News, Gas prices pass $3.40 a gallon, are expected to rise higher. (2012, mileage)

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by Drover

Well gosh, it's about time we had a thread in this forum discussing gas prices, because we just haven't beaten this dead horse into a pulp yet!

Party pooper.

I filled up yesterday for $3.47. This morning the price at that gas station was $3.54. WTF? Monday the price was $3.44. Ten cents in two days? WTF?

The last time I filled up the tank -- two weeks ago -- I paid $3.19.

[ChrisA70]

Originally Posted by sukwoo

C'mon Drover, people have a right to complain. Cheap gas is guaranteed in the Constitution. Look it up.

And no one looks at the constitution, commandments, or anything anymore. The world is pretty much screwed. No one will change anything, so we just deal with it, until cars are a thing of the past...

[njkate]

Well as high as gas is here it's costing between $8-9 a gallon in parts of Europe
Guess it's good for them most of Europe has a great mass transit system

[ChrisA70]

Originally Posted by njkate

Well as high as gas is here it's costing between $8-9 a gallon in parts of Europe
Guess it's good for them most of Europe has a great mass transit system

Exactly! Unless you live in NY city, Boston... etc. Where you cane ride the subways, or trains. Where I live we don't have that.

[njkate]

Originally Posted by BacktoFLigo

Exactly! Unless you live in NY city, Boston... etc. Where you cane ride the subways, or trains. Where I live we don't have that.

If mass transit were available to me I would gladly use it
Part of Jersey I'm in has no mass transit

[oakparkdude]

Originally Posted by njkate

Well as high as gas is here it's costing between $8-9 a gallon in parts of Europe
Guess it's good for them most of Europe has a great mass transit system

Gas is expensive in Europe due to high taxation. The governments take this gas tax money and build high-quality mass transit. If Americans were more foresighted, we would have raised the gas tax modestly back when gas was near $1/gal (say 30-40 cents per gallon) and invested in mass transit. This would have decreased the demand for gasoline, resulting in less of a price increase today. Additionally, it would have decreased traffic congestion so that those who continued to drive would have benefited as well.

[silverfox]

Just paid $3.79 for regular on Washingtons Great Olympic Pennisula. At this point $4.00 is just a few weeks away.
Is it just me ? I've noticed lately all the "serviceless station" owners and operators are wearing a big smile on their face.
Also it looks like the RV business is starting to show Cracks.
The high cost of fuels and the credit crunch are comming together plus the used inventories are climbing fast.

What was that "POP" sound.........Fissssssssss.

[mike0421]

Originally Posted by BacktoFLigo

Isn't this great? I love the gas prices!!! I am looking for a geo metro!!! This really sucks. They need to do something about this. Of course they won't.................

Who is 'they'? How about we as citizens, do something about it? As in practicing better urban and regional planning mechanisms, stop buying McMansions 33 miles outside of Minneapolis, Denver, Indianapolis, etc? Carpool to work. Stop relying on the government to come in and intercede where it has no business, which is to say set price controls on oil. Oil is a non-renewable fossil fuel. Therefore, it is finite. The supply is lower than the burgeoning global demand. It's up to citizenry and local governments to acquiese to common sense planning that can someday lower our consumption.

[motormaker]

This is a interesting read that came out this morning from MSN Autos.

Gas Prices Demystified - MSN Autos

[ChrisA70]

Originally Posted by motormaker

This is a interesting read that came out this morning from MSN Autos.

Gas Prices Demystified - MSN Autos

It will be great if this rings true...