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A new AAA survey asked consumers if there was a gas price point that would make them «change their driving habits or lifestyle to offset higher gas prices.»

When people start complaining about high gas prices, tell them that you haven't really noticed the impact of the price change since you have a compact / hybrid car, take the bus, ride your bicycle or walk.

As gas prices have fallen over the past several months, public perception of what is considered cheap has changed, indicating Americans now have a lower tolerance for high fuel prices than in the past.

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Albertans in particular have been hit the hardest with commodities, oil and gas stocks collapsing to 2008 financial crisis levels, real estate prices stagnating while the rest of the country tests new all - time highs, and now two impending tax increases thanks to those voting for change in the provincial and federal elections.

10 years ago no one ever thought of making an alternative fuel vehicle because gas prices and the cost to change a car's engine keep the overall cost of acceptance too high, but now, as oil and gas prices skyrocket, they're beginning to seep into the awareness of the general public..

My take is that consumer behavioral change from high gas prices exceeded expectations, even though it was motivated by necessity.

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Because the price of electricity varies sharply over the course of a day, and the price of natural gas runs all over the map but is generally higher in winter, the plant could end up changing modes daily and certainly seasonally.

This change is induced primarily by concerns over high fossil fuel prices, greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel import dependence.

-- Supports a price on carbon AND methane — Supports high labor standards in the development of renewable energy — Supports changing the Clean Power Plan to incentivize renewable energy over fracked gas.

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Despite rising gas prices and a growing concern about climate change, the auto industry is going on the offensive to convince Americans to oppose dramatically higher fuel economy requirements.

While DECC predict that climate change and energy policies will cause gas prices to go up by 18 % and electricity prices by 33 % by 2020, they estimate (as of July 2010) that because of reductions in energy use «compared to the counterfactual scenario in which climate change and energy policies do not have an impact on energy bills, on average, domestic energy bills will be 1 % higher in 2020.»

Perhaps we spent too much time watching Monty Python movies and singing «Always look on the bright side of life,» but we thought that there was perhaps a good side to high gas prices, that people would change their habits to adapt, and suddenly the world would be filled with small efficient cars, lots of mass transit, all food would be locally grown and every new home would be New Urbanist or multifamily, mainly in reborn Buffaloes or Detroits with a bicycle in every garage and an organic chicken in every pot.

Higher gas prices could change that.

In what his aides called one of the most significant policy addresses of his second and final term, the mayor argued that directly taxing emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change will slow global warming, promote economic growth and stimulate technological innovation — even if it results in higher gasoline prices in the short term.

Investors are obliged to weigh any number of unknowns: will Venezuela increase production and keep heavy oil differentials high; will the price of natural gas rapidly rise; will climate change suddenly force governments to introduce carbon taxes; can the companies control their labour and construction costs; will global demand continue to rise?

«NAR urged the IRS to make changes to account for higher gas prices, and indications are that changes will be made,» says one NAR policy analyst.