oil companies~The rulers of the government and us

well the problem is they are not going to listen to a few it would take many to get there attention. they make in the billions a day form gas and oil products a day can you imagine the power they possess over the government? it would only take two days of not buying gas from across the country to get the attention to show them that we are not going to continue putting up with the increase. two days even if you filled up the day before and didn't buy gas for the two days after you filled up and everyone as a country did it one the same two days it would take multi- billions away from them and that would get the attention needed to make a change and to have our voices heard.Now the green day is starting to make some changes in the way some companies think. I am trying to build an engine now that will not use any energy but create energy to run several things even my car.We have to do something now before we deplenish our resources for the future any ways

I agree 100% about doing something right now. Waiting is only causing us to suffer more and more every day. We should all go on strike because of gas prices. Corporations would speak loudly if their employees went on strike because of the high gas prices oil companies are causing. EXXON Mobil's first quarterly report showed a 10.9 billion dollars in profits. I do not care what the CEO says! WE ARE GETTING SCREWED AND THAT SHOULD ANGER EVERYONE! The CEO cares only about the share holders which I am sure are government entities or officials that are silent for obvious reasons. Anyways, that is where my views are right now and it is not going to change.

you are right now is the time and I may not agree with strikes but we as citizens who voted the people in who are making these decisions if we would not vote for a new president when it comes time for elections and demanded them to change how things are now before we decide who we elect to ruin us even more then maybe we would get resolve.Demacracy should be used against this issue and handled in a way that would effect the system and not the employees that work for a living and make them strike. if The American people would just take a stand and get our country back to where it was founded for in the first place then we would be able to have a say in what goes on again...

Hopefully the powers that be will have enough foresight to come up with a workable solution before that time. There are already some people making good quality auto fuel from recycled cooking oils, but it's not being done on a large scale. Perhaps that would be one solution to help lessen the burden of our reliance on foreign oil.

well the thing is everytime someone comes up with a solution they shoot it down and now its time to do something and all they want to do is talk about it.

well they better do something because I saw on TV yesterday that In 37 years we will have tapped out the oil usage. And if china continues to grow at the rate they are then in ten years they will need 100% of the oil that is produced. So we need to decide soon as what to do about a secondary fuel source.

here here I second that motion and couldn't agree with you more. We should let our voices be heard and stand up and unite as one. Take a stand and put into effect all the great ideas that has been hushed by the oil companies. Many of great inventions and ideas has been put to rest because of the threat it makes to there profit. I say stop the price increase or we will stop it for you. I am already involved in trying to get some new ideas for transportation that uses no fuel to run the vehicles we use every day. Got any great ideas lets put them together and show them we can survive without them.

We as people all need to get together and start making the damand for gas lower. Companies need to start letting employees who are able to work from home to work from home. People need to start carpooling, or taking public transportation. People need to shop less often. I am not saying buy less, but instead of running to the store every couple of days, people need to go to the store and stock up and 2 weeks worth of food, stop by the hardware store on the way home from the grocery store. People need to go to the office and stay there, don't go out for lunch. If they don't want to make lunch they can have it deliverd, just make sure a few people order from the same place to make it worth the delivery guys gas. Start grilling instead of using or gas ovens. Using our dryers only for 5 or 10 minutes and hanging things instead of running the whole cycle, for those who have gas appliances. The gas companies are not going to get the message until we stop using so much gas.