F@%*^ Gas prices......
Road Master
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From: Huntersville, NC
RE: F@%*^ Gas prices......
The way I got it figured, I'm still paying less than when I used to commute in a '77 Delta 88.
gas is $4 per gallon. 5 gallon tank means a fill up is less than $20. Not too shabby considering the mpg we get. I'm winning any way you look at it
gas is $4 per gallon. 5 gallon tank means a fill up is less than $20. Not too shabby considering the mpg we get. I'm winning any way you look at it
Cruiser
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RE: F@%*^ Gas prices......
ORIGINAL: drrandall1
We are still the cheapest is the world.
We are still the cheapest is the world.
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: The Grassy Knoll
RE: F@%*^ Gas prices......
Yep, it sucks! Oil closed at just over $135 a barrel yesterday. We'll be at $200by the end of Q3. In nine years oil has gone up 1000%. There is a guy I know ofon Pennsylvania Ave who might have some answers for us as to why.
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From: Michigan
RE: F@%*^ Gas prices......
ORIGINAL: drrandall1
We are still the cheapest is the world.
We are still the cheapest is the world.
This is a common notion but it's a false one. And the nations that do pay more then us get things like universal health care for the extra taxes they pay on their gasoline/petrol. It's an apples & lug-nuts comparison.
I also really hate it when news broadcasters point out that gasoline in Europe is $7 or $8 a gallon as if it is a fair comparison, while leaving out the fact of how heavily gas is taxed over there. It seems to me like a cheap attempt on their part to make us feel better for getting boned at the pump.
I guess I could understand if this sudden rise in prices was a supply and demand issue, like it was in the 70's. But I have yet to go by a gas station that has a sign out in frontsaying thatthey are out of gas. Or I have yet to hear of even and odd day gas rationing any where in our country.
Then to top it off if oil companies were just passing along their increased operating costs of doing business, then they wouldn't be making record profits. If this was the case their profits would've stayed roughly the same even with the higher costs at the pump.
Road Captain
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RE: F@%*^ Gas prices......
ORIGINAL: Kern
There is a guy I know ofon Pennsylvania Ave who might have some answers for us as to why.
There is a guy I know ofon Pennsylvania Ave who might have some answers for us as to why.
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From: anacoco, la
RE: F@%*^ Gas prices......
ORIGINAL: drrandall1
We are still the cheapest is the world.
We are still the cheapest is the world.
doesn't mean i would like to live there though.
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: New Hampshire
RE: F@%*^ Gas prices......
If we could dig up the oil in our own country that would help.
That is not going to happen as the tree huggers have the politicians on their side.
We are not allowed to dig and they won't let us build any new refinerys.
We have plenty of oil but we can't get it out of the ground.
We are getting screwed.
That is not going to happen as the tree huggers have the politicians on their side.
We are not allowed to dig and they won't let us build any new refinerys.
We have plenty of oil but we can't get it out of the ground.
We are getting screwed.
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From: Elizabeth
RE: F@%*^ Gas prices......
Just got home from filling up the pickup took 38.5 gals of diesel @5.01 a gallon = 192.89 I remember when I bought the truck it took 62.00 to fill up in 2002 this is down right sickening![:@]Gas was 3.96 I am about a half hour south of Pittsburgh
