Robert (
July 16, 2008)
You know I would love to ride my bike more but given our narrow streets and some drivers lack of caution when passing cyclists I'm a little too nervous to follow through. I do however see more brave souls riding their bikes out there and truly hope we can get through the summer without any major incidents. |
What??? (
July 15, 2008)
I think the only way to lower the price of gas in Canada is through government subsidies (IE Venezuela and China) and by not selling our crude from Alberta to the US (65 per cent) is piped directly over the border). Other fuel sources are not affordable yet (IE overpriced Hybrid cars / bio fuel) and are far off in the future. We're driving a little less only because we are somewhat cheap. Sure some people are worried about their carbon footprint (or whatever the trend word of the week is) and only going to one gas retailer in town is not going to help in anyway since 1/2 of them buy from the same suppliers! The government should force the car manufacturers to pump up production of alternate fuel AFFORDABLE vehicles, and charge levies from the automobile manufacturers until that happens, which they can use to subsidize our gas prices. |
Dave (
July 13, 2008)
I have altered my driving habits somewhat to save myself a few bucks.
We can all say we want to use less gas and the decreased demand will lead to lower prices. NOT!! With the US., China and India all increasing their demand, it only means there will be more crude on the market to export.
It is amazing the number of Canadians who think once all the Tar sands Oil and the new find in Saskatchewan are all producing crude, the price will drop. No way. Crude oil is a commodity to be bought, traded and sold.
It amazing to note also that with the billions of miles less that are being driven in North America, that some Climate Change fool hasn't announced a lessning in CO2 emmissions. But that would not make news. |
Paula (
July 13, 2008)
Western world consumers are not going to have top priority to cheap oil any longer. The BRIC countries (Brazil, India, China) have rapidly developing economies (3 billion people) and will more than take up any slack not picked up because of a USA ression. The world will be burning coal too - lots of it and Canada only contributes about 2% of world carbon emissions. So if we cut back it won't make much of a world-wide difference. We'll make changes because it will cost more for everything we need in our oil dependant world. Our mainstream culture will continue to thrive because we adapt, believe in the rule of law, work hard, are science based and educated. |
Eddy (
July 12, 2008)
It's a shame that people will not all band together and all purchase their fuel from one only retailer in town.
Yes it is true that the same amount of fuel will be used...however...it will put pressure on the other gas stations in town to go after their suppliers to lower the price to make them more attractive to consumers.
Problem is...in true Kenora style...that the masses are asses and will not band together. And it only takes a couple of people to break the rule (and goodness knows they will) and the gas companies will win again.
But if we all band together...there would be power in the numbers. |
Richard (
July 12, 2008)
If you look at the ten year trend of fuel prices, it's a slow steady increasing curve that will continue endlessly. Sure there will be surges and relapses, but fuel prices will continue to increase forever. Somewhere on that path we all have a breaking point. Ask a car salesman, and they'll tell you there's never been more interest in hybrid technology than right now. I'll buy one myself in my next vehicle. We all need to stop blaming fuel companies and just make the required moves within our own lives to become less dependent upon fuel, as these companies really could care less and will ride the profit wave until it's gone, and governments cannot change this problem that consumers have created. In the end, it's really up to us, so let's take responsibility and stop blaming companies or governments, as we ourselves created the problem in the first place. |
Outta gas (
July 11, 2008)
The only way to beat these gas companies is to reduce usage and they will see their profits disappear. They will reduce the prices so that gas guzzlers will come back! |
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