OPEC cuts oil shipments.

[iwearnosox]

Al Qaeda was running low on cash, they needed to raise prices.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5


whoa you pay 1.39 a gallon? where do you live!?

It's in my profile...Louisville.

Actually, with my Kroger Plus card, it's only $1.36/gallon!


And, your thread is now unlocked...looks like the mods' aim is off today!

 

[Brutuskend]

Glad I tuned up my car and adjusted the valves yesterday.

:heart: my old VW

 

[Colt45]

you guys shouldnt bitch too much. they pump the sh|t out of the ground ony a few hundred miles from here, and it costs about $2,4 USD per gallon. its something like half tax though.

i dont drive though, so it doesnt bother me too much. now liquor and tobacco tax, thats where they get me.

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: Colt45
you guys shouldnt bitch too much. they pump the sh|t out of the ground ony a few hundred miles from here, and it costs about $2,4 USD per gallon. its something like half tax though.

i dont drive though, so it doesnt bother me too much. now liquor and tobacco tax, thats where they get me.

You're on probation, aren't you?

 

[Bullhonkie]

Originally posted by: fivespeed5

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

I'm sick of people driving around their 20MPG SUVs with 1 person in them and thereby making moving this family around or cutting down firewood require vehicles 20-30 years old because the only alternatives are underpowered or cost $60,000. I'd love to drive somthing fuel efficient, but it ain't gonna happen until someone figures out that I don't want to pay $60,000 for a diesel engined pickup or van.

just look at all the v8 sedan's, they get the same mpg. heck even some v6 sedans get that.

Heck I get less than that with my 4-banger in a compact sedan. I've been averaging 18mpg or so.

 

[BamBam215]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: fivespeed5
okay wtf, why was my thread locked?

Just as I was replying in it, too.


I love it how people b!tch about the price of gas when, adjusted for inflation, it probably should be well above $2/gallon for regular unleaded.

Right now, where I live it's about $1.39/gallon. I remember paying about that much almost 20 years ago!

It goes up...it goes down.

If your monthly budget is that tight that a $20/mo. swing in fuel costs could make or break you, you need to find other ways to lower expenses....or get a better paying (or 2nd) job.


And...to those b!tching about Bush...

From the Dept. of Energy

The United States averaged total gross oil (crude and products) imports of an estimated 11.4 MMBD during 2002, representing around 58% of total U.S. oil demand. Around two-fifths of this oil came from OPEC nations, with Persian Gulf sources accounting for about one-fifth of total U.S. oil imports. Overall, the top suppliers of oil to the United States during 2002 were Canada (1.9 MMBD), Saudi Arabia (1.6 MMBD), Mexico (1.5 MMBD), and Venezuela (1.4 MMBD).

So, at most, 40% of our imported oil, which is less than 60% of the total consumed in the U.S., is from OPEC. If Iraq increases production (and we haven't bought oil from Iraq in years), it just may very well lower prices from OPEC.

If I was paying $1.39 for gas, I wouldn't be bitching either. But that aside, it's not as simple as "getting another job" or "find other means of transportation." As a student I barely have enough money to pay rent and living expenses. Maybe I should just drop out of school so I can get another job to pay for gas? And no I can't commute using public transportation either because the scheduling between work and classes makes it impossible to use public transportation. But it's not just me, it's also people who depends on gas to complete their job. Taxi drivers maybe?

Point being, just 2-3 years ago, gas were $0.99 a gallon here in the LA area (where everything is overpriced). Inflation cannot be an excuse to double the gas price.