Got Gas? U.S. Economy to Worsen as Gas Prices Skyrocket

[dmcowen674]

No kidding. I lived 23 miles from Chicago's downtown and many times it took me about 2 hours to drive it. Prior to that, I worked 11.7 miles from work and it was a 45 minute drive. That is why I started taking the Metra to work when I lived in Chicagoland.

I am truly shocked you would confirm anything I had to say based on your previous posts since November.

Anyway, where are you now?

 

[cybrsage]

My penis is about a foot long. Just thought the ladies should know.

No way, when it is less than 50% of a foot, you have to round down, do you not get to round up.

Jussayin...

 

[randomrogue]

I did round down.

(come on...you had to see that coming)

 

[dmcowen674]

My penis is about a foot long.

Just thought the ladies should know.

That's too big. How very sad for you, that is no fun.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

No kidding. I lived 23 miles from Chicago's downtown and many times it took me about 2 hours to drive it. Prior to that, I worked 11.7 miles from work and it was a 45 minute drive. That is why I started taking the Metra to work when I lived in Chicagoland.

Wow, I live 22 miles from work and can drive either way in 25 minutes. That is unless there is an accident along the drive. The speed limit is 65 mph for 90% of my trip.

 

[cybrsage]

I am truly shocked you would confirm anything I had to say based on your previous posts since November.

Anyway, where are you now?

I do not dislike you, we simply usually disagree. I wanted to make sure people knew you were not exaggerating about the drive times. You really cannot hunt for the best gas price, it simply is not feasable. You get what you get. Most likely, LA and NY are the same way...cannot be positive, though.

I used to live in Glen Ellyn, now I am in Pennsylvania. I lived in Oak Park for awhile, lovely place, though oddly enough a dry town.

I used to work at 1N Franklin, in that 23 (I think) story building there. LOVE Chicago, one day I am moving back and into one of the towers downtown.

 

[cybrsage]

I did round down.

(come on...you had to see that coming)

See it what? Ewwww!!!

 

[cybrsage]

Wow, I live 22 miles from work and can drive either way in 25 minutes. That is unless there is an accident along the drive. The speed limit is 65 mph for 90% of my trip.

Yeah, it really did suck. I move there from living in the middle of nowhere and was SHOCKED! It was funny when I moved to PA. The traffic guy on the radio said "Traffic is really heavy here today" and we were still driving at 20 MPH. I was THRILLED! If that was heavy traffic, I was in heaven!

 

[randomrogue]

Major metro areas that I have lived in you try to buy the cheapest gas possible but not at the expense of time and money. To drive for 40 minutes round trip to sit in a long queue to save $0.20 a gallon is not really worth the $2.50 saved in my pocket. That's why I say if you need gas in an expensive area odds are you'll pay it. Yeah you might not pay 20 cents more for Chevron than you can get across the street but you're not going to drive 8 miles in traffic to save yourself a buck.

 

[Doppel]

Yeah, it really did suck. I move there from living in the middle of nowhere and was SHOCKED! It was funny when I moved to PA. The traffic guy on the radio said "Traffic is really heavy here today" and we were still driving at 20 MPH. I was THRILLED! If that was heavy traffic, I was in heaven!

I dumped that scene years back and have since maintained a high motivation to never live in a huge city for the rest of my days. They are crowded, congested hell holes of concrete, asphalt, and inefficiency.

 

[desy]

cmon now
all the greens want dense urbanization for walkable communities

 

[Born2bwire]

I dumped that scene years back and have since maintained a high motivation to never live in a huge city for the rest of my days. They are crowded, congested hell holes of concrete, asphalt, and inefficiency.

I was never crazy enough to drive when I was living in the city. I just hoofed it or took public transportation. For the most part, living in the middle of the city it isn't too bad doing it that way. In that respects, I consider most large cities to be fairly efficient in terms of the services and goods available in a small area.

 

[dmcowen674]

Wow, gas went down a whole ~2 cents today

wooooooooooo hooooooooooooo!!!!

 

[dmcowen674]

Suffer? Give me a fucking break

1-28-2012

http://news.yahoo.com/chevron-profit-falls-refineries-output-suffer-135236542.html

Chevron profit falls as refineries, output suffer


Chevron Corp reported lower quarterly earnings on Friday, missing Wall Street forecasts, as rising spending on oil and gas projects and losses at its U.S. refinery business offset gains from higher crude oil prices.

Its shares were down 2.2 percent at $104.21 by midday, nearly $7 short of the record high they hit early this month.

PROFIT DIP
Fourth-quarter profit slipped to $5.1 billion, or $2.58 per share, from $5.3 billion, or $2.64 per share, a year earlier. That fell short of the $2.84 per share analysts had expected

"It was a miss on some non-controllable factors," said Pavel Molchanov, analyst with Raymond James in Houston, citing the timings of sales and global pricing differences as the likely reason oil and gas profits fell about $500 million below his forecast.

