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5/7/2013 6:15:13 PM
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Yes, national speed limits were introduced to cut gas demand, not for safety. Higher RPM = less gas mileage = higher gas demand = higher prices. If you are driving by yourself, you aren't conserving fuel by carpooling, and if you are going double the posted limit, you are certainly consuming more than the average amount of fuel the trip should require. So you are acting irresponsibly in that if everyone did it, we would all face spikes in fuel prices and gas shortages.
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More demand does not equate to higher prices, that was idiotic to imply.
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lolwat
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Edited by A Good Troll: 5/7/2013 7:14:23 PMwut [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiYbrhFwErI]Supply and Demand shifts, how do they work[/url]?
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He's right in that the market is driven by availability. Less fuel in reserve drives the cost up. Maybe not like it should and more often than not the price is gouging and excessive, but it is always based on demand/availability.
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So. There is this thing called supply and demand...
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Ya, and that tends to lower prices and make things more fair to consumers, not the other way around.
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You're delusional enough to believe in mythical creatures? No wonder you lack basic comprehension of economics.
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Edited by Funkbrotha10: 5/7/2013 8:03:27 PMmythical creatures? where on earth did that come from
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You're the one that claimed Trolls are real.
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Citation Required.
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You're the one that posted the picture.
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You are now muted for excessive retardation.
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I can't believe you're openly admitting to being a coward.
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Same could be said for the people who drive gas guzzling vehicles who do not speed. Each to their own though.
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Petrol here is already >£1.30/litre, and I'll be damned if I can't use it how I want.
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Everyone drives double the limit, and it will considerably more expensive.
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Does everyone drive double the limit? I'm talking pretty much a one-off that you let loose with the car, getting it up to a "fun" speed and enjoying the drive as much as possible. By that logic major corporations which use highly inefficient machinery and vehicles, consuming millions of gallons of fuel and hugely polluting the already affected atmosphere, need to stop using them altogether, otherwise petrol will rise by a few pennies again. Don't get me wrong, I know exactly what you're saying, but a few people putting their foot down every now and then and getting 18MPG out of their cars which normally do 40+MPG isn't going to do anything at all, when you compare it to thirsty 4x4s and sports cars which tend to only hit 20MPG on a good day.
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We all have our different ideas of what our responsibilities are to the greater good. Just pointing out the actual reason behind national speed limits was the 1973 gas crisis. At least that was the case here in the US.
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That's only one instance of a speed limit being implemented. 30 mph in residential neighborhoods is not for fuel economy. Speed limits are primarily for safety, and given that the national 55 mph law was done away with quite some time ago, your argument lacks basis in fact. I drive 80 mph on my daily commute, 100% legal. Suck it, fuel economy.
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Edited by Obi Wan Stevobi: 5/7/2013 7:19:56 PMRight, but those were all state limits. The idea of a national speed limit used to be as offensive to people as gun control is now, but it was finally adopted in the name of fuel economy during a crisis. Might not be relevant anymore, but that is why we ever had it to begin with.
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Well, thinking about it, the poor fuel economy exists whether the speed limit was implemented for that purpose or not, so I'm kinda arguing a straw man here. Carry on.
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Understandable, but with the availability of petrol we have today, the only reason the prices are so high is because of taxation. Yes, fossil fuel supplies are being drained and cannot be replenished, but at the same time governments are profiting [i]immensely[/i] on petrol. Fun fact: did you know that in every litre of petrol charged at £1.30/litre, £0.93 of that is tax (import, VAT and corporation)? The government should be thanking me for being a gas guzzler, haha.
