Kristian Stipe
This site lightly covers all of it:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/03/oil-prices-cost-of-living_n_1316449.html#s747668&title=Plastic
How does gas price effect me as a
person who eats?
Since all the food must be shipped,
trucked, and transported so it is all very directly related to the
price of gas.
How does it effect me as someone who
rides their bike on asphalt:
since asphalt is gravel covered in tar
it will very related.
How does gas prices effect the price of
my house or apartment?
gas price increased 19% and price of
lumber went up 5%
since it all must be shipped it is all
related.
How does gas price effect the cloths I
wear
a lot of clothes are petroleum based
because of the polyesters.
How does gas price effect the cost of
my education
anything that is plastic, shipped, or
manufactured in mass it requires gas, thus dependent on the price gas
costs.
Kristian,
ReplyDeleteGood follow up questions here. I'd suggest finding some academic sources through jstor on another compilation on-line and seeing if you can get a sense of where the dialogue is on how gas is effecting our lives.
How does the inconsistency of the gas prices affect me?
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