3.69 to 3.79 in Central Ohio
Gas Prices are making me nauseous!
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deadin
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My gripe about those that hold up what Europe is paying for gas is that Europe's public transportation is so far advanced from most of ours that they don't really have to drive much unless they want to.
I've spent time in both England and on the continent and, other than Spain, didn't feel the need for a car. Getting from Point A to Point B was never a problem.
When I was working in Seattle if I wanted to ride the bus it took around an hour to get to work. (Driving was half the time.) If I missed the bus right after work it was an hour wait for the next one. Even then it was still a mile walk home from the bus stop.
( uphill, )
(in the snow,)
( both ways...)
and I lived in town.
I've spent time in both England and on the continent and, other than Spain, didn't feel the need for a car. Getting from Point A to Point B was never a problem.
When I was working in Seattle if I wanted to ride the bus it took around an hour to get to work. (Driving was half the time.) If I missed the bus right after work it was an hour wait for the next one. Even then it was still a mile walk home from the bus stop.
( uphill, )
(in the snow,)
( both ways...)
and I lived in town.
Gas prices are making me nauseous
But I love smelling the fumes
But I love smelling the fumes
$3.89 for 87 octane unleaded in my part of the Phoenix area.
Re public transport in Europe -- I think it is considered a public good supported at least in part by taxes. Here it is supported only grudgingly, if at all, at least where I have lived. In spread out areas like Phoenix metro, cars are the only viable option unless you want to catch the 5:30 am bus to make the several connections needed to get to the office by 8:00 am. I am lucky enough to be able to walk or bike to work because I could choose to live in a smaller house closer to work than a larger house farther away.
Re public transport in Europe -- I think it is considered a public good supported at least in part by taxes. Here it is supported only grudgingly, if at all, at least where I have lived. In spread out areas like Phoenix metro, cars are the only viable option unless you want to catch the 5:30 am bus to make the several connections needed to get to the office by 8:00 am. I am lucky enough to be able to walk or bike to work because I could choose to live in a smaller house closer to work than a larger house farther away.
David LaPell
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$3.99 for the cheap stuff here. (Figure of speech)
$3.97 this afternoon. Can't afford to drive to work. I guess I will go do some reloading untill prices come down.
CW Spook
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$3.57-$3.59 from east central Iowa north to the MN border today. I did see one station at $3.47 in Cedar Rapids yesterday.
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Wah wah wah
Damn Yankee
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Theirs no shortage of gas, haven't seen one gas station closed and you can buy all you want here on the coast. Chevron refinery is just a half hours drive east of here.
Eagl1
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It jumped over 50 cents in a week here. I spent over $50 filling my Ford Ranger yesterday.
LVSteve
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It's all very well getting between major cities and tourist traps in the Southern part of the UK, but get even slightly off the beaten track and you are done. When I was a kid the two nearest towns were 4.5 miles away North and South. A bus ran to the North town... on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, one up in the morning and one back in the evening. Convenient, it was not.
Even lots of medium sized towns have very limited bus services and with UK style urban sprawl you can easily find yourself living two miles or more away from the nearest grocery store. Let me throw this out there: who on the board was based at Upper Heyford, Fairford, Wethersfield or Croughton. Let them comment on the availability of public transport.
Hofstet
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Filled up yesterday afternoon at a Meijer's in Gaylord, MI . $3.99/gal for regular.
Here are two things that would know gas prices down somewhat. First remove the 10% Ethanol from corn mandate. Second have only one summer blend nationwide. Those two things alone could drop spring and summer gas prices by 50 cents a gallon. All the regional 'boutique blends' legislated by each state's EPA create a logistical nightmare for fuel distributors and the charge us for their pain.
We that live in semi-rural or rural areas really take it on the chin. We have to drive, sometimes long distances, to work, shop, doctors and other necessities. Public transportation is not a viable option. Can't take the bus to work if there isn't one.
I can't believe it cost me $54 yesterday to fill up my '09 Forester.
We that live in semi-rural or rural areas really take it on the chin. We have to drive, sometimes long distances, to work, shop, doctors and other necessities. Public transportation is not a viable option. Can't take the bus to work if there isn't one.
I can't believe it cost me $54 yesterday to fill up my '09 Forester.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Although the posters opening bothers me, what really chaps my sideburns is the fact that they charge extra for using a credit card which is a violation of the credit card agreement. I always report stuff like that as the credit cards will actually pull the ability to accept the cards for merchants doing this. I know the cards take their cut-but as one who finally bit the bullet and started accepting them, I got to tell you getting my fees now rather than having to chase them down-or getting the business because they cound charge it vs not getting the business because they didn't have the money is absolutely worth the surcharge.
feralmerril
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Here in cedar city utah the cheap grade is about $3.30. How can we have this "disgustion" long without getting political? It`s like trying to discuss religion without saying God! By the way how do I patton that word?
vic3620
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going up
At 8:00 am the price in town was $3.61 a gallon. went back up town at noon, same station was $3.90 in central indiana.
vic3620
At 8:00 am the price in town was $3.61 a gallon. went back up town at noon, same station was $3.90 in central indiana.
vic3620
labworm
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Revere Massachusetts HESS 2/3/12
Reg Mid Prem Diesel
$3.699 $3.799 $3.899 $4.149
Last delivery of home heating oil 4.699
Reg Mid Prem Diesel
$3.699 $3.799 $3.899 $4.149
Last delivery of home heating oil 4.699
