#26
Posted: 8/31/05 at 6:07pm
wow... i remember freaking out when it went up to $1.72
i miss those days
i miss those days
::bust a move::
#27
Posted: 8/31/05 at 7:09pm
Christ!
In high school, I remember it being $0.97 a gallon.
I'm glad I don't need a car in NYC, but I'm gonna have to start tipping the cabbies more!
In high school, I remember it being $0.97 a gallon.
I'm glad I don't need a car in NYC, but I'm gonna have to start tipping the cabbies more!
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#28
Posted: 8/31/05 at 7:18pm
gas prices scare me so much. it took $50 to fill up the tank the other day. i'm afraid to look at the prices now. i might have to starve to death cause i won't have enough money to get gas to go to the store and get food.
#29
Posted: 8/31/05 at 7:42pm
When I left for school today (7:30 A.M EST)its was 2.98 I put 6 dollars in, after school (3:00 P.M) It rose to 3.21.. AHHHH EVIL!
#30
Posted: 8/31/05 at 7:59pm
Amsterdam $6.48
Oslo $6.27
Milan $5.96
Copenhagen $5.93
Brussels $5.91
Stockholm $5.80
London $5.79
Frankfurt $5.57
Paris $5.54
Lisbon $5.35
Oslo $6.27
Milan $5.96
Copenhagen $5.93
Brussels $5.91
Stockholm $5.80
London $5.79
Frankfurt $5.57
Paris $5.54
Lisbon $5.35
#33
Posted: 8/31/05 at 8:34pm
On the way home today, most of the stations I passed near work were at 2.79 in Central Jersey. The ones near home were at 2.69 for regular. One station had it at 2.79 with another on the opposite corner listing at 3.19. They had no customers. I had 1/4 tank and filled up for $32 and change at 2.65. I certainly won't be doing any unnecessary driving for a while.
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#34
Posted: 8/31/05 at 8:38pm
"I certainly won't be doing any unnecessary driving for a while."
I'm with you on that one, girly.
I'm with you on that one, girly.
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#35
Posted: 8/31/05 at 9:02pm
We simply waste too much oil in this country
I live in NYC & every day see city buses sitting with their motors idling for 15 minutes or more while the driver is sitting reading a paper waiting to leave.
Even if GWB released oil from SPR it still needs to be refined. Thanks to NIMBY syndrome, we need more refining capacity. Good luck trying to get new refineries built. Nuke power & clean burning coal could reduce our dependence on foreign oil but good luck getting any power plant ( nuke or otherwise) built. NIMBY again
Until people get realistic & stop wasting oil & continue to drive gas guzzlers we will pay the price
I live in NYC & every day see city buses sitting with their motors idling for 15 minutes or more while the driver is sitting reading a paper waiting to leave.
Even if GWB released oil from SPR it still needs to be refined. Thanks to NIMBY syndrome, we need more refining capacity. Good luck trying to get new refineries built. Nuke power & clean burning coal could reduce our dependence on foreign oil but good luck getting any power plant ( nuke or otherwise) built. NIMBY again
Until people get realistic & stop wasting oil & continue to drive gas guzzlers we will pay the price
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#36
Posted: 8/31/05 at 9:16pm
Keep in mind that the current insane prices on gas are probably temporary. They are a result of Hurricane Katrina, as 10% of our country's oil refineries are in that area. Now, that might not seem like much, but it does decrease supply, and therefore drive up the prices of competing refineries, and thus local gas stations are forced to pay top dollar, as gas will go to the highest bidder.
After Katrina is over and the rebuilding begins, the prices will start to come back down again.
After Katrina is over and the rebuilding begins, the prices will start to come back down again.
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#37
Posted: 8/31/05 at 9:26pm
The days of cheap gas are over
Prices will not come down as dramatically as one would think. China & India are hungry customers for a static supply of oil. Add to that perennial instability in the mid east & oil prices & supplies will be a problem for years to come.
I remember the chicken little the sky is falling mantra when we built the oil pipeline in Alaska. Turns out the caribou have multiplied expediciously ( they like the warmth of the pipe ). Until we get serious about producing new sources of energy ( renewable & non ) & cut down on waste & over comsumption we are an accident waiting to happen.
1. We need to drill for oil wherever it is
2. We need to possibly revisit oil shale ( remember that )
3. We need more clean burning coal plants ( we have coal up the
wazoo)
4. We need more nuke power plants (with safeguards re spent fuel)
5. We need to expand wind powered power generation
6. We need to reduce our comsumption of oil
7. We need to stop wasting oil
We are like an addict adddicted to mid east oil. People bought fuel efficient cars after the gas crisis in the 1970's only to go back to buying gas guzzlers when the crisis subsided. It never did - we just made believe it did
Prices will not come down as dramatically as one would think. China & India are hungry customers for a static supply of oil. Add to that perennial instability in the mid east & oil prices & supplies will be a problem for years to come.
I remember the chicken little the sky is falling mantra when we built the oil pipeline in Alaska. Turns out the caribou have multiplied expediciously ( they like the warmth of the pipe ). Until we get serious about producing new sources of energy ( renewable & non ) & cut down on waste & over comsumption we are an accident waiting to happen.
