09-01-2005, 12:38 PM
Gentlemen, buy all you can at $3.25. Morning news radio predicts $5/gal by NEXT WEEK. The wholesale price of gasoline is now over $3/gal.
Gasoline is still a bargain for what you get. Why is milk $3/gal and they do is milk a cow and pasteurize it? Build an oil refinery and see how many barrels of crude you have to run through it before you start making any money back.
We all have choices to make. What do we drive? How do we drive it? If we drive for a living (taxi, etc..) what do we charge for our service? Airlines are always changing fares based on fuel costs. All transportation companies adjust for fuel costs. We as individuals think cheap gasoline is a right?! We'll it's not. If we really want to make a difference, everyone get a hybrid and shut up. If you drive anything that doesn't get 30mpg, you are spending money on DRIVING, not on "transportation". If you want to get to work cheaply, buy a fuel efficient car!!
Until you admit that your choices impact your position, you are in denial. Don't blame the oil companies for making fuel! You are the ones burning it. They have costs. Costs go up, prices to consumers go up. Supply goes down, refining capacity goes down, prices go up. It's just thee way it works.
I'm a little bit older than some here and I remember 25 cent a gallon gas in the early 70's. But I'm sure the wages were a lot lower then, too. As gasoline prices go, I have always said that until I can make my own, what choice do I have but to buy it and try to use less.
I'm done.
Gasoline is still a bargain for what you get. Why is milk $3/gal and they do is milk a cow and pasteurize it? Build an oil refinery and see how many barrels of crude you have to run through it before you start making any money back.
We all have choices to make. What do we drive? How do we drive it? If we drive for a living (taxi, etc..) what do we charge for our service? Airlines are always changing fares based on fuel costs. All transportation companies adjust for fuel costs. We as individuals think cheap gasoline is a right?! We'll it's not. If we really want to make a difference, everyone get a hybrid and shut up. If you drive anything that doesn't get 30mpg, you are spending money on DRIVING, not on "transportation". If you want to get to work cheaply, buy a fuel efficient car!!
Until you admit that your choices impact your position, you are in denial. Don't blame the oil companies for making fuel! You are the ones burning it. They have costs. Costs go up, prices to consumers go up. Supply goes down, refining capacity goes down, prices go up. It's just thee way it works.
I'm a little bit older than some here and I remember 25 cent a gallon gas in the early 70's. But I'm sure the wages were a lot lower then, too. As gasoline prices go, I have always said that until I can make my own, what choice do I have but to buy it and try to use less.
I'm done.