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Bibliography:
Laney, David M. "Meeting America's mobility needs.(150 YEARS: CEO OUTLOOK)(airline ticket prices and gasoline prices)." Railway Age 207.9 (Sept 2006): 54(1). Student Resource Center - Gold. Thomson Gale. Centennial High School (MD). 6 Dec. 2006 http://find.galegroup.com/ips/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=IPS&docId=A152585453&source=gale&srcprod=SRCG&userGroupName=elli29753&version=1.0

Notes: It seems more people are riding trains or other means of tranportation as gas prices rise. Gas prices are not the only thing rising in cost, airline tickets have been too. Since more are riding trains, service is improving and more is being added to the trains. Some states have had to increase money for train industries by double! Many people see trains and such services as good things, since they are more affordable, better for the enivronment and there is no sitting in traffic. Even with numbers of employees going down for companies like Amtrak, more people continue to use their services. The company's safety has also improved in recent years.

Questions Are people finding other means of transportation only becuase of the high gas prices? What else will society resort to in the furture as far as trasnportation? What could be done to have gas prices go down, or usage reduced? Are there other ways we could get or save oil? How would society be without cars? How much does the competition between companies affect prices?

What We Know & What We Want to Know?

What I know...
I know that many people have a problem and or don't like the way gas prices change so often. Gas prices also affect society, in many ways. Most people that are either adults or teenagers that can drive, often notice the gas prices and how quickly they change or how they differ so much from one another. From teenagers with jobs or to well-off adults, paying high prices for gas does not make sense or make people happy. THey always rise when people are traveling, but even when there not they always seem to change. I also know that over the years they have risen and are continuing to. One reason gas prices are so high is the war in Iraq, since we get most of our oil from the Middle East. Another reason is the competition between all the different companies, especially when they are all so close another.

What I want to know?
I would like to know what other causes of the changing prices are.
Why is that you see one price, and can go around the corner to see it 20 cents more a gallon?
What can be done to either cope with the problem of rising gas prices, or fix the problem?
Are there other sources of oil and would that help prices?
Will the hybrid cars become popular?
What are otheraffect of gas prices on society?