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Automotive News & Views How does gas at $4 and higher impact you?
2183 messages, Last post on Nov 21, 2009 at 5:13 PM
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 07, 2008 7:02 am) I'm glad for that. 
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Replying to: nippononly (Nov 07, 2008 7:42 am) I was able to fill my tank from just under half the other day for $22 and then a couple days after that I was able to fill 8.9 gallons for $17ish. It's kind of nice. |
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 07, 2008 7:02 am) But all is not lost for high-speed rail fans in California. Farmers can load the empty passenger trains up with chickens, cows, pigs, etc., and allow them to roam freely in the train, thus meeting the requirements of Proposition 2. Maybe they can even have porters serve the animals their feed... Farm animals would thus not be confined, and even expand their sight-seeing opportunities, too. The rail lines would be ensured a steady stream of passengers.
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Replying to: grbeck (Nov 07, 2008 8:54 am) |
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Replying to: nippononly (Nov 07, 2008 7:42 am) Like anyone else I would like it if my Tahoe got 20+ MPG and that I could have a city car that got 60+ even if Gas was $1.50 and for sure if it is $4.00. But we need to get mass transit going in all of our states if we are going to have any "real" lasting effect on our energy useage in this country. I can remember many times being in these forums and hearing people complain how fuel was just too cheap in the US. They even suggested that the solution to our transportation problems would be higher fuel prices. But there is always a cause and effect and even if I drove less, which I do, the increased cost of transporting goods has effected me even more than the cost of fuel for my car.
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Replying to: boaz47 (Nov 07, 2008 9:52 am) Yes, I have noticed a lot of that too. A report on the news last night said food price increases have outstripped inflation for the second or third (I forget which) year in a row this year and are expected to increase even more steeply in 2009. I notice that just as much as I notice gas prices. The reasons they gave included increasingly expensive animal feed and transport costs, both of which are highly dependent on the cost of diesel. |
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Replying to: gagrice (Nov 06, 2008 8:06 pm) i told her it means that industry will just leave california and move elsewhere. she countered,as she is well known to do, that she hopes it is start and will move outward from there. anyways gas under $2.20 at more and more stations.
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Replying to: explorerx4 (Nov 07, 2008 4:37 pm) " my 16 year old daughter is very excited that law passed. she said 'you can have chicken or cow. i just want it to be a happy chicken or cow." Ahh the wisdom of youth, never any consequences. Isn't it wonderful dad? But over the next six years a wonderful transformation occurs where your intelligence and wisdom will increase by a factor of fifty. My congratulations on your learning so much over the next six years. That first job, apt,checkbook. The trade-offs, If I spend it on pizza and concerts then I can't pay my rent. A wonderful period. Now the next two years hang in there.  Paid $1.98 for rug today. We brew it here so it tends to be cheaper. On the oth we are neck and neck with LA for Smog. When the lights go down the refineries turn the valve to the right. Fifty dollar oil possible very soon. Opec Schmopec, recessions really destroy paradigms. The oil market doth love it's extremes. |
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Replying to: grbeck (Nov 07, 2008 8:54 am) And, as everyone knows, well-traveled happy animals taste better when you eat them.
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MTA To Toll All East River Bridges NEW YORK (CBS) ― Believe it or not, there is even grimmer budget news. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is swimming in a sea of red ink and sources tell CBS 2 HD drivers in the city might not like the bailout plan. Nearly half a million cars go back and forth over the Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg and 59th Street bridges every day for free. Some people think that's not right. "We already have tolls at the Battery Tunnel, Midtown Tunnel, the Triborough Bridge let's put pricing on all of the crossings in between," said Sam Schwartz, one of the leading transportation engineers in the country. Guess what? State and city officials now seem to agree. Sources tell CBS 2 HD that putting tolls on some or all of the East River bridges is part of the bailout plan being considered for the MTA. "People coming into the city should be paying for some of the service they get," Schwartz said. Better unload those Manhattan penthouses while they still have some value. Only the rich will be able to live in NYC. Then I ask myself why would anyone with money live in ANY big City? $10 gas would not get me into a city.
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