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| Posted by: Macfive 29-Jul-2005, 09:15 PM |
| Well, it was time for a new poll and I thought perhaps something along the lines of current events would be interesting this time around. I for one am feeling it at the pump. These prices are crazy. I filled my tank about last week and now I see the prices are going up to around $2.50 a gal. and even higher! We are starting to think twice before we go for that extra car trip and day trip. Anyone else doing the same?  |
| Posted by: MDF3530 29-Jul-2005, 09:18 PM |
Gas prices  suck!!! |
| Posted by: MDF3530 29-Jul-2005, 09:19 PM |
| The gas prices nowadays make me want a Prius or a Mini Cooper. |
| Posted by: Irish Stepper 29-Jul-2005, 09:40 PM |
I drive 75 miles one-way to work. Gas prices suck right now. However, I'm not about to stop driving as a result of it.  |
| Posted by: Shadows 30-Jul-2005, 05:13 AM |
| I drive a 1991 Geo Metro ( you know the car that was called disposable after 5 years ) with 276890 mile on it and it still gets 50 + mpg... but the current prices are limiting some extra trips I would have made. |
| Posted by: cynni 30-Jul-2005, 06:11 AM | ||
I totally agree. One day it is $2.28 a gallon then the next it drops to $2.19.Then by the next morning it is back up to $2.29. I call it Price gouging. I don't care what anybody calls it. My sis in law went to this one town that was about 20 miles from where she lives and it was $2.01. That was the day it was $2.28 here.  |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 30-Jul-2005, 09:50 AM |
| I agree, the gas prices suck. But you know, we've still got it better than the isles we so adore. I made sure I got some pics to prove it, when I was over there las t April. Lemmie locate one, but it was showing approximately 1 Euro/L. comes out to some $5.00/Gal |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 30-Jul-2005, 10:04 AM |
| Here we go, keep in mind that the price is in Euro, and it's per Liter, not per Gallon. That's 99c in EUROS At the time, the exchange rate I was getting was approximately $1.35 to one Euro, this past April. <IMG SRC="http://www.aaediwen.com/IrishGasPrice.JPG"> Current exchange rate can be found at www.xe.com, and www.onlineconversion.com for those of you who are like me and don't remember the Gal/L conversions right off the top of your head... |
| Posted by: CelticCoalition 02-Sep-2005, 11:08 AM |
| I think the gas prices suck, but I'm not going to complain. I drive a VW Jetta, I filled it two weeks ago and I'm jst now having to go to the tank again. I looked at the hybrids and frankly I decided I'd take the gas hit to drive a car that was more fun to drive and less just a means of transportation. Hybrids can get up to 60 mpg, I get around 30, so i could potentially have visited the pump once a month and decided otherwise. People are buying up scooters, hybrids, and minis, and more power to them. If it wasn't a 6 month wait I might have bought a mini. Frankly I think we have noone to blame but ourselves for our gas dependencies. |
| Posted by: ArizonaAmy9 02-Sep-2005, 12:02 PM |
| I have a brand new Camry & love it...I get a little over 30 city & almost 40 highway (have been to Utah twice & Colorado once already) but still prices are hard to believe! I'm not one to make silly trips here & there - I drive where I need, try to get as many errands done at less stops (Super Walmart helps with that) but even today I decided that next week instead of driving my youngest children to school, we'll walk. It is not very far but when you consider in The Valley Of The Sun, we are under an 'extreme heat advisory' - our children can't even go out on recess. Never-the-less I'll walk them up there in the mornings and like normal my oldest will pick them up on her way home from school. She is feeling the gas bite too...something about - "Mom, one gallon of gas is almost as much as my lunch cost!" hint-hint, I need a larger allowance...oh well...we are dependant on our vehicles but somethings gotta give...wish I had a hybrid now or an electric! |
| Posted by: Celtic cat 02-Sep-2005, 01:01 PM |
| Here is an update, in north Florida, they have "out of order" signs on regular, and midgrade gas. I have seen places in town that are only offering premium now. Luckily I have a small car that can go for almost a week before fill up time. But I'm still avoiding extra trips. |
| Posted by: birddog20002001 02-Sep-2005, 02:42 PM |
| in the past 48 hours it went from 2.759 to 3.519 and 24 hours ago I drove into town on business and passed 8 gas stations closed by 7:30p.m. with their pumps covered up, how bout ya'll? |
| Posted by: MDF3530 02-Sep-2005, 03:11 PM |
| Here in the Chicago, the tollway oasises used to be the most expensive around. Today, I heard of people lining up on the offramps because they were the cheapest in the area. |
