Giovanny Thompson
Professor Kelly
English 120 12:40-2:00
1 November 2012
The
analysis of Gas prices in our Community
Schoen,
John. “Can’t the government help with
gas prices?” MSNBC, 30 Oct. 2012 Web. 1 Nov 2012 <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9220783/ns/business-answer_desk/t/cant-government-help-gas-prices/>
.
This
article discusses government involvement in the cost of gas. John makes good points and explains why gas
prices rise and fall during certain points in the year, where our gas comes
from and where all the extra money being made from high gas prices goes. He explains
how our government involvement in the economy affects the price and quantity of
gas we have in the United States. I feel
this is very important to my research paper because it explains a more liberal
point of view of how to lower gas prices involving the government. I will be
using a good amount of information from this article in my paper to provide my
point of view and opinion on how we could possibly help with gas prices.
Richards,
Gary. “California gas prices now lower than a month ago” Mercury news, 30 Oct
2012, Web. 2 Nov. 2012 <http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/ci_21888416/california-gas-prices-now-lower-than-month-ago>.
This
article found on mercurynews.com, a local blog site for the San José area talks
about how gas prices locally will lower over time and that the spike in prices
is over. It explains how the large price in gas effects driver behavior and
shows how Gary interviewed different drivers in the San José area to get
opinion on gas. The people were relieved that gas has finally decided to drop
due to the stabilization of the factory fires in southern California. Knowing why and how gas prices will drop is
important to my paper. Providing more information on driver opinions in my
local area will provide a bigger outlook on gas prices overall. Without knowing
the prospective of the driver and how it affects them, my paper wouldn’t have
any point to it.
Newman, Rick.
“Swing-State Gas Prices Head Obama’s Way.” UsNews & World Report, 19
Oct. 2012, Web. 4 Nov. 2012 < http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/rick-newman/2012/10/19/swing-state-gas-prices-head-obamas-way
>.
According
to rick gas prices will have an effect on the presidential election that is
currently going on. Data shown by AAA, shows that the prices have fallen at
least nine cents in October. This article also lists the averages of the price
of gas in swing-states across the United States. If prices keep falling Obama can convince his
voters that under his leadership they’re doing better because of him and that
if Mitt Romney wants to win that he will have to make a better showing in these
key states. Gas also affects political races and this source shows that if
people are happy with prices they can connect them to public servants like the
president. This is important because gas prices can determine the future
leaders of the country. People think that the incumbent’s policies are
responsible for the prices of gas and if people continue to think this the
incumbent’s policies will continue because they will be re-elected. This will
have a big impact on my paper because future politicians can gain advantages in
re-election campaigns and can affect government policies outside of gas prices
due to the incumbents’ other policies.
Plumer,
Brad “Why California gas prices are going Haywire” Washington post, 8 Oct.
2012, Web. 5 Nov. 2012 < http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/10/08/why-gasoline-prices-are-going-haywire-in-california/
>.
Brad
discusses in his article that gas prices and taxes are significantly higher in
California than the rest of the United States. He uses a graph that shows the
retail average of gas in California
(red) and the rest of the United States (Blue) . He gets to the bottom
of the problem by asking what happened and why did it happen. Due to a fire at
a refinery in august the production of gas was grinded to a halt and the price
shot up. According to the rest of the
article the best thing consumers can do is wait out the spike in gas because
eventually when production of gas becomes returns the normal output the prices
will stabilize. My paper will need know
why gas prices have shot up so much due to the Richmond fire refinery. My paper
will also have to include on what consumers can do about the price of gas which
is waiting for them to eventually stabilize. The article does a great job of
explaining the complexity on the issue and explaining where the price of gas is
headed.
Brandly, Mark “What can we do about
Gasoline prices?” Mises daily, 15 Mar. 2011, Web. 5 Nov. 2012 < http://mises.org/daily/5111/What-Can-We-Do-about-Gasoline-Prices
>.
Mark makes points that say that
our government should have fewer restrictions in the process of obtaining oil.
Our government polices effect the price of gasoline like fighting wars and
putting higher taxes on gasoline hurt consumers. He says that we should be
drilling more so there is more of a supply and prices will go down. Gas sellers
also anticipate higher prices in the future so they raise their prices
considerably to gain a significant profit. Government should spend less money on
other polices and deregulate oil production so that prices will drop and less
government intervention will be needed. This
source provides more of a conservative approach to gas prices. All the
information in this source shows a great point of view in contrast to my first
source. By lowering or removing completely, taxes, we can get lower gas prices.
