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You think *you're* paying a lot for gas?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by 2muchcoffeeman, Mar 14, 2008.

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  1. Claws for Concern

    Claws for Concern Active Member

    Public transportation, people, look into it.
     
    Claws for Concern, Mar 14, 2008
    #25
  2. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    It's doubtful. If he read the newspapers, he'd start to know that every day he's becoming more despised by more people and nations.
     
    alleyallen, Mar 14, 2008
    #26
  3. Grimace

    Grimace Guest

    You mean like the future of Mother Earth? Pollution is murder. MURDER!!!
     
    Grimace, Mar 14, 2008
    #27
  4. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Dad just told him supermarkets have price scanners. Both are amazed.
     
    slappy4428, Mar 14, 2008
    #28
  5. Yawn

    Yawn New Member

    Hell man. Hawaii has always been the most expensive state for gas. Since it's $3.20 in most of the sun belt, then that's only an 80-cent difference.
     
    Yawn, Mar 14, 2008
    #29
  6. mannheimadler

    mannheimadler Member

    Some of us live in the Intermountain West, where public transit (which I like using, by the way), is unfortunately virtually non-existent.
     
    mannheimadler, Mar 14, 2008
    #30
  7. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    There's no reason diesel should be 80 cents higher than gas. It's a fricking waste byproduct of the refining process. I know a lot of states tax the hell out of diesel to get payback from truckers for tearing up their roads with their rigs. But c'mon.
     
    Football_Bat, Mar 14, 2008
    #31
  8. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Believe me, Claws, I'm all for it. I absolutely love the systems of NYC, Paris and London. But in my big city, and many others I'm sure, the only public trans is a supremely crappy bus line only convenient to those who work 20 hours a week.

    In several places I've lived there's been a visionary calling for a monorail or high-speed train or whatever, but it's tough to imagine it 40 years down the road at a price tag of 60 gazillion dollars. But maybe it's time we got started on those for our grandkids.
     
    playthrough, Mar 14, 2008
    #32
  9. schiezainc

    schiezainc Well-Known Member

    Screw our grandkids, I just want to be able to afford to drive without having to be a male member of the Emporer's Club.
     
    schiezainc, Mar 14, 2008
    #33
  10. Hustle

    Hustle Guest

    One word: Costco. I paid $3.03 the other day.

    You'll make up the $50 membership fee in no time.
     
    Hustle, Mar 14, 2008
    #34
  11. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    And yet the lefties always tell you that the high price of gas is mostly Bush's fault.
     
    old_tony, Mar 14, 2008
    #35
  12. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    I live 15 minutes from my office and I might soon be moving 5 minutes away to cut down my driving.
     
    bigpern23, Mar 14, 2008
    #36
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