In Hastings, MI it’s 3.69 a gallon
[quote]mikeland wrote:
…Why doesn’t the BUSH-whacker step in and do something about this crisis…jesus christ.
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Do what?
He’s the President, not God.
[quote]tGunslinger wrote:
mikeland wrote:
…Why doesn’t the BUSH-whacker step in and do something about this crisis…jesus christ.
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Do what?
He’s the President, not God.[/quote]
Tell those big bullies to charge less.
While he is at it he should tell my internet supplier, cable company and grocery store to lower prices too.
Um,Where in Houston dude? In the NW,I only the cheapest I found was $2.99 and thats far and few between. There is a Walmart over by 1960 and Eldridge by my school,thats the cheapest place I can find.
I paid 3.079 Monday in Northeast, Ohio. Prices rocketed and are around 3.50 a gallon in Kent, Ohio. Fortunately I drive a Corolla. Most of my driving is city and rural areas, and I pull down about 35 mpg. I would imagine 40 would be pretty easy on a long, highway trip. Considering I live less than 6 miles from work, I really am not being hit as hard as most from the gas prices. I go 2 weeks on a tank than need to put in about 10 gallons.
Has anyone else seen the movie about what happened to the electric car? It was pretty interesting. Too bad GM quit making the EV1. A plug in electric car would be pretty neat, particulary since the technology exists to give them about a 300 mile range. The real problem with an electric vehicle is for the car and oil companies. They do not require much maintenance (very little residual revenues after the purchase price) and run on a renewable energy source (which big oil hates).
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
itsthenickman wrote:
3.09 for regular in good ol’ harrisburg, pa. My civic coupe costs around 30 bucks to fill up.
It is 2.99 at the Hess Station on RT 83 at the Valley Green exit near Yocumtown. I am fillup up there on my way home from work.
Most everyone else in Harrisburg/York is 3.09[/quote]
Sunoco on trindle is 2.99
Nova Scotia is at 1.22 $/litre in most places and up to 1.26 if you want full serve
This is why motorcycles will one day rule the world.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
This is why motorcycles will one day rule the world.[/quote]
Damn right.
For anyone who’s interested, the Wall Street Journal today (May 25th) has a nice op ed piece on why the price of gas is so high. It’s a good read and I highly recommend it.
DB
Can you give a brief summary,please?
Just do what I do and pay a few illegal immigrants to push your car where you need to go. Not only is it cheaper than buying gas, it’s environmentally friendly.
[quote]BigDaddyT wrote:
Has anyone else seen the movie about what happened to the electric car? It was pretty interesting. Too bad GM quit making the EV1. A plug in electric car would be pretty neat, particulary since the technology exists to give them about a 300 mile range. The real problem with an electric vehicle is for the car and oil companies. They do not require much maintenance (very little residual revenues after the purchase price) and run on a renewable energy source (which big oil hates).[/quote]
plugging something into a wall doesn’t mean it’s a renewable resource. guess what generates the electricity that you’re plugging in to? gas or coal.
2.99 Jacksonville, FL I was in the middle east the last 4 months and it was .18 a liter there…and all they have is 94 octane.
[quote]throwloud wrote:
BigDaddyT wrote:
Has anyone else seen the movie about what happened to the electric car? It was pretty interesting. Too bad GM quit making the EV1. A plug in electric car would be pretty neat, particulary since the technology exists to give them about a 300 mile range. The real problem with an electric vehicle is for the car and oil companies. They do not require much maintenance (very little residual revenues after the purchase price) and run on a renewable energy source (which big oil hates).
plugging something into a wall doesn’t mean it’s a renewable resource. guess what generates the electricity that you’re plugging in to? gas or coal.
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and water flowing through rivers. they also use ocean currents for generators as well as solar energy in the south west.
don’t get me wrong, the shortage of a substance we are so dependent on is almost a crisis, but with modern technology it isn’t doomsday.
i would bet the only reason we don’t use alternative fuel sources so frequently is due to oil’s lock on the energy market financially.
try buying exxon mobile, shell, chevron, bp, halliburton etc out.
good luck.
they can afford to lease more stations, buy more real estate, pay who needs to be paid to allow their products to be sold et cetera.
was it shell who was paying a CEO $44 million a year, fired him and gave a a $100 million dollar severance package? most large companies couldn’t liquidate that amount if they tried.
no hippie with a gas conversion kit can out bid them.
when oil does run out or become too scarce and they start dropping in profit, you can bet they will be switching to alternative sources to stay ahead of the curve and be profitable in the new game.
BP has already aired ad campaigns about their research, and i know most of the larger companies are as well.
i have family and a few friends in houston who work for oil companies, and hope to be doing so myself after graduation in december.
it’s no secret that they are looking at other sources, but while traditional crude is profitable, they will keep drilling and selling it. they are already set up on the fields, they have bought the necessary, expensive equipment and their people are trained to do so.
as with anything, it’s business.
nothing to worry about long term though the slaps to the wallet do suck.
[quote]pookie wrote:
snewland22 wrote:
We can come together as a nation damn it. Nobody in the country buy gas from Exxon-Mobile. Facing a country wide boycott, how quickly do you think Exxon lowers their prices?
Next, everybody switches to Exxon, thereby forcing the other major gas players to lower prices.
Even if you could get everyone to boycott Exxon, the increased demand on other company would raise their prices. To meet demand, they’d have to buy gas from other sources, one of which would be, you guessed it, Exxon.
The only way you could have an effective boycott would be to not buy gas from anyone.
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Oh, sure, next you’ll be telling us if we boycott gasoline on odd days of the month, sales will be twice as high on even days of the month and the oil company executives will be brought to their knees in uncontrolled laughter, if at all. Such a pessimist you are.