Comments on: This is what’s wrong with America

By: j Dawg

j Dawg — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:28:42 +0000

What about wasting the gas and taking care of the environment?

By: lulugal11

lulugal11 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:52:05 +0000

Wow that is a disturbing sentence in the article. But it really is a true reflection of society. I know people who don’t care that gas is high because they get a subsidy from the company to drive.

I am very concerned about it and I know that the oil reserves will not last so we really need to get something done about it now. I saw that Brazil converted to sugar cane ethanol and have not imported oil for the last three years.

Cane is easier to convert than corn and delivers three times as much energy so maybe the powers that be can look into sugar cane production for conversion.

On a side note ,I am giving away a $10 gas card for those who are concerned about the price of gas so I encourage anyone who reads this to check out the contest on my blog.

By: bluntmoney

bluntmoney — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:30:34 +0000

CF, I don’t think the majority of people are even *aware* of peak oil, let alone the changes it will likely bring. I’ve mentioned it to a couple people in the past, and their reactions were pretty much “Huh?” or “We have plenty of oil, there’s all that shale…”. I think the draft would do it, but I’d much prefer some other method.

By: ConsciouslyFrugal

ConsciouslyFrugal — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:05:18 +0000

I think the fastest way we could get folks to understand the gravity of the peak oil crisis is to reinstate the draft. When we secure oil fields and virtually nothing else (hello, Iraq!), it’s kind of hard to argue about what’s truly happening. But as long as we’re not directly affected, we aren’t going to pay much mind (as others have commented). When our hyper-individualized society is asked to give up lives en masse, instead of only marginalized segments of the population being asked to do so, for their current addiction, it’ll be a whole different story.

By: Hokie Hokie Hi

Hokie Hokie Hi — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:28:13 +0000

Agreed. As Americans, we tend not to be concerned with things until they directly affect us. Not very many people were conserving gas when it was $.88/gallon. No one cared. Now suddenly, it is a crisis when we have to spend a little more on a resource that we think we have a right to.

By: Bruce "the tax guy"

Bruce "the tax guy" — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:55:28 +0000

Great post and thought.

Best line the world needs is your last sentence.

By: john

john — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:15:03 +0000

Sure, but you gotta realize, America is a me first society. So when most people suffer because of gas, that’s when we will see a change