Buffalo Boy's Blog

I laugh at the financial analysts giving reasons as to why the cost of gasoline and oil are going up. They try to tie it into the US dollar and stocks and all this horse shit data that no real person could possibly begin to understand.

The real reason that the price of fuel is going up, has nothing to do with the US dollar or stocks or a rescession. It has everything to do with supply. The human pupulation is using more than can be taken out of the ground.

What makes it more obvious is that the easy oil is for all intensive purposes gone. Drilling for more is not going to get us any relief because the hard to find stuff will cost that much more to get.

This summer, Im prepared to pay $4+ a gallon. I blame much of that on our current president. He is an oil man who has watched as the price of oil and gas have skyrocketed all while making no push to increase research dollars for new renewable fuels.

He says the economy and the market will solve the problems, well its not solving them fast enough. Sometimes you need leadership to step in and promote new technologies.

So as gas and oil go up in price, Im kinda rooting for $4.00 plus a gallon. I drive a Toyota Corolla, drive no more than a mile to work and could potentially start walking if I really wanted to, which I may do just that. $4.00 a gallon will probably really hit home for those who have just thumbed their nose at the problem and maybe then, we will start seeing real progress in a change from an oil economy, to one that runs on something renewable.