Current economic woes

johnny · 05-25-2008, 02:40 AM

but do you honestly think that if you could use u.s. resources (at a lower cost, 'cause that's what rad seems to be going for) people wouldn't consume more, simply because they could afford to again? ultimately, it all seems to be about money -- so if gas is cheaper, i have a feeling that most people will enable themselves to use more of it. humans are wasteful!

heX · 05-26-2008, 05:25 AM

well if thats your argument for why we should use foreign resources, wouldn't it make more sense to regulate consumption? im not saying i even agree with your presumption, but if the only good reason not to use are own resources is because it would be cheap and that means we can afford more of it. wouldnt the logical thing be to limit how much can be used rather than paying inflated rates to foreign countries?

raditz · 05-26-2008, 07:29 AM

global warming nuts are going to start trying to do exactly that. start saving up for your "carbon credits" people ;-)

heX · 05-26-2008, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raditz

global warming nuts are going to start trying to do exactly that. start saving up for your "carbon credits" people ;-)

i wasn't saying we should limit consumption, for the record. i was just saying if it was between that and 4 dollars a gallon to terrorist, i would choose that.

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05-25-2008, 02:40 AM	#1
johnny Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 1,276	but do you honestly think that if you could use u.s. resources (at a lower cost, 'cause that's what rad seems to be going for) people wouldn't consume more, simply because they could afford to again? ultimately, it all seems to be about money -- so if gas is cheaper, i have a feeling that most people will enable themselves to use more of it. humans are wasteful!

05-26-2008, 05:25 AM	#2
heX Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 937	well if thats your argument for why we should use foreign resources, wouldn't it make more sense to regulate consumption? im not saying i even agree with your presumption, but if the only good reason not to use are own resources is because it would be cheap and that means we can afford more of it. wouldnt the logical thing be to limit how much can be used rather than paying inflated rates to foreign countries?

05-26-2008, 07:29 AM	#3
raditz Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 201	global warming nuts are going to start trying to do exactly that. start saving up for your "carbon credits" people ;-)