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cutiepie24
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over the weekend passed a gas station and it was 2.29 for reg..and 2.59 for premium.............said on the news this morning, somewhere here a station is charging 3 dollars a gallon for premium......damn...... 
QT, I heard on the news this a.m. that it was $3.11 at that station out there in your area for that Premium stuff! 
I just paid $1.73 for regular unleaded this a.m. and have seen some stations around in our area as high as $1.82 for regular! It's insane!~!
I just paid $1.73 for regular unleaded this a.m. and have seen some stations around in our area as high as $1.82 for regular! It's insane!~!
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cutiepie24
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oh no..3.11.........that is nuts...what are they vying for..4 bucks..5 bucks agallon......it is gonna get where people can't afford to drive anymore......can't believe this.....Originally posted by majestyx@May 11 2004, 07:23 AM
QT, I heard on the news this a.m. that it was $3.11 at that station out there in your area for that Premium stuff!
and I need to fill up this next week too.....really dreading it too....... 
cause I have to get the premium for my car cause if I get regular, the engine knocks......damn.... 
Even the cheap gas is getting expensive around here -- WalMart is now up to $1.77.
I'm afraid to look at Exxon, etc.
I'm afraid to look at Exxon, etc.
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bowtie
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I'm looking out my office window at a sign, regular 1.83, plus 1.91, premium 1.99. Thank God for company gas cards. 
Thank God for company gas cards. 
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Kill Switch
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$2.23 for reg unleaded and $2.50 for premium. I think I need to get my bike out. This is getting ridiculous. One little problem happens at one of the refineries and it's time to bend over at the pumps. So much for Cali's cleaner gas it helped so much that where I live we are now ranked third in the nation for the worst air quality. 
around $1.80 or so here, 
It's up to about $1.80 for regular here
$2.05 a gallon for regular this morning, here in the land of the cheese.
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cutiepie24
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boy your not kidding killswitch..it is awful here..clean air..ya sure.....worst air around...Originally posted by Kill Switch@May 11 2004, 11:45 AM
$2.23 for reg unleaded and $2.50 for premium. I think I need to get my bike out. This is getting ridiculous. One little problem happens at one of the refineries and it's time to bend over at the pumps. So much for Cali's cleaner gas it helped so much that where I live we are now ranked third in the nation for the worst air quality.
....where in Ca are you?we are in Los Angeles........in the valley......
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PettyBenson
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$2.05 is the price around here in Hoosier land. I oicked a bad time to get a new car, the other car was a little 4-cylinder now I got a V6. Used to cost $10 to fill up the old car and now it takes $25-30 a week
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DE_Wrangler_2
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Fifty bucks a pop for my work truck............and that's two or three times a week. I do get reimbursed, but it comes out of my checking account first!!
$2.399 this afternoon at the station I usually stop at...........but I didn't need to fill up today!!
$2.399 this afternoon at the station I usually stop at...........but I didn't need to fill up today!!
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TNBurtonFan
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Gas here in mine and Gollum's neck of the woods is $1.89 reg. The cheapest is $1.87. WOW!!! 
It jump ten cents since yesterday.
It jump ten cents since yesterday.
dang it, bet it did in Murray also!Originally posted by BurtonFan_Zero@May 11 2004, 07:48 PM
Gas here in mine and Gollum's neck of the woods is $1.89 reg. The cheapest is $1.87. WOW!!!
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Gollum
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Well I haven't been up town so I didn't know how high it was. BurtonFan said it is 1.89. That is about as high as I have ever seen it around here. The big oil co. should be able to buy congress off a little longer at those kind on prices.
well kerry want to raise the gas tax!!
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Splunge
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won't be long till gallon of gas costs more than a loaf of bread....
I'm thinking one of them Hi-bread cars sounds nice about now....
ba-dum-dump-ding!
:lol:
I can't wait for the 2004 figures on SUV sales to come out. If I were a betting man, I'd say they're gonna drop a bit...
I'm thinking one of them Hi-bread cars sounds nice about now....
ba-dum-dump-ding!
:lol:
I can't wait for the 2004 figures on SUV sales to come out. If I were a betting man, I'd say they're gonna drop a bit...
