why is gas so high and we are sending it to Japan from Alaska instead of using it ourselves?
90728
Thats a great question......but think about the cost of gas vs the price of bottle of water next time you buy one
1120593
They are but prices for gas right now are through the roof. Try at least $3.50 for a gallon of gas. Everything is more expensive. There are a lot of locals who don't like tourist/ military here.
1041619
Yes, but w/good reason.  Gas prices have never been this high w/no relief in sight.  It seems we are limiting our travel b/c we just can't afford to drive in this country.  I know I'm on a gas budget.  Work-home-work-home, maybe a chill spot on the wknd, but that's it.
929174
i think its hydroggen gas burning
343770
Because gas doesn't have a definable 'volume'.  You can compress it and change it as long as you are willing to deal with changing the pressure.  To compensate, you have to PV = nRT
583510
Ack... Munir got here before I did agian.  A agree with Munir!  Volume of any gas at STP is 22.4L.
369388
I disagree, it's right here in America in the Gulf of Mexico. I used to work for United Pipe out of Houston, Texas.\n\nThey just pump out the crude and send it to our refineries in the Gulf. We also have refineries on the West Coast, New England refineries. The rest is sent up the Mississippi River to Saint Louis.
59519
Its obviously D).  All that gas is holding us down.   (just kidding, its caused by the fact that Earth is massive enough to cause a significant gravity well in space-time)
94613
All I know is my dad was attached to the Chemical Corps in early WW2, and he talked about storing tons of phosgene and mustard gas somewhere on Hawaii.Probably the only reason we didnt use it on the Japenese, was we didnt want the Germans to use gas on us. (Hitler was scared of gas, he was Gassed twice in WW1) By the time the Germans were defeated we we doing a good job on Japan with firebombs and later the atomic bomb.
89264
Very expensive. Almost everything is shipped in, then sent by barge to the other islands, then distributed by truck. Last time I was there (May 2005) Gasoline was $3.25/gal, milk was $4/gallon, cereal was $5 a box, etc.
1173170
Why do you think the gas prices suddenly went sky high?  There is NO shortage....no lines, plenty  of gas....but they get MORE TAXES with higher gas prices.   Government's answer to paying for war.
673688
Right now, none of it is exported. \n\nWhen the pipeline was constructed, there was a law that all the oil had to stay in the U.S.  In 1995, that law was rescinded, and through the late 90's, about 7%of the pipeline's output went to China and Japan.  That stopped in about 2000, and I don't think any Alaskan oil has been exported since.
937218
ice is converted to water and water to gas.
183542
He is absoulutly right, gasoline in Mexico City right now is $.78. I looked it up on the net. You people that can't do metric conversions and monetary conversions, are the stupid people. Of course America is getting screwed for the cost of fuel. America pays the most to offset the rest of the World economics. The burden is on us, and always has been.
722705
My guess is that the price of gas keeps going up because we are still willing to pay it..  even though we should all just buy bicyles.  Second hand ones can't be more than $100.  Probably not that much.  Anyways, we need the gas so we pay high prices for it.  Sort of like food.  We need it, so we pay whatever the supplier says the price should be.  Here's a thought,  how about all of us who b*tch about the price of gas, go get on welfare so we can afford to buy the gas. Hey it might happen.   Just insist that you are mentally unstable.  Which of course, has to be true because society totally sucks.
802264
I wondered where you had been.  You think way, WAY outside the box, don't you!?  I thought the question was pretty disgusting until I read the additional details.  What an imagination.  My only thought is, that's a lot of contained gas and wouldn't the funnel explode?
514858
Way too much unfortunately!If you take in rising gas, food, electricity it is too much to calculate.10 percent maybe?