From $2.00 gas to $5.00 gas in 4 years

You're right. I don't know why I complain. Since Europe has it much worse than the U.S. yet is doing fine and worker salaries have kept pace with the price of fuel there's really no problem....Oh wait.... They're not, and Greece, Italia, Spain and a few others don't seem to be doing so well and the rest are throwing good money after bad trying to save the EU. Maybe this is the right time to compalain. Maybe when it doubles again it will be long since too late.

they pay that now in Europe and other parts of the world - in the early 70's I was paying $2.50 gallon in UK. Now it's much more and folks adapt. It's illogical for one to say something is too expensive when the real problem is that you just can't afford it. Same principal applies to boats, yachts, cars, whiskey, cigars etc. It's all relative.

Am I saying I'm happy with what I pay for fuel? No. But fundamentally I believe in capitalism and the more government gets involves the more mucked up it becomes. Folks are always going to be complaining about the price of something - if its not fuel it'll be something else and that's not going to change. I learned long ago to "control the controllable s" - My financial concerns are not improved by complaining about that which I have no control - rather, I focus on making more money, the preservation of it, putting wealth to work, discriminate spending and investing, so money becomes less a part of the equation relative to my families quality of life. But that's me.

This is all off topic I know - sorry. But it is another perspective of present day reasonable and logical problem solving. Thanks for listening. Now, even though it's Sunday - I'm going to go sell something - and the commission will go towards a bigger boat.

I have to agree with Lars; when threads get too long, most people won't wade through all the commentary. As Lars said, this thread was a continuation from the original subject titled "$2.00 gas?" when those of us in the U.S. were in disbelief that gas was about to double-buck in 2004.

It doesn't look like we'll ever return to prices that fueled an economy, so maybe it's best to put the past behind and face the future with the new thread Lars has suggested...?

Here are the guys who are going to double your fuel price; Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

EDIT, I just realized this is like putting fuel on the fire, so we better just close the thread and move on under new headlines...

There's no need for anybody to read every post as it's ongoing and current. But this thread is a history of a continuing problem. Changing the title only serves the oil interests in an attempt to minimize the damage they've done. The only thing that has kept us from now talking about $10 a gallon gas in the U.S today is the spotlight that has been shined on them, and I'm proud to help keep that lamp lit. They would love to give the perception that it's only a matter of them raising their prices $0.20 a gallon. But that's not the reality.