Close to $50 to fill my tank!! (RANT)
4th Gear
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,769
From: Phoenix Arizona
RE: Close to $50 to fill my tank!! (RANT)
Yeah I just paid $3.02 a gallon. It was almost 2.10 at one point here in spokane. This sucks. LOL
I think I should get that new 435hp hybrid that lexus just released!!!
josh
I think I should get that new 435hp hybrid that lexus just released!!!
josh
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3rd Gear
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,948
From: Tacoma, WA
RE: Close to $50 to fill my tank!! (RANT)
ORIGINAL: veloracer
I could bike to work, if needed. Only 12 miles. But, I'd have to bike through a bad part of town... not sure I want to do that w/ my $4k bike.
I could bike to work, if needed. Only 12 miles. But, I'd have to bike through a bad part of town... not sure I want to do that w/ my $4k bike.
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Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 931
From: New York
RE: Close to $50 to fill my tank!! (RANT)
ORIGINAL: jriddle11
Yes the oil companies are making money right now, but their business is either feast or famine. If I am not mistaken in the 70's into early 80's the oil business was great, but then from the middle 80's to early 90's the business was really bad. See places in Texas like Midland. So the companies have to make the most money whenever they can. This is much like what we all do. But the two biggest reasons that gas is so high are:
1. We use millions of gallons of oil a day, and not enought of it is produced in the US so oil companies pay and premium to get the oil here from other countries.
2. Countries like China andJapan are buying up as much crude oil as they can and they keeping it for future use.
I hate paying high prices like the next guy, but really there is nothing any of us can do about it.
Yes the oil companies are making money right now, but their business is either feast or famine. If I am not mistaken in the 70's into early 80's the oil business was great, but then from the middle 80's to early 90's the business was really bad. See places in Texas like Midland. So the companies have to make the most money whenever they can. This is much like what we all do. But the two biggest reasons that gas is so high are:
1. We use millions of gallons of oil a day, and not enought of it is produced in the US so oil companies pay and premium to get the oil here from other countries.
2. Countries like China andJapan are buying up as much crude oil as they can and they keeping it for future use.
I hate paying high prices like the next guy, but really there is nothing any of us can do about it.