Gas prices before the snow earlier this week

[afterhours]

unfreekin' real! after their bs test ballon katrina, they know they can gouge at will. now everytime some sand flea farts or some ceo wants to look good for his investors or now- snow, the fuel $$$ rise!! nothing but timely $$ gouging.

[riverrat2]

2.17 is the cheapest I have found on the south shore. This is seriously ridiculous. After katrina everybody was yelling and screaming about gas prices going up. They went back "down" for about a day and now they are going back up just as quick but not as many people are outraged it seems. Why is that?

[BigBo]

We're being conditioned (brainwashed) into thinking that what we're paying now is better than the $3.25-$3.50 we were paying and everyone is okay with that
I've never seen the oil market so volitile as it has been for any reason at all. Cold weekend coming up? Let's raise prices! Got a hangnail? Let's raise prices!

[Raven]

we as Americans need to do something drastic to
send a clear message
to both the oil companies and the government
because neither one seems like they give a damn...

i dont know if its design our own vehicles..
or start our own bus service for MEMBERS
like a commuting club...
even in town like the old folks do...
that cant drive...
somehow! to leave our cars parked unless were
going fishing and need -em... something... creative.

we need some good ole American ingenuity here.

[piemma]

Raven:
I agree 100%. I'm note sure what we can do. I don't know if raising a ruckus with our politicians will help. It seems to me if the bakers started charging $5.00 a loaf for bread everyone would stop buying bread and bake there own. The problem with oil is they have us by the short hairs. We can't run our vehicles with out gas. You can heat with wood but I see guys getting $200 a cord so what's the point.

So what's the answer. I read an article in October that said gas consumption was down by 7 to 10% in the month of September. Was this was because the American public got tired of the $3.00+ per gallon? No, I think it was because school was back in session and vacations were over. As long as Jong Q Public can get gas they will buy it....at any price I think.

I just don't know what the answer is.

[Raven]

that we need to have rickshaws on bicycles....but a push towards an all electric car for the short hauls would eliminate gasoline consumption 100% even though they cost almost double the price of a gas burning vehicle...and if every two car family had one of each
then that would cut gas consumption (theoretically) by 50 % which would cut demand and lower the price for the other car's usage of it.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by piemma

Raven:
I agree 100%. I'm note sure what we can do. I don't know if raising a ruckus with our politicians will help. It seems to me if the bakers started charging $5.00 a loaf for bread everyone would stop buying bread and bake there own. The problem with oil is they have us by the short hairs. We can't run our vehicles with out gas. You can heat with wood but I see guys getting $200 a cord so what's the point.

So what's the answer. I read an article in October that said gas consumption was down by 7 to 10% in the month of September. Was this was because the American public got tired of the $3.00+ per gallon? No, I think it was because school was back in session and vacations were over. As long as Jong Q Public can get gas they will buy it....at any price I think.

I just don't know what the answer is.

I still think the gov't should step in. How much have we spent in Iraq? Why not put that out there as a little bonus for a company who develops a legitmate technology to conserve fuel or use an alternate fuel?

[Mike P]

Left for RI on Wednesday---$2.39/gallon

Returned home last night---$2.55/gallon

WTF???