| Posted by: SCShamrock 02-Sep-2005, 04:33 PM |
I'm just wondering how long it will be before we start looking back on prices like these and think "gee, I remember when gas used to be cheap!" |
| Posted by: Rindy 02-Sep-2005, 06:01 PM | ||
Hey there! Amy, I have a 2004 Camry and love it. I am getting about the same as you per gallon. Gas here in Wyoming was $1.89 as of yesterday.. I don't know but I am so glad I didn't buy a SUV.. Thought about it.. I was thinking the same with the hybrid kind of wish I would of waited.. What color is yours? Mine is blue..a strange blue.. Have a good weekend everyone.. Slainte  |
| Posted by: Haldur 02-Sep-2005, 08:07 PM |
| It could be better... ...it could be $1.99 like it was this time last summer... ...oh, the good ol' days! |
| Posted by: gtrplr 02-Sep-2005, 09:54 PM |
| When I was in college, two bucks worth of regular in my '65 Corvair would get me home, about 60 miles, with gas to spare. Now two bucks worth is just enough to get me down the street to the next gas station. Some smart-a** called a local radio station and requested Johnny Cash's classic "Five Feet High and Rising" this morning. The dumb-a** dj actually played it. In his honor I present: How high's the gas price, momma? $3.299 and rising. |
| Posted by: MDF3530 02-Sep-2005, 10:57 PM |
I think this is not too far from me!!!   |
| Posted by: cynni 03-Sep-2005, 08:20 AM |
| Here in Huntington IN. The gas price is $3.29 a gallon. I call it price gouging. I can remember aq couple of years ago. The gas companies that tried to raise the prices so much got fined for it. I think they should do that now. My husband is a truck driver. It came over the message board to watch out. Cause people was stealing fuel from other trucks. That would really s**k. |
| Posted by: ArizonaAmy9 03-Sep-2005, 09:30 PM | ||
Hey Rindy!! How funny...mine is 'mineral green' which means it is like a green, silver, gray, blue-ish color. I wanted white but they had none on the day I was shopping...so liked this one...I have driven a van for...8 years I think...and it was strange to move back into a car but my oldest is driving her own car now (really her Dad's car he sent from Colorado for her to use) so usually when I am going someplace it is just me & my little guys and I am VERY happy to be driving a car now with the gas the way it is!! I think MDF3530 has it right...an arm..a leg...then the first born...wish we had a subway or a good bus system to use in the very least...but...oh well...we don't! |
| Posted by: Dreamer1 04-Sep-2005, 10:02 AM |
| Hi all, Our prices are way up there, too. I filled up last week - price was $2.959 for regular unleaded at the cheapest place around. I've seen it up around $3.299 at other stations here, though, and climbing. It used to take $20.00 to fill our tank, but last week it was $40.00, and we weren't even under a quarter-tank to start with!  We've been very glad we signed up for the price cap offered by our heating oil company. You pay a monthly bill, for 12 months, instead of just paying as your tank is filled during the Winter months. With the oil prices going up and up now, it made sense to grab onto that plan in the long run! Wouldn't it be nice if the gas stations would implement similar plans for their best customers?  Dreamer1 |
| Posted by: cynni 04-Sep-2005, 10:40 AM |
Went out this morning and the price of gas was down to $2.99.9  . Sure w as different from Fri. |
| Posted by: ArizonaAmy9 06-Sep-2005, 08:29 PM |
| Our gas here in Tempe was down to $2.999 today...wow...never thought I would say that! |
| Posted by: Rindy 08-Sep-2005, 03:10 PM |
| I filled up yesterday and it costed me $1.95 a gallon. TOO MUCH!!! I hope they continue to fall... Slainte |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 08-Sep-2005, 10:29 PM |
| Our prices jumped from 2.799 to 3.299 by the end of last week. Yesterday they went down to 2.999. I heard that natural gas is going up 71 percent, heating oil 30 some precent and electricity 17 percent. Sounds depressing, don't it? I have a fireplace and can always get wood to burn. I know there are many that will have a hard time trying to pay their heating bill this winter. maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: ArizonaAmy9 09-Sep-2005, 11:14 AM |
| Got gas last night after soccer practice at our local Quick-trip (which is usually cheap) and reg unleaded was $3.0999....so...hate to even put it in the tank at that price but had to. I was hoping it would drop back down to $3 a gallon...but...nope! Darn it and grrrhhhh!! |
| Posted by: cynni 09-Sep-2005, 01:30 PM |
| Still $2.99 here.I was surprised. Usually on Fridays It goes up about 9cents. |
| Posted by: Rindy 09-Sep-2005, 03:01 PM |
| Ours went down a penny. It is $1.94... gee cynni 9 cents is a bunch.... Slainte |
