GAS...in your area again!!!

[mikeschn]

The real problem is inflation... we are paying for oil and gas in dollars that are worth less and less. i.e. inflation

Heck, let me start an inflation thread...

http://tnttt.com/viewto ... 578#315578

Mike...

[caseydog]

Bruce if everyone in the country or better yet the world would not buy gas on Sunday or any other day, as long as it is the same day you would send a rolling signal around the world that the days of extreme profiteering on the backs of working people is at an end.

Just one day every week!
That might work.

Nope, won't do a thing. This logic has been floating around for years, the flaw in it is that people just buy the gas they would have bought that day on another day. You actually have to quit using gas and a significant amount, not a couple of gallons a week. And even at that you need to get a very large portion of the population to do it, not likely to happen. Nobody wants to stay home, they run out for everything they think of instead of combing trips.

You nailed it. The only way to effect the supply and demand situation would be to stop DRIVING one day per week, not stop BUYING one day per week.

Here is one thing I did. I used to go to the store whenever I needed something, or a few things. Now, I make lists, and only go to the store when I have several things on the list, and I plan my errands to do the least amount of driving. In the process, I also end up crossing items off the list when I come to the realization that I didn't really need them after all.

I probably cut my gasoline usage by 10 to 20 percent just from that small adjustment to my daily routine. And as a bonus, I save more money by eliminating impulse purchases.

CD

[Miriam C.]

If you want to effect supply and demand you stay home. If you want to effect attitude, greed, corruption and send a powerful message you don't buy on one day. Everyone don't buy on one day. Then, when the message about extreme bonuses and greed are understood, you effect supply and demand.

Don't buy gas on Sunday!

[asianflava]

The Europeans won't be able to complain about their gas prices being higher than ours for much longer. It's already at $5.20 in some places of California.

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local ... 04197.html

[Miriam C.]

The Europeans won't be able to complain about their gas prices being higher than ours for much longer. It's already at $5.20 in some places of California.

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local ... 04197.html

That doesn't make sense. Ours is down again to $2.94. The news today says as a country usage is down a full percentage point. Also says the refineries have cut back on production. You don't get greedier than that.

[Oregonian]

Rich,, I agreed 100% with you and that is just what I said. I don't know how many people are going to think about the highest price that the companies are going to through at us, but for me, I am riding my bicycle to town and am going to get a baby trailer to carry my groceries home. Have been doing that for a couple of days, and today it snowed, so, like as before, took the truck to town. Just a little warmer. It will be impossible to get anywhere near the people to just stop once a week from purchasing fuels. It is supposed to snow of and on for the rest of the week, so looks like I am going to go in town once more, on Saturday. It is a shame that we all, that own vehicles, can't travel to whereever we have to go twice a week instead of every day. I am going to make a good effort to do just that.
Bruce JSC

[mandy]

In Albuquerque a refining company accidentaly mixed disel with the unleaded gas and then distributed as unleaded to Costco and some other gas stations. It has caused hundreds of peoples cars to breakdown and now they have to pay up to 500.00 to fix their vehicles. Costco is taking care of their people but the refinery is unwilling to release the other gas stations names and locations. All they are telling everyone is to go to the place where they got the bad gas and take your reciept and take it up with them. Now because of this mistake a refinery is down and gas is going up again.

Mandy

[sonar37]

Personally I think it is quite exciting!!!! Lots of people are realizing that we are a captive audience and one of our big freedoms in this country is being manipulated by corrupt and very greedy big business. At this point a majority of us are still like lemmings running to the pumps and paying the greedy oil gods that blame it all on everything else while they rob us blind. On the other hand there is an ever increasing percentage of us that are starting to realize the lies and that is where the excitement kicks in. When people start building more ethanol refineries and other types of bio-fuels like algae or switch grass it is exciting!!! I say let the price of fuel rise I just forces the thinkers into figuring out other ways to get the same result without the Oil Gods!!!!!!

Just my opinion

Rob

[Oregonian]

Hey Rob, you hit the nail on the head and I agree 100% with you.

[Nic]

Try paying $3.83 a gallon and tell me how much you like your gas price where YOU live. Even with a small teardrop camper and 4 banger to pull with gas is still keeping me away from long trips. Or even just a weekend drive. I started driving when i 16 in 1996. Then gas was as cheap as .79 cent. I was lucky to get $12 bucks in the tank of my honda at the time. Now my beetle takes $65 bucks a tank!!!!! How in the hell can gas go up that much and that fast? Over 400%!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Oregonian]

Nic, I would love to have your VW and fill my tank up with gas for 65 dollars. I just put a half a tank of fuel in my Dodge Dakota and it was a 50 dollar bill , and you get alot better gas milage than I do. Feel lucky that you have the VW.
Bruce Jsc

I also have a street rod with a 289 ford and it gets 8 miles per gallon, but don't drive it too much.

[Oregonian]

Forgot to mention that my 92 Dodge 350 is diesel and it takes right at 650.00 dollars to fill it up. It is no longer running.

[satch]

Get ready folks, it's goin' to be a long summer.

[Oregonian]

Long summer , ya got that right

[Claw]

Lets hope for a long summer. $50 to fill my little pick-up to drive to Minnesota for a camp out this weekend. 100% chance of snow Friday but I'm not letting snow or money keep me from enjoying a good time with fellow TD friends.

What the heck, money is just a tool to get what you want. Sitting home and bitchin' cost nothing but a pocket full of cash isn't as much fun as a tank full of gas.