09-01-2005, 04:23 PM
There is always someone that brings up the cost of Pepsi and Milk vs the cost of gas. Its irrelevent when put that way because cars don't run on pepsi or milk and the direct inscrease in gas prices to fill you car to drive daily is not the real problem.
The problem is the price of that pepsi, milk, and bottle of Jack directly corresponds to the price of gasoline.. In fact EVERYHTING corresponds to the price of gasoline. All products are shipped in some form of transportation that uses gas or diesel. The cost just to ship goes up sharply and to make up that cost the products themselves will see a price increase. Even trades.. When the gas prices go up to $5 a gallon there will be a charge just to get an estemate from contractors and a further charge added into everyhting materials and labor because of the rise in gas costs. In the end less people will buy products or pay for services because the price of them goes up. Your Pepsi and Milk prices will go up just as much as gas in the long run. Problem is consumers paying for those products and services will NOT see an increase in wages to offset this sudden change in prices across the board. This places the burdon directly on consumers that Many.. many.. of which are on a tight budget can't afford to just "get a hybrid and shut up." Hell with high gas prices the cost of hybrids will go UP because they will be in high demand and prices of normal cars will go down. So buying a hybrid will not solve much of anything. Its a domino effect that very well can cause serious catastrophic economic crash because almost everything you touch and see at some point was tied directly to gas prices.
The problem is the price of that pepsi, milk, and bottle of Jack directly corresponds to the price of gasoline.. In fact EVERYHTING corresponds to the price of gasoline. All products are shipped in some form of transportation that uses gas or diesel. The cost just to ship goes up sharply and to make up that cost the products themselves will see a price increase. Even trades.. When the gas prices go up to $5 a gallon there will be a charge just to get an estemate from contractors and a further charge added into everyhting materials and labor because of the rise in gas costs. In the end less people will buy products or pay for services because the price of them goes up. Your Pepsi and Milk prices will go up just as much as gas in the long run. Problem is consumers paying for those products and services will NOT see an increase in wages to offset this sudden change in prices across the board. This places the burdon directly on consumers that Many.. many.. of which are on a tight budget can't afford to just "get a hybrid and shut up." Hell with high gas prices the cost of hybrids will go UP because they will be in high demand and prices of normal cars will go down. So buying a hybrid will not solve much of anything. Its a domino effect that very well can cause serious catastrophic economic crash because almost everything you touch and see at some point was tied directly to gas prices.
-- John --
1:1.. 01 Z28 Camaro A4 Sure.. its stock.
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1:1.. 01 Z28 Camaro A4 Sure.. its stock.
1:8's.. K3, Inferno GT, and a straight line beater car
1:18.. RC18t Mamba and 3s lipo