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racerx11
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$1.95 here. I do not even drive my truck anymore.
Giant Eagle is running a special. Every $50 you spend on groceries, you get a $.10 of per gallen. So if you by 10 gallons, you save a buck. It adds up. I got gas for $.70 a gallon a week or so ago.
Giant Eagle is running a special. Every $50 you spend on groceries, you get a $.10 of per gallen. So if you by 10 gallons, you save a buck. It adds up. I got gas for $.70 a gallon a week or so ago.
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dupont4me
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Just killed me to put in $2.19 yesterday here in central Ca....five days ago it was just $2.14.....this is robbery but they know they got us!!!!!
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cutiepie24
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ya doesn't it make you sick........I dread going to the gas staion this week or next..I know it is gonna be higher then I saw it last saturday..topping off at 2.59.......what highway robbery that is.......3.11 in Malibu too....unreal.......they said something about 40 dollars a barrel....crapOriginally posted by dupont4me@May 12 2004, 08:45 AM
Just killed me to put in $2.19 yesterday here in central Ca....five days ago it was just $2.14.....this is robbery but they know they got us!!!!!
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Mopardh9
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We traded in our 1500 Ram for a Diesel a few weeks ago. Now diesel is up to $1.85! Just what OPEC wants.....to cripple this country by raising the price per barrel of oil. It is now up to $40.00/barrel, highest since 1990. You can bet it will keep going up too! This will definelyt hurt the vacation plans of a lot of people this summer.
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4xchampncountin
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I actually visited my local ford dealer today to see about trading in my truck for a car. It costs me nearly $40.00 to fill up my tank. I now drive 20 miles or so each way to work instead of the 4 miles or so I was driving a month ago.
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4xchampncountin
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I should have said...I used to fill up every 3-4 weeks, now it is almost weekly.
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cutiepie24
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pretty crappy huh?Originally posted by 4xchampncountin@May 12 2004, 03:36 PM
I should have said...I used to fill up every 3-4 weeks, now it is almost weekly.
think it is awful..........just plain awful......
I read that Saudi Arabia is asking OPEC to increase production. What's wierd is that the US dosen't import as much oil as most people think.
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DE_Wrangler_2
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We import more today than we did in the 70's when the gasoline lines were a mile long. We import more than we should......but environmentalists prevent us from getting our own oil. We'll probably always need to import oil from OPEC but we can reduce the amount substantially. And it's going to be a long time before we can develop an alternative fuel that is both economically feasible and reliable. We can't use nuclear power, or coal power due to enviros. Somewhere along the line this country has to switch from oil.............but somewhere along the line the enviros have to concede that oil is necessary in the interim. It ain't so simple as some make it out to be. Solar is not efficient yet. Wind is a joke. And "fuel cells" are promising.......but years away (if ever).
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Tommy29
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Hey good news guys gas price will most likely never go down. Keep buying BP Amaco and pay my salary.
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Tommy29
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My post above was a joke I m agreeing with y'all but Im just saying i work for BP and when you buy you help me so keep buying. 
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cutiepie24
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Mopardh9
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Actually fuel-cell technology has been around for about 25-30 years, it has not been funded properly buy the government or private sector because the big oil giants don't want to see it happen. Hydrogen is the way to go, most engines currently would be able to run on it,no pollution just water vapor. The most challenging aspect of it is making the cell large enough and safe enough to withstand a heavy impact or fire, while at the same time providing enough storage for adequate trip mileage.
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Kill Switch
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Cutie...I'm in Central CA. It really blows when you have to spend 100.00 to fill your tank up.
My wonderful son is the Research Director for the Clean Vehicle Program, Union of Concerned Scientists and has actually produced a hydrogen powered vehicle while he was persuing his PHD at UC Davis. He and his team won the race from CA to Detroit that year.
Anyone who wants to check on alternative fuel options or environmental issues can go to http://www.uscusa.org
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Mopardh9
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I got an add page when i clicked on that link!
Hmmmmm, me too
Maybe a search for Union Of Concerned Scientits would work.
Try http://www.ucsusa.org/index.cfm
Maybe a search for Union Of Concerned Scientits would work.
