about these fucking gas prices?

i'm ready to revolt.

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what dr. house brings to medicine, i bring to everyday life (an extreme dose of cynicism), don't listen to the curmudgeon!

I'm already spending almost $100 a week on gas, and it's supposed to hit $5 a gallon this summer!

I just filled up my vehicle today. $107

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what dr. house brings to medicine, i bring to everyday life (an extreme dose of cynicism), don't listen to the curmudgeon!

I just filled up my vehicle today. $25.

If you're driving something that takes over $100 to fill up the tank, don't bitch and complain about gas prices because you're the one driving them up for everybody else. Gas prices would not be NEAR what they are right now if not for the proliferation of ridiculous SUVs and use of Ford F150s to go to the convenience store to buy milk.

Cry me a river.

Let's put that into perspective: If you are spending $100 a week on gas, I will be able to buy a new Jetta outright after five years with the amount that I'm saving.

You, on the other hand, are spending 75 bucks a week more than I am on essentially nothing. And like you said, gas is going UP.

Sound bright to you? Me neither.

Pro tip: Get rid of that fucking gas guzzler before the market is glutted with them. A year from now Craigslist will be so full of SUVs that you might LITERALLY have a hard time GIVING the thing away.

The news gets even WORSE: There is no ceiling in sight for oil prices.

Thanks for the enlightenment! I'll throw 1,000 pounds of tools and equipment in the back of a Jetta!

Isn't it terrible how those soccer moms driving huge Exterras to get milk drove the gas prices up for hardworking guys like you and me?

Fact remains that it's not going to get any better. What you're experiencing is just the thin end of the wedge.

What happens when guys like you are no longer able to turn a profit because of gas prices? How much more expensive would it have to get? What happens to the rest of us, people who depend on people like you to do whatever it is that you do, when you can't break even doing it anymore?

What happens when the same thing happens with food shipments?

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When in Doubt, Freeze Her Out.

I have 0 sympathy. I wish I could pay $100 to fill up my car but here in england it is WAY more expensive!

With some quick maths, it currently costs me $10.28 a gallon of diesel!

That means it costs me $161.98 to fill up my car, that will do about 650miles.

I drive a saloon car that manages about 45mpg

Ain't that a bitch? Isn't it funny to listen to people here complaining?

I've always wondered how people managed in the UK and elsewhere in Europe where it often exceeds $10 per gallon.

I am concerned that the US economy is a ponzi scheme based on cheap oil.

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When in Doubt, Freeze Her Out.

I agree with you on that one. There are WAY too many soccer moms driving around in Escalades and Suburbans, just because they can. Having one or two kids doesn't constitute having a 22-foot truck!

As for the diesel prices in England, that's nuts. If gas prices went up to $10 a gallon here, I don't know what I'd do. I think our situation is a little different though.

As Americans, we use our cars for EVERYTHING, and, due to our single use zoning, a lot of our destinations are spread out far apart from one another.

European cities were designed and built around the pedestrian. Ours, particularly ones that "came of age" in the 1950s (like Atlanta and Los Angles), cater to the automobile. In places like these, there is no mixed use zoning, and no public transit to speak of. If you don't have a car, you don't have a life.

Even in more "traditional" areas, like Chicago and New York, there are few alternatives to the automobile. Because our government is in bed with the oil companies, most of our infrastructure budget goes to the roads and highways, so our existing public transit systems are on life support.

All of the mixed use zoning and high-speed rail you guys have in Europe is non-existent here. The automobile is all we've got.

You have a strange idea about england - while it IS possible to live just in one city, many many people work in a different town to where they live. Hell, I live in the country and the nearest town is 15miles away and there really is no public transport!

It could be worse though, at least our government is attempting to slow the increasing cost but still - rather expensive and keeps going up!

Public transport in England is a joke. I've been to China (As well as other nations which are meant to be below most of Europe) and the public transport system is five or six times more efficient, reliable and generally pleasant.

Being a pedestrian is fine and dandy if you only have to travel a few miles for work like I do, but my old man is travelling 250+ miles a day. If he and others I know had an SUV or some equally lame vehicle the daily cost of fuel would probably be double his daily wage. There are still some idiots clinging onto their 8MPG Range Rovers. People with legitimate reasons to drive SUV's are finding the most efficient ones out.

It satisfies me to no end to see some tarty old hag driven off the road (If you'll excuse the pun) because their Landrover Disco costs more money to run in a day than she earns in a week.

People here will stop buying petrol and their will be strikes. It is a matter of time. Once the AV vote and local elections take place I think we will see a period of great instability and uncertainty. The coalitions very existence, let alone future will depend on petrol costs.

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I've got 99 problems but...

That's a huge problem right there from the standpoint of risk on the road if nothing else.

Our situation is really kind of fucked. I don't see this problem going away. I just hope our society has time to adapt.

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When in Doubt, Freeze Her Out.

constant improvements to hybrid cars looks to be the solution to the problem

just take your time