Freakin 2.40 a gallon!

[Skink]

Let's all just bend over now shall we.:mad:

[jaysunb]

1. Where ???

I just paid 2.78. ( So California ) I'd go there in a heartbeat.

[SofaKingLiberal]

2. heh, you haven't seen nothing yet.

:eyes:

[pstans]

3. $2.49 here in central Iowa

It has gone up over 10 cents the past couple days.

[yorkiemommie1]

4. 2.67 reg here

SoCal

[Tyranny of Evil Men]

9. Why be upset?

Oil company profits are all records!

Those executives receiving $10's of millions in bonuses and stock options maybe they'll buy a sofa, TV or build a new home and the money will "trickle down" to you! So what if you overpaid $1,000 for gas last year. You might make a penny back as an indirect result of millionare spending.

You have to look at the big picture.

[Kahuna]

5. Yep! The reason I think is, since bush's poll numbers went down

again while the gas was down a little, they (oil cos.) said the hell with it. Even lower gas prices can erase the stench of this gang of misfits.

[bif]

6. $2.45 at Costco in MI

[quaoar]

7. Just wait till we bomb Iran's nuclear sites

Iran will respond by sinking ships to block the Straits of Hormuz. You will then soon be thankful if you can find gas for under $10 a gallon. Oh, and if Iran decides to really strike back they can launch a few intermediate-range missiles at Saudi oil fields.

[Mrspeeker]

8. $2.65 northern Cali

and climbing!

[madmark]

10. the more expensive gas is; the more that substitutes become

economically viable which is exactly where this country needs to go for national security, environmental and economic reasons. There should be an externality tax on gas to force this process. If Exxon et al do not participate in the substitutes production/marketing then they go the way of the whale oil industry.

[Retired AF Dem]

12. +1 (NT)

[napi21]

11. $2.48, $2.43, $2.40, $2.50, $2.39. All in N. Ga.

This was on the front page of out paper this AM. I realize most of you are paying more than that, but Ga. has one of the lowest state gas taxes in the Country, and we used to always be 20+ cents less than the rest of the States.

I smell a rat in this whole mess.

[RebelOne]

66. The cheapest I have seen gas up here in Woodstock, GA

is $2.39. On my way to work in Marietta this morning, I noticed that most of the stations were from $2.39 to $2.45.

[mtnsnake]

13. Gas up 35c/gal here in 2 weeks to $2.61/gallon!

in upper NYS.

How many more billions do these oil fuckers need to make?

[hippiechick]

14. $2.65 in Carmel, Indiana ...

:puke:

[BrklynLiberal]

15. Cheapest regular I could find is $2.67 in Brooklyn, NY

[madrchsod]

16. 2.55

summer isn`t here yet....

[Pirate Smile]

69. Right. Summer driving and hurricane season is just going to make

it go up, up, up.

Filling up your car, van, suv or truck is something most people just have to do and it is in your face, pissing you off every time you do it.

Prices spiking in the summer = more bad news for the Republicans in November.

[jschurchin]

17. It's Gonna get Worse.

Some analysts are predicting $3.50 a gallon this summer. Guess it's time to buy a horse farm. Maybe the Amish had it right all along.

[brokensymmetry]

20. Way worse.

I suggest you look up "Peak Oil". We will look back 0n $3 per gallon gasoline with nostalgia.

[Harald Ragnarsson]

45. That would explain this price if there was an oil shortage

such as we had in the '70's, but we don't.

It's price gouging, plain and simple. That's how oil companies are posting record profits.

Peak oil has nothing to do with this.

[brokensymmetry]

64. It seems we must agree to disagree on that one.

:kick:

[July]

18. Today in NJ: $2.21 at Delta, $2.43 at Exxon.

Gee, I wonder where all that Exxon profit came from.

[Township75]

19. GOOD!

The only way we are going to get most of the country to conserve is by hitting people in the wallet. I hope it goes higher (and I am NOT joking).

[Broken_Hero]

30. hmmm....

I agree with your notion of conservation, but some people dont' have any other option, but to drive into work. I live in rural SW Missouri, and there is ZERO public transit. I hope this makes people conserve more, but it also effects the people who have no other alternative...which is my wife and I, and anyone in SW Missouri. Joplin is about 30 miles north of me, and it is over 40,000 population, and they dont' even have a public transit...btw, my wife and i have been conserving since feb of last year, when gas was damn near 1.90, i was having a heart attack about the prices then...

The prices now, are so sickening, that i'm so overtly pissed off, that i just shrug it off...its like, knowing a meteors on target to wipe you out, and you can't do a damn thing about it, except sit there, shrug, and wait for it to happen...but anyways...:)

[Township75]

57. I understand, believe me...

I don't make a lot of money and live in a rural area, but can ride my bike to work.

I see the situation as this:
For the sake of the environment, and for the sake of reducing the number of wars over fossile fuels, something needs to be done. And if the choice is between a portion of the US facing budgetary challenges in their lives or facing more environmental problems and wars, I choose the former.

How else is this country going to change? Like everything in life, people will be affected to different degrees. THe people in the Gulf Coast states already took a beating so that we can drive everywhere with cheap gas and cause global warming - what about them?

