising cost of gas and food is Thanks to our liberal friends. We can't build more refineries nor are we given permission to drill here. Thank you, NIMBY liberals, for this. We appreciate it. Also, the rising cost of food is because of our dear friend, Al Gore, who was the vote tie-breaker on starting the use of ethanol. Ethanol, as you are aware is made from corn, also most everything you eat has some sort of corn derivitive in it... hence, our souring food prices. Thanks again, Al, NIMBY's and other liberal wacko's.

Since you have all the answers and are so willing to criticize others, why haven't you put an end to all this madness?

Wow vbsb3 , girl your have a good head on your shoulders, two thumbs up. as for the questioner ride a bike or walk.

Why are we "passive?" Well, I don't know about the other circles that I don't run in, but in my circles, I would have to say that the passiveness is because we are busy raising families and working 40 hour or more per week jobs. We are busy making a living, raising our kids and getting them to and from school in one piece. We worry about the safety in schools and the quality of education and how we are going to be able to take a day off work when they are sick. We are worried that the daycare bill is astronomical and still paying on utilities for the winter. We are thinking about what we are going to do during the summer when the kids are home 24/7 and the grocery bill goes up as does the daycare and the summer activity things. Personally, I'm a SAHM and have a daycare in my house, so some of these issues I have solved on my own from my viewpoint, but this is what a good portion of the people I cater to see in their day to day lives. Revolution for them means the quelling of the kids to eat their carrots and spinach and getting them to bed on time despite their wanting to stay up and watch the Disney channel until the wee hours. Yeah, gas prices are phenominal and we are tightening up as much as possible. That what you do when your budget is stretched, you start cutting out the extras and hone in on needs. It happens every once in awhile and it won't last forever. But frankly, I will work on my own little corner of the world. I will be growing a lot more of my food this summer and wasting a lot less. There will be more beans and rice and less beef and pork. That's what I'm doing to "step up to the madness" as well as vote out the jerks who tell us voting for "change" will solve our problems....they fail to mention what kind of change....just change. Great. And GIZMO- I drive a big honkin Suburban because I've got 7 kids. Buying an econimical car is not an option for me...namely what I can affrod (read 'used') is largely not available in my area and because paying for a new more gas friendly car is so astronomically out of reach. I paid 8,000 for my 'burb last year, and I can tell you that skipping the minimum 25K price tag for something more fuel efficient and paying for something that guzzles a bit more gas, is more economical for us in the long run. We mostly paid cash for it, and took out a 1500 loan which we had paid off in 6 months. We saved on the insurance and interest that a car like that would have cost us. And the difference between 25K and 8K buys a hell of a lot of gas. There's more to saving money and the enviroment than just the mileage on a car.

We do not have a shortage of refining capacity right now. The reason gasoline prices have increased, is because the worldwdie price of oil has increased. So what do you want us to do ? Threaten to nuke Canada, Mexico, Russia, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria If they do not sell us oil, for exactly what we want to pay for it ?

i'm all with ya. :)

is nothing they can do

Blame the EPA and Al Gore. I wouldnt be surprised if ol' Al had a bunch of people manipulating oil futures to the higher costs so he can have his ethanol, which actually costs more to make than gas. BTW, Al got his money from......OIL. The EPA wont allow us to drill where we need to drill so we remain at the mercy of foriegn oil cartels, and they wont allow any more refineries to be built. No one that could do anything about it will step up because they are probably making money off of it somewhere along the line. Why do you thing the LibDem majority congress shut up about the war after they were elected........because now they are getting in on some of the $ as well.

LOL, If you think gas prices are a crime here, try paying $10 a gallon like they do in Europe. Of course, there is really no comparison between us and them since one of our states (Texas) is larger than every country in Europe, except Russia. The cure of this is not going to happen immediately (or even slowly) but it is to start building nuclear power plants for electricity, build more refineries, and drill for oil in ANWAR and off the coasts of the US. There is enough oil there for the next 500 years if we were allowed to drill for and use it. Your boycott will not accomplish anything because the prices are not the fault of the gas stations nor of the oil companies. While the oil companies are making huge gross profits, their profit margins are no different than 10 years ago, so the net profits they make are small. The other thing to consider in "punishing the oil companies" is that the ones who own 90% of their stock are individual people like you and I as well as retirement funds for teachers, unions and individuals. So the only ones you would really be hurting would be the people who need the money the most. The same goes for the stupid idea that we should take their profits and use it for other means.