{"id":5927,"date":"2008-10-06T15:47:54","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T20:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/06\/whats-up-with-recent-gas-prices\/"},"modified":"2008-10-06T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T20:47:54","slug":"whats-up-with-recent-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=5927","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Up With Recent Gas Prices ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Adrian Fletcher<\/div>\n<p>The big question on many people&#8217;s mind is will gas prices ever go down. Some people are demonstrating against it, especially long haul truck drivers whose businesses are on the brink of collapse due to the unprecedented rising of gas prices. Certainly, gas prices might eventually decrease, but unfortunately, it is not likely that they will ever come down to a level which matches our economic expectations and financial realities.<\/p>\n<p> One reason for a possible decrease may be that the demand lessens. People will travel less or car pool more effectively. Cars may become more efficient with new fuels appearing on the horizon. Thus supply and demand factors will consequently keep prices stable, even if on the high side.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a reduction in demand, one factor that will keep gas prices from going down is the cost of refining the gas to burn as cleanly as possible to meet ever-stringent emission standards set by law. Refineries will need updates, more research and development studies, more training of personal in new refining methods will all be among the list of excuses oil companies will offer for why the price of gas is so high.<\/p>\n<p> It seems unlikely that the government will step in to help reduce gas prices, because there are simply too many competing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanleyrmedley.org\" class=\"kblinker\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More about political &raquo;\">political<\/a> priorities. Indeed, if gas prices are to come down, it will happen because of ordinary people tired of anticipating will gas prices ever go down.<\/p>\n<p> Rising prices will make people drive less and be more frugal with their money which will impact the economy negatively. As food becomes more expensive, people tend to buy more unhealthy processed foods with lower price tags, resulting in more health issues.  This in turn could trigger larger insurance premiums and bigger health care bills. People will need to start planning and consolidating trips to maximize fuel economy and efficiency.<\/p>\n<p> The way to act is to voice your opinion. Don&#8217;t moan to your neighbor or coworker but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datingtorelating.com\" class=\"kblinker\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More about Talk &raquo;\">talk<\/a> to your elected officials. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.articlepower.org\" class=\"kblinker\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More about Write &raquo;\">Write<\/a> them, call them, email them, after all, your taxes pay their salary so they are on your payroll. Unfortunately big oil companies may hold great sway with our elected leaders, but many voices raised as one can initiate the changes needed.<\/p>\n<p> It seems unlikely that gas prices will ever fall to the levels that they once where. When something goes up, it never seems to go down does it ? However, the groundswell of people seeking change may force our nation&#8217;s leaders to devise strategies to keep prices from rising further. and it may also convince them to put some long term strategies in place to ensure that the country is not as dependent of gas prices as it currently is.<\/p>\n<div class='uawresource'>\n<div style='italic;' class='uawabout'>About the Author:<\/div>\n<div class='uawlinks'>For unbiased consumer reports on the leading water for gas conversion kits visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterforgasreports.com\/\" target=\"_top\">http:\/\/waterforgasreports.com<\/a>, including <a href=\"http:\/\/waterforgasreports.com\" target=\"_top\">water as fuel<\/a> with these sorts of kits.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big question on many people&#8217;s mind is will gas prices ever go down. Some people are demonstrating against it, especially long haul truck drivers whose businesses are on the brink of collapse due to the unprecedented rising of gas prices. Certainly, gas prices might eventually decrease, but unfortunately, it is not likely that they will ever come down to a level which matches our economic expectations and financial realities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2280,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-5927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers-technology","tag-computers-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}