1. We need to drill for oil wherever it is
2. We need to possibly revisit oil shale ( remember that )
3. We need more clean burning coal plants ( we have coal up the
wazoo)
4. We need more nuke power plants (with safeguards re spent fuel)
5. We need to expand wind powered power generation
6. We need to reduce our comsumption of oil
7. We need to stop wasting oil
We are like an addict adddicted to mid east oil. People bought fuel efficient cars after the gas crisis in the 1970's only to go back to buying gas guzzlers when the crisis subsided. It never did - we just made believe it did
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Updated On: 8/31/05 at 09:26 PM
#38
Posted: 8/31/05 at 9:44pm
the gas crisis in the 70's
Oh, Lord. They had the odd/even day thing depending on what your license plate ended with, I think? The lines were ridiculous.
Oh, Lord. They had the odd/even day thing depending on what your license plate ended with, I think? The lines were ridiculous.
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#39
Posted: 8/31/05 at 9:47pm
We may be facing much worse now or in the foreseeable future
One person driving an SUV wastes so much gas it is pitiful
One person driving an SUV wastes so much gas it is pitiful
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#40
Posted: 8/31/05 at 10:42pm
Okay, so yesterday I filled up my car at Wal-mart where it was $2.51 per gallon and I used one of their gift cards meaning I got .03 cents off per gallon so it really cost me like $2.48. Anyway, I drive a CAR- as in not suv- and it cost me $34.12. I thought that was crazy but no, today gas was $2.99 as of about 5:30pm...who knows now. Some gas stations around here had to shut down becuase they actually ran out of gas....it's madness!(Although, I have to say I feel much worse for the people directly affected by the hurricane so I'm trying to keep it all in perspective).
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#41
Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:23am
Started off my day yesterday with the gas costing $2.79. In a matter of hours, it was $3.49. Ridiculous, right? Then, in a few more hours it was $2.99. I don't know WHAT they're doing. Thankfully, I'm on 3/4 of a tank so I don't have to fill up for a while. I am, however, supposed to drive 4 hours this weekend to visit my best friend. We'll see...
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#42
Posted: 9/1/05 at 7:58am
Gas prices here in Hampton Roads (Near Va Beach) are between 2.79 and 3.29 a gallon. I went to the Wawa's where it was 2.74 a gallon and waited 40 minutes to get my tank filled. There was a line of about 50 cars 
It reminded me of Hurricane Isabelle when a select few gas stations were reopening and lines and lines of cars were getting gas (which at the time was limited to 10.00)
It reminded me of Hurricane Isabelle when a select few gas stations were reopening and lines and lines of cars were getting gas (which at the time was limited to 10.00)
#43
Posted: 9/1/05 at 8:11am
it's scary. now $3.04 is starting to look cheap. while the stations that went up yesterday to that amount are still there, a gas station less than 1 mile away in the same town is at $3.39. i'll remember to continue never to go there.
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#44
Posted: 9/1/05 at 9:27am
Price gouging hotline for New York.
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http://www.aaany.com/automotive/maintenance_service/tips_stories/Automotive_Advice/Consumer_Rights/story.asp?xml=gas_price_gouging_hotline.xml&SrcID=111
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#45
Posted: 9/1/05 at 9:56am
lildogs, I agree with you fully. It frustrates me when people who have the option take public transportation or walk or carpool complain so bitterly about the price of gas, when they are willing to pay $3.88 for a cappuccino which is (shock!) HALF AIR. Anyone who buys a car knows that a.) it needs gas, and b.) gas prices fluctuate. So WHY is it a shock when gas prices go up? It's sort of like the weather - complaining won't change a thing! And, eventually, it'll go down again, as is the cycle. And if it really makes you THAT angry, then go buy a bike, which will give you much more mileage for your money.
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#46
Posted: 9/1/05 at 10:07am
Actually I don't think prices will go down noticeably other than some short term spurts downward in the next couple months (but I have a hard time believing it will be under two dollars a gallon ever again.) I think over time (as in the next five-to-ten years) hybrid technology will take over car design which means people will get much more bang for their buck but the decrease in volume sold due to that mileage being more universal will result in higher prices across the board.
I'd say three bucks a gallon's going to be the norm, give or take a few cents, from here on in.
I'd say three bucks a gallon's going to be the norm, give or take a few cents, from here on in.
#47
Posted: 9/1/05 at 10:14am
The people across the street from me have NO children, one person who works out of home, and TWO SUVs. TWO SUVS. I think that says it all. And I think the days when such purchases are a routine part of the middle class economy are officially over.
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#48
Posted: 9/1/05 at 10:17am
I think so too, but then again when gas hit the $2 mark I thought that too and then read a report that Ford and GM had their biggest Julys ever, and largely because of SUV and truck sales.
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#49
Posted: 9/1/05 at 10:24am
It frustrates me when people who have the option take public transportation or walk or carpool complain so bitterly about the price of gas, when they are willing to pay $3.88 for a cappuccino which is (shock!) HALF AIR.
What about the people that DON'T have those options and DON'T spend 3.88 on cappuccino?
What about the people that DON'T have those options and DON'T spend 3.88 on cappuccino?
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#50
Posted: 9/1/05 at 10:37am
as someone who went from the land of more public transportation than anyone could need (and one of ammenities within a block of anywhere ya went) to a land of one rickety bus making a constant lonely loop (and a 15 minute drive for a decent jukebox), the argument of public transportation doesn't work for me. too many american cities are to sporead out and too poor for the kind of investment that a realistic public transportation system would require. for many cities it's not even an option considering the spread out nature of them. it's just not feasible in many places.
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