you're paying that much because you can't find it cheaper anywhere else. I paid $3.03 today, but I've seen it up to $4.00 per gallon in some areas. Exxon already went to court for raising their prices, but I'm sure we'll see more suits with similar things in mind.
I pay more than that for milk. With a growing kid, and two fuel efficient cars, I think I buy more milk than gasoline per week. later, tom
There is some good that will come out of this. People will be more aware of their consumption and choose better vehicle for the environment.
Because Exxon Moble made $35 billion profit last year and had to pay a single retiree $400 million. You go ahead and keep denying the problem until you're paying $8/gal for gasoline. Lucky for me, I work from home and the grocery store is walking distance. I can wait this one out
$8? Problem? Gore said most of the world's problems would be solved by making gasoline $5/gal. So, we'll all live in peace and happiness. tom
Do you know how much a war costs??? You went to war now you have to pay!!! Don’t tell me you thought it was go to Iraq, take oil and live happily ever after?
That's just it. Why isn't Bush taking the oil? We could take it right? As a side note - even though you pay 5 or 6 bucks for gas in Canada at least you get free health care. If we pay $5.00 for gas we will still not get health care, will we? D
One of the things that truly dumbfound me over this, is that the administration, oil companies, media, et al, point to Chad and other "unstable" parts of the world as the major cause of gasoline prices in the U.S. .... who's biggest supplier of oil is - CANADA!
Let me tell you , George Bush felt so bad that the Iraqi people were under to much hardship that we as US taxpayers pay $1.50 for every gallon of gas the people of Iraq use. After we pay our share they only pay 5 cents a gallon .... GO FIGURE ... where is relief for the american family and farmer. http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0606-04.htm OK ... Mr Bush ... I guess you dont know.............. Americans need help too .. and please not another help is on the way speech ..
I spend a lot of time thinking about the current Petrol situation, especially because 1L of petrol here costs 1.26 euros. Our government taxes us 62% on petrol that means every time I spend 10 euros on gas the government gets 6.2 euros. I really don’t have a problem with that. The question is, why don’t they spend that money on research and development in order to develop new technologies. The EU could start by passing laws to only allow Buses that don’t use petrol. We could also make small motorcycles like 50cc run on electrical motors. This would start the process slowly but at least things would start to change.
OH MAN! Here we go again. I guess now the "proof is in the pudding" and it is time for us to face reality. Gas prices are not going back down and is now said to be going up, again, to an average of over $3.00 per gallon. This will be the highest jump in gasoline prices we have had since January this year. The increase of gasoline clearly does not only affect the people but also our economy. Back when gasoline reached over $2.00 per gallon you could see lower sales of SUV's and other large vehicles. People just could not afford to drive these type cars and trucks. Just imagine what will happen now when prices exceed $3.00. Not only will it affect our economy on a larger scale but for a lot of people it may be devastating. Personally I cannot drive my car as much as I would like to. I actually have to limit my driving and make priorities of when do I really have to go somewhere. Think about this. The minimum wage is around $5.50 in the USA. This means after you pay your state taxes, federal taxes and FICA. Of that hours work you are basically left with enough money to buy one gallon of gasoline which might take you 15-20 miles down the road. (Not to mention the price of gasoline is loaded with more Federal and State taxes.) In other words you have to work one hour to be able to drive for 15 minutes. Gee, they say owning a car is a luxury and a privilege. Time for a reality check again. For most Americans a car is a basic necessity. Is the government mentioning that they will do anything about this? (Like lower the Federal and State taxes on gasoline) NO! They are not. Millions of Americans are already living below the poverty level today and how many will be considered to live below the poverty level after this increase in gasoline? A lot more people will have to seek help from the already strained welfare system just to feed their families. Children will go hungry so mom and dad can get to work to at least keep a roof over the family's head. Are we really a people that are so easily led? Don’t we have enough gumption and guts to stand up and say enough is enough or if nothing else demand something in return? (Like an increase in wages or a cheaper barrel of oil from Iraq that we are pouring billions and billions of U.S. tax dollars into) I got a question what is the price of gasoline in Iraq? Did you know that the U.S government is subsidizing the price of gasoline for the people of Iraq. Just guess what people in Iraq are paying for a gallon of gasoline? Please sit down before we tell you. 5 CENTS a gallon. Whats wrong with this picture? You might think "OH WELL" welfare will take care of these people. What if it will actually affect you? This extra money you will have to pay for gasoline might be the money that would enable you to have cable TV. a computer or a cell phone. It will not be very nice to give this up, will it? Before it all gets out of hand let us try to do something, demand something. After all we are supposed to be a government for the people, by the people. ARE WE NOT? Our family took steps to lower our spending on fuel. We tried many products from oils, liquids, attachments and researched every product out there to no avail found nothing that worked. I am really looking forward to fuel alternatives that are springing up now that the prices have gone up. In a sick way they are cutting their own throats because finally it is becoming cost effective to research other ways to fuel motors.
you guys really think that securing future oil is about giving the end user good deals now? Its about having access to ANY oil in the future.
Yeah but it's cost a lot money to renew the bus-generation. Better to buy a new wetgas bus when an old petrol bus are taken out of service. LOL, 50cc is less than my 60cc moped I had when I was 14 and 15 years old. I wouldn't reccommend that, you can face problems in 30+ degrees uphill slopes. Other than that, nice and interesting thoughts.
You’ll be surprised by how many of these there are here in Europe. I’ve seen entire families ride on one of these at the same time (Kid in front, daddy driving, baby in the middle and finally mommy at the back).