My research paper will need to use both point of views to provide a broad
propespective and scope in my paper. I will be using most of my information
from this article and the first article in my bibliography.
Fong, Jocelyn. "Drilling won't lower gas prices." AMASS
16.4 (2012): 14+. Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 15 Nov. 2012. < http://ezproxy.marin.edu:2107/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA294369962&v=2.1&u=kent75086&it=r&p=EAIM&sw=w >.
Using
this scholarly article is pretty important to my paper because it talks about
how more oil drilling will not help the price of gas lower and that government
polices don’t help the the cost either. Fong makes great points using other
expert opinions and facts throughout the article and her points go along best
with my stance in my research paper.
Katel, Peter. "Oil
Jitters." CQ Researcher 4 Jan. 2008: 1-24. Web. 15 Nov. 2012. < http://ezproxy.marin.edu:2102/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2008010401&type=hitlist
>.
Are
the days of cheap oil really gone? Peter Katel uses other countries like china
as examples to better understand energy
and the economy. He says that by the year 2020 there could be shortages and
maybe war over energy. I think this is a great source of information because it
helps the reader in my paper understand that gas prices may never come down and
that alternate energy sources could be the only solution to our future as a
country.
Weeks, Jennifer. "U.S. Oil
Dependence." CQ Researcher 22 June 2012: 549-72. Web. 15 Nov. 2012. < http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2012062200
>.
Will more drilling and oil production lower the cost of
fuel? Government policies are to drill more and worry about the environment
later. Weeks makes a great point that will be best fitted for my paper that,
the government can never realistically produce enough oil in the world economy
to lower prices until other sources can become competitive as oil. She makes
other great points on how each party in our government the same position on
this issue that more oil production and drilling should lower the cost. This
information is important to my paper because is provides a big perspective on
our foreign oil dependence and that government has relatively little tools to
use to try and bring prices down.
"Obama Wanted Higher Gasoline
Prices?" FactCheckorg. Annenberg Public Policy Center, 23 Mar.
2012. Web. 18 Dec. 2012.
<http://www.factcheck.org/2012/03/obama-wanted-higher-gasoline-prices/>.
This is a great website for my
paper because it is from a fact checking website that shows when politicians
are lying to the public. They go into great details on accusations that
politicians make about other candidates and even talk about how it relates to
the facts.
Colman, Zack. "Hurricane Sandy to
Drive Gas Prices Lower through Election Day, Rest of 2012." The Hill.
N.p., 01 Nov. 2012. Web. 16 Dec. 2012.
<http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/265411-sandy-to-drive-gas-prices-lower-through-end-of-year>.
This article talks about
hurricane sandy and how it caused a less of a demand for gas because of the outage
of electricity. Mother Nature can be big factor in determining gas prices
because it can disrupt the process of making oil but shows that in some circumstances
that the demand for gasoline can drive the price up or down not just bad weather.
Walsh, Bryan. "Why Michele Bachmann’s $2-a-Gallon Gas Promise
Is a Fantasy." Science
Space Why Michele Bachmanns 2aGallon Gas Promise Is a Fantasy Comments.
N.p., 18 Aug. 2011. Web. 16 Dec. 2012.
<http://science.time.com/2011/08/18/why-michele-bachmanns-2-a-gallon-gas-promise-is-a-fantasy/>.
Along the campaign trail a lot of
promises are made by politicians for cheaper fuel but are they realistic? This article
goes into great depth and shows that what is real and what is fake about gas
prices. We as voters should do our job in determining which candidates are for
our needs or just want to receive more votes to get elected.
Wood, Robert W. "Fallen Solyndra Won
Bankruptcy Battle But Faces Tax War." Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 06
Nov. 2012. Web. 15 Dec. 2012.
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2012/11/06/fallen-solyndra-won-bankruptcy-battle-but-faces-tax-war/>.
President
Obama spent over 500 million dollars to invest in a solar panel company
solyndra but it failed. The company eventually filed for bankruptcy and it
became a large blemish on president Obama’s presidency. The president thought
he could start up a new market so that we could eventually move away from crude
oil. Even though this failed Obama had the right idea. He showed the limited
power of the government has when dealing with free market issues. This will be
good for my paper because it shows how complex and difficult it is to manage
the price of a product that changes every day.
No comments:
Post a Comment