| bigjon said: ok, the second thing, the fear of environmentalist. Basically it comes down to them wanting gas prices to be higher to force people to think about more Green/fuel efficient options... Hybrids, Hydrogen, whatever. This would explain why for the first time I can remember Diesel is much more expensive than Gas... Diesel runs much dirtier. |
How exactly do environmentalists increase the price of crude?
I know they(we) may be favorable to taxes on petrol (gas) which may make people consume less and/or make alternatives more viable, but how can they(we) have an impact on crude prices since as you say it is purely set by the markets?(Edit: Which would mean that the only way environmentalists can have an effect on the price is to buy up supply and set it aside so it is not burned. No environmental group has that kind of funding.) The only governments that can have an impact on the price of crude are the members of OPEC and they have little to no environmental motivations.
For the price of gas, ok, they(we) share some blame. For the price of crude, which is what your thread is about, we share virtually none.
Prove me wrong. EDIT: By "prove me wrong" I mean if you can find some sort of evidence that Crude prices are effected by environmental concerns, I will be willing to correct my stance or provide a counter-argument.
