Comments on: The High Cost of Underestimating the Cost of Doing Business http://hivethrive.com/2008/05/19/the-high-cost-of-underestimating-the-cost-of-doing-business/ Where Community Entrepreneurs Flourish Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:50:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Evan http://hivethrive.com/2008/05/19/the-high-cost-of-underestimating-the-cost-of-doing-business/#comment-47 Evan Sat, 24 May 2008 03:30:35 +0000 http://hivethrive.com/2008/05/19/the-high-cost-of-underestimating-the-cost-of-doing-business/#comment-47 Thanks for your comments. It is unfortunate, but perhaps understandable that so many politicians continue to demand lower gas prices rather than ways to reduce the need for gas. The $4 per gallon that Americans are paying now would be a bargain in many countries. It is high time that we start investing so that we can survive as oil prices go higher still. Evan Thanks for your comments. It is unfortunate, but perhaps understandable that so many politicians continue to demand lower gas prices rather than ways to reduce the need for gas. The $4 per gallon that Americans are paying now would be a bargain in many countries. It is high time that we start investing so that we can survive as oil prices go higher still.

Evan

]]> By: lokywoky bitter hussein http://hivethrive.com/2008/05/19/the-high-cost-of-underestimating-the-cost-of-doing-business/#comment-45 lokywoky bitter hussein Fri, 23 May 2008 06:13:40 +0000 http://hivethrive.com/2008/05/19/the-high-cost-of-underestimating-the-cost-of-doing-business/#comment-45 People in this country need a massive re-education about true energy costs. In Europe where they have been paying $6 per gallon for gas for years, it is closer to the true cost (of course that figure is greatly outdated now) At the time the $6 per gallon was the norm, we were screaming that the price went up to $1.29. Riiiigghhht. Even so, still today all the discussion is about how we can reduce the COST of a gallon of gas instead of how we can reduce our USE of a gallon of gas. Even though I own a Prius I still try not to drive very much (I am physically unable to ride a bike) And I bought that car, not just because it gets great gas mileage but because I also wanted to reduce my 'carbon footprint'. Most people are not even aware of what their carbon footprint is, let alone what contributes to it and how to reduce it. Thanks for starting a discussion about true costs. Something I think we are all going to have to start understanding and living with. People in this country need a massive re-education about true energy costs. In Europe where they have been paying $6 per gallon for gas for years, it is closer to the true cost (of course that figure is greatly outdated now) At the time the $6 per gallon was the norm, we were screaming that the price went up to $1.29. Riiiigghhht.

Even so, still today all the discussion is about how we can reduce the COST of a gallon of gas instead of how we can reduce our USE of a gallon of gas.

Even though I own a Prius I still try not to drive very much (I am physically unable to ride a bike) And I bought that car, not just because it gets great gas mileage but because I also wanted to reduce my ‘carbon footprint’. Most people are not even aware of what their carbon footprint is, let alone what contributes to it and how to reduce it.

Thanks for starting a discussion about true costs. Something I think we are all going to have to start understanding and living with.

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