What if oil prices,here in the US were to climb,surpassing $5.00 mark in the future?

I would convert my Mercedes 300TD to run on waste vegetable oil that's readily for FREE.----this is becoming more widely known now and is the reason i chose the diesel engine.

Technically speaking, most US oil comes NOT from the Middle, but the Western Hemisphere. Mexico, Canada, and Venezuela account for the lion's share of US imports. While Venezuela is certainly a dangerous area these days, Mexico and Canada are just about the safest sources of oil outside the US. A rise in per/barrel oil prices significant enough to cause gas to jump above $5/gallon would take a a long time, allowing for a relatively easy adjustment, during which alternative energy sources would become more economically viable.

If it were to happen overnight, I would suffer through the recession with everyone else. Prices on everything would rise as transportation prices went through the roof. Electric rates would rise as oil-fueled electric power stations paid more for their gas. People would have less free spending money, sending most of the major consumer goods chains into free fall.

And I would ride the bus more, cause, why not?

If oild and gas prices continued to rise, the American economy would begin to fall, due to a lag in the shift from non-renewable to renewable resources. It is for this reason that, despite the current availability of oil and gas, a move from a dependence on fossil fuels should begin to be taken more seriously, both by the government, and by major institutions/corporations on a global scale.

The country would go into a recession if a barrel of oil dropped to only $5.00.

You would see not as manys cars on the road more people wpuld by bikes and use them to travel back and forth to work I really could not tell you how I would deal with the situation.

Same thing would happen as before, just more. People will complain, driving less, buying less SUVs and blame the oil companies. But we will get by as we always do

It wont.

All of those trouble spots recognise that they need our cash more then we need their oil.

We have all the oil we need to run this country, and the minute it gets to hard to get from them, we will both get very conservative with our usage, and start pumping our own.

I would trade my 2002 Acura TL for an Hybrid.

what will happen is we will all b****h about and have trouble with it but we will all try to drive just like we do now. until we run out of money. then on pay day we will do it all over again.

Get Ready! OPEC has been generous the last few summers. It will be higher each summer. Praise America!