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06-05-2008, 12:31 AM #11
Unfortuneately it would be 3 to 4 years before you actually see a savings. A lot of people aren't as lucky as us. I pull in a Chiefs pay and you pull a Major's pay. We are okay but not happy about paying that for gas.
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06-05-2008, 11:50 AM #12
At SGT pay, it hurts!!!! The kich in the crotch is my wife and I traded in our 2000 Civic for the 4-Runner!!
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06-05-2008, 12:06 PM #13
You are only one of billions angry about this. People in Western Europe are paying twice as much as we are for gas. It's a huge global problem right now.
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06-05-2008, 12:16 PM #14
what i think is funny is that people in europ are paying twice as much for a third of what we are getting. they are buying gas atper leter. Its just as Americans we are used getting gas at a relitavly cheep price comparid to the rest of the world.
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06-05-2008, 12:18 PM #15
Yeah..I am just glad I got out of graduate school. I had to drive 45 minutes to Kansas and back last semester, and it was getting ridiculous. I have a 2008 Corolla, but it still adds up over time.
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06-05-2008, 12:22 PM #16
last year my wife was driving from Navado to Santa Cruz (2hours one way) three times a week to finish her degree in our 4-runner! i think gas was at 2.90 something and still was costing us 200 bucks a week!
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06-05-2008, 12:42 PM #17
Lets apply simple supply and demand logic here. Americans use alot of gas for a long list of reasons. The fact that we have such as high demnd for gas means that the oil companies can set the price whereever they want and we have to pay it. Some of what we are getting hit with now is fallout from the big SUV/Truck craze. In the early 2000's many people invested in these low gas milage larger vechiles. I know alot of people where I live did. Now we are facing the fallout due to the USA's gas consumption constantly rising. If Americans would take steps in a large quantity to save fuel the companies would be forced to have better prices to stimulate sales. Not every who has an SUV/Truck needs one. have a neighbor with a corporate job in the city who drives a Toyota Tundra. How does the truck help him fight city traffic? It doesn't get used on the weekends either. If you have a truck, use it....
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06-05-2008, 12:50 PM #18
i agree fully. until i got hurt recently, my job required me to drive off road almost every day to get to the training areas. now that im parked behind a desk, were looking at getting a hybrid. TRUCKS ARE NOT A FASSION TREND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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06-06-2008, 07:48 PM #19
Been biting me in the rear since i started being able to drive. All i want to build now is an engine that runs on vegetable oil. Guess i got a new project if i can afford it.
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06-07-2008, 02:09 PM #20
Taking a 3,000 mile trip this summer and it should cost about $700 in fuel. The supply-demand gig is somewhat flawed in this scenario. The reason why gas companies can charge so much is simply because they CAN. Look at medicine: incredibly expensive for most off-the-shelf drugs. Why? Because most of the people who buy it need it. The markup on drugs is incredibly high--as is that of fuel.
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Originally Posted by mikesilvia 