Try http://www.ucsusa.org/index.cfm
April 12, 2004
Cleaner Electricity, Cars and Trucks Can
Save Consumers Billions of Dollars Says New UCS Analysis
Our Programs
New Clean Energy Analysis
Clean Vehicles
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) will release two new analyses this week at the North American Energy Summit here, showing that increased use of renewable energy sources, and improved automobile technology, could save consumers billions of dollars on sky-rocketing utility bills and high prices at the gas pump.
Using a U.S. Department of Energy computer model and assumptions, UCS found that consumers would save $26 billion-$11 billion in lower electricity bills and $15 billion in lower natural gas bills-by using more wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable resources. Increasing the nation's use of renewable electricity sources to 20 percent of the mix by 2020 would reduce both electricity and natural gas prices, according to the UCS analysis.
"Consumers are once again being held for ransom by the energy industry," said Alan Nogee, Clean Energy program director at UCS, and a conference speaker. "It is time for our elected representatives to free us from being hostage to outdated technologies and energy resources of the 19th century, and use today's advanced technologies to lower energy prices, clean up haze and unhealthy air, conserve water, and reduce the threat of global warming."
With the price of gasoline averaging over $1.60 per gallon during the last 12 months, a new UCS Clean Vehicles analysis finds that consumers who bought new cars and trucks last year would have saved over $3 billion at the fuel pump if automakers had put existing technology to work. Improved technology, as demonstrated by the UCS better SUV blueprint, the UCS Guardian, could improve safety, raise SUV fuel economy to the level of today's cars, and increase the new vehicle fleet to 32 mpg. At today's gas prices, these are technologies that would pay for themselves in about 18 months.
"Putting existing technology to work to improve fuel economy in all cars and trucks makes a lot more sense than shackling millions of consumers with poorer gas mileage than the Model T Ford," said David Friedman, research director of the UCS Clean Vehicles program who also will address the conference. "This is not about the public giving up its trucks and SUVs, it is about Detroit letting go of its unwillingness to roll safer, greener vehicles off its assembly lines."
At a time when gasoline prices are at an all-time high, and natural gas prices have more than doubled in just a few years, UCS speakers at the summit will urge the Western governors in attendance to support a switch to 21st century technology to save consumers money at the gas pump and on their utility bills, while also cleaning up the environment. UCS experts will call for requiring electric companies to increase renewable energy use, increasing fuel economy to insulate consumers from gasoline price spikes, and incentives for clean, safe, high-fuel economy hybrid cars, SUVs and trucks.
Cleaner and more efficient electricity and vehicle technologies can be especially valuable to Western states, UCS said, with their bountiful renewable energy resources, long driving distances and heavy reliance on trucks. The UCS analysis found that a national standard requiring all electric companies to use 20 percent renewable energy by 2020 would create a huge export market for renewable energy from Western states, leading to more than $37 billion dollars in new capital investment and more than $3 billion in additional tax revenues in the region, along with $642 million in land lease income to Western state farmers and ranchers.
"We understand that Westerners generally dislike government requirements even more than other regions," Nogee said. "But Westerners are also practical. Twelve years of voluntary targets and financial incentives have failed to get utilities to increase renewable energy use or to reduce the heat-trapping emissions causing global warming. Western states are showing the rest of the country and Washington D.C. that fair, sensible standards can succeed."
Commentary
Experts
Positions
Press Release
To set up interviews or for UCS info, contact:
ALAN NOGEE
Clean Energy Program Director
617-547-5552
DAVID FRIEDMAN
Clean Vehicles Research Director
202-223-6133
LINDA GUNTER
Press Secretary
202-223-6133
[email protected]
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Cleaner Electricity, Cars and Trucks Can
Save Consumers Billions of Dollars Says New UCS Analysis
Our Programs
New Clean Energy Analysis
Clean Vehicles
ALBUQUERQUE, NM - The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) will release two new analyses this week at the North American Energy Summit here, showing that increased use of renewable energy sources, and improved automobile technology, could save consumers billions of dollars on sky-rocketing utility bills and high prices at the gas pump.
Using a U.S. Department of Energy computer model and assumptions, UCS found that consumers would save $26 billion-$11 billion in lower electricity bills and $15 billion in lower natural gas bills-by using more wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable resources. Increasing the nation's use of renewable electricity sources to 20 percent of the mix by 2020 would reduce both electricity and natural gas prices, according to the UCS analysis.
