Comparative fuel prices
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From: Chico CA
Comparative fuel prices
Just found a fuel receipt from ten years ago. Chevron Premium was $1.639 per gallon.
Now it's $3.059 here in town.
Of course, the house I sold that month for $295,000 just resold for $925,000, so I guess I could be paying something around $5.00 and be in proportion.
(and of course I moved into a market with much lower appreciation - that move set retirement back ten years 
)
Just trying to keep it in perspective. The real kick in the head ain't the gasoline price. I can drive less. It's the electrical charges to keep my house cool (relatively). Ran about $200 per month to hold 76F in 1997. Running me about $700 per month to hold 80F now, and that's after a foot of insulation in the attic, new windows, thermal blinds, shade plantings, and so on. Oh, and replacing the HVAC with a new system that was more "efficient." If they keep jacking the prices, I'll have to turn off the HVAC in the house and sit in my car with the engine idling and the A/C running to reduce costs.
It does leave me appreciating what a bargain the Corvette is. Low cost to acquire, low cost to insure (for a geezer), great fuel mileage. All around, a winner!
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Now it's $3.059 here in town.Of course, the house I sold that month for $295,000 just resold for $925,000, so I guess I could be paying something around $5.00 and be in proportion.
(and of course I moved into a market with much lower appreciation - that move set retirement back ten years )Just trying to keep it in perspective. The real kick in the head ain't the gasoline price. I can drive less. It's the electrical charges to keep my house cool (relatively). Ran about $200 per month to hold 76F in 1997. Running me about $700 per month to hold 80F now, and that's after a foot of insulation in the attic, new windows, thermal blinds, shade plantings, and so on. Oh, and replacing the HVAC with a new system that was more "efficient." If they keep jacking the prices, I'll have to turn off the HVAC in the house and sit in my car with the engine idling and the A/C running to reduce costs.
It does leave me appreciating what a bargain the Corvette is. Low cost to acquire, low cost to insure (for a geezer), great fuel mileage. All around, a winner!
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If we don't get some real conservative leadership in washington then all you're worries will be mute! We will all be competing for jobs with people that will do those same jobs for next nothing! Then we will all sit around and try to remember what it was like to be able to drive our cars at ANY gas price. WAKE UP AMERICA BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!
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From: Lenoir City TN
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
If we don't get some real conservative leadership in washington then all you're worries will be mute! We will all be competing for jobs with people that will do those same jobs for next nothing! Then we will all sit around and try to remember what it was like to be able to drive our cars at ANY gas price. WAKE UP AMERICA BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!
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Rant Not over, just warming up!
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From: Norman Oklahoma - The Only State in the Union with no Blue Counties!
Tomorrow is a BIG day in the Senate! Call your Senator and tell him or her to dump this imigration bill! Close the borders Now before we all see a mushroom cloud over an American city! I wonder what will happen to the price of EVERYTHING if that happens! Once the borders are controlled,,,,,Then we can deal with our fellow human beings that snuck into OUR country ILLEGALLY!
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