Gas Prices to Everybody: LOL PWNT

[Preturbed]

It hasn't broken $3.00 for that yet, at least here. Man, I thought we had it rough.

[P-Sleazy]

I'm still at the $2.75 mark here. But I do remember when it was 2.20 not even 2-3 months ago. And its getting alot harder to con my parents into filling up my car for me. Apperently, their avoiding driving my car now under all circumstances. They used to offer to fill up my car, now they don't even do THAT.

Yes...I'm a tad bit spoiled.

[Nique]

It's pushing $3.40 in portland. It takes me more than $50 to fill up my tank. Needless to say, I ride the gauge on 'E' until the last possible minute... which will probably be tommorow morning cuase I got a 1/2 hour drive to school.

[Preturbed]

Originally Posted by Nique

I ride the gauge on 'E' until the last possible minute.

Thats really bad on your fuel pumps. Try acting as though the 1/4 mark is the E. That way you'll be kind to your vehicle and in addition you will always have a little buffer if you can't quite make it. It really doesn't cost you any more to do it this way.

Also, at current prices it takes me damn near 90 dollars to completely refill both tanks.

[ArlanKels]

Currently it's about $3.01 where I live.

Now I know last night I saw a commercial where it said something about congress and gas prices...

*searches*

Oh by the way, appearantly Bush is going to set regulations on gas emissions for cars by the time he leaves office. Or some crap. Alledgely. Given his history on environment I'm not all to excited.

[Mirai Gen]

I can't really walk or bike where I live - The college campus is too far away and work is even further. I'd like to be able to do so, but it just isn't in me to bike for nearly an hour back and forth from college for over an hour.

EDUT: Also, one of those chain letters keeps going around about the oil companies losing money if people don't buy gas on the 15th. Can anyone confirm?

[ArlanKels]

A single day when nobody buys gas wouldn't cause a profit loss. Why? Because they make billions already. Seriously now..one day is nothing.

[crimson5pheonix]

This is why I want a Civic hybrid. At 49/51, I would have to fill up every 700+ miles!

[bass_virus]

That's it. We've been patient, but now it's time to storm the White House and kill everyone inside. Then we need to start kissing some serious Middle East ass. I don't care what they would want from us, but we need to do it to start getting gas for lower prices.

Either that our we storm the oil companies which to be fair would include storming the White House, and kill everyone in charge. Then we get our hands on the patent for the Electric Car and we start mass producing them.

[Fifthfiend]

Thats really bad on your fuel pumps. Try acting as though the 1/4 mark is the E. That way you'll be kind to your vehicle and in addition you will always have a little buffer if you can't quite make it. It really doesn't cost you any more to do it this way.

I've actually been told you get worse mileage for that last quarter or eigth of a tank. Never really tested it though.

Gas prices in Korea are roughly 4x what they are in the States, partly because there's no native oil production. I do a lot of walking. We need to come up with an alternative, and fast. It's too bad our administration's energy policy is "Oil yesterday, Oil today, Oil forerver!"

Actually what I find interesting is that the spike in prices here isn't even due to oil, the price of which is falling, but rather of the gasoline itself, due to a dearth of refining capacity. A cynical person might imagine this is by design / the result of a decade of mergers among the largest oil companies both to consolidate market share and vertically integrate their product pipelines.