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4maddison
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NTR: the soaring gas prices...
4maddison
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... really really SUCK! If it really reaches the $4-5/a gallon I will not be able to afford my commute to school. I am freaking out! Why isn't the goverment jumping in and doing something to stop this increase?
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Re: NTR: the soaring gas prices...
I hear ya. Gas here is $3.20 a gallon for regular. I drive 25 miles each way to and from work everyday. If it keeps rising I will not be able to afford the gas to get to work, and will there for lose my job. I think the government did put a $.20 cap on how much gas prices can rise in one week, but Iam not sure.
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Maybe if gas prices keep going up, people will actually look for ways to cut their gas consumption instead of complaining about having to pay more.
I'm not usually one to say things like this, but it bothers me when people 'in the states' complain about gas prices. $3.20 (a figure taken from a PP) for a gallon isn't bad at all compared to the usual price of gas for us (usually around $1.20/litre - so $4.80/gallon). Especially since the US imports more oil from Canada than any other country in the world by almost double.
This. Gas today is $123.1c/L today, so it'll cost me around $50 to fill my 45L tank - which is one of the standard smaller tanks. I drive a Saturn SL1, if that gives you any idea of how small the tank is.
Also, the Chevy Volt is made by GENERAL Motors, not Government Motors.
And that's just the regular price of gas...not on an upswing, when it could cost $1.40/L ($5.60/gallon)
Word! You all in the States need to shut it with your cheap gas
this is our situation as well. we simply, hands down, cannot afford a newer car w/better gas mileage, if we could we would. i think most people would buy a car that got better gas mileage if they could afford to.
dh has to drive 67 miles each way to work every day because it was the best job he could find and we live out in the middle of nowhere bc it was the most affordable housing we could find.
if gas gets to $4+ i honestly don't know what we will do.
This. It's nothing against you. Gas is a staple, you will have to cut costs somewhere else. And this isn't something our government should meddle in. Markets are (somewhat) free. Price caps would cause supply issues.
I do hope they will go down soon. They were up 10 cents today from yesterday.
yeah, it doesn't help anything when people complain but then pay for gas anyway. stop using it. find alternative transportation. ride your bike, the bus, the train....
but I do wish we had better public transportation. There is literally no mass transit DH can take to/from work.
Because of the increase in gas prices, we are spending an extra $40 a month on gas. If $40 a month breaks your budget, the problem is not the price of gas.
Ok, let's say our government decides that our limit is $100 dollar per barrel. All the while, Europe, Canada and every other country is willing to pay $150 per barrel. Guess where the they are going to sell oil? Not here! Another option, do you want to start a war and take over the middle east?
It will effect me but like I said I will cut costs somewhere else. Gas is staple. Got a smart phone? down size. Got internet? Get rid of it. Got cable? Can live without it! Try to use public transport. It is more important for you to get to school or work than chat on the bump!
And please, take economics!
You need to stop taking logic so personally.
I disagree. I am not trying to be mean; I am trying to explain. I don't think it?s the government's job to relegate "or create plans" to lower the price of gas. We are a capitalist society (look up laissez-fair); we rely on OTHER COUNTRIES and the (somewhat) FREE MARKET to control gas prices. Sure, we could drill here. Currently, there is ban on that and it would literally take AN ACT OF CONGRESS to change that but that would be very short term gain and once it?s gone; its gone. Furthermore, has anything the government ever done economically gone over smoothly without backlash--they regulate healthcare, it's a mess! Social Security? Mess. Our country isn't rich. The deficit is huge. Our government can try to promote peace in the Middle East but that is influenced by so many outside forces that, it?s not a guarantee.
This isn't about you or any individual Americans. It's about what's best for our country as a whole. Yes, its best that we have lower gas prices but its even better that we have a good relationship with the Middle East, its even better that we have a the right to free trade, etc. You are taking this too personally. There are several things that YOU can do to help yourself increase the amount of $$ brought in or drop some costs (examples: get a job, take time off school/getting- an education is not a right, chose a closer school, move closer to school, drop some unnessary costs, etc). This is much more manageable at the individual level . Futhermore, the market will regulate itself (even bettter without govn't intervention). When the cost of gas goes up, often the cost of other goods go down. On the nest, there is a board called money matters, these girls are great at helping with budget issues. Try asking over there.
A wise man once said, "Ask not what your country can do for you BUT what you can do for your country."
Maybe she's confusing President Obama with the Wizard of Oz. It happens.
The UK has always paid more for it's petro than the US. The difference is that in the states we rely heavily on our automobiles. Our country is made of highways & interstates. Mom & pop shops are becoming extinct here in the US so we are forced to drive further to stores we could have walked to in years past.
I think that for those that cannot afford to get electric cars or more economical ones, will have to find other ways to make up that expense. Schooling can be done remotely now. Not for all schooling but for some. Look into that. Ride share to stores with friends or neighbors when running errands. Shop at super stores so you don't have to make a ton of stops.
It sucks but we are in a time where we need to get creative to survive. Our life of lux here in the US, be it small ones for most of us, is coming to an end. It's a time we all go old school & start using the recourses we have in smarter ways.
Seriously.
And it frankly pisses me off when the biggest problem we seem to have to complain about in this country is gas prices, when people in the countries who supply the world with oil are fighting for basic freedoms.