Gas prices.... Absolutely ridiculous!!


Alisha

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Just curious how much everyone is paying per gallon/liter?

When I went to work this morning the cheap stuff was $3.49 and this evening when I was on my way home I noticed it had jumped up to $3.65!!! :eek: At this rate, it'll be $4.00 a gallon well before summer!

My fiance lives in Nova Scotia and it's $1.20 a liter there.... so around $4.80 a gallon for them.

I know it doesn't do any good to complain about it, and also realize that it's going to get worse before it gets any better. :( :( :( *sigh*

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Last fillup here, paid $3.19 a gallon earlier this week, but noticed the sign on the other side of the building had $3.27, they were raising the price I guess as I was filling up.

Heard on the radio this morning the average in this area is now up to $3.44, but had not payed any attention to the pumps driving down the road. Think it has gone beyond ridiculous and is supposed to get worse.:(:mad:

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There is no end in sight, and at $3.44 a gallon it cost me over $120.00 to fill up my truck. One thing is certain, until there are some controls put on the big oil companies, who keep raking in huge profits, those companies will do as they please. We also need to quit burning fuel just for fun. That means any fuel burning "motor" sports. That's right you Nascar fans, shut them all down and in one weekend of no races, demonstrations/shows we would probably save enough fuel to power the necessary uses for a week. That includes shows like the Blue Angels, who burn enough fuel in one show to power your pickup for a year. One thing is for sure, this will become an interesting world to live in when we exhaust all of the fossil fuels. Time to buy a horse I guess.

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We also need to quit burning fuel just for fun. That means any fuel burning "motor" sports. That's right you Nascar fans, shut them all down and in one weekend of no races, demonstrations/shows we would probably save enough fuel to power the necessary uses for a week. That includes shows like the Blue Angels, who burn enough fuel in one show to power your pickup for a year. One thing is for sure, this will become an interesting world to live in when we exhaust all of the fossil fuels. Time to buy a horse I guess.

Now thats an interesting thought......

Wonder exactly HOW much gas is used at those such events......think about how many people are there in the stand......They all had to drive their cars to get there......then all the actually Nascar people....they have to drive to get there too with big big trucks.....Then we have the actually race and practice rounds......MAN thats a lot of gas consumption..:eek::eek::eek:

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There is no end in sight, and at $3.44 a gallon it cost me over $120.00 to fill up my truck. One thing is certain, until there are some controls put on the big oil companies, who keep raking in huge profits, those companies will do as they please. We also need to quit burning fuel just for fun. That means any fuel burning "motor" sports. That's right you Nascar fans, shut them all down and in one weekend of no races, demonstrations/shows we would probably save enough fuel to power the necessary uses for a week. That includes shows like the Blue Angels, who burn enough fuel in one show to power your pickup for a year. One thing is for sure, this will become an interesting world to live in when we exhaust all of the fossil fuels. Time to buy a horse I guess.

Now thats an interesting thought......

Wonder exactly HOW much gas is used at those such events......think about how many people are there in the stand......They all had to drive their cars to get there......then all the actually Nascar people....they have to drive to get there too with big big trucks.....Then we have the actually race and practice rounds......MAN thats a lot of gas consumption..:eek::eek::eek:

Have kind of thought the same thing a few times. As much as people would not like it, there is a huge amount of consumption there, and if it were all of a sudden cut out and left cut out for a time period it would have to have a significant effect, maybe a big enough factor to drive prices back to where they should be.

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$3.39 here for regular unleaded, $4.09 for diesel. the company I work for spends close to $1M in fuel each year.:mad: And that ain't company wide, just the branch I work at.

The news folk said it should level out in this area at about $3.50 sometime around Memorial Day.

Here is something to think about. When the prices went above $1.00 for reg. unleaded they never fell back below, then they went about $2.00 and never fell back below, now they are above $3.00 and I don't think they are gonna fall back below that.:mad:

Could be and I hope I am wrong, but I highly doubt it.

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There is no end in sight, and at $3.44 a gallon it cost me over $120.00 to fill up my truck. One thing is certain, until there are some controls put on the big oil companies, who keep raking in huge profits, those companies will do as they please. We also need to quit burning fuel just for fun. That means any fuel burning "motor" sports. That's right you Nascar fans, shut them all down and in one weekend of no races, demonstrations/shows we would probably save enough fuel to power the necessary uses for a week. That includes shows like the Blue Angels, who burn enough fuel in one show to power your pickup for a year. One thing is for sure, this will become an interesting world to live in when we exhaust all of the fossil fuels. Time to buy a horse I guess.[/quote

Granted alot of fuel is used before, during, and after a race...but ' motorsports ' provide countless jobs for people, tons of revenue for many cities and companies which will help the dollar recover its losses. Any kind of large 'event' uses fuel like its going out of style... But dont get me wrong, something needs to be done soon!!

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