2008 Woodie Awards
The affects of gas prices don't stop at the pump
Keva Roberts
Issue date: 3/26/08 Section: Opinion
It was at the Chinese food restaurant, that an interesting and enlightening conversation took place.
A news blurb came on about diesel fuel rising eight cents in one day. It was $4.39. After muttering about the ridiculously cost of gas the owner looked at me, and told me something I didn't know.
Flour and milk prices have gone up 50 percent.
The price hike of gas is only somewhat understandable. It's been steadily going up for the past seven years, and oil companies are shoveling money into their bank accounts. Showing how out of touch he is with the American public, when President George W. Bush was asked in a press conference about gas prices being on the verge of $4 his response was, "Oh, yeah? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." The rising cost of gas, has metastasized into affecting the cost of food.
According to a CBS News, flour costs are four times more then what they were in August, and a gallon of milk is up 18 percent, and eggs 35 percent. Since fuel costs more, the price of shipping and labor have to go up as well, and the only way to counter this escalation, is to raise the price of food.
That's not the only expense rising. Those big huge city snow plows and salt trucks are going to cost more money to fill. That will no doubt, be provided by taxpayers. The cost of everything is going up, homes are being foreclosed, and the economy is a mess.
How can we not be headed toward a recession?
When flour and milk prices go up drastically, that's a problem. These are things that are on the verge of becoming a luxury. Imagine days when putting milk on your cereal is momentous occasion. With costs rising and minimum wage still not a wage fit enough to live on, this exaggerated charge, might not be so far fetched.
This is why investing in green energy would be beneficial. If the country could wean itself off gasoline and diesel fuel, we would not only be helping the environment, we would be helping ourselves.
A news blurb came on about diesel fuel rising eight cents in one day. It was $4.39. After muttering about the ridiculously cost of gas the owner looked at me, and told me something I didn't know.
Flour and milk prices have gone up 50 percent.
The price hike of gas is only somewhat understandable. It's been steadily going up for the past seven years, and oil companies are shoveling money into their bank accounts. Showing how out of touch he is with the American public, when President George W. Bush was asked in a press conference about gas prices being on the verge of $4 his response was, "Oh, yeah? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." The rising cost of gas, has metastasized into affecting the cost of food.
According to a CBS News, flour costs are four times more then what they were in August, and a gallon of milk is up 18 percent, and eggs 35 percent. Since fuel costs more, the price of shipping and labor have to go up as well, and the only way to counter this escalation, is to raise the price of food.
That's not the only expense rising. Those big huge city snow plows and salt trucks are going to cost more money to fill. That will no doubt, be provided by taxpayers. The cost of everything is going up, homes are being foreclosed, and the economy is a mess.
How can we not be headed toward a recession?
When flour and milk prices go up drastically, that's a problem. These are things that are on the verge of becoming a luxury. Imagine days when putting milk on your cereal is momentous occasion. With costs rising and minimum wage still not a wage fit enough to live on, this exaggerated charge, might not be so far fetched.
This is why investing in green energy would be beneficial. If the country could wean itself off gasoline and diesel fuel, we would not only be helping the environment, we would be helping ourselves.
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