Things you didn't know about oil shale

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

If gas becomes too expensive.....

That is a difficult concept to define. In a capitalistic society, "too expensive" means when the customers (note plural) refuse to pay it.

Does the fact that, due to our choice (as a society) to become, for all practical purposes, addicted to gasoline affect this equation?

Is gas selling at $4.50 per gallon "too expensive"? Too expensive for whom? Who decides? Can there be such a thing as "too expensive" in a free market economy?

Is gas too expensive for me? Hell yeah it is! I want gas down to $1.00 per gallon. Does my opinion matter?

If someone is not willing to pay $4.50 per gallon, there will be someone (perhaps not from this country) right behind them who is willing (whether they like it or not). Being that there will be a buyer eventually, can gas be "too expensive"?

A most interesting concept this "too expensive" is. :hmm: