Gas Prices Soar!
 

Welcome to the real world of high Gas!:(

Kerry Suggests strongly that Bush should release Naval Oil Reserve!:rolleyes: He also says that Busch is in Cahoots with the Saudie Family.

I suggest, that Riding Transit systems will help curtail gas consumption along with buying more efficient vehicles.

How many have ridden Transit systems? I have only been on those of NY, Chicago, Wash. DC, San Francisco, London, Budephest, and Austria. Met some great people there.

What kind of Vehicle do you drive? A gas Hog?

I cannot ride any transit vehicles as owning a small business. I do not fill up everytime I go to the pump. I drive a 4 cylinder vehicle, not a SUV.

I try very hard to make as many trips as possible and do what I have to do in a correct, planned route.

Do You.?


The American love for a Car is killing us.

Dont buy gas on May 19 th, buy it on May 20 th! WOW, that really helps!:rolleyes:

Oh My God, Fossile fuel does run out!:rolleyes:

Yeah it's definitely getting ridiculous.
I myself drive a 94 Honda Accord that I keep impeccably maintained so that it has the highest fuel economy possible. I wouldn't drive an SUV for many reasons, gas guzzling being one of them.
When I first started driving gas was around .99 or so. I drove a tiny little car and could fill up my tank for around 10 bucks or so. Now that I have a slightly larger car and gas is more $$$$ it takes at least $25 or so to get the job done. I now spend around $100/ month for gas.
I'm not sure about which conspiracy theory I agree with (if any) but I think that this hike in gas prices couldn't have come at a worse time, financially and politically. Some of those not so in the know will blame Bush (I don't like him, but to blame him for gas prices is incorrect). Our economy is not what you'd call in tip-top shape right now, and many people are feeling a strain on their budget just to pay for gas. Not to mention prices of other things rise, because the transport of goods has to be paid for somehow.
I myself try to do my part and however little that helps, at least I'll feel good about it.

ETA: I would really hope more places would look into better public transport. If I lived in a larger city w/ a decent transport system, I'd definitely sell my car.

Actually oil supply has been increased and prices went down - the problem is that demand increased extremely by one country (China).

-Rudey

I think Vancouver is the most expensive place in North America now - $.999/litre and it may have gone up since arriving at work this morning.

It usually costs me about $25 to fill up my car - it cost me $40 the other day :eek:.

that converts to roughly $2.75 USD/Gallon for regular gas - none of this fancy high octane stuff... that's well over $1CAD/ Litre now

The most expensive I've seen was 89.6 cents/L. I was like :eek: :eek: :eek: .
It's times like this I'm glad I don't drive.

I do drive a gas hog-- an Expedition! I get about 13-14 mpg in city and 17 highway.
I do not take public transporation--KC really doesn't have a public transit system, just the Metro bus if you live in the city.
I filled up the gas take on Monday, it cost about $50--I have a 26gallon tank.

I am now paying attention to where I drive. Driving has always been a huge stress reliever for me--I have been curb my urge to just drive.

And yes, while a small economic car would make sense with the gas prices--it doesn't make sense for my family. With a 7' tall husband and two boys that will be just as tall--it doesn't make sense to havea little car.

-wendi

Gas prices soar?

They've been high here in CA forever...in San Diego I saw it as high as 2.50 a few weeks ago and it's gone up since! I'm seriously thinking about a hybrid...this is nukking futs!:mad:

That's really interesting. What exactly has happened in China to increase the demand?

I drive a 95 Cavalier (but want a new car soooo bad) and last time I filled up, it cost me $25 for a 14 gallon tank. I use the lowest grade, which runs between 1.88-2.05 in Nashville.

I won't do the mass transit thing. That might be snobby, but I'm just not getting on the bus! Not only will it take me fifty years to get downtown, I just don't feel like it's the safest, most sanitary place to be. We don't have any other form of mass transit here. I live really close to the grocery store, Target, gas station, etc. I drive to my parents probably once a week and that's about 30-35 miles and it's about 20 miles to downtown Nashville for school and dr. appts.

This is one reason Mr. A and I are looking forward to the move to Atlanta.

Houston has AWFUL mass transit for such a large city. The buses are confusing, the drivers are evil, and the latest "update" was a stupid-ass little toy train that doesn't go anywhere.

During our last trip, I could dump Mr. A off at the Kiss 'n Ride at Dunwoody station and the train plus one bus ride later (all about 35 minutes) he's at Coke's front gate. 35 mins at the end of the day, and I pick him up from the station and that's that.

