How are people in your part of the world coping with the increasing cost of oil? 18 Articles

by Ann Marie Dwyer

Rising oil prices are isolating rural America. Small town way of life is in the throes of death. Rural America is known for long-time residents who rely on slow rising gasoline prices to reach the supplies they need to...read more

by Marie Hurley

As petrol prices hit record highs in Australia motorists struggle to cope with the increased cost. In June 2008 the pump price of unleaded petrol rose to $1.71 per litre in some metropolitan areas. This was up from an aver...read more

by Victoria Rose Perkins

Here in New England we have been referred to as "hardy New Englanders" and "New Englanders who are full of Yankee ingenuity", quite often. While these are fine qualities to have, we will definitely be put to the test as to...read more

by Masimba Mukichi

2008 is proving to be the most cruel year to the human race.A lot of calamities have happened to mother earth.Floods in America and Myanmar, food riots in Haiti and Egypt, Political violence in Kenya,earthquakes in China a...read more

by Rich Rivers

In my Asian country, Philippines, where life is tough and where millions of people go hungry everyday because of graft and corruption that cannot be stopped and where unemployment almost reached its peak, the increasing co...read more

by Preetvy Ramasamy

The increasing cost of oil is affecting the price of many products around the world. This is because many of these products or the raw materials from which they are made are somewhat related to oil. Since industrialisation...read more

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by David Nuttle

In the U.S., I find that people cope with higher petroleum (oil) and gasoline prices by driving less, using more public transportation, sharing rides, walking an biking more, and buying vehicles with better fuel economy. I...read more

by Hamish McBrearty

As oil and petrol hit all time highs seemingly weekly, many New Zealanders are turning to alternative forms of transport to curb their fuel bill. New Zealand is an island nation with limited refining capabilities, meani...read more

by Martin Ayankola

The rise in crude oil prices worldwide has continued to put pressure on the world economy. There is virtually no Country anywhere in the world now that the issue of fuel pricing is not germane. Nigeria, the biggest black ...read more

by Aria Quill

The cost of oil has hit all of us right in the pocket book and some are hurt more than others financially but as a Canadian I see the situation a little different and have decided to make changes to work with the cost of o...read more

by Margaret Ladner

WITH the increase cost of oil these days there are many people in this USA suffering from the lack of things that they normally would have to support a family and jobs that are getting more scarce and hard to find, it is r...read more

by Anna Yarbrough

In the USA, the increasing cost of oil has adversely affected our national economy seeping throughout all areas of life in our great country. Where we live, in the city of Richmond, VA, gas prices are currently averag...read more

by Patrick Corcoran

We can debate the reason for the high oil prices and I've heard more opinions on it than a few. The problem however is that we can't wait until the debate is over before we do something to combat the crisis. Every morn...read more

by Cray Sellars

The increase in oil prices in oil prices in North Carolina has been terrible. It has caused a steady increase of gas prices. Regular unleaded gas is almost four dollars a gallon and deisel fuel is over four dollars a gallo...read more

by Birupakshya Dixit

In my country its not the duty of the people to identify effective means to coping with increasing cost of oil. We have asked our government to think on it, act on it and to design some mechanism, revise economic policy, a...read more

by James Jester

How are people in my part of the world coping with the increasing cost of oil? Well, they're not; they just drive around griping about how much gas costs instead of doing something about it. It seems like this is what we...read more

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by Eunice Baidoo

This sudden increasing of the oil cost, has put everyone in danger, not only the increasing prices in food, or the endless money on the gas station that have cause a lot of stress to many American. But what about the bill...read more

by The Literature

Crude oil touched $136/barrel last week. Saudi Arabia announcement on plans to boost daily output by 200, 000 barrels helped crude oil price to slump to $132/barrel. Demand for oil is huge in United States of America, ...read more