xyrec Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 While those who were hit by katrina struggle to survive, the rest of us have to struggle to afford to drive our cars(which isn't too bad in comparison to katrina). Some people have to spend all the money they get from work just to get to work, it's ridiculous. What do you guys think? Where is gas headed? 3.50 a gallon? 4.00? Higher? What about the cause of this current hike. Do we really get that much of our gas from the gulf region or is it just an excuse to price gouge? How many think we should be working harder to switch over to all renewable energy sources? What sources would those be? I personally like ethanol and hydrogen fuel cell cars. Ethanol can be made from almost any plant matter including a lot of the stuff we throw away, and we can always grow more plants. We can't always grow more oil and besides, petrolium polutes, ethanol doesn't. Hydrogen fuel cells are kinda cool, currently they suck though because you gotta have raw hydrogen and oxygen to run em. Potentially though they could be run on water, using a weak electrical charge to seperate the water into hydrogen and oxygen then using those to power the fuel cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezcake Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I'm sure gas is headed to $4.00/gallon soon. And this is why I love San Francisco; MUNI goes everywhere. But of course, gas prices are more expensive here. :? I heard that vegetable oil can be used as gasoline. :wink: ==================================Retired tip.it moderator.Teaching and inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlee Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I think vegetable oil can only be used if the car was a diesel... so if it's a normal gasoline car... you'll still have to buy gas Over here.. gas is around $1.16/Litre... other parts of the country are higher from what I've heard on the news.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y0ur_m0ther Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 in sweden gas is amost 12kr/L wich is like 1,5$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I have a 1.4 Peugeot 206. Its only a small car (see pic) However it costs me over ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã40!! Thats $73 to fill up my tank from empty to full. Thats approx ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã4 ($7.30) a gallon. I really wish you Americans would stop boo hooing about the price of your petrol because you pay next to nothing compared to us Brits. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Small tank Matt? Costs me ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã45 - 50 :( I think I have a 60 Litre Tank... :? Notoriously Trollish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmser Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I should check, but prices have skyrocketed here aswell. Think it's approx 1.10 euro per liter of diesel.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford_rule Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 its $1.25 AUD where i live, per litre. imagine that, and the reason why its so expensive is we cant refine enough, we got plenty of crude oil, just dont have the refining capabilities, so supply is less than demand, therefore price hike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Arcade-X Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 It's about 125yen/L here in Japan. Which is about 1.15$. I don't think it's something new, it started going up since the Iraq war. RsN: Arcade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I heard that vegetable oil can be used as gasoline. :wink:Thats only if you have a diesel even then you have to do some MAJOR mechanic work to get it working properly...you dont save that much in the long run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadd Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 When I went into a tradmark store to pay for my gas the clerk said her husband works down at a place that has something to do about gas, forgot the name. Anyway, she said that people have been filling up gas inside buckets which is making the supply of it near out. She also said that if people continue doing this then we won't have any gas ( I don't think this applies to everyone in the U.S., just my parts of it ) Either that or a chain reaction of explosions going off from overheated gas that people stored in cans and buckets. It's time for a change, and now would be the perfect time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 However it costs me over ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã40!! Thats $73 to fill up my tank from empty to full. Thats approx ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã4 ($7.30) a gallon. I really wish you Americans would stop boo hooing about the price of your petrol because you pay next to nothing compared to us Brits. Yup, it's been this way for donkeys years. This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 96.9 it is in a petrol station in bath. Disgraceful. >. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiggaWHO Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 6 bucks a gallon in Atlanta lol. The gas stations are making BIG BUCKS on this load of gas. I work at a gas station, the owner buys tanks of like 9,000 gallons at a time. He paid for this tank to make profit selling at 2.64, so he's making 35 cents EXTRA PROFIT every gallon. He deserves it though, they make hardly nothing on gas these days. It's 2.99 in NE PA, 3.29 at the Indians place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak722 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 $6 a gallon?! wdf? :shock: :| It's only $1.26 canadian in toronto There goes my chances of owning my own car... The Enrichment Center reminds you that the weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak. In the event that the weighted companion cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcticrunite Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 6 bucks a gallon in Atlanta lol. yet however, 3 hours to the south of atlanta, its 3 bucks a gallon, and our county just had a nasty rumour go through it apparently stupid govenor whatshisname, dont remember at this time, said that the colonial gaspipe closed, colonial supplies statesboro with all of our gas, yesterday lunch hour there were ATLEAST 20 CARS IN EACH GAS STATION HERE it was chaos, pure chaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assassin_696 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 92p ish for a litre of diesel here in leeds. Pretty expensive but my dad's car does on average 35mpg which isn't too bad. I think the problem with hydrogen fuel cell cars are the emmisions, water vapour, which actually is a major pollutant due to the fact that the more water vapour in the air, the more humidity and higher temperatures. That's a rough and brief explanation. "Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
How2PK Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 It's ÃÆââââ¬Ã¡Ãâì4,84 for a gallon here in Holland (one of the lower prices!), which equals $6,00886. Don't whine. Signature by Maurice SendakWhen the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, that's amore! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil_Elf Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I think we can whine actually. We've never had prices this high, its a big change, while you Europeans seem to not know anything other than expensive gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I think we can whine actually. We've never had prices this high, its a big change, while you Europeans seem to not know anything other than expensive gas. Maybe if you paid more for your gas then we wouldnt have to pay so much for our own ^_^ Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionheart_0 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Havent cheacked gass today (Cause i cant drive a car, and havent been out yet) but yesterday it was $1.08 here.... I didnt know that much gas came from the USA?! Sig by IkuraiYour Guide to Posting! Behave or I will send my Moose mounted Beaver launchers at you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmw Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 2 words. Bull *. Exactly what this is, bull *, and I'm pretty...mad about it I guess. I don't even own a car, but this is ridiculous. Usually gas goes up by like what...10 cents yearly max? In the past two years, its gone from 60 cents/litre to over 1.25/litre. Before Katrina came around, gas was about 94 cents in Toronto. I woke up yesterday to find gas at $1.25 in my area. A 31 cent increase overnight? These guys are just complete morons, trying to make us all poor. Seriously. The cost of living is just too high these days, and wages aren't being increased to suit the needs. Can you say another great depression? Just went out and about, some gas stations are at $1.25, some at $1.04....wtf? Just goes to show how [bleep]ed up this is. They're just throwing out random numbers, putting gas at whatever price they want. There is NOOOO way that hurricane Katrina has caused this much of a drop in oil, in order to increase prices this drastically. Someone has to do something, seriously. AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionheart_0 Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 :idea: idea! Perhaps they should think of lowering the price of electric cars soon? that could help. Sig by IkuraiYour Guide to Posting! Behave or I will send my Moose mounted Beaver launchers at you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 I think we can whine actually. We've never had prices this high, its a big change, while you Europeans seem to not know anything other than expensive gas. Do you really think we really had the prices this high to begin with? :? This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logic-is-overrated Posted September 1, 2005 Share Posted September 1, 2005 Guy at the gas station told me that the gas prices work in a circular motion. For example: Gas starts off at $2 a gallon. Then they raise it to $2.35 a gallon. Now everybody is freaking out because its 35 cents higher. But then they drop it back down to $2.10 a gallon. Now everbody thinks there saving money when there actually paying 10 cents more than what they started with. And they just keep raising and dropping and people keep thinking their saving when their actually paying more. This guy says Katrina is causing a lot of damage but not enough to make the prices jump this high. So the gas stations are really jacking it up and after awhile their going to lower it, its still going to be way higher than it was before, but now people are going to think their saving money. This is the way the world ends. Look at this [bleep]ing shit we're in man. Not with a bang, but with a whimper. And with a whimper, I'm splitting, Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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