| Posted by: cynni 10-Sep-2005, 06:21 AM |
| The price went down to $2.97 yesterday. The price usually goes up for the weekend and down on Monday. Good Morning Rindy 9 cents around here is usual. We have the big tank about a 1/2 mile from here so they don't have to go to far to get it. The same company provides for the whole area so they stay about the same. I just wish it was as cheap here as it is for you. |
| Posted by: Tassiecelt 11-Sep-2005, 07:37 AM |
| Well spare a thought for us Down Under, we are paying 1.40AUD per litre at present. It's gone up 40c per litre (about $1.80USD per gallon) in the last few weeks. That puts our fuel roughly twice the price you are paying in the USA. Fuel in Scotland and England is even dearer! At this rate we'll all be buying bicycles. |
| Posted by: cynni 11-Sep-2005, 05:54 PM | ||
Maybe even a horse and buggy |
| Posted by: valpal 59 11-Sep-2005, 06:27 PM |
| The highest gas got here was 3.099. It is down to 2.859. We live in a small town so I told my husband I wanted a golf cart to use here in town. He laughed. I have also cut the trips to Borger back to once a month. The only risk with that is if I get stopped and they see a months worth of beer, Irish creme,etc.. Busted for bootlegging. We live in a dry county. 90 mile round trip and they take it all. |
| Posted by: Rindy 11-Sep-2005, 08:46 PM |
| Ours is still at $1.94 a gallon.... cynni your so funny!!!  Slainte |
| Posted by: cynni 11-Sep-2005, 11:04 PM | ||
Glad to be of assitance. LOL |
| Posted by: Siarls 12-Sep-2005, 09:54 AM |
| At the end of this week, there is going to be a blockade of the M4 motorway which connects South Wales to London. There is also going to be a blockade at Pembroke refinery (South Wales), so people are of course panicking. I work in a petrol (gas) station which has the cheapest petrol in Britain due to the cost of living in my area. Earlier my manager called me flustered with the inundation of customers trying to fill their tanks. Because of the recent over dramatic crisis, I am working 14 hours tomorrow to help my manager out! And I don't have a day off until Sunday! |
| Posted by: Siarls 12-Sep-2005, 09:56 AM |
| Last I was in work, unleaded petrol was at £0.92.9 a litre. Oh, and a lot of customers take out their anger on me! I have nothing to do with petrol honestly. I work part time to help fund my studies!!!!!!! |
| Posted by: cynni 12-Sep-2005, 01:32 PM |
| Our gas is down to$2.89 a gallon. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 14-Sep-2005, 07:37 PM |
| And they thought Raping and Pillaging was during olden times! I think we are all getting it at the pump! Where are our oil reserves? Where is our oil from Alaska? Has this country become so smug that we have forgotten the gas lines long ago? What ever happened to gas wars? A |
| Posted by: OBH 17-Sep-2005, 08:47 AM | ||
Don't confuse crude oil supply with gasoline and other refined products. Refinery capacity in this country was at 100% before Katrina knocked 20% of the refinery capacity off line. Environmentalists and the NIMBY folks have had the result of no new refineries being built in the US for decades. Couple that with most existing refineries being located in hurricane prone areas and you have a recipee for gas shortages and prices going through the roof. Even without the loss of refinery capacity caused by Katrina, refinery capacity was being strained by a national love affair with gas guzzlers and multiple regulations calling for many different formulations of gasoline for different regions of the country. The EPA has called a temporary freeze on those regulations until refinery capacity is back up to normal, which should help some but don't expect gas prices to drop much. The decision to allow use of oil from the strategic reserve was more about politics than actual results because the crude oil shortage is a short term problem, until gulf production is back on line and LOOP is back in operation. The real problem is the refineries that were shut down by Katrina and that shortfall will continue until those refineries are back to full production. Until more refineries are built, don't expect gas prices to drop much and building a refinery takes a long time. |
| Posted by: Rindy 17-Sep-2005, 10:08 AM |
| Our gas prices are down to $2.88 now.. Slainte |
| Posted by: valpal 59 17-Sep-2005, 03:51 PM |
| We are down to 2.64. |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 17-Sep-2005, 07:46 PM |
| $2.66 This really makes me smile! maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: cynni 17-Sep-2005, 10:35 PM |
| The price is $2.79 in Huntington and in Ft.Wayne it is $2.64. Just a 15 min drive to Ft.Wayne. Never make since why suck a difference. |
| Posted by: Monarchs Own 18-Sep-2005, 05:45 AM |
