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If gasoline prices hit $3.00 a gallon, do you plan on cutting back on your driving?

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Originally posted by: sharkeeper
Discuss!

On what driving? I drive to work and back, and to the grocery store....


edit: I should mention its 85 miles each way, so no other options)
 
$3/gallon is only 10-15% higher than current gas prices, I don't think that extra 10% is going to make a huge difference.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
$3/gallon is only 10-15% higher than current gas prices, I don't think that extra 10% is going to make a huge difference.

if you say that, then when it's $3.30, it'll only be 10% more than $3. Eventually it'll make a difference. Like what someone else said, I'm already trying to cut back. I only drive to work and back. Walk across the street to the grocery store, walk 2 blocks to the gym. Gas is already about $2.80 in some LA gas stations, $3 will be here soon.

Amazing how much the cost of living has gone up in the last 3 years here in OC.
 
Originally posted by: Ramma2
My commute I can't change, 33 miles one way. But for stuff around town I would most certainly use the bike more, and make multiple stops on on trip to conserve.

I've been looking into solar energy too, trying to prepare some for the future.

Interesting. Sounds cool.
 
I traded in a 1995 Pontiac Firebird Formula for a 2005 Honda Civic 2 DR SE on 07-06-05. Problem solved. I still haven't put any gas in the Honda...
 
My workplace is about a mile away, and that's usually the only time I'm driving my car. Needless to say a full tank lasts me a long time 🙂
 
no.
gas at $3.00 a gallon is still WAY cheaper than what other countries pay.

VeggieFrog and Neosenate pay almost $7.00 a gallon in the UK. That to me is expensive.
 
Nope. I drive around just for the hell of it probably about ~10 hours a week. And the cars I drive are not light on the gas.
 
No...

I'm already paying $3.89 a Gallon ($1.03/litre Canadian for high octane)

Sucks! You americans got it good... I often consider crossing the border to fill up in Detroit when I'm in Windsor visiing the Fiance.
 
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