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I'm in the market for a full size pickup truck (Not as a primary commuter vehicle). If gas goes up and people start trading them in for something more efficient; price drop on used.
Yeah, but Americans pay a LOT of money to keep the supply of oil free and secure. Middle Eastern military operations have cost us trillions of dollars since 2003...I think we deserve a return on that investment. When people say that we have no right to cheap gas, I disagree. If not, then let’s get the hell outta the Middle East and let Big Oil pay for their own security to move oil around the globe. Then I’ll gladly pay more.
Lemme just say that I’m not that uptight over this matter. I can afford to pay far more, and if I like a car, I don’t care about the gas mileage. Never did. All I want is some honesty about how gas prices are set. I want the speculators to come clean about this scheme.
And I want folks to stop propagating this nonsense about supply and demand when it’s quite clear that it doesn’t apply here. I also want the lies to stop about more drilling = cheap pump prices. That’s a lie too.
I tried doing the carless thing here, lasted 6 months. Our public transportation doesn't run 24-7, so I eventually had to start taking Lyft every morning and taking the bus home. Had to eventually cave and get a car again. So again, pretty inelastic demand currently
I went carless for 5 years using my bicycle. Phoenix is perfect for commuting by bike.
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I went carless for 5 years using my bicycle. Phoenix is perfect for commuting by bike.
Not in the summer, I work 10 miles from my apartment. Round tripping 20 miles by bicycle is not only impractical, but would burn so many calories that you would have to up your food budget to not be a skeleton after a year
It snowed in the Midwest this week lol. We are still hoping for spring to come, not even thinking about summer.
I noticed as well it has gone up over the last month.
I get my gas from Costco and it was about $2.29 when I filled up earlier this week per gallon. Last month, I remember I got gas for $2.08 per gallon. Costco is usually about $.30 less than regular gas stations per gallon here.
But, but....when gasoline spiked to over $4 per gallon under Obama, he, and Democrats said that was a good thing because it reduces demand, and thus carbon emissions.
But, but....when gasoline spiked to over $4 per gallon under Obama, he, and Democrats said that was a good thing because it reduces demand, and thus carbon emissions.
If we're going to go into a silly R vs D president on gas prices, note that in 2005-2006 gas prices were over $6 a gallon down south.
I never saw gas over $3.25 a gallon when Obama was president and think that even though it has gone up a bit recently, it is nothing outrageous currently.
Gas prices, like all commodities, can fluctuate for a number of reasons. For those interested in digging a little deeper about the reasons why, this site does a pretty good job of explaining it:
Not for the naysayers, of course, but if you really want to learn more those are a good start.
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