:beatdeadhorse: :cry :beatdeadhorse: :cry :beatdeadhorse: :cry :beatdeadhorse: :cry :beatdeadhorse: :cry :beatdeadhorse: :cry :beatdeadhorse: :cry :beatdeadhorse: :cry

 

remember the gas shortage in the late 70's was staged kinda like what thier doing now :bs

 

Filled up this AM at $2.02. But what the heck, it's such a nice day today, the tees are off and I'd be driving even at double that price. :cheers:

 

With the hike in gas prices I am just using the time to pull my car down for some upgrades. I think I am going to do the interior and brakes soon. It is hard being in college and paying for gas on two vehicles.

 

Gas is 2.05 in Atlanta. That was this morning though. I heard that it was over 3.00 a gallon in CA somewhere. Remember gas wars? .18 a gallon. :flag

 

Just filled up on Sunday with 94 - $1/litre or about $3.90 US gallon, go Canada yea :rolleyes:

 

I filled up with regular at $1.78 a gallon in north Georgia. Where the heck are you getting gas?
The Atlanta area seems to be the cheapest in the nation.

 

I.78 is incredible. Is that for the cheap stuff. Everywhere i've seen inside I-285 is at 1.85/1.95/2.05 Not as bad as most places, though. I guess it's since we use so much we get good rates. :cheers:

 

This was the price on I-75 yesterday near Rome for regular. I actually saw a few pennies cheaper in places. Drive outside the perimeter and that seems to be the going rate. Probably going up as we speak.

 

North side of Indianapolis it's $1.91/2.01/2.11 :cry

 

omg! stop whining, here in sweden 1 gallon of 98octane costs 5 USD :flag

 

So I'm guessing that includes a bit of federal tax, eh? I know in Switzerland (where I'm from) it's about half taxes that fund transportation and social services.

Hans

 

I wouldn't mind as much for the higher gas prices, but what annoys me is everything has risen. Everything costs more. Well, not everything has gone up, I'm still getting paid my same crappy wage.

 

Wrencher: i think it´s about 3.5 or 4 dollars tax.... :mad

 

I believe something like this could work if everyone banded together


> > >Dear friends & family,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >It is rumored that we are going to hit close to a
> > >
> > >$1.42 a Liter by the summer. Want gasoline prices to
> > >
> > >come down? We need to take some intelligent, united
> > >
> > >action. Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea:
> > >
> > >This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the don't buy gas on
> > >
> > >a certain day campaign that was going around last
> > >
> > >April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that
> > >
> > >because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt
> > >
> > >ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an
> > >
> > >inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them.
> > >
> > >BUT, this is a plan that can really work. Please read
> > >
> > >it and join with us!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >We all know that we're being controlled by the oil
> > >
> > >companies. Does everyone remember how they drove up
> > >
> > >the prices way past a dollar and got the gas prices
> > >
> > >to where they wanted them, claiming there was a
> > >
> > >shortage of oil. Well, there isn't any shortage now,
> > >
> > >and the oil is more abundant than it was 35 years ago
> > >
> > >when the price of a liter of gas was 29 cents!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have
> > >
> > >conditioned us to think that the cost of a liter of
> > >
> > >gas is CHEAP at $0.78-$0.85, we need to take
> > >
> > >aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control
> > >
> > >the marketplace....not sellers. With the price of
> > >
> > >gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to
> > >
> > >take action. The only way we are going to see the
> > >
> > >price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the
> > >
> > >pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And we can do
> > >
> > >that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. How? Since we all rely
> > >
> > >on our cars, we cant just stop buying gas. But we CAN
> > >
> > >have an impact on gas prices if we all act together
> > >
> > >to force a price war.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T
> > >
> > >purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies
> > >
> > >(which now are one), PETRO CANADA, SHELL. If they are
> > >
> > >not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce
> > >
> > >their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other
> > >
> > >companies will have to follow suit. But to have an
> > >
> > >impact, we need to reach literally millions of PETRO
> > >
> > >CANADA and SHELL buyers. Its really simple to do!!
> > >
> > >Now, don't whimp out on me at this point...keep
> > >
> > >reading and Ill explain how simple it is to reach
> > >
> > >millions of people!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >I am sending this note to at least thirty people. If
> > >
> > >each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 =
> > >
> > >300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more
> > >
> > >(300 x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the
> > >
> > >message reaches the sixth generation of people, we
> > >
> > >will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If
> > >
> > >those three million get excited and pass this on to
> > >
> > >ten friends each, then 30 million people will have
> > >
> > >been contacted! If it goes one level further, you
> > >
> > >guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Again, all You have to do is send this to 10 people.
> > >
> > >That's all.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >How long would all that take? If each of us sends this
> > >
> > >email out to ten more people within one day of
> > >
> > >receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be
> > >
> > >contacted within the next 8 days!!! Ill bet you I
> > >
> > >didn't think you and I had that much potential, did
> > >
> > >you! Acting together we can make a difference. If
> > >
> > >this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE
> > >
> > >$0.64 OR LESS RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN
> > >
> > >REALLY WORK!!!!!!!
> > >

 

Same here $6,19 and even more for the good stuff :(

 

This will even make the europeans feel better.
Gas here is $1.89/gal. But at the marina where I keep my boat, it's $2.39/gal.
Now the good part.
My cruiser gets 0.86 miles/gallon. Anyone want to trade fuel bills this year?
Gary


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