This is really starting to piss me off. The wife woke me yesterday morning and told me that the price of fuel was now at $4.09 a gallon for regular. The total price was $65 to full up and we weren't even empty. We usually fill up three times between paydays so now its going to cost around $200 every two weeks. I don't know how much more of this s#!t we can afford!!:main_angry:
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I fill up my truck once a week and the fuel gauge will be between 1/8 an 1/4 tank. To fill up last week was around $65.00. I filled up yesterday at $3.99 a gallon and it was $70.00. I live 13 miles to the nearest gas station and stores so just driving down the hill and back is 25-30 miles round trip if I don't have to drive clear to the other side of town. And the sad news is that the price of gas is just going to keep going up.
I fuel up my work truck daily and the cost is $70-80 a day. I find it to be criminal how deisel is now more expensive and the chipper burns $140 of fuel a day now on average. That's roughly $2500 a week fuel costs for three crews on average.... yikes.
No raise this year I guess?
No raise this year I guess?
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Its 4.29 by me lol
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PacHerp
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4.37/gal regular at the Arco here in San Jose, Ca....
thankfully the station across the street is only 4.19/gal ... lol! This stuff is just crazy, they are really trying to gouge people this momorial day weekend... sheesh!
My car is a decently fuel efficient vehicle... but it cost $45 to fill it up the other day! about 9 months ago, it cost around $30-$33. What a pain...
I hear ya Eric, I hear ya... it's bad out here on the west coast!
thankfully the station across the street is only 4.19/gal ... lol! This stuff is just crazy, they are really trying to gouge people this momorial day weekend... sheesh!
My car is a decently fuel efficient vehicle... but it cost $45 to fill it up the other day! about 9 months ago, it cost around $30-$33. What a pain...
I hear ya Eric, I hear ya... it's bad out here on the west coast!
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I must say though... it really isn't that bad, or well, as bad as we all see it. I have to look at things from a broad prospective... I'm from Georgia, went to school in British Columbia Canada, and now live in San Jose, California... I've seen all sorts of gas prices, and these are nothing compaired to what it has always been like in Canada.
first off, the area I went to school, their gas prices have been around 1.28-1.40/liter consistantly for the last 3 years or so... and most essential workers yearly salary is about half of what most are in this area of California, and they all pay 14% sales tax on everthing, BUT they all have free health care.
All that said, 1.28/liter = $5.12/gallon ... and as we all know the canadian dollar is almost equivalent to the US dollar nowadays...
it would totally stink, eh, to have to pay that much $ for gas.... geeze! And I drove a 94 jeep cherokee up there... what in the world was I thinking??
anyway.... sorry about my rant... just some thoughts... why don't we all share.
first off, the area I went to school, their gas prices have been around 1.28-1.40/liter consistantly for the last 3 years or so... and most essential workers yearly salary is about half of what most are in this area of California, and they all pay 14% sales tax on everthing, BUT they all have free health care.
All that said, 1.28/liter = $5.12/gallon ... and as we all know the canadian dollar is almost equivalent to the US dollar nowadays...
it would totally stink, eh, to have to pay that much $ for gas.... geeze! And I drove a 94 jeep cherokee up there... what in the world was I thinking??
anyway.... sorry about my rant... just some thoughts... why don't we all share.
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canada has green tax built into the fuel costs that is used to reverse the damages caused by fuel. In the US we pay taxes and the government alots money to clean up "super sites" and fuel spills(we pander to big business in this country). So we too are paying for it, but in behind the scenes ways.
Atleast that's how it was explained to me.
Atleast that's how it was explained to me.
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eric said:
LOL!!!!!! Eric... that is totally the truth! well... that and 'the help me buy this expensive food check' ... lol!
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wings2fly
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I guess I shoud be thankful that I live in Texas, because our gas prices are just below $4.00 per gallon (not to brag).
It's not just the gas prices, food prices have gone way up too.
Carin
It's not just the gas prices, food prices have gone way up too.
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Chevron is approaching $5/gal here in the bay area California. Im smack dab between San Francisco and Scramento and drive a 2500 suburban.....ugh. I am hunting for a cheap motorcycle right now as Ive been bikless for two years now. An enduro sounds so nice right now for the summer.
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We're paying $3.79 for regular in the midwest right now and I thought that was awfull. I didn't realize that it was sooo much higher out on the west coast.
I drive a 01 Cavalier and put around $27 in today and only got a half tank. If I didn't have to take the little one to day care I would get a motorcycle. Hubby got one 2 months ago.
I drive a 01 Cavalier and put around $27 in today and only got a half tank. If I didn't have to take the little one to day care I would get a motorcycle. Hubby got one 2 months ago.
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lol... TOTALLY true Eric, my 2% milk is $3.79.... my gas is... well.... $4.15/gal + ... LOL! isn't that just unreal???
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Those new diesel hybrids are sounding better and better - 70 mpg!
It might help if OPEC would release more oil to supply the "developing" countries, and the US were "allowed" more domestic oil production from ANWR and the OCS. I believe we import on the order of 3 billion barrels of crude oil per year. I'll stop here, although I guess this is a rant.
It might help if OPEC would release more oil to supply the "developing" countries, and the US were "allowed" more domestic oil production from ANWR and the OCS. I believe we import on the order of 3 billion barrels of crude oil per year. I'll stop here, although I guess this is a rant.
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LOL - I think milk is much easier to produce!
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eric said:
LOL - I forgot to consider the cow's perspective on the oil debate.
We found out that this month there switching are normal 87 grade fuel with this E10, sometimes called gasohol,which is a fuel mixture of 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline. They said it should , should work fine in our older cars and trucks. My question is were going to be paying more for this fuel and there is a chance it could muck up our engines that use rubber gaskets.not good!!! i called our Nissan dealer and they said and i quote " i dunno what its gunna do" i am definitely worried!!
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Ethanol blending hopefully lives up to its intent in the big picture. I wonder if anyone had the forethought to consider the big picture of emissions from farm equipment burning costly diesel to make the corn. Ethanol will decrease fuel economy for automobiles, so we'll be burning more gasoline, thus more emissions...but...maybe...just...maybe...we'll help the environment?
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