A Billionaire burst my dream balloon...

HATS THE CAUSE

I know everyone is being affected by the price of gasoline...so what's the cause, is it the war in Ukraine, we only get 8% of our oil from Russia...so that should not matter, and the prices were rising prior to that.

It's the Industry as a whole that is to blame.  They cut production during the pandemic and they have not ramped it back up.  They have tons of leases on public lands that they are not even drilling on, and yet they want more leases, so I dont blame Biden for saying NO.  They only want to keep dragging us on for another 50 years...and they want to charge whatever price they want for it.  

We have been enslaved to this industry for nearly a hundred years, isn't that long enough?? 

No one industry should have the power to destroy lives...greed and disregard is at the root of this problem.

I've dreamed of having an electric car nearly my whole life...but I won't be able to get one its well beyond my means.  I may end up having to sell my van or get a battery scooter if the Oil n Gas barons decide to not lower the prices, then I won't be able to afford the gas to travel in my van which is WHY I have it.   It serves as my camper and everyday vehicle.  It saves me a lot of money not paying for motels when I travel.  I also cook from it so I save on meals...it has afforded me to travel thousands of miles, but when gas gets so high it's not affordable to go on an extended trip...then what?  It's totally impractical.   Im about too old to ride a scooter as my body has changed. IM no longer as strong as I was, as nimble, or as forgiving..

Some days when I over do it, I can barely get out of bed due to pain.  I have over used my body all the years of hard work...I was never a desk job person, I was always a blue collar worker.  Getting older means change is coming  in ways you hadn't thought of.  

So a Billionaire could easily take away my dreams.  Just when everything is beginning to improve...travel restrictions are lifted, the covid threat is going away...and the door was about to open up for me to feel I could begin to travel a little...even with the dogs I could make some travel happen...and now Gas too high to afford...

Damn!  For 10 years I cared for my elderly mother...putting my dreams on hold...she passed away and the grief held me captive, then covid  hit, now gas prices.  I can't just say oh well and bite the $$bullet, there is a limit to the income I have! 

I am thinking of the people of Ukraine who have had to walk away and leave everything behind...would I even be able to do that?  Life right now is very unfair for so many people on this planet...due to the Fascists who have risen to the top!