Gas price jump!

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Not to get all political on that ass, so anyway, yeah, I'm SO SICK of it being one step forward, five steps back. I think earlier this year it dropped below two dollars for the first time in a while, and now it's up even higher at three.

Then it'll go back down to like $2.35 or so and we'll all be like, "Thank you Baby Jesus!" even though it's higher than it originally was.

[RobH4413]

Gotta love the 1990 tiny little ford escort. 20 dollars can take me around the world.

[saden1]

Try $3.24 over here. it's insane how fast it jumped. Fortunately I don't have a gas guzzler. If your car gets15 miles a gallon or less, well good luck my friend. Perhaps it's time to rethink the whole big cars cultulture here in the states.

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by saden1

Try $3.24 over here. it's insane how fast it jumped. Fortunately I don't have a gas guzzler. If your car gets15 miles a gallon or less, well good luck my friend. Perhaps it's time to rethink the whole big cars cultulture here in the states.

Well, apparrently I am an idiot. Back at the end of 04, I bought an 05 GMC Sierra, but the special edition with the aluminum block that gets 1-2 MPG fewer then the stock v-8, but produces about 25 more horses. It's fully loaded, and I love it, but it has AVERAGED me 14.4 mpg. I've thought about trading it in, but I love having a truck, and to get something that would replace it in my heart would cost like 40-50k.
What's even worse, I live about 1 mile from where I work, so I could walk to work (my wife could too), AND I have a motorcycle that gets a good 45-55 MPG. My wife makes me wear a helmet and it messes up my hair. So I still drive the truck.

[saden1]

What about that whole behind close door meeting Chaney had with the Energy companies? You know, the one whose transcripts they fought to keep sealed. It reeks of impropriety.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by saden1

What about that whole behind close door meeting Chaney had with the Energy companies? You know, the one whose transcripts they fought to keep sealed. It reeks of impropriety.

I wonder why we're not hearing the same reports accusing Republicans of fixing gas prices now that the Democrats are in charge? Hmmmmmm...

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

What about that whole behind close door meeting Chaney had with the Energy companies? You know, the one whose transcripts they fought to keep sealed. It reeks of impropriety.

What does that have to do with Cheney making this so called profit from the oil co. a It was a closed door meeting with all parties attending listed for public information. The President only has to disclose who attened the meeting and not the substance when these meetings go on. If they had to disclose everything that was discussed at the white house how could they get any thing done. The Dems. made a big issue of this knowing that the Pres. would fight them on the issue as if they gave them the information then they would have set a presidence (spelling). Then the Dems would use this to make them disclose other meetings and nothing would ever get done. This is not new and was practiced by all presidents so they could get stuff done. The Dems. then by making this an issue could then point their finger and say see they are with big oil and they are hiding this info from us. I guess it worked by post.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by jsarno

Well, apparrently I am an idiot. Back at the end of 04, I bought an 05 GMC Sierra, but the special edition with the aluminum block that gets 1-2 MPG fewer then the stock v-8, but produces about 25 more horses. It's fully loaded, and I love it, but it has AVERAGED me 14.4 mpg. I've thought about trading it in, but I love having a truck, and to get something that would replace it in my heart would cost like 40-50k.
What's even worse, I live about 1 mile from where I work, so I could walk to work (my wife could too), AND I have a motorcycle that gets a good 45-55 MPG. My wife makes me wear a helmet and it messes up my hair. So I still drive the truck.

Time to take a look at mini-vans?

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by saden1

Time to take a look at mini-vans?

heck no...I have no kids...we can't have any...if anything I'd get a convertible.

[SantanaMan]

It must be awful to have to pay $3.50 a gallon for gas!!! Try living here, I live in N.Ireland and currently the price is £0.94 a LITER (approx. $1.88 a liter), on mainland UK the prices are around £1 a liter.
Seriously guys, you might think you are hard done by, but I would love to pay so little - one of the reasons you don't see as many powerful cars over here is due to the cost of gas!

[jsarno]

Originally Posted by SantanaMan

It must be awful to have to pay $3.50 a gallon for gas!!! Try living here, I live in N.Ireland and currently the price is £0.94 a LITER (approx. $1.88 a liter), on mainland UK the prices are around £1 a liter.
Seriously guys, you might think you are hard done by, but I would love to pay so little - one of the reasons you don't see as many powerful cars over here is due to the cost of gas!

That's a good point, you see a lot of those ugly little 2 door specs over there, or a bunch of people driving scooters.

WE NEED TO MAKE CORN INTO OUR NEW FUEL!!!!!!!

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by SantanaMan

It must be awful to have to pay $3.50 a gallon for gas!!! Try living here, I live in N.Ireland and currently the price is £0.94 a LITER (approx. $1.88 a liter), on mainland UK the prices are around £1 a liter.

By my calculations, that adds up to about $7.80 per gallon.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

By my calculations, that adds up to about $7.80 per gallon.

That and about 50% taxation you get health ins.

[Beemnseven]

Oh boy, here we go.

The prices always rise in the spring because environmental regulations require different and more expensive blends for gasoline in the warm weather months.

If you want to get pissed at someone, blame the ecological nutbags who go crazy everytime there's a proposal to build a new refinery or drill offshore (as they are doing now with the plan for drilling off Virginia's eastern shore) or in the Gulf of Mexico, or the Florida Everglades.

Maybe that way, we can start using some of the oil right here in the U.S. rather than having to kiss the feet of the Arabs in the Middle East.