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mythusmage said:
Right around 2%. Nowhere near groceries or gaming supplies.
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Right around 2%. Nowhere near groceries or gaming supplies.
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Queen_Dopplepopolis
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For the most part, I find that taking the train (even with incredible gas prices) is more expensive than it is for me to drive.
When I take public transportation, I have two options, I can pay by the day... or by the month/week. When I pay by the day, it works out to be about $10/day. When I pay by the month/week, I can get that down to like $8.50/day. If I didn't cross state lines to get to work, my life would be so much easier as I could just buy a single monthly bus, but nooooo. I have to buy TWO monthly bus passes for the two different bus lines I would need to take (one to get to the train station from my apt in Maryland and another to get to my office from the train in Virginia). Sure, my car is over 10 years old, but it still gets pretty good gas mileage (30 miles/gallon). Now that school has started, I will need to fill up my tank once every 1.5 to 2 weeks (school is so much closer than work!!)
But - with oil prices reaching a new record high every day - I may have to reevaluate my transportation options and start taking the bus and train to and from school and work. (takes a whole lot longer, but may start being a whole lot cheaper)
All in all - I'm glad I filled up last night.
When I take public transportation, I have two options, I can pay by the day... or by the month/week. When I pay by the day, it works out to be about $10/day. When I pay by the month/week, I can get that down to like $8.50/day. If I didn't cross state lines to get to work, my life would be so much easier as I could just buy a single monthly bus, but nooooo. I have to buy TWO monthly bus passes for the two different bus lines I would need to take (one to get to the train station from my apt in Maryland and another to get to my office from the train in Virginia). Sure, my car is over 10 years old, but it still gets pretty good gas mileage (30 miles/gallon). Now that school has started, I will need to fill up my tank once every 1.5 to 2 weeks (school is so much closer than work!!)
But - with oil prices reaching a new record high every day - I may have to reevaluate my transportation options and start taking the bus and train to and from school and work. (takes a whole lot longer, but may start being a whole lot cheaper)
All in all - I'm glad I filled up last night.
Desdichado
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I remember reading somewhere that as we approach $4.00/gallon, we also approach the break-even point of running hydrogen cell vehicles.Old One said:As the cost of unleaded passes $3.00 US/gallon in most US cities and heads towards $4.00/gallon in some...we might actually start changing our driving habits!
If I were a powerful politician/Dicator of the the country/etc. what I'd do is exacerbate the crisis to make sure prices were up (or higher) than $4.00 while simultaneously giving bigtime incentives to the auto industry to develop hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and do what I can to subsidize the construction of an infrastructure that could support it.
Besides making us self-sufficient again, instead of reliant on OPEC and limited supply fossil fuels, it has the added benefits that fuel cell waste product is pure water, not an entire handful of environmentally deleterious emissions, and it also makes the Middle East completely unimportant to our foreign policy.
Anyway, I was obviously being hopeful yesterday when I said I thought I could get gas for somewhere in the $2.60s per gallon; on the way home, $2.88 was about the cheapest I saw. On the way in again this morning, more than half of those had converted to $2.99 and I expect the last will before the day's over.
Vraille Darkfang
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In Mid-missouri it runs from 2.59-2.69.
And, as mentioned.
At this point the cost of oil is artifically high. (OPEC keeps wondering when the price'll drop 10-20 bucks a barrell). Saudi Arabia & a few other oil plaes are ready to make up for the loss of Gulf Production.
The problem ain't the oil supply, it's the GASOLINE supply. With demand at record highs, gasoline refineries were producing at near capacity. Our refining system's been stretched to the limit for years now (decades even). Now several refineries have been knocked out for several weeks to months.
It doesn't matter how much oil is coming in, it's still going through a little-bitty hose that's just had a tourniquet applied.
Plus, the US is a car-based society. That happened in the 50's & is still as true today (if not more so) than ever. Our distribution system runs on semis from one corner of the county to the other. The US is BIG. I find most Europeans don't really understand how big until they drive from my place to my Grandma's down in Texas (through Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas). 12 hours of NOTHING tends to drive home the we're REALLY, REALLY, REALLY Frickin Huge! point rather well.
So, look for Gas to keep going up (probablly), Auto demand'll peak after Labor Day, so we might see prices drop.....
But Hurricane season's just began & it looks like it could be a bad one.
Vraille,
Happy, cause we just picked up our brand new 2005 Toyota Corolla that gets 40 mile MPG & ditched my 92 Ford Taurus that was down to about 12 MPG. So, I'm paying less for gas all things considered.
And, as mentioned.
At this point the cost of oil is artifically high. (OPEC keeps wondering when the price'll drop 10-20 bucks a barrell). Saudi Arabia & a few other oil plaes are ready to make up for the loss of Gulf Production.
The problem ain't the oil supply, it's the GASOLINE supply. With demand at record highs, gasoline refineries were producing at near capacity. Our refining system's been stretched to the limit for years now (decades even). Now several refineries have been knocked out for several weeks to months.
It doesn't matter how much oil is coming in, it's still going through a little-bitty hose that's just had a tourniquet applied.
Plus, the US is a car-based society. That happened in the 50's & is still as true today (if not more so) than ever. Our distribution system runs on semis from one corner of the county to the other. The US is BIG. I find most Europeans don't really understand how big until they drive from my place to my Grandma's down in Texas (through Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas). 12 hours of NOTHING tends to drive home the we're REALLY, REALLY, REALLY Frickin Huge! point rather well.
So, look for Gas to keep going up (probablly), Auto demand'll peak after Labor Day, so we might see prices drop.....
But Hurricane season's just began & it looks like it could be a bad one.
Vraille,
Happy, cause we just picked up our brand new 2005 Toyota Corolla that gets 40 mile MPG & ditched my 92 Ford Taurus that was down to about 12 MPG. So, I'm paying less for gas all things considered.
Desdichado
Hero
Bah! 12 hours of nothing! You can do most of that in Texas alone! You ever driven from Orange or even Beaumont to El Paso? I haven't. I've done Houston to El Paso and that was long enough, and Houston up through Amarillo to Colorado/New Mexico... those were already 8-10 hours of nothing as it is.Vraille Darkfang said:
Liminal Syzygy
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About US$5.07 equivalent in Yokohama.
Wyn A'rienh
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Update from my mom - last night gas was $2.69, this morning - $3.19.
Dougal DeKree
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1,62$/liter in germany
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