PETROLPHOBIA (Page 25/66)
USFiero MAY 14, 01:32 PM
In less than two weeks, gas has gone up twenty cents per gallon here. As high as $2.14 per gallon.
Red88FF MAY 14, 01:42 PM
Pretty much 2.50 atound here now.
USFiero MAY 21, 07:29 AM

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Originally posted by USFiero:

In less than two weeks, gas has gone up twenty cents per gallon here. As high as $2.14 per gallon.



tack on another twelve or thirteen cents since I posted this... Oil is around $60 a barrel.
USFiero MAY 26, 07:51 AM
Went down to the Outer Banks for the weekend, saw gas prices between $2.24-$2.45 . Glad I filled up at BJ's for $2.21 late last week.

I think we are in the optimal range of prices that our economy can sustain for a while. I originally thought $2 a gallon was a good target, but I'm thinking up to two and a half dollars is about max: the impact on retail, farming and daily expenses may be able to accommodate that. Obviously, some cultural changes are on the horizon.

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USFiero JUN 01, 07:39 AM
My station of reference hit $2.39 over the weekend. Gas can be had up to seven cents per gallon less at some places, but wow.
USFiero JUN 12, 08:42 AM
....and almost ten cents higher now. Oil prices are up in the mid $70/barrel range. I seem to recall the $80/barrel was sort of a threshold in the past. Anyone wanna guess when we'll see $3.80/gallon?
maryjane JUN 12, 08:56 AM
It's one of the things required in order for GM/Chrysler to make a profit. Fuel, by all estimates, must be expensive enough to force people to buy smaller, more effecient vehicles--$3.50 --$4.00/ gal according to industry analysts.
Red88FF JUN 12, 01:48 PM
Pretty much 3 bucks here now.

I wonder if people will blaim Obama and his rich oild buddies, or is it still all Bush's fault?
USFiero JUN 29, 08:11 AM
The prices peaked at nearly $2.59 here, but have (shhh!!) dropped back to a still-very-high (for my pocketbook) $2.47 or so. I'm not saying I can't adapt to paying more, but it's been tough since gas affects other prices too.
USFiero JUL 06, 07:48 AM
$2.34-$2.39 here. My wife just got back from San Diego visiting family, and swears the price of gas is no different there. I was under the impression it was uniformly higher in CA.