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Originally Posted by woogs
my neighbor told me the other day that George Bush got his thing signed to drill for oil in Alaska, please don't turn this into anything political. But do yall think that'll put some pressure on our foreign oil suppliers?
EDIT: I found gas for 1.99 yesterday, I think the cheapest though today was 2.04 (Regular)
from the sound of things, doesn't look like we got it too bad here.
EDIT: I found gas for 1.99 yesterday, I think the cheapest though today was 2.04 (Regular)
from the sound of things, doesn't look like we got it too bad here.
Last edited by keith w; Mar 25, 2005 at 03:53 AM.
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From: north west new jersey
old to fast
So right now I'm paying $1.86 a gal. It's still way too much, but compared to some other places it ain't that bad. It still hurts to think back when I started driving it was 25.9 a gal. A quart of oil was .30 a can and a pack of smokes was .28 a pack. What the hell happened ??[/QUOTE]
same here. smokes where 10 cents on ship . gas 204.9 last night diesel 232.9.
what happened? we grew old to fast. o boss we need a raise now!
same here. smokes where 10 cents on ship . gas 204.9 last night diesel 232.9.
what happened? we grew old to fast. o boss we need a raise now!
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From: South East Texas
I really think some one should reinvent the steam engine. just put the ol' garden hose in the tank, fill it up, shove in a couple of bags of household trash from the trash compactor and light em' up. The price of gas is going to keep going up untill a lot of us won't be able to afford it any longer and as that happens, the people that can will have to pay even more to make up the difference. I for one am not going to go out and buy an electric car for 40 or 50 thousand dollars that will only take you a hundred or so miles on a charge. The hybrid is a good idea thats been played around with since the 50's but they cost too much, still gotta buy gas, and wait untill you have to replace the batteries, no running down to Wal-Mart for those. Ya know it never made sense to me why, when the price of gas started going up, people got rid of their old gas guzzler and ran out and bought a new economy car so that they could save a few hundred a year on gas but are now paying a few thousand a year on car payments.
Last edited by nightowl_52; Mar 27, 2005 at 02:29 AM.
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From: Shawnee, Ks
Regular gas is anywere from $2.03 to $2.15 depends on what city your in, for the low octane, and diesel is $2.18 to $2.24 depending on were your are. I have to fill up tonight and the place I get my diesel from down the street just happens to be one of the places at $2.24, I would waste more driving to get it cheaper. There goes another $85.00, WOW its a good thing I sold my little 4cyl Neon when I bought my Excursion 
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From: Long island NY
I just paied 2.29 for REGULAR yesterday. costed me around 15 bucks to put 6 gallons in. What I'v been doing lateley is just putting a few bucks in every few days, to decreace the shock value of a full fill ups price
I'm on long Island NY
I'm on long Island NY
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From: Lynchburg Virginia.
I ran a Service Station in the early 70's when the "oil shortage" started. My brother was in the Navy, stationed at Norfolk. I would drive down on Friday afternoon and pick him up and then take him back Sunday night. He told me that if you went out past the horizon, where you couldnt see from shore, the oil tankers were lined up 3 or 4 deep as far as you could see in both directions, all Deep in the water. They were just setting there waiting for the price of crude to go up before they came in to unload.
THERE WASN'T ANY SHORTAGE THEN AND THERE ISN'T ANY SHORTAGE NOW!
Just a bunch of greedy fat cat polatitions with their finger in the pie.
We could stop this crap if everyone would stick together and boycott one oil company at a time. Take them one at a time and don't buy ANY of their products till the price comes down or they fold.
That would work but with people the way they are nowdays it has Two chances of happening, Slim and None.
THERE WASN'T ANY SHORTAGE THEN AND THERE ISN'T ANY SHORTAGE NOW!
Just a bunch of greedy fat cat polatitions with their finger in the pie.
We could stop this crap if everyone would stick together and boycott one oil company at a time. Take them one at a time and don't buy ANY of their products till the price comes down or they fold.
That would work but with people the way they are nowdays it has Two chances of happening, Slim and None.
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From: South East Texas
That's exactly what I said in another post. At the time, looking out off the docks in Brooklyn and seeing bunches of those tankers riding low in the water just sitting out there all week waiting to be called in to the Jersey refineries. What a crock of dung that was. As far I'm concerned, any American owned and operated corporation such as energy producing ones like the oil companies that are in a position to put a strangle hold on the American economy and it's people should be considerd traitors to this country. Any foreign ones that are also in that position should be considerd enemies. In a time when most of the world is not all that thrilled with us, all Americans should be working together. The big corporations don't care about patriotism, just greed. These oil producing countries that Americans go over and fight and die for their freedom should give us the oil for free.
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From: Cypress, CA
Read some of the world financial rags and the challenges that face the OPEC nations will become clear. Recently the Chinese oil requirements have multiplied many times for their manufacturing processes. This additional load on the world oil production of course has caused strains on the availability of product and therefore the price increases. And as we all are painfully aware, the price increases continue to flow through to the ultimate consumer. I have read recently where the OPEC nations are increasing daily production and in my opinion should stabilize prices but probably will not cause them to decrease.
By drilling for oil on our own "property" we (USA) can be much more in control of costs which ultimately flow through to the consumer.
Russ
By drilling for oil on our own "property" we (USA) can be much more in control of costs which ultimately flow through to the consumer.
Russ
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Regarding OPEC and the 70's. I think its a different world now due to the industrialization of "3rd world" countries. Compare it to the increase in Coal consumption during the early days of US and European industrialization.
I think the most viable solution would be to throw big dollars at researching cheap and safe electricity generation. The infrastructure is already in place. Imagine if suddenly the world stopped heating houses with Fuel Oil and Natural Gas. That would free up a whole lot of carbon and give motor vehicle technology some time to play catch up.
Matt.
I think the most viable solution would be to throw big dollars at researching cheap and safe electricity generation. The infrastructure is already in place. Imagine if suddenly the world stopped heating houses with Fuel Oil and Natural Gas. That would free up a whole lot of carbon and give motor vehicle technology some time to play catch up.
Matt.