Official Gas Price Complaint Thread!

[TF Admin]

Well, it seems gas prices are gonna break the $3.00 ceiling again very shortly. I get 30 mpg in 03 Buick Century, but it costs $34 to fill er up. A co-worker of mine pays $78 to fill up his Suburban (which is his own fault as far as I am concerned, he cannot complain).

So, let's hear your complaints, interesting anecdotes, or anything you feel pertinent to these rediculous gas prices.

TFADMIN

[Crimson]

What I don't get is how the oil companies can make such a profit and not come under fire by regulators for keeping prices so high. It costs me 38 bucks to fill up my '97 Dodge Caravan. Typically that tank of gas will last me 1.5 to 2 weeks. I don't drive much except from work to home and home to the grocery store/walmart.

I remember when I first moved here there was an article in the paper about how gas prices were being gouged. You don't think that's happening again do you?

[All Seeing Eye]

The price for a barrel of oil went up .95 cents today. That puts the price over $75 bucks per barrel. That equates to gas going up another 4 - 9 cents per gallon. Since we are roughly about 7 to 10 days behind, you can look forward to the price inching upward next week.

This is all foreign oil we are using. The Saudis are reaping most of these profits and they could care less if we have to pay more.

Gas is a commodity. Boycotting gas would make matters worse. The price will definitely go up not down. I said all that because there is talk yet again of getting a grass roots effort up on boycotting gas. Don't believe the hype. Simple economics will tell you that this will not work.

[Need A Leader]

Good explanation ASE. Personally, I'd like to see engines that run on water. I've read that some people are doing just that, but the technology is nowhere near affordable right now.

I really don't know what to think about $3.00 gas. I know Europe has been paying almost $4.00 for gas for a long time, but they have more fuel efficient vehicles.

[wittzo]

Mercedes-Benz was working with a prototype years ago that ran on water. Water was electrolyzed into Hydrogen and Oxygen by modified spark plugs. The concussive force from the break up was the driving force for the pistons. It required lots of energy and the sparkplugs were really buggy. They decided to scrap that idea and go with liquid hydrogen as a fuel instead.

Europe doesn't have near as many personally owned vehicles as we do. There's something like 4 or 6 cars for each person in the US while there's only 1 out of 4 or 6 people who own a car in Europe. They've got lots of taxes that make it too expensive, crazy hard driver's tests to make it too hard to drive, and lots of public transport and shorter travel distances.

If your brakes lock up in some places in Europe, you leave skid marks in three different countries. ;D

I have also discovered something that breaks my heart: in order to raise a bushel of corn (to make biodiesel or ethanol), a farmer consumes 1/3 to 1/2 a gallon of fuel. That sort of cancels it out...

[Crimson]

There's a show on the Discovery Channel calld 'Dirty Jobs'. The host hooked up with a guy that creates his own biodiesel from used cooking oil he gets from businesses around town. Drives a little Isuzu Pup converted to run on it. They went through the process of filtering and treating and it didn't seem that difficult.

[rutrow]

My internet sources say that in actual reality, there is plenty of oil. I mean the oil wells in Alaska and all around the world is brimming! Many wells are capped off. It is a scam to say that we are in peak oil. Now, the reason that gas prices are so high? It is not because there is so little oil. It is because a few oil companies bought up most of the refineries and closed most of them down...to create a short supply and a large demand... a bottleneck ya know?

They want to restrict travel by using high prices and get $$RICH$$ in the process. Ever hear the phrase "He who has the gold rules?".

Now, why would they want to do this, one would ask? If anybody believes in the bible and is interested in what I have to say, let me know and I will post it.

[vib]

Well, living in Europe, having two vehicles, I don't feel sorry for you... Our gas-prices are twice as high. And I live in Norway, which is one of the biggest oil-nations in the world!
This was written by Walter Gibbs:
"Since finding oil in 1969, Norway has transformed itself from one of Europe's poorest countries to one of the richest in the world. But wealth is not the sole measure of any country. More important is “quality of life”. When the United Nations declared that Norway had the No. 1 quality of life in the world in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 it was in recognition of three decades of wise production and financial policies. Norway had transformed its lucky oil strike into long-term good fortune for its 4.4 million citizens and for the many countries around the world to which they contribute development aid. "
OK - so maybe our high gas-prices ain't that bad anyway... we're living the good life over here... (but I hate filling up the tank anyway... feel broke everytime I leave the gas-station )

[TF Admin]

Welcome to the board vib!

How do our prices compare to yours? We're paying $2.80 - $3.00 per gallon.

TFADMIN

[vib]

TFADMIN;
Thank you for welcoming me
According to today's currency (June 29th 2006), we're paying 6,80 - 7,50 per gallon. (Or 11-12 Norwegian Krones per liter). I believe Norway has the highest gas-price in Europe.
And it's not all true what wittzo wrote about Europe... Public transportation is NOT well built in rural areas. Norway has a density of 37 per sq. mi - Mississippi has 60,6 per sq. mi. We too are dependent of our vehicles...
(PS - love the spell check. English is foreign to me. Hope the grammar ain't too bad)

[TF Admin]

Your grammar is fine. So if Norway is producing so much oil, why in the world are you paying so much? Is it because of taxes, like wittzo posted earlier?

TFADMIN

[vib]

yes sir, high prices on gas is supposed to give us better roads etc... If you ever come to this part of the world you wouldn't think so... We only have a few multi-lanes highways, between the major cities. But, then again, Norway has huge mountains, deep valleys and fjords. It's expencive to maintain our roads, bridges, tunnels and ferries.
Over to something else, I just found this forum on the www yesterday. The people in here, are they all from the Tupelo-area? I stayed in northern-Mississippi as an exchange-student years back and still keep in touch with a few. It's easier to stay in touch when old friends are getting online. Well, I'm 7 hours ahead of you, so it's time for me to put my youngest to bed. Goodbye for now.

[Pontotocmom]

Welcome VIB, Glad you found us. No not everyone is from Tupelo. I think we have a few from different states. And I know we have several from different counties. No matter where you are from you are welcome here.

[TF Admin]

Now we can complain about who is paying the most and least in Mississippi. Just look at the top of the General Gossip Board for the info! If you click on that box it will take you to Mississippigasprices.com and you can search for the lowest gas price in the area!

I may replace this with something better in the near future.

TFADMIN

[King Rat]

Gas dropped $2 per barrel yesterday. Funny, but the price at the pump didn't drop a cent. Isn't it funny how the market only seems to effect sudden changes at the pump when there is an increase?