anyone notice the gas prices?
01-03-2007, 01:40 PM
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Most of our oil doesn't come from the middle east. I think less than 20% of it comes from there.
The oil companies will use any excuse to bump the prices up.
And of course, our money help countries who'd like nothing more than for us to not exist...
The oil companies will use any excuse to bump the prices up.
And of course, our money help countries who'd like nothing more than for us to not exist...
01-03-2007, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by psoper
In the 5 and a half years I've had my WRX, I've pumped in about 10,000 gallons, so that 10 cents adds up to about $1000.
But it isn't 10 cents, since 2001 gas has gone up closer to about $1-$1.50/gallon, so the sheer profit the oil companies have gotten off my gas purchases alone probably approaches $10,000.
no i am talking about people who complain when it goes up 10 cents, or cheer when its down 10 cents.. ya its nice to save.. but if gas was really a worry for you then you should have gotten a prius.
01-03-2007, 04:13 PM
#21
Originally Posted by OneManArmy
see this is what they want.
they jacked the prices up to 3.20 a gallon so we'd appreciate prices like 2.80 a gallon when in all actually there is no way in hell we should be paying more than 2.50. Oil companies are making more money right now than they ever have. It's rediculous.
i feel sorry for european countries getting nailed worse than we do.
the issue for me is that in the u.s. especially in california where you pretty much have to commute to work to afford to live driving is a necessity and therefore gas is more like a utility. With big oil controbutions to politics it'll never happen while a republican is in office and not likely with a demo, but it should be regulated.
we're getting bent over and statements like yours really show that their plan is working on a LOT of people...most really.
But hell...I like driving. I like power. I like speed. I'll keep on driving...too bad they know that....fortunately my family has oil stock.....so I can fool myself into believing I'm putting money in my families pockets....then back into mine..haa.
they jacked the prices up to 3.20 a gallon so we'd appreciate prices like 2.80 a gallon when in all actually there is no way in hell we should be paying more than 2.50. Oil companies are making more money right now than they ever have. It's rediculous.
i feel sorry for european countries getting nailed worse than we do.
the issue for me is that in the u.s. especially in california where you pretty much have to commute to work to afford to live driving is a necessity and therefore gas is more like a utility. With big oil controbutions to politics it'll never happen while a republican is in office and not likely with a demo, but it should be regulated.
we're getting bent over and statements like yours really show that their plan is working on a LOT of people...most really.
But hell...I like driving. I like power. I like speed. I'll keep on driving...too bad they know that....fortunately my family has oil stock.....so I can fool myself into believing I'm putting money in my families pockets....then back into mine..haa.
i'm not bent over gas prices, and if prices go up w/out price gouging, then so be it. if i cared about gas prices, i wouldn't be driving my car the way i do. if anything, bay area home prices are what's outrageous. maybe that should be regulated.
there's many other things that are much more expensive per gallon that we don't even think about.
http://www.cockeyed.com/science/gallon/liquid.html
01-03-2007, 05:13 PM
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2.69 for measly 87 Octane in Sunnyvale yesterday.
Thank GOD the STI isn't my daily driver and I only fill it about once a month. $2.90 for 91, and I've been kicking around the idea of trying half a tank of 100.
Thank GOD the STI isn't my daily driver and I only fill it about once a month. $2.90 for 91, and I've been kicking around the idea of trying half a tank of 100.
01-03-2007, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by shim022
there's many other things that are much more expensive per gallon that we don't even think about.
http://www.cockeyed.com/science/gallon/liquid.html
01-03-2007, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Bell R
I doubt that you drink enough milk to be able to compare its cost to that of gasoline...
i'm just saying prices go up for everything. the oil companies are always going to have some lame excuse as to why they raised prices. yes, i know it's bs, but that's not going to change the prices. i like driving too much to care about how much it's going to cost.
01-03-2007, 08:45 PM
#28
there was a reason gas prices were artificially low before the Prop 87 election, so that it would not pass (either way if it did or didn't pass, gas prices would go back up to where they once were). Every little incident in the world will now be an excuse to raise gas prices.