| We are having here somewhere between $2.89 and $ 2.99 off base - on base (Ft. Bragg) we have $2.72. That's pretty good. I get a full tank of gas for under $30.00 |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 18-Sep-2005, 01:59 PM |
| I'd like to see this kind of initiative in the US http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=156304164&p=y563x487x |
| Posted by: Haldur 18-Sep-2005, 07:41 PM |
| I've come to the conclusion that gas prices will be rising much more over the next couple of years. I was reading in Newsweek or somewhere how the oil supplies are dwindling worldwide and how there are hundreds of world agencies looking for alternatives for gasoline. First, there's diesel which is a viable replacement but would mean everyone would have to eventually purchase diesel automobiles. Also, I would think that diesel would be a bit more toxic than gasoline though I could be wrong. Then, there's the hybrid cars. But let's face it, they still take gas which might as well have diamonds in it. Lastly, there's hydrogen cars which are in the works but probably won't be out on the market until like 2015 or something. So, I look to be sufferring for a while. Honestly, I cannot complain. I have a little '93 Nissan Sentra and I just drive around town here. I feel for the commuters in my area because most of them live about 30 minutes away and have to carpool, which isn't a bad idea really. Some of us here at work have been discussing how rising gas prices will be effecting society in the near future. One fellow came to 2 very intriguing conclusions: 1) Rising gas prices will eventually force most drivers to convert to alternative sources of fuel and/or 2) cause an immense population shift toward large, urban areas in order to take advantage of public transportation (cabs, buses, etc.) and walking How's that for 'food for thought'?  |
| Posted by: OBH 19-Sep-2005, 07:16 AM |
| Brace yourselves for another round of price hikes. Tropical Storm Rita will be entering the gulf and increasing to hurricane status in the next day or so. CNBC is already reporting that oil and gas futures are up and likely to increase. Offshore facilities that are still working to get back on line after Katrina will be shutting in and evacuating again, as soon as Rita enters the gulf. The forecasted track puts her just off the central Texas coast by Saturday but that could change, it's already been moved a little north since yesterday. Any more northerly adjustment will put her in a location with a very high concentration of refineries, which would farther reduce refinery capacity which is still trying to recover from Katrina. If any of the big refineries between Houston and Lake Charles are taken out, there will be major shortages of gasoline and heating oil for months to come, just ahead of winter. No amount of oil from the strategic reserves can make up for reduced refinery capacity so high prices and shortages would be a certainty. If Rita strikes anywhere on the Texas coast, it will make the current problems worse so, if your gas prices are lower, you had best fill your tank now because prices will be going up again. |
| Posted by: Rindy 20-Sep-2005, 04:37 PM |
| Down to $2.88 here... Slainte |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 20-Sep-2005, 05:29 PM |
| Just heard reports, I think, of 2.22, or 2.40 somewhere around here... Dunno if it's true |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 04-Oct-2005, 07:56 PM | ||
$3.10 Hubby and I have decided as of today, we're going to have to cut back on our running around. maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: Rindy 04-Oct-2005, 08:19 PM |
| Ours jumped by from $2.88 to $2.99 in one day!!! OUCH>.... Slainte |
| Posted by: stoirmeil 04-Oct-2005, 08:39 PM |
| The gas for the car is only part of the picture, and not the most expensive. If the gas doesn't rise, the heating oil for the winter won't go up either -- and that's where we're really going to get gouged, now it's getting cool. It's all psychological preparation. |
| Posted by: Rindy 04-Oct-2005, 08:48 PM | ||
Its snowing here. I am not sure if I want to be happy or sad- I love snow but the heating bill is going to really be bad this winter.. Last year I had a $300 some dollar bill with the fireplace- can't imagine with the increase...  SCARY! That is my psychological prep- I am SCARED!!!Slainte |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 05-Oct-2005, 05:26 PM |
| WOOD HEAT! GIVE ME BACK MY WOOD HEAT! |
| Posted by: Rindy 05-Oct-2005, 05:32 PM | ||
Isn't that the truth..Slainte |
| Posted by: stoirmeil 05-Oct-2005, 06:16 PM |
| Don't y'all use wood stoves as backups? I mean in addition to an oil furnace? Or do you have to make a choice? (I know nothing about these things. Here, we use the wrench to bang on the pipes to alert the *&%#^!%#@* landlord that we are cold, and then we put on more socks.) |
