Comments on: The Real Reason Why Gas Prices Are High http://rssbinghamton.com/the-real-reason-why-gas-prices-are-high/ A conservative voice crying in the liberal wilderness of Greater Binghamton, NY Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Willis http://rssbinghamton.com/the-real-reason-why-gas-prices-are-high/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jim Willis Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:21:27 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/the-real-reason-why-gas-prices-are-high/#comment-28 As always Brent, you have brilliant insights! You've touched on a very important issue. Ethanol is being touted as the savior of our energy woes, and it just ain't so, as you aptly point out. I was not aware of that statistic...more people should be. If we convert ALL of our corn to ethanol we would only meet 10% of our energy needs. Wow! You're also right that this is a big, complex issue. Unfortunately, people aren't screaming loud enough that prices are too high. There is not enough pressure on the enviro-nuts to back off on preventing more refineries. Until the people make a loud noise, I fear prices will continue to go up. I just heard a news report that Britain now pays $8/gallon. Are we ready for that? As always Brent, you have brilliant insights! You’ve touched on a very important issue. Ethanol is being touted as the savior of our energy woes, and it just ain’t so, as you aptly point out. I was not aware of that statistic…more people should be. If we convert ALL of our corn to ethanol we would only meet 10% of our energy needs. Wow! You’re also right that this is a big, complex issue. Unfortunately, people aren’t screaming loud enough that prices are too high. There is not enough pressure on the enviro-nuts to back off on preventing more refineries. Until the people make a loud noise, I fear prices will continue to go up. I just heard a news report that Britain now pays $8/gallon. Are we ready for that?

]]> By: Brent http://rssbinghamton.com/the-real-reason-why-gas-prices-are-high/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Brent Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:19:11 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/the-real-reason-why-gas-prices-are-high/#comment-27 Ah, yes. AND THE ANSWER IS ETHANOL! Or not. If we took all the corn that is currently produced in this country today, and turned it into biofuels, we would only meet around 10% of the demand. And then, what would happen to everything else? Have you noticed already that the prices of certain products that contain corn (everything) is going up because corn is being pushed toward the biofuel market? Something people never look at... The REAL COST of going green. We are seeing the real cost right now, as gas prices blew past the 3 dollar mark and never looked back for a second. As you said, our desire to be less dependent on oil did not match up with REALITY. Oil is a necessity right now until we come up with something else to replace it, and this problem is much much more complex than anyone can fully understand. At the very least, we need it, and we need to get it, from ourselves first and everyone else last. I suppose the answer to the problem according to the PressandSomeBullInIt is to wag fingers at anyone else but themselves. I think the answer is to HELP FIX THE PROBLEM. Then, come back and talk to me. Until then, shut yer pie hole and editorialize about something you might actually understand. Like...Hmmm...I'm suddenly at a loss. Ah, yes. AND THE ANSWER IS ETHANOL!

Or not. If we took all the corn that is currently produced in this country today, and turned it into biofuels, we would only meet around 10% of the demand. And then, what would happen to everything else? Have you noticed already that the prices of certain products that contain corn (everything) is going up because corn is being pushed toward the biofuel market? Something people never look at… The REAL COST of going green. We are seeing the real cost right now, as gas prices blew past the 3 dollar mark and never looked back for a second. As you said, our desire to be less dependent on oil did not match up with REALITY.

Oil is a necessity right now until we come up with something else to replace it, and this problem is much much more complex than anyone can fully understand. At the very least, we need it, and we need to get it, from ourselves first and everyone else last.

I suppose the answer to the problem according to the PressandSomeBullInIt is to wag fingers at anyone else but themselves. I think the answer is to HELP FIX THE PROBLEM. Then, come back and talk to me. Until then, shut yer pie hole and editorialize about something you might actually understand.

Like…Hmmm…I’m suddenly at a loss.

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