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Gas Prices Persuasive Speech

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"Have you ever woken up late for something important, rushed to shower, swiftly brushed your teeth, hastily gotten dressed, and when you finally make your way to your car its out of gas? Then you quickly, but still abiding by the speed limit, drive to the gas station, grab some money out of your wallet, look up at the big, bold prices and then glance back at the money you grabbed and either you're overcome with joy or you grumble to yourself angrily and grab a few more dollars. Despite the real life anecdote described above, a lot of people don't understand why and how gas prices rise and fall. There's an increase in attention to gas prices when they're higher or lower than usual because that directly concerns them as a consumer. Even when gas prices are higher, consumers keep paying because there's not really an alternative out there besides buying a new environmentally friendly car. However, there's currently a much deeper problem in the United States related to gas prices. Today, in particular, gas prices are a lot less than they have been but most Americans brush it off and wonder something along the lines of ""Who is that bad for?"". I mean, fuels costs eat up a large share of earnings in the …show more content…

States with a high reliance on the energy industry, like Alaska, North Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, are currently facing economic challenges. In terms of Texas in general, our economy rests a lot on the oil producing industry and this has forced many companies to make tough decisions like cutting back on new hires and in some cases even laying off workers. Even though the Texas economy has a lot more going for it than just oil, especially because of the job growth in technology, health care and construction, there's still risk ahead for Texas in terms of job growth, less production, less investment, and less build-out of infrastructure. People who work in or around the oil industry don't like cheap

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