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Re: How will rising gas prices affect you?
« Reply #30 on: March 04, 2011, 04:45:17 PM »
people  act like they  didn't see  this gas thing coming

remember  just a few years  ago    then gas went down...people bought gas hogs again

it will get worse  then it  might get better.....or we will just get used  to it

then it will get  worse.....and every one will act just as surprised

tho i work in a big truck.....f-350

i have had a 4 cylinder  available since  i bought  my VEGA  in  1972
why do some folks have a  V8 gas hod...unless they need it for work

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Re: How will rising gas prices affect you?
« Reply #31 on: March 04, 2011, 04:54:30 PM »
It's not just gasoline...our propane has gone from $2.49 a gallon last year to almost $4 a gallon this year.  :o Half a tank was almost $800.  I've never not paid the full amount until now.  I work for the Commonwealth....no cost of living increases in 3 years....new medical insurance has doubled co-pays and oh yeah, I'll be "enjoying" a furlough day again this month.  I drive 50 miles round trip which is a lot better than the 96 miles one way I was driving for the first 2 years in this job.  I kept a book on my gas mileage....if I drove 70 I'd get about 20-22 mpg, if I slowed down to 55 I got around 27...in a Dodge Caravan which now has over 254,000 miles on it. '97 was a good year for Dodge apparently. But, I do have a job, so no whining.  The main thing is slowing down.  I drive 55 even on the interstate..I can leave 10 minutes earlier to save 20% on my gas...a lot more relaxing too....gave my radar detector away.  What I don't understand is where are the diesel cars?  I had a VW Rabbit that routinely got 50mpg and as much as 55mpg, and it was an 1981.  Have we not progressed any in the last 25 or so years?
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Re: How will rising gas prices affect you?
« Reply #32 on: March 04, 2011, 05:15:51 PM »
Its inflationary. The price of nearly all goods and services will rise. Just about everything uses fuel in some way, shape or form. I know what it's doing to my freight budgets at work. Fuel surcharges have increased dramatically for both air, ocean container and truck services. It's used up all the head space we built into this fiscal year budget. Our fiscal year starts/ends in June.I've got 5 more months to go and hope it stays level or drops. When we submit our 2012 budget forecasts, there will be an increase planned for the next 12 months. At that time, it will hit the product margin and the company will raise the price of our products. Inflation...
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Re: How will rising gas prices affect you?
« Reply #33 on: March 04, 2011, 05:48:38 PM »
I have a pool that I don't use. We got it because my wife does not like to swim at the gym and only she uses it. Heat it up for the weekend, at what was about $8 a degree, and about $5/hour to keep it there. With opening, closing and cleaning, I think that last year, we were spending about $600/weekend so that the wife could swim for 2 hours. I am not sure if I will even bother opening the pool this year. Maybe just when company comes over.
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Re: How will rising gas prices affect you?
« Reply #34 on: March 04, 2011, 05:58:39 PM »
I am very glad I have a company vehicle and my wife works blocks from home.
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Re: How will rising gas prices affect you?
« Reply #35 on: March 04, 2011, 07:35:53 PM »
I honestly feel that as prices rise demand will quickly fall and with it fuel prices. It seems just about everyone makes unneeded trips, and knows how to save fuel on top of that. As this thing sorts itself out it will indeed be ugly, and I'm not looking forward to it.

I remember $4.00 gas being short lived. I also remember hearing stories of super tankers sitting at anchor full of fuel that was unneeded due to demand falling because of high prices. What I am waiting for now are the stories of commodity speculators jumping from tall buildings ;).

No doubt this will settle out with average prices .30 higher than before the raping of the consumer. Then again I could be wrong.
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Re: How will rising gas prices affect you?
« Reply #36 on: March 08, 2011, 04:26:25 AM »
IMHO
This all will take a toll on the USA the final will be all things but income will rise.
Then when this settles the things that rose will stay
Then USA gets used too the cost and we enjoy less once again
but life will carry on.
We have been in training for many many moons to work more enjoy less
say and think what you wish this is absolutely WRONG and my local TV news
has been showing how gas in some country's is 8.45 and .06 in the other
I truly don't care I am here in the Greatest Country in the world
We should not be paying these prices PERIOD
I just am disgusted with it (I'm trying not to make in Political)
Just sick that Gas is such a HUGE controlling factor for the USA anytime a
 Filthy gas producing company(country) gets into a battle, interior or against another country
The USA pays

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Re: How will rising gas prices affect you?
« Reply #37 on: March 08, 2011, 04:44:29 AM »
Well said Tommyt.  You've put into words what I think everyone I know feels.  Problem is; what do we do to change it?  Voting ain't gonna git-r-done.
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Re: How will rising gas prices affect you?
« Reply #38 on: March 08, 2011, 05:37:14 AM »
I guess I'll always have a good pickup, just too many things I use it for.  I also have a big old Suburban that will hopefully get a big honkin' big block in it later this year.  But it's a play toy.  On a daily basis we drive our VW Jetta that gets about 35-38 on the highway.  We drive it as much as possible.  I alternate driving my F150 and my old Mazda B3000 to work.  Neither get great mileage but then I only drive about 10 miles a day and that includes going to and from work twice a day.  If I get a job and end up commuting a bunch then I'll probably get a Ford Fiesta or something that will get 45-50 mpg.  I'd love to get an all electric if I could charge it off of solar or wind power.  Otherwise your just trading gas for payments.


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Re: How will rising gas prices affect you?
« Reply #39 on: March 08, 2011, 05:56:23 AM »
I had my daughter drive my Toyota Tacoma to high school today rather than the  Z71 GMC Sierra that she has been driving. She drives about 25 miles a day round trip.  The toyota gets 3-5 mpg better gas mileage.  Its time to apply for draw tags out west so I'm not applying for as many tags in Colo and Wy as I did last year and I'm not planning a prairie dog shooting trip either.  The last time gas hit $4 a gallon there was a lot fewer hunters in Colo. where we hunt.
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Re: How will rising gas prices affect you?
« Reply #40 on: March 08, 2011, 06:04:05 AM »
Does anyone remember when premium was $1/gallon. Seems like only 11 years ago. What changed? Oh yeah, the President.

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Re: How will rising gas prices affect you?
« Reply #41 on: March 08, 2011, 06:07:59 AM »
Well, I'm gettin' older but still a youngster to a bunch of y'all.  I can remember cheaper gas but the cheapest I ever paid was .62/gallon if I remember correctly.  That would have been in about 1985 in Oklahoma.


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