Diesel is expensive too ($4.35 a gallon) my dad has a 1997 ford f250 7.3L powerstroke but he gets 23mpg with 385hp and 850 ft lbs of torque
Rising gas prices
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Diesel is expensive too ($4.35 a gallon) my dad has a 1997 ford f250 7.3L powerstroke but he gets 23mpg with 385hp and 850 ft lbs of torque
tweety2300
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Kingofspades I would suggest getting a way better job before you move out. And u live around a big college so I always see young kids in brand new BMW Mercedes etc
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I do plan on a better job, that's for sure! And yeah, there are a ton of spoiled kids at my high school driving new mustangs and big assed trucks. One kid has a 40K Avalanche, its like, well, we all know you couldn't afford THAT. Jordy, does your dad baby the throttle or something or is he just efficient? I know that I watch the tach when im driving my moms Jeep. I try to up the mileage she's set to show I dont kill the car. I still give it a good thrashing at times though.
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Gas in the Philadelphia area has been quite touchy recently. I think it has been around 3.94 is most areas, but I've seen regular as high as 4.20 in areas of population and such.
The speculation really needs to be limited or possibly stopped all together. It really makes no sense to allow people to speculate on products that are required for a stable economy. Gold and silver I understand, but not oil...
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Now, as far as domestic drilling... Domestic drilling will do nothing to help the oil prices in the US. All oil is traded on the global market and most of what we get out of the ground ends up going to other countries.
Now the health care costs... thats not 100% due to Obamacare either. Health care costs are going up because more and more people are losing their jobs. Well, those people that have lost their jobs still need medical care. They are either forced to go on Medicaid and such or simply not have health insurance. The people that don't have health insurance at all have been flooding the hospitals with non-emergency issues. Since they have no money, they don't pay the bills and the hospitals need to recoup that money somehow. This doesn't account for the entirety of the increase, but it has a rather huge impact. My old job that I worked at from 2007 to 2011 had to switch their heath care provider in '07, '08 and '09 due to the rising costs. Obama wasn't even in office when they switched in '07 and the price jump was freaking 30% from '06. Obamacare is far from the only factor considering it wasn't even in effect when my old job was constantly swapping health care providers.
The speculation really needs to be limited or possibly stopped all together. It really makes no sense to allow people to speculate on products that are required for a stable economy. Gold and silver I understand, but not oil...
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Now, as far as domestic drilling... Domestic drilling will do nothing to help the oil prices in the US. All oil is traded on the global market and most of what we get out of the ground ends up going to other countries.
Now the health care costs... thats not 100% due to Obamacare either. Health care costs are going up because more and more people are losing their jobs. Well, those people that have lost their jobs still need medical care. They are either forced to go on Medicaid and such or simply not have health insurance. The people that don't have health insurance at all have been flooding the hospitals with non-emergency issues. Since they have no money, they don't pay the bills and the hospitals need to recoup that money somehow. This doesn't account for the entirety of the increase, but it has a rather huge impact. My old job that I worked at from 2007 to 2011 had to switch their heath care provider in '07, '08 and '09 due to the rising costs. Obama wasn't even in office when they switched in '07 and the price jump was freaking 30% from '06. Obamacare is far from the only factor considering it wasn't even in effect when my old job was constantly swapping health care providers.
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Oil is a commodity, it needs to be speculated.... Even things like corn have futures. The reason why food prices don't vary day to day like oil is because food manufactures negotiate their prices usually for extended periods of times bringing stability to the market. But if we didn't allow oil speculation then consumers could be made worse off for longer periods of time.
Legitimate speculation is one thing, wreckless gambling in the pursuit of record profits is another. The US consumer has been getting hammered for years lately due to loose margin requirements and a Wall Street friendly Congress and CFTC. It's been well documented exactly how much speculation adds to the price per barrel of oil. There have been hearings held by Congress, countless articles and so on, yet the only thing that changes are the number of ZERO's in the accounts of the bank holding companies, investment banks, hedge funds and swaps dealers.
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....We've been spoiled here with amazingly cheap gas prices for years now so most of our cars have not been made with gas prices in mind until recently. It's been a quick enough change to screw a lot of us up but it's also been slow enough for us to allow it to happen gradually without us going nuts and trying to make any drastic changes. "They know we depend on the gas so they really have us by our necks. I think we can try to modify our cars to get the best gas mpg possible so as not to feed the industry as much. Best thing I think we can do is shoot for alternative fuels. It would be a really great addition to the website to dedicate a section for cars modified for better MPGs....
tweety2300
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Wtf? I just paid 3.05. 3.28 for premium.
Why is it much higher in ca?
Why is it much higher in ca?
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Um I paid 4.05 for premium last week
$4.45 for Chevron premium here.
Reasons for higher cost include special blends (air pollution-related), higher direct costs and higher costs of doing business, extra profit.
tweety2300
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Glad all the people with SUVs are happy over there. Both my cars are getting over 30mpg so I'm happy gas prices don't make a huge impact on my budget as the money would be spent else where anyway.
But over a $1 per gallon difference in the same country is rediculous
But over a $1 per gallon difference in the same country is rediculous
tweety2300
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My local stations are 3.30-3.45 but take a 20 minute drive and I can get it for 2.99, weird how much it varies in such a short distance
tweety2300
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Lol the Mazda sits at home while I enjoy the 38 mpg the Honda gets. 35 if I run it hard