"Consumers are once again being held for ransom by the energy industry," said Alan Nogee, Clean Energy program director at UCS, and a conference speaker. "It is time for our elected representatives to free us from being hostage to outdated technologies and energy resources of the 19th century, and use today's advanced technologies to lower energy prices, clean up haze and unhealthy air, conserve water, and reduce the threat of global warming."
With the price of gasoline averaging over $1.60 per gallon during the last 12 months, a new UCS Clean Vehicles analysis finds that consumers who bought new cars and trucks last year would have saved over $3 billion at the fuel pump if automakers had put existing technology to work. Improved technology, as demonstrated by the UCS better SUV blueprint, the UCS Guardian, could improve safety, raise SUV fuel economy to the level of today's cars, and increase the new vehicle fleet to 32 mpg. At today's gas prices, these are technologies that would pay for themselves in about 18 months.
"Putting existing technology to work to improve fuel economy in all cars and trucks makes a lot more sense than shackling millions of consumers with poorer gas mileage than the Model T Ford," said David Friedman, research director of the UCS Clean Vehicles program who also will address the conference. "This is not about the public giving up its trucks and SUVs, it is about Detroit letting go of its unwillingness to roll safer, greener vehicles off its assembly lines."
At a time when gasoline prices are at an all-time high, and natural gas prices have more than doubled in just a few years, UCS speakers at the summit will urge the Western governors in attendance to support a switch to 21st century technology to save consumers money at the gas pump and on their utility bills, while also cleaning up the environment. UCS experts will call for requiring electric companies to increase renewable energy use, increasing fuel economy to insulate consumers from gasoline price spikes, and incentives for clean, safe, high-fuel economy hybrid cars, SUVs and trucks.
Cleaner and more efficient electricity and vehicle technologies can be especially valuable to Western states, UCS said, with their bountiful renewable energy resources, long driving distances and heavy reliance on trucks. The UCS analysis found that a national standard requiring all electric companies to use 20 percent renewable energy by 2020 would create a huge export market for renewable energy from Western states, leading to more than $37 billion dollars in new capital investment and more than $3 billion in additional tax revenues in the region, along with $642 million in land lease income to Western state farmers and ranchers.
"We understand that Westerners generally dislike government requirements even more than other regions," Nogee said. "But Westerners are also practical. Twelve years of voluntary targets and financial incentives have failed to get utilities to increase renewable energy use or to reduce the heat-trapping emissions causing global warming. Western states are showing the rest of the country and Washington D.C. that fair, sensible standards can succeed."
Commentary
Experts
Positions
Press Release
To set up interviews or for UCS info, contact:
ALAN NOGEE
Clean Energy Program Director
617-547-5552
DAVID FRIEDMAN
Clean Vehicles Research Director
202-223-6133
LINDA GUNTER
Press Secretary
202-223-6133
[email protected]
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© Union of Concerned Scientists
Page Last Revised: 04.14.2004
i guess im going to put some gas in the car before it gets up to high!
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cutiepie24
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I hear that lappy..........I can remember it used to cost me 13 dollars to fill up this car......now it is gonna be around 33..unless of course the gas hits 3 bucks, then I am looking at almost 40 dollars to fill up the tank....Originally posted by Lap3Forever@May 13 2004, 11:27 AM
i guess im going to put some gas in the car before it gets up to high!
boy that ticks me off.........
i put 10 bucks in at 1.899.......ugh and i liked this car casue i could fill it up for under 20 bucks, man this sucks last time my car was on F was the monday i filled up comming home for dega, since then it has been 5 bucks here and 10 bucks there.....hope it dont get much higher...
Im going to try to save up some money from my graduration to go somewhere this summer, or get seasion tixs to Nashville Superspeedway in 2005......got 100 so far from 1 check
last time my car was on F was the monday i filled up comming home for dega, since then it has been 5 bucks here and 10 bucks there.....hope it dont get much higher...Im going to try to save up some money from my graduration to go somewhere this summer, or get seasion tixs to Nashville Superspeedway in 2005......got 100 so far from 1 check