Effect of the oil crisis on gaming, console sales?

[johnsobas]

JaggedSac said:

NightDragon83 said:

Not to worry, gaming will be pretty much unaffected by the current gas prices, as will pretty much the entire entertainment industry. The current situation is an interesting one in that the rising oil prices have nothing to do with a shortage like in the 70's (theres plenty to go around for everyone currently), and everything to do with the current economic situation here in America and abroad and the ever increasing demand from countries like China.

And its not going to get any better unless we rely more on our own resources... A.K.A. more drilling and building more refineries and power plants. The reason countries like China's economies are growing so fast is that they are investing in their own infrastructure as opposed to relying on foreign markets for goods and supplies. We in the good old US of A on the other hand are too concerned with being "environmentally friendly" and all the false glowbull worming propaganda to stop sitting on our hands and actually do something constructive about our energy problem. Windmills and solar panels ain't gonna do shit in the long run, and neither is driving an "Ego-friendly" car like a Prius or running your car off vegetable oil... did you guys know that thanx to all the crops being bought up and used for trendy bio-fuels, the prices of raw goods have skyrocketed and people in some 3rd world countries are starving because they can't even afford the price of their own food!

 

Actually, they are having trouble prodvucing enough oil, there were several reasons for the bottleneck. We are not definitely not the only country getting hit hard, the Japs, for example, are as well. So you are saying we should not look for alternative fuel sources? We should not progress as a species to better, more efficient means? Wow. Using produce for fuel means is definitely not driving up food costs, recent disasters, however, have. Wind turbines could account for %20 of the nations supply of power by 2020, underwater currents are being investigated as a power source, we need to progress.

Can we please stop using words like "the japs."  I shouldn't have to be bringing this up.