Raw crude hit over $100 a barrel again yesterday. Seems we as consumers are in a bit of a conundrum. We are literally "over a barrel". North America is a huge continent and we have people spread out and live from one corner to the next. We need our vehicles to travel to and from work, supplies, hospitals, you name it. This part of the world is not at all like Europe where you they live in tiny countries, walk or bike everywhere. High speed transit trains and scooters or tiny cars wrap of the gamut of transportation options.
We are frig**in doomed here in USA and Canada. Urban sprawl, daily commutes, frigid temps with snow, ect...All lead up to increased fuel usage.

Complaints about poor fuel economy is a serious problem. My 04 Lariat Supercrew is a gas pig too. I need 4 doors for my family. I need 4x4 for winter ice and snow drifts. I "prefer" a truck due to home renovations, hauling around stuff. I am not proud to say I average 10 -12 MPG.

I know what the answers are to improved fuel economy. Get a different vehicle. Give up a personal vehicle completely? Not possible in the area I live in. We are all addicted to oil like a drug. Our entire culture has to change before things can improve. Are we willing to change our habits? It would appear not. I too am struggling to change my lifestyle to cut down on my dependency on oil.

 

just earlier i was saying "who uses the word conundrum" anymore, and now ive heard it twice in one day.

 

Ugh another Gas thread.

 

Gas is just shy of $1.10 per litre here

 

you "need" all of the above?

 

$8.63/Gallon tomorrow!

 

We've got no reason to complain.

 

Ugh - I'm going to be driving about 3500 miles in a couple weeks - can you say 700 bucks just for GAS? OUCH! That's getting nasty when the damn gas costs twice as much as the hotels.......

 

Sure, all of us have every reason to complain. If nobody does, they'll keep sticking it to us and to Europe continuously. The reasons for the increases? SPECULATION AND ASSUMING, that's what is will be and has been. No justifying it at any time. Turmoil in the middle east they say, since when in the fu<k hasn't there been. Like that's something new. Still, the best was before Katrina hit, gas was $1.40/L here in "anticipation of affected production to US refineries", when in the US, if they went up a bit, it was after the fu<king thing hit first. Hopefully, next prez aint in bed with oil companies.

Enough is enough with this stupid gas raping, but instead of posting it here, write a congress person or member of parliament. This is definetely not how to fire up a suffering economy. It is making somebody rich though.

See how much it makes sense, we pay the same now per liter as when it was $75 a barrel let's say, how does this make sense? I guess we should be so lucky as to not be paying more, right?

 

Let's all write a long thank you letter to the Federal Reserve for what they're doing to this country.

 

Who cares. I ain't walking.

 

I can go 2 miles over the road, look off the mountain and see my work.....If I could go straight to work, say fly, I'm only 4 miles away. I have to drive 25 miles one way because I have to cross the river. I need a hang-glider

CDB

 

54 miles round trip to work and back. $12+ a day just to get to work. I dont even need a truck, i just like it cause it looks and sounds good. but i knew what the gas mileage was when i bought it 5 years ago......

That Acura TL Type S sure does sound good right now....

 

"Hopefully, next prez aint in bed with oil companies"


Yeah!! No kidding!! Hopefully obama or mrs clinton gets in so they can stick it to the oil companies!! Windfall profit taxes I say!! That way the share holders (us) and the consumers (us again) pay for the lost profits that the greedy oil companies get Amazing, the crappy logic of the haters.

 

hey, ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Gas goes up, you just gotta save a little more. Nothin you can do about it.