Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.
Of course we don't want the price of gasoline to go up, we want it to go down.
I think, like everybody else in New Hampshire, when I pull up to fill up my car and I pay $50, I get upset. And I'm wondering if these prices are legitimate.
I think we're going to find, with climate change and everything else, things like global warming and goodness knows what else and the cost of fuel for a start, that things are going to become very complicated.
A Saudi Arabian prince has said that oil may never again rise above $100 a barrel. He said it's gotten so bad he can't afford to buy his wife her own car that she's not allowed to drive.
Fifteen states across the country have gas prices that have dipped below $2. That means it's now cheaper to buy a gallon of liquefied dinosaurs than one cup of coffee at Starbucks.
When I came to town and saw the price of diesel went above regular gas, that burnt me up.
I understand gas prices are like a hidden tax - not a hidden tax; it's taking money out of people's pockets. I know that.
When it costs $50 to fill up our gas tanks, it impacts every aspect of our daily lives and the community.
You need to be in the position where it is the cost of the fuel that actually matters and not the cost of building the rocket in the first place.
With the increased cost of gasoline, it doesn't appear that we're going to see a slowing of interest in mass transit. I think it's going to continue to grow.
We don't need a fuel that's cleaner, we need a fuel that happens to be cleaner, but is half the price of oil.
The fact that the price of gasoline has declined some in recent weeks must not allow Americans to be lulled into a false sense of security. Energy independence must rank along with border security as the top priorities of the United States.
Since I walked in the door as secretary of energy, I've been doing everything in our powers to do what we can to reduce these gas prices. ... So, of course we don't want the price of gasoline to go up; we want it to go down.
Certainly, we are hurt by the high fuel prices because it raises our cost.
A national carbon tax would devastate an already struggling American economy, force the cost of gas at the pump to jump even higher, and kill millions more jobs here at home.
Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource.
It doesn't take a degree in economics to know that something is wrong when it takes $30 or $40 to fill up the gas tank.
I'm not married to a 45-cent gas tax.
The gas, which is our main source of power, is priced in dollars.
A variety of factors contribute to the price of gasoline in the United States. These factors include worldwide supply, demand and competition for crude oil, taxes, regional differences in access to gasoline supplies and environmental regulations.
The prices are ridiculous... I don't see how people can go back and forth to work or to school. How can we afford the gas?
Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again.
The cost of motoring is a massive issue at the moment, there's no question. The price of petrol goes up every time you go to the petrol station.
We have gasoline at $2 a gallon. If that doesn't drive demand, I don't know what will.