BTW - he drives a Ford Explorer (before anyone turns up their nose at the "gas guzzler", remember the streets in the good neighborhoods here are so bad that you need a truck-like suspension to prevent broken axles) I drive a Buick Skylark, which gets pretty decent milage.

Times like this I miss the college days of Boston where the "T" was so efficient and easy to use it was easier to NOT have a car at all.

--add

What do you mean? China's economy expanded rapidly. All the factories, new cars, etc. require more energy and, thus, more oil.

-Rudey

Ah ok. Didn't know. Thanks.

I personally don't know the source, but NPR reported that consumption in both China and the United States skyrocketed.

Bought gas for Mrs. DeltAlum's car yesterday at $1.89.9/gal. Filled my car up today at $1.99.9.

Hefty increase in less than 24 hours.

Our local news stations all have people searching for the cheapest gas and then they broadcast the lowest gas prices. They just announced that yesterday, one of the places they announced sold out of gas and had huge lines! The "cheapest" place they found was $1.959 (why don't they just make it $1.96 and drop the 9/1000 of a cent? never got that!). The gas station where I usually go is at $2.08, but I'm going to one of those cheap ones today.

Gov. Granholm (Mich) is a real stickler on these things.. she had the Attorney General press charges against gas stations that engaged in price gouging during the black out and was Attorney General during 9/11 and pressed charges for gouging then. She is openly questioning the need for the rapid increases when our national store is higher than it's ever been and the oil companies are reporting record profits.

Just wait, won't be long before this affects everything, because the cost of shipping affects all deliveries and will lead to inflation in every area.

While there is no good mass transit in Detroit, I have considered talking to a few coworkers who live near me about carpooling. It's hard when you all work different hours though. I drive 25 miles each way and have a Cavlalier (30 mpg).

Dee

I drive a tiny Ford ZX2 and it cost me about $19 to fill up my tank yesterday. Gas prices are $1.96 here. I know $19 isn't a lot at all but I'm use to paying between $11-13 to fill up my tank. Orlando has some of the cheapest gas prices in the state so I only imagine what gas prices are up to in West Palm Beach and Miami. I feel bad for friends of mine who has SUVs or cars that require premium grade gasoline. I know some of them have spent almost $50 to fill up their tank.
My boyfriend and I are driving to Atlanta for Memorial Day weekend and I'm really considering just purchasing an airline ticket. I think it might end up the same amount to fly as it is to drive with gasoline prices being so high.

We're typically way lower than the rest of the US here in central Oklahoma. Gas prices can be found as low as $1.82 here in Edmond. Some greedy bastards have been seen raising their prices as high as $1.97.

It absolutely floored me the other day when I was sitting at a red light... The 7-11 on one side of the street had gas for about $1.84/gallon. There were maybe 2 cars filling up there. The Shell on the other side of the street was at $1.94 and they were packed!

The best way we can keep price hikes to a minimum on a local level is to not patronize the stores that hike their prices way up.

There's a website I check to find low gas prices in the OKC area. Y'all might have something similar.

oklahomacitygasprices.com is the name of the site I patronize.

I posted this earlier on another thread but check out gasbuddy.com.

-Rudey

In Sacramento, lowest gas price I have seen is around $2.22. And that was yesterday. Lets see what today says. :rolleyes:

I only have a 10 gallon tank on my lil Corolla, but damn. $20 to fill up... I drive everywhere too so it's gone in a week.

I can't even imagine what I would be spending if i was still commuting to Roseville every day.

yea- i'm really worried about the gas prices- i drive an 87 audi 5000 quattro and it gets like 19 a gallon on the highway and the thing is a beast- i'm leaving sunday to drive to the lake of the ozarks in missouri for the summer( i need a car there since my best friend and i are working)- and prices in new york are like 2.35 a gallon or more- and i have to use good stuff since my car is so old... argh

I think its only like 150$ to fly from O-town to Atlanta round trip.

what is so stupid here in jacksonville is that there is one gas station that is 1.94 a gallon for regular and across the street is a station where gas is 2.09 a gallon for regular.

yeah that makes it really hard to decide where to go for gas:rolleyes:

There are several places like that around here! The only thing I can think is that if someone has a gas card for that particular chain, they might stop there. Weird. You'd think they'd want to be competitive! There's an .11 difference on either side of the interstate on my exit.