Short term, there will definetly be losers to the rising cost of energy...but long term, if the country and its infastructure becomes more energy conscious, then I can't think of anyone, other than oil CEO's, that will NOT be better off.

[Broken_Hero]

61. Yes, i agree...

That there has to be a change in oil consumption, thats why it pisses me off to see people driving hummers around and what not. I believe, and hope that our country becomes more energy concious, believe me i certainly have...but on the other hand, i wasn't wasting gas before the prices were going up either except maybe taking an extra trip here and there.

I pray, that other alternative fuel sources come available(and i just dont' mean more oil, i mean alternative energy like corn alcohol and what not). It's a pain to go through it, but we are dealing with it...but others, in my county are proud to pay higher prices, which in itself an oxymoron.

Last fall, the editor of the McDonald County Press, wrote an artical about the high prices of gas, and the short short was this:"I'm at least able to pay for gas, and haven't been effected in the least bit by the higher prices"....that was the short short, my wife and I after reading that article just about puked...i was like, this idiot is happy to pay more? My, btw, the editor is a repub also...

Another repub story, off point though. This past thursday my wife and I went to our second demcrat club meeting(in which we both enrolled, and paid dues), and one of the people sitting at our table, who had to be at least over 70, told us this story...

About 10 yrs ago, his daughter, and another woman were waitressing a big republican club meeting, and there were at least 200+ repubs at this meeting, and they served dinner, drinks and what not...and out of the 200+ repubs there, his daugher recieved 2.86 cents TOTAL IN TIPS. I had to laugh at that, and I was like, yep, total republican, expect everything for nothing(granted i hope that not all RW's are like that, but it seems to be a recurrent theme with them).

[mrdmk]

63. This is the Trickle Down Theory that I have heard so much about?

We ought to rename the Trickle Down Theory to the Tinkle Down Theory!

[Imagevision]

21. $2.65 here in Fort Myers Fla,

[bluedog]

36. $2.50 in St Petersburg Florida

[soothsayer]

22. $2.47 in Virginny (Arlington) for regular

[Patsy Stone]

23. That's cheap

I'm moving there. :)

[Imagevision]

24. another way to control the masses...! Summertime should be interesting

Bush & Cheney, first and foremost are oilmen, it shouldn't come as a surprise -

[laylah]

25. $2.52 Coal Valley, IL !

[jrd200x]

26. In Michigan it just hit $2.69

Didn't wolfy say we'd all be supportive of the war when gas was $.50 a gallon? What happened? Oh, I know, he was lying.

[Imagevision]

27. If gas hits $5- $7.00 a gallon, what are you going to do, not buy it?

we can bitch all we want - imagine if you had to wait 2-3 hours to get it!! or like in Katrina many gas stations (7-11's) closed for 2-3 days because the deliveries didn't show.

[depakid]

33. Just how elastic is the demand for gas?

Interesting question and the time will come- not very far down the line, when people will be answering it en masse.

'til then, all of the models predict major peaks and valleys, with the moving average steadily climbing.

[markam]

54. Not very

The tripling in oil prices in 79-81 brought about a 10% reduction in oil uses for transportation. The tripling in oil prices since 2002 has resulted in significant increases in the use of oil for transportation.

Basically, people will buy gas until they no longer have homes, jobs, or active credit cards. In other words, 6-9 more months.

[IndianaGreen]

28. $2.599 per gallon at the CITGO on 3/16/06

I buy my gas at either of two CITGO stations in Indianapolis, one by my house and one on the Southside of town near where I bowl. Here are the prices:

On March 2, $2.429

On March 9, $2.399

On March 16, $2.599

[Broken_Hero]

29. 2.39

Thursday night, in Neosho, MO...its in SW Missouri. I haven't been out recently to see if its gone up any higher. My friend up in Lawrence, KS says its 2.60 up there...:( Yeah, might as well lube up our asses a bit too, at least make it a smooth fucking...:sarcasm:

(sorry for cussing, but this upsets me greatly)

[Imagine My Surprise]

31. 2.49 in Louisville earlier this week...

lovely.

[Clarkie1]

32. That's cheap gas!

Seriously, I think gas should be more heavily taxed. It would encourage greater conservation, use of mass transit, and alternative energy.

We have far cheaper petrol than anywhere in Europe.

[area51]

38. Taxing gas more heavily would really fsck the poor in this country.

Also, in Europe, they're not fucked like we are b/c they've got universal healthcare. Healthcare takes a lot out of your budget, if you're lucky enough to have it.

Also, I suspect people in Europe tend have a better social safety net if they lose their job, which, like the above mentioned can make gas easier to afford.

And, most European countries probably have pretty good mass transit. Some states like CA & TX are really big, & you can't get around all that easily w/o a car. Here, you can be passed over for a job if you don't have your own car.

[Telly Savalas]

39. Then introduce universal health care, strenghten the safety net

and boost public transportation! I realize that in much of rural America, public transit isn't that feasible, but there's a great opportunity in the highest growth areas of the U.S.: suburbia. Presently, suburban planning and development is almost exclusively done on a sprawl-based car-worshipping model, primarily due to the fact that zoning laws dictate that it must be done this way. Fix the zoning laws to allow for mixed-use pedestrian/transit friendly development with varying levels of density.

Add more funding for alternative fuel, and you've got a recipe for a sustainable transportation policy.

[Clarkie1]

43. You are right. None of this can be done in isolation.

It requires a coordinated change of policy, not just raising the gas tax.

Thank you for your insight.

[cboy4]

40. Yes, I'm sure the single mom working at Walmart barely scraping by

with no health insurance totally agrees with you.

I hope you're weren't really serious.

[Clarkie1]

42. Yes, I was really serious.

The single mom working at Walmart barely scraping by deserves more, not less. How about giving economically disadvantaged more free food to offset the cost of more expensive gasoline.

We use gasoline too cheaply. It is a precious commodity and a limited resource. We must be more mindful of the true cost of our way of life.

Edit: Those single moms (and others) also need access to universal health care. I am not suggesting the gas tax be raised in isolation...we need a sea change in our priorities.

[OneTwentyoNine]

50. ROFLOL,yeah far cheaper because of TAXES in Europe

Every really checked in to gas prices in Europe? I have,many times if you stip away ALL the taxes they pay LESS in Europe than in the US.

The gas prices they pay are sky high because of one thing--TAXES.

[Zynx]

52. That hurts the poorest people the worst by far.

People can't change gas consumption on a dime. They can only change at the margins, but not enough to bring about immediate change. In the meantime everyone is hurt badly.

[Justpat]

34. $2.69 on Long Island n/t

[SpiralHawk]

51. $2.69.9 in Northern NM

Thanks a pantload George AWOL Bush & Republican AWOL Cronies

[fairfaxvadem]

35. It really jumped the last two weeks.

I think I've seen a price increase about every 3 days or so. This is Fairfax County, Virginia.

On Saturdays when I go visit my mom in Prince William County, I usually get gas there because the taxes are lower in Manassas, so the overall price per gallon is cheaper on average by about 8 cents or so.

Paid $2.53 for 97 regular unleaded in Mansassas this afternoon. On Thursday, in Fairfax, the gas was at $2.45/$2.49. While I didn't go by any stations near home today, I've never seen it lower in Fairfax than Manassas. Never. So I'll be curious to see what the prices are close to home in the next day or so.

But this latest increase has certainly been rapid. I know I was paying around $2.19 a few weeks ago.

Ouch.

[AtomicKitten]

37. $2.79 in SF

[Jamison]

41. Get ready to pay twice that amount by late summer. n/t

[anitar1]

44. 2.15 a gal yesterday at Costco, Eugene, Or.n/t

[LittleClarkie]

46. $2.59 in Sensenbrenner territory

Eesh.

[ellie]

47. $2.59 here in Toledo

That's for the cheap stuff, too.

[gasperc]

48. quit crying we hit $2.59 yesterday in Detroit

[OneTwentyoNine]

49. Posting the price in your area compares apples to bananas....

That's because of huge State tax differences,pay scales,enviromental additives,blah blah. Usually I just post how MUCH gas has gone up in a certain period. Here in Wichita its now gone up SIXTY CENTS per gallon in about four weeks.

Think the economy sticks now? Wait till this summer when its a 1.00 per gallon more than it is now. Many people just sucked it in last year and went along with purchases and vacation plans--it ain't going down like that this summer.

[Muddy Waters Guitar]

53. Almost $2.80 IIRC on the West Coast

and trending upward. I guess Bush's little attempt to lower oil prices via the Iraq invasion didn't work out so well, did it?

[ecstatic]

55. I wonder, is this revenge from Middle East for not doing ports deal? nt

[mzteris]

56. I'd love to be paying $2.40 about now! n/t

[donsu]

58. maybe smirk is punishing us for his low pole numbers

the bushmilhousegang likes to punish

gas prices are whatever the gang want's them to be

[kayice]

59. That charade Swarmer or whatever joke it is being called today....

sent the NY stock exchange up $1.41 a barrell more. Then we find it out it was a photo op.

That is why gas prices jumped again, Bush's stunt in Iraq.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

60. $2.83 for Chevron Supreme in San Jose, CA yesterday...

...and I haven't ventured out today yet.

It's been going up anywhere from 3 to 5 cents per day, EVERY day.

:patriot:

[calimary]

67. It was $2.81 in Santa Monica when I last filled up, a couple of days ago.

And that's the cheapest I found for premium.

[Zhade]

62. That's all?

$2.69 here in SoCal. Quit whining. :)

[VTMechEngr]

65. $2.60 - Eastern Connecticut

Mr. bush claimed Kerry would put a $0.50 tax on Gas. Well, gee, thanks Mr. Bush - you saved us that highly not likely 50 cent tax for energy and roads and instead gave us an 80 cent tax to support terrorists.

[B3Nut]

68. That's why I replaced my well-used Escort

with another small car ('06 Kia Rio5). I sure don't want to feed anything bigger...uff-da! Gonna be keeping it and my wife's Neon (which mainly stays home, I drive us both into work each morning) topped up, just in case.

Todd in Beerbratistan