Gas Prices (sell, cost, Ford, taxes)

[crystalblue]

and its going to get worse b4 it gets better

i dont plan on buying a new car for about 3 or 4 more yrs, but you better believe it will either be a hybrid or all electric!

[oakparkdude]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

and its going to get worse b4 it gets better

i dont plan on buying a new car for about 3 or 4 more yrs, but you better believe it will either be a hybrid or all electric!

Is it ever going to get better (cheaper)? I kinda doubt it.

[crystalblue]

Originally Posted by sukwoo

Is it ever going to get better (cheaper)? I kinda doubt it.

im sure oil might drop some after this summer

but by a large amount? not till we start having alternatives to oil. and you can expect OPEC to fight that to the death.

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by UNITE

Hello. Just recently in another gas prices thread, I found out that gas in London right now is $8.00 a gallon. In Sweden it took $70.00 to fill a volvo. I flipped! Pretty scary stuff.

I wouldn't trust the British with the gallon. The gallon we are used to in the U.S. is used exclusively in this country because our weights and measures (Colonial) were reformed in 1824, after our independence, by the British Parliament (Imperial). A Colonial gallon is 3.8 L and an Imperial gallon is 4.5 L; 20% larger. The Commonwealth countries dropped the Imperial system after their independence for the metric system (probably because it was a symbol of British colonialism--something we need to do right now especially with this recession).

[tahiti]

i've yet to pay $3/gal. i predict this time next week this will be a pipe dream.

[crystalblue]

Answer Desk: Honest answers on oil prices? - Answer desk - MSNBC.com

interesting article

[Steve-o]

I paid $3.57 for premium yesterday. Ugh. This has got to stop!!!!!

[holloway1010]

Originally Posted by crystalblue

not true

if gas fell to 25 cents a gallon, research would dry up overnight.

I'm afraid I disagree, if it did dry up, one day in twenty years we'd be left with vehicles that didn't run because there would be no gas left to power them.

[seattlerain]

Originally Posted by KerrTown

I wouldn't trust the British with the gallon. The gallon we are used to in the U.S. is used exclusively in this country because our weights and measures (Colonial) were reformed in 1824, after our independence, by the British Parliament (Imperial). A Colonial gallon is 3.8 L and an Imperial gallon is 4.5 L; 20% larger. The Commonwealth countries dropped the Imperial system after their independence for the metric system (probably because it was a symbol of British colonialism--something we need to do right now especially with this recession).

At the close of 2007 gas in London was going for $7.72 per US Gallon.

I'm sure it's higher today.

[HighPlainsDrifter73]

Regular gas here is at $3.39. I drive 90 miles per day. Unfortunately, necessary and unavoidable. It's still by far worth the commute since a comparable job near my house would pay tens of thousands less per year with not nearly the benefits. The south side of the Chicago area and suburbs just doesn't have the big companies, technology and deep pockets you find in the North and Northwest suburbs.