Where have you been looking? I would love to know because that would be awesome if there were airline tickets from Orlando to Atlanta for that price. I've checked Expedia, Travelocity, Air Tran, etc. and the cheapest I found was $232 round trip during Memorial Day Weekend. I think the high tickets prices to fly to Atlanta have a lot to do with Southwest not having a hub at Hartsfield so there's really not any low-fare competition.

PM me if you know where I can find a roundtrip ticket for $150 because I don't want to skew the thread's discussion.

Gas prices are really having an impact on car sales. HUmmer's sales are down and Toyota can't keep their hybrid Prius's in stock. IN fact, at many Toyota dealerships across the country, there is a 6-12 month waiting list for a Prius. They get 50-60 mpg by the way and are as large as a mid size family sedan.

Many manufacturers are introducing more hybrid models this year. There will be a hybrid Ford Escape and eventually full size SUV and truck hybrids. Toyota says that in a couple of years, they will have hybrid options for all of their models.

Too bad you don't know what you're talking about. Buyers of hybrids are not motivated only by cheaper fuel costs and people who stopped buying hummers didn't stop because of higher fuel costs.

-Rudey

Tax breaks could be a motive for buying hybrids. I'm not sure how much you get credit for, but every bit helps.
And Hummers suck no matter what the gas costs. I wouldn't drive one if someone gave it to me.

So, the gas station showed on our local news yesterday selling gas at $1.95, was selling it for $2.18 today. Sheesh!

I just paid $1.92/ gal for the 87 octane at the cheapest station in town. This is really pissing me off.

Since I don't have a huge stick up my ass, I ride the bus. Damned if I'm going to take 30 minutes to drive and park downtown when I can take the bus and get there in 5.

My car is a 99 Mazda Protege LX 5-speed. I normally get about 36 mpg.

And for those of you who whine about hauling - we haul our boat with my car and my dads (a 626) and it's fine, and we haul it with my mom's SUV, which still gets 27 mpg.

As for the comment about roads being bad - I can drive my car off-road, and in fact, during the summer it drives on gravel roads regularly. In addition, it drives on a freeway that was in such poor shape that they're practically blowing it up.

Do you know why you all really drive gas-guzzlers? Because you want to. Don't lie that you need it or it makes you feel safe or it's the only car that works - you bought that car knowing it would suck gas, and you don't care because there isn't any incentive for you to stop.

So if people don't want to ride the bus, they have a huge stick up their ass? Very logical.

It would take me way longer to get to where I need to go by riding the bus. I can get there in 15-20 if I drive. It would take 45+ to take the bus. Some places have decent mass transit, others don't.

Then say that, don't talk about how unsafe and unsanitary it is. :rolleyes:

I did say that. I said that in addition to what you just mentioned, it would take me forever to get to where I needed to be. And if I don't feel safe riding the bus, then that is my business and my prerogative. As I said in my most recent post, not everyone has a great bus system. You do. Good for you. :rolleyes:

Wow. Let's retract those claws and move on. Ouch.

Personally I prefer the smooth ride of a Hunter 28, but if I want a small ride I will sail on the 212 also.

-Rudey

It's $2.259 here where I live...around $2.359 in Chicago proper. Totally ridiculous. And it's not even Memorial Day weekend...the prices are going to get totally jacked up then, not to mention June 1 when we have to go to the summer blend of gas here in Chicago. Would not stun me to see prices get to close to $3/gallon!

I found a gas station the other day that was $1.939 and filled up there. It cost me $20 to fill my tank...and I only have a little Saturn! I am afraid of what it'll cost me on my next fillup.

I'd love to take public transit...of course, in the suburb where I live, the only public transit we have is feeders that go to the train station (in the morning) and back from the train station (in the evening). It is great if you work in the city, but if you don't, you are SOL.

I have a comfortable, compact car that suits me fine.
We live on a street where EVERYONE just HAD to buy a SUV. Like a stack of dominoes...Even their KIDS are driving SUVs!
No offense to anyone here, but I'm smirking about it now.

I have to fly to NY in the near future and it kind of bothers me that the airlines are getting hit so hard by the cost of fuel.
Makes me wonder if they might be skimping elsewhere.

Hey, the Prez in in your neck of the woods today isn't he? See if you can ask him to help out. (I'll bet that big armored car get great mileage) Just kidding. Feeling goofy today.

Go see "Wicked" while you're in NYC.

At the school where my mom teaches, the traditional 16th birthday present for the kids from their parents is a cherry-red Jeep Grand Cherokee. :rolleyes: