gas prices

[IphoneTony]

my gosh jumped 10 cents today in my area wtf

[ColsTiger]

Here too. Went from $3.31 to $3.41 in one day. Just two weeks ago it was $3.23 around here.

[Eragon]

Price of oil is over 114/barrel. Suppliers stick it to the retailers, who in turn sticks it to us. Just think how much revenue the state and federal government are making in taxes.

[coasts]

my gosh jumped 10 cents today in my area wtf

sell your car, get the hell out of jersey, move to brooklyn and get a metrocard. then you don't even have to look at gas prices.

[Eragon]

sell your car, get the hell out of jersey, move to brooklyn and get a metrocard. then you don't even have to look at gas prices.

Nah, come down to Maryland and join the numbers who have to wait in line on the interstate. :smile:

[coasts]

hey eragon, what's two young, single, good looking guys like us doing online Friday night before midnight?









oh right, don't answer that.

[Indy]

3.49 9/10 here What the hell is with the 9/10ths anyways? I'm gonna start keeping my reciepts and add up my 1/10ths that they owe me.:tounge:

[Buffy]

Here too. Went from $3.31 to $3.41 in one day. Just two weeks ago it was $3.23 around here.

A week ago it was between $3.05-3.10 here...I just noticed that it's $3.67 today! :angry: 8 years ago it cost $13 to fill my tank; now it costs $50+.

Regardless of whether you own a car or not, these prices are affecting the price of a lot of things we all buy...

[Youngbinks]

I paid about $3.82 when I filled up a week ago. Fortunately living in a college town means I don't have to drive that much (other than when I go home for visits) so I fill up maybe once every 2-3 weeks. I haven't checked the prices this week but I'm sure they're stellar.

[ColsTiger]

Oil went over $1.15/barrel yesterday on fear that a gas shortage is looming. Look for it to go to $4/gallon very soon. :(

[Eragon]

Granted the story is for Samsung, but ...

http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=2956

[psylichon]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080418/cm_csm/ykurzweil

^^^ that article paints a much rosier picture than we often hear. Optimistic, sure, but it's nice to hear such comforting visions from a true visionary.


Take energy. Today, 70 percent of it comes from fossil fuels, a 19th-century technology. But if we could capture just 1/10,000th of the sunlight that falls on Earth, we could meet 100 percent of the world's energy needs using this renewable and environmentally friendly source. We can't do that now because solar panels rely on old technology, making them expensive, inefficient, heavy, and hard to install. But a new generation of panels based on nanotechnology is starting to overcome these obstacles. The tipping point at which energy from solar panels will actually be less expensive than fossil fuels is only a few years away. The power we are generating from solar is doubling every two years; at that rate, it will be able to meet all energy needs within 20 years.

[ColsTiger]

Up to $3.45 this morning around town. :(

[Eragon]

Up to $3.45 this morning around town. :(

Got you beat. $3.55. My wallet's thinner than yours. :tounge:

[Youngbinks]

$3.59 in good ole' Gainesville for regular unleaded. There's an extra $0.12 a gallon tax added on in Alachua County, a bit ridiculous if you ask me.

[ColsTiger]

Got to fill up in the morning. What cost $13 when I bought my car in 2001, now costs $42. :angry:

[Eragon]

I filled my 4 cylinder Camry, yesterday. Cost me $49.00.

[Apple124]

Today went to get gas, and it cost $3.63
Rediculous!

[ColsTiger]

Today went to get gas, and it cost $3.63
Rediculous!

I guess I shouldn't complain with just $3.47 here then.

[IphoneTony]

I remember when i was a kid and it cost .75 cents gallon

[Buffy]

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r99/BevPutnam/gas1.gif

[aggieman]

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r99/BevPutnam/gas1.gif


ouch! if it goes there I'll be skinny as hell because I will be walking 20 miles each way to work!

[ColsTiger]

ouch! if it goes there I'll be skinny as hell because I will be walking 20 miles each way to work!

It'll be there eventually. i don't think it will get there this year, but by next summer....who knows!

[Eragon]

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r99/BevPutnam/gas1.gif

This isn't a good deal. I should be able to get 1.4 gallons using this at todays exchange rate. :smile:

[Eragon]

Here's an interesting development from Washington:

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[Bannod]

I paid $3.88 for 91 octane on Saturday, on the WA coast. I haven't gone to town since then, so I don't know what it is now.

[IphoneTony]

everyone should go on a week long work strike.. no driving no need to buy gas lol

[psylichon]

everyone should go on a week long work strike.. no driving no need to buy gas lol

I basically have been... just due to light work. I don't recommend it!

[Youngbinks]

My roomie paid $3.98 for premium yesterday, only a matter of days before it's up over $4. Diesel is already $4.20 or so.

[ColsTiger]

Just saw on the news that stations are packed tonight on rumors that gas will be jumping 22 cents tomorrow! That'll put it around $3.80/gallon here.

[Eragon]

I hope it shoots to $10.00/gallon. As long as consumers continue to accept the additional cost (at competing cost to other spending), prices will rise and the economy will go into a tail spin. This issue is well out of the hands of the ordinary consumer. Gulp, it's up to the politicians to start demonstrating leadership. I'm not a big fan of federal economic intervention, but supply-demand economics don't work when the demand curve is inflexible.

[ColsTiger]

I hope it shoots to $10.00/gallon. As long as consumers continue to accept the additional cost (at competing cost to other spending), prices will rise and the economy will go into a tail spin. This issue is well out of the hands of the ordinary consumer. Gulp, it's up to the politicians to start demonstrating leadership. I'm not a big fan of federal economic intervention, but supply-demand economics don't work when the demand curve is inflexible.

I agree. The terms Pemex and BP keep coming to mind.

[bloodbath18]

There's one crazy gas station near my place and its $4.51 for regular and $4.79 for premium...

[Buffy]

I hope it shoots to $10.00/gallon. As long as consumers continue to accept the additional cost (at competing cost to other spending), prices will rise and the economy will go into a tail spin. This issue is well out of the hands of the ordinary consumer. Gulp, it's up to the politicians to start demonstrating leadership. I'm not a big fan of federal economic intervention, but supply-demand economics don't work when the demand curve is inflexible.

Bravo .

[chcorey52]

mines 3.59 for premium....doesnt matter..i cant drive yet

[Youngbinks]

When I was too young to drive I remember seeing prices right around $1.00 a gallon.

At least $4 a gallon is still relatively cheap. Cross the pong to England and you're paying $8 a gallon in some parts.

[IphoneTony]

mines 3.59 for premium....doesnt matter..i cant drive yet

You should care cause you wont be driving if you cant afford it.. and if you work your checks at your age will go to gas and insurance.. when i started driving it was .99c to $1.05

[psylichon]

Everything is going to cost more because of this. Doesn't matter if you drive or not.

[Eragon]

All of us are feeling the crunch about gas; that crunch doesn't even come close to the disaster that's waiting to happen with regard to college. Energy costs are a factor in the escalation of tuition costs. But, not the entire story.

[Hawk]

My Mom got that email thats been floating around for a couple years now about how we should all ban together and not buy gas from one of more major oil companies on a specific day.
I had to explain that the only way it would come close to working is if EVERYONE were to not buy gas from ANYONE for a minimum period of over 2 weeks, then it MIGHT impact the oil companies, but as long as the investors for Oil Futures (they see a shortage coming in the next couple years) keep driving the price over $100 a barrel, the prices will never go down.
The only good I see coming from all this is the smack in the ass it has done to everyone about being more "Green". You would think that state size chucks of the Antartic and Artic areas breaking off and melting into the ocean would be enough cause for concern, but it's when it's requiring a morgage to fuel up the car that is getting everyone motivated.
I'm with Eragon. Although I'll go broke when it happens, I'd love to see it shoot to $10 a gallon. The country would be damn close to being tits-up at that point. Maybe THEN, someone will finally get it through their head that high gas prices cause recessions, because no one can afford to go anywhere, which means no spending.

[Eragon]

Some more points to consider include the fact that the oil market reflects international demand. Economies in India and China, for example, are expanding tremendously at double digit rates. Given the limited supply of oil (intentional or otherwise), the market rates are established by those having the most cash at the auction time.

We have all heard about the protests to prevent construction of power plants, whether natural, coal fired or nuclear. We don't hear very often that oil refiners are facing similar problems. Refinerys are needed to process the oil into various products such as gasoline. Last I heard, refinery capacity was up there in the high 90s (percentile). We are very close to single point failure - loss of a major refinery or two could be devastating.

Sometimes, I worry that Fred Flinstone had the right idea for transportation.

[snpri3]

watch the 11th hour its an aight movie, i hope they keep raising the gas prices so company's will have to resort to making new cars that dont need gas anymore just reusable energy. i dont think thats their goal but **** what can you do when we run out of oil.

[Hawk]

That's the strange thing. There is enough oil in the ground for the next 600 years under Alaska. Why we aren't working on an environmentally safe way to drill it right now is.... I don't know, sad?

Here is something even scarier to think about. The Clinton Administration produced an upsurge in the economy and employment that Bush has let fall to the curb. And I am a Bush supporter- about 40 % of the time.
Well, the next 4 years will tell which way we are headed. We will either have an economy like Mexico ( can you imagine paying 100 to a thousand dollars for a BigMac?), or we will be back on track as the center of the world's economy.

[Eragon]

The unfortunate reality is the US is a reactionary nation. Put into a crisis mode, the US is able to unify on the issues needing attention. Minus a crisis, the US Congress is a dead ringer for the Imperial Senate of Coruscant. Research and discuss. Table it to the Committee on Rug organisms. Research and discuss. No action. No improvements. Alternative Minimum Tax is a good example.

Something will break, and will break badly. Only questions are when and who will get hurt.

[Youngbinks]

I was watching MSNBC this morning (at like 5 AM so I can't remember exactly which analyst it was) and the guy that has been correctly predicting gas prices for the last 8 years said to expect $7 a gallon by 2012. Sure it's a while away, but something to prepare for nonetheless.

[Eragon]

I saw this article in the local paper. The message here is that we can't have our cake and eat it too. We want to drive cars that need gas, then we have to pay the price. We want to use electricity in our homes, then someone will have to accept having transmission lines in their backyard. It never stops.

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