 

[Engineer]

Gas had trickled down to $3.18 in Lexington over the last few weeks only to spike back to $3.45 two days ago.

 

[dmcowen674]

Gas had trickled down to $3.18 in Lexington over the last few weeks only to spike back to $3.45 two days ago.

Oh no, I know that means we will jump over ~$4 here real quick

 

[Abwx]

Lucky guys...

In France gas is at 1.50 E/litre and diesel is at 1.38 E/litre..

I went to Algeria at end of 2011 , gas was 0.20 E/litre
while diesel , as in my car , was 0.13 E/litre..
Mineral water was the same as diesel....

Must said that it was really painfull to go to the pump
when back in France....

 

[Engineer]

Lucky guys...

In France gas is at 1.50 E/litre and diesel is at 1.38 E/litre..

I went to Algeria at end of 2011 , gas was 0.20 E/litre
while diesel , as in my car , was 0.13 E/litre..
Mineral water was the same as diesel....

Must said that it was really painfull to go to the pump
when back in France....

Lucky? That's France's fault for having high gasoline taxes (like all of Europe). Nothing to do with luck....just higher taxes.

 

[Abwx]

Lucky? That's France's fault for having high gasoline taxes (like all of Europe). Nothing to do with luck....just higher taxes.

You re right , europeans countries treasuries make more
money out of a barrel than the producing countries.....
Talks about being a sheep..

 

[Doppel]

Lucky guys...

In France gas is at 1.50 E/litre and diesel is at 1.38 E/litre..

I went to Algeria at end of 2011 , gas was 0.20 E/litre
while diesel , as in my car , was 0.13 E/litre..
Mineral water was the same as diesel....

Must said that it was really painfull to go to the pump
when back in France....

You guys support the high taxes, so that's what you get Also, though, I bet you drive a lot less than us in the US, so it's not QUITE as painful as a direct comparison.

 

[dmcowen674]

Canucks selling their souls to China

1-29-2012

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/thwarted-us-oil-pipeline-canada-looks-china-050249469.html

Thwarted on US oil pipeline, Canada looks to China

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada's national interest makes the $5.5 billion pipeline essential. He was "profoundly disappointed" that U.S. President Barack Obama rejected the Texas Keystone XL

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada's national interest makes the $5.5 billion pipeline essential. He was "profoundly disappointed" that U.S. President Barack Obama rejected the Texas Keystone XL

"I don't think U.S. policymakers view China's investment in the Canadian oil sands as a threat," says David Goldwyn, a former energy official in the Obama administration.


"In the short term it provides additional investment to increase Canadian supply; that's a good thing. Longer-term, if Canadian oil goes to China, that means China's demand is being met by a non-OPEC country, and that's a good thing for global oil supply. Right now we are spending an awful lot of time finding ways for China to meet its demand from some place other than Iran. Canada would be a great candidate."

 

[Londo_Jowo]

Looks like the President, Democrats, and treehuggers are going to get what they wished for by turning down the pipeline.

 

[hal2kilo]

I was never crazy enough to drive when I was living in the city. I just hoofed it or took public transportation. For the most part, living in the middle of the city it isn't too bad doing it that way. In that respects, I consider most large cities to be fairly efficient in terms of the services and goods available in a small area.

When I lived in Rogers Park in Chicago, I kept my car in a garage most of the time. Public transportation is the way to go. Plus, you could go to a Cubs game, get snokered, then catch the L home with no worries of a DUI.

 

[dmcowen674]

Looks like the President, Democrats, and treehuggers are going to get what they wished for by turning down the pipeline.

No, your Republican America hating Heroes are planning on forcing Obama to approve it:

1-30-2012

http://news.yahoo.com/keystone-linked-u-highway-bill-boehner-174244726.html


Keystone to be linked to U.S. highway bill: Boehner



Republican lawmakers will try to force the Obama administration to approve the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline by attaching it to a highway bill that Congress will consider next month, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday.

"If (Keystone) is not enacted before we take up the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, it will be part of it," Boehner said on ABC's "This Week" news program.

Attaching Keystone to a pending deal to extend payroll tax cuts for workers, which has greater bipartisan backing than the highway bills, is another vehicle Republicans are considering.

 

[dmcowen674]

1-30-2012

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/01/30/gas-prices-hit-record-high-for-january/?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_campaign=CBS+Chicago%27s+Most+Popular+News+Stories

Gas Prices Hit Record High For January


CHICAGO — January is typically a month when gas prices are low, but that is not the case this year.


As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, AAA says pump prices for January hit their highest level ever for this time of year.

In Cook County, a gallon of regular gas averages $3.69 – 18 cents higher than last month, and up 32 cents from a year ago.

ChicagoGasPrices.com says the highest price Monday morning was at the Mobil station at 3159 W. Chicago Ave. on the city’s West Side, where gas was going for $4.09 per gallon.

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Bolded the part that regular gas is in fact over $4 at some stations in Chicago for the liars in here.