GAS (gasoline!)
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Gas hasn't come down, the economy is worse than ever.
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Gas was 40 to 50 cents a gallon less in Las Vegas, Nevada than anywhere in California! Thanks California government! And they're looking for ways to stabilize the economy...just legalize gambling everywhere and tax it! Marijuana too!
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Well it hasn't gone down much here at all. It was 3.87 today. Oil fell to $81.00 barrel...why doesn't the gas price go down as fast as it goes up :
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Someone that I know let me use their a truck of theirs while I went out looking for a used car. This truck is for hauling a boat, trailer, or possibly a heavy load in the back. It was an extra vehicle - I was told it got bad gas mileage - but was glad to have something to drive to work and then car looking. I found a point A to point B used car It is smaller and is suppose to get good gas mileage (People selling these know that and mark the price up - or keep it firm - knowing if you don't like it and buy it - someone else will). I filled up the truck (to return it to them full). I went home - let out my dog and did a quick run and play. Took my new used car to get gas ..... and the price was lower *(why wasn't it low when I filled the truck) ..... I put only a certain amount -- because I spent it filling the truck ..... sometimes you try to catch the price at the lowest and you pay more and sometimes you hope to luck out (with the already high price .... it is just you are conditioned to think .... hey that price I complained about last month ..... now sounds good) .... I hope this car does get better gas mileage than my last car .... I shall see ...
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martinput:
It's a bit of a twist and turn making like for like comparisons as the US Gallon is smaller than the Imperial (UK) Gallon. I drive a diesel engined vehicle with diesel costing an average £1.3638 per litre according to http://www.petrolprices.com/ After several conversions that's $10.085 per UK gallon or $8.39 per US Gallon. Most of which is UK fuel duty and VAT both of which have been raised by the UK Government recently by way of revenue generation (and supposed "green" disincentives to discourage fuel use and encourage alternate transport and lifestyle choices). There is a growing lobby to get the government to review the loading of tax as the real price of oil is forced up by world demand as it is having a disproportionate effect on business. There is talk of a fuel escalator formula that would stabilise the price at a fixed level by reducing tax levies as world oil prices rise - so long as we accept increased taxes again if oil prices fall. Some way to go on that debate though. Martin
Thanks for the conversion Martin! Get that everyone? $8.39 in the UK 5 months ago, since when it's gone up quite a bit. Well over $8.50 by now I'm sure. And it's the Americans - who pay half that, and cause most of the global warming - who moan! Plus, I heard the other day from someone that as a proportion of average income, fuel actually costs less today than 20 years ago. Not sure whether that's true.
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$3.39 and I thought that was bad!! Yikes!!
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It's $3.55 a gallon for a major name brand in NJ That's taking into an account a recent price drop But, if that price drop/swing is like the stock market
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Andy_Shofar:
It's $3.55 a gallon for a major name brand in NJ That's taking into an account of a recent price drop But, if that price drop/swing is like the stock market
OMG! The stock market is wild the last few days. Gas is steady at 3.87-3.97.
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Yet recently in the past few months I seem to remember news reports saying with some assurance that the recession was over, or nearly. It just seems to be continuing to spiral out of control, and no one has any idea of how to fix it.
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It is getting out of control.
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Before my last car died .... of all times - I filled the gas tank. (Usually I just put in what I can) ..... I found another car (finally) ... it is suppose to be a bit better in the gas mileage (I hope) ..... just a point A to point B car .... It was worth my effort to have someone help me get containers and to drain the gas from the old and fill up the car that I just bought. If gas was cheap .... I may have said .... go ahead you take it if you need it .... but now it is like throwing away lots of money ..... It was nice not to have lost that last fill up of the tank
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haha...really! You had to siphen it out? Yuk! But I know...ya gotta do what ya gotta do! And it was well worth it with the price of gas. Why did it never go down with the price of oil? We are just destined to keep paying through the nose. Yes, I know it osn't as expensive as in Europe. But I think we drive (like crazy) more than you guys do. Maybe now we will all think about it & plan more carefully. But we have to service our clients & no way around it...I gotta drive a full size work van.
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ops: I should have said .... the car is going to be scrapped .... they will not take a car with a gas tank (I think it is some law type of thing) .... so the person was on their back under the car and they put a hole in the gas tank (I thanked them for their effort ..... they got some gas too). I don't like the .... "It's higher in Europe" .... stuff .... so what ..... it is how it goes up by compared to itself ..... if it is $1.00 and it goes to $2.00 it has doubled. When they keep moving the goal posts out more and more and keep it higher ..... yes it is RUDE! (Not mad at anyone here )
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There was a story on the News that lasted over 5 minutes (which can be a lot of time dedicated to a single story) about the price of Gasoline going down and how much better it will be for everyone ....... so what do they do where I live? They RAISE the price 25 cents MORE per gallon! I thought I heard that it was going down? Wrong direction on price setting .....
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I think they tell us that it is going down just to make us feel better. Ours is down maybe 10cents but I know it won't stay there. In a dream world, I'd like low gas prices but high stock markets. They seem to move in tandom.
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Still hovering close to $4
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Ours is about 3.80 but the way the stock market has dropped I'd rather have higher gas & some money in my 401K. The market does not like what is going on at all.
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$3.49 to $3.59 major name brands
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Sticking around $3.49 - waiting to see what happens next.
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locally $3.51 to $3.53 regular major name brands had to by High Test before the recent hurricane the two lower priced brands were "sold out"