Monster_Munch
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It costs £50 to fill my car, and I only have fiesta with a 40 litre tank. So that's about $7.9 per gallon (US) I think.
I blame you people. Last time this happened everyone started getting more fuel efficient cars and were driving less. Now that some time has passed and gas prices have dropped you've all went back to driving your duallie trucks and 350hp v8 mustangs. They got you right where they had your dumbasses last time. Now sell off your gas guzzler for pennies on the dollar again til they lower prices enough to make you feel comfortable about buying another gas hog. I'll just keep driving my fuel efficient cars and my 42+ mpg motorcycle that is faster than any car you could buy besides a $250,000 Ferrari.
Why is is that the first immediate effect that most Americans notice of world events is the price of fuel for their vehicles?
this, my dad keeps bitching about his fuel economy, but will only buy trucks or SUVs. mom insists on a minivan, when she has zero kids or people or even cargo to regularly haul around.
i like my old-ass 4-banger 1997 altima: 30mpg is not at all bad, though i wouldnt mind my buddys passat, i think he gets closer to 35 or 40.
MEH.
Higher prices = fewer people on the roads and more attention paid to mass transit/bicycles/etc. It sucks, but it does have a silver lining.
I blame you people. Last time this happened everyone started getting more fuel efficient cars and were driving less. Now that some time has passed and gas prices have dropped you've all went back to driving your duallie trucks and 350hp v8 mustangs. They got you right where they had your dumbasses last time. Now sell off your gas guzzler for pennies on the dollar again til they lower prices enough to make you feel comfortable about buying another gas hog. I'll just keep driving my fuel efficient cars and my 42+ mpg motorcycle that is faster than any car you could buy besides a $250,000 Ferrari.
I blame you people. Last time this happened everyone started getting more fuel efficient cars and were driving less. Now that some time has passed and gas prices have dropped you've all went back to driving your duallie trucks and 350hp v8 mustangs. They got you right where they had your dumbasses last time. Now sell off your gas guzzler for pennies on the dollar again til they lower prices enough to make you feel comfortable about buying another gas hog. I'll just keep driving my fuel efficient cars and my 42+ mpg motorcycle that is faster than any car you could buy besides a $250,000 Ferrari.
dude, i noticed this shit too ... I thought there was a limit they could bump it up in a day?
I thought the rule/law was they could only bump the price once in 24 hours, but I don't know if there is a limit on how high that bump can be. Or something like that.
Why is is that the first immediate effect that most Americans notice of world events is the price of fuel for their vehicles?
prices went up over in sconi too, right?
I like how people are pretending gas wasnt already out of control.
Each time there is a spike, they raise the "normal" range on the way back down. It is a big scam.
Talk about a crock of shit...
This is why we need to get off of the shit and develop something else (ala Brazil). Give the middle east a big ole middle finger...
I think that the high gas prices helped push us over the cliff into recession in 2007/2008 and I think it will stall or kill what ever recovery (if you can call it that) soon enough.
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meanwhile, my friends just replaced their 97 explorer with a 2006 XC90...generally they dont go out of town very often. a station wagon or sedan with trunk space would have probably sufficed and been far more fuel efficient all around, and they definitely bitch about fuel prices...but were giddy when they got the car (for which the payment and insurance cost well more than the fuel they need to run the damn thing)Interesting that you mention this but oil consumption in the US has fallen 8% from it's all time high and is actually declining as more and more people move to more efficient cars. The article (from Yahoo) even suggested that we will never go above the highest peak usage (2006) again (hard to believe).
As for me, we kept our Durango but use it only for service (hauling stuff, full family vacations,etc). We now use my car or my daughter's car (Cobalt) for any daily driving, not to mention my huge reduction in daily work mileage. Wife walks to work (literally 700 feet from our front door).
I would pay $5.00 per gallon of alternative if we made it here and could tell the middle east to stick their oil up their ass (and then charge them $100 per bushel of food stuffs).
I thought the rule/law was they could only bump the price once in 24 hours, but I don't know if there is a limit on how high that bump can be. Or something like that.
Yep. If it spikes by $1.00, they lower it by 50 cents...and we get used to that...so the next spike of $1.00 seems harsh for a while...and they drop it by 50 cents...we get used to THAT for a while, and it spikes by $1.50. We scream and holler and start to build small efficient automobiles...and they reduce the price by $1.00...and we're happy.
The cycle continues...the oil companies continue turning in record profits..and the economy gets hurt a bit more each time...but the shareholders get their dividends.