| Posted by: Rindy 05-Oct-2005, 06:21 PM |
| Hi Stoirmeil, I have a fireplace that uses wood, and I always make sure I have enough just incase. I burn it a lot but my gas bills were still $300+ scary if it goes up more...do you really bang on the pipes??? Slainte |
| Posted by: anhrefn 05-Oct-2005, 06:40 PM |
| i don't drive and so, when the gas prices in western north carolina skyrocketed, i have to admit to some smug moments. but, upon consideration - well, dang... everything in this country is based on gas prices. if they go up, so commensurately will the prices of everything else. someone told me today that she'd read north carolina gasoline prices were the highest in usa and that prices in asheville were the highest in nc. gosh, this bodes ill for everyone. i sure do wish there was some way we could reduce our dependency on oil. |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 06-Aug-2006, 07:32 PM |
| non leaded is $3.16 now, Our gas has shot up thru the roof in the past month. Hubby and I take the motorcycle as much as possible, as long as the weather is nice we can ride and save on gas money. That will change in a few month then it's back to those $80.00 fill ups, that puts a real big dent in your wallet... maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 06-Aug-2006, 10:58 PM |
It's $3.09 here, and I'm not looking forward to going back to 70 mile commutes (one way) again.   |
| Posted by: zeryx 07-Aug-2006, 04:02 AM |
| The cost that you guys are speaking about is it per gallon? Here in the UK we buy our gas by the litre - at the moment I'm paying approx £0.98 a litre, that is approx $1.80 1 litre is approx 0.26 of a US gallon - so I guess we're paying something in the region of $3.70 |
| Posted by: Senara 07-Aug-2006, 07:21 AM |
| well, gas stations up here in Wisconsin are all screwy anyway...first we have a mandatory markup law that stations must sell at 6% above what it was purchased for...and then there's the automatic increases on the gas tax every April 1. So this morning's news of the Alaskan pipeline shutdown was not good news for me. Many stations on the way into work this morning were ranging between $3.19 and $3.39/gal. Not looking forward to this at all...don't know how much more of my driving habits I can change...I go out so little now. I think I'm gonna have to tell the boss I can't afford to work overtime any more and start the car pool back up again. |
| Posted by: CelticCoalition 07-Aug-2006, 09:35 AM |
| I"m lucky in that the place I work for has an Eco Pass deal. I get to take the bus for 40 bucks a month. Since I have a 50 mile round trip commute it's been nice to take the bus. Plus the bus stop is right by my apartment. I used to fill up my car once a week, and now it's down to once a month or so. |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 07-Aug-2006, 05:05 PM | ||
That's all? Wow! You're not as bad off as I'd figured. I've been guessing based on how our gas prices are that you'd be something like at least double that by now. Cheers! I guess I'll have to find some other place with ultra high gas prices to point to and say 'see, we don't have it so bad.' |
| Posted by: stoirmeil 07-Aug-2006, 05:07 PM |
That'd be more like $7.20/gallon, at $1.80 a liter. Wouldn't it?  |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 07-Aug-2006, 06:56 PM | ||
That's great if you live where buses are practical, but here in the west they are a joke! Plus I can't haul my tools on a bus. They simply aren't an alternitive out here. |
| Posted by: Rindy 07-Aug-2006, 07:27 PM |
| Hi! I tried to post to this and got the email error so lost all I had written. To make it short- $3.09 here 120 miles from here its $2.68 its even cheaper up in Yellowstone???? Don't get it "other than one man owns most of the gas stations here" Where will it end????? scary Maggie you are lucky you have a scooter...that would save some bucks.. Slainte |
| Posted by: Roberto Phoenix 07-Aug-2006, 09:21 PM |
| We are at $3.29 in Yooperland. Which really sinks cuz everybody around our town is at at least 5 to 10 cents cheaper. I really hope this ends soon. |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 07-Aug-2006, 10:13 PM |
| Not likely now that BP has shut down the main oil field on the North Slope. They said it could be down for months. And that is 8% of our oil supply. |
| Posted by: Roberto Phoenix 07-Aug-2006, 11:12 PM | ||
Oh, that is just lovely. Just what I needed, more expense. The gas stations here will probably raise their prices by another 50 cents. It seems any crisis will bring the price up now. Janet Jackson is topless (but covered with her arms) on Vibe mag this month. That should add 2 cents. |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 07-Aug-2006, 11:22 PM |
| Only 2? That ought to be worth at least a nickel. |