gas prices!

[SirNik73]

Just wait til Nacho posts on this thread.... you'll all wanna cry! its $2.61 here in Sacramento Ca

[BigBadCharger]

It's 2.75 for 87 octane, so stop complaining till you have prices that high.

[ChargerSG]

Ok and now a horrorstory from Sweden, 5.50 per gallon yes you read right and them you have to have a bottle of led since all gas is without, soo those who ride V8 here is 4 real;)

[taxspeaker]

15 years later same prices

[Mike DC]

             

15 years later same prices

And the US dollar has probably doubled since then.  (The official inflation figures are about as honest as the official unemployment figures.)

[alfaitalia]

Rant on! Stop your whining already!...I paid £6.04 per gallon today...that's $7.61 converted to your money. Even allowing for our bigger gallon that would be $6.41 per US gallon. About three years ago it topped $10 a UK gallon for a few weeks...when the fuel tanker drivers went on strike.
In case you have not realised it you have about the cheapest gas prices in the developed world...make the most of it...I'm pretty sure it won't last. The ever growing and powerful green  lobby will use increasing the cost of gas to drive you out of your big thirsty cars. Don't think it won't/can't happen "here in the USA"....that what we thought in the 70s....and take a look now. It certainly worked...you could drive all day in lots of places in Europe (UK included) and not see anything powered by a V8. Most people see anything much over 2 litres as polluting and unnecessary! Don't laugh...your time will come!
Lots over here don't care about the cost of fuel anyway....the trickle of folks buying full electric cars had turned into a flood...and after 2042 it wont be legal to buy a new car powered by internal combustion in the UK...oh well more petrol for me! At the moment that would not be practical in your huge country .....but advances in battery technology are coming thick and fast now so they wil soon engineer their way past those problems. So buy your cheap fuel now friends...the end is nigh! Rant over!

[GreenMachine]

I don't think anybody's been whining on this thread for at least 14 years? The price is way low compared to inflation.

The competitive price and longer range of electric/alternative vehicles isn't here yet, but I think it's not far off. When that happens, the government will have to raise gas prices to get more people to buy electric vehicles. Probably in the $4-5.00 range initially I'd guess, it surely won't happen under this president though. I'm curious how things will be when the majority of cars on the road aren't gas powered. All the massive infrastructure still in place, will the price/gallon be high or low? There will always be a need for gas/diesel.....classic cars, lawn mowers, planes, farm equipment, construction equipment, etc.

[70 sublime]

I don't think anybody's been whining on this thread for at least 14 years? The price is way low compared to inflation.

The competitive price and longer range of electric/alternative vehicles isn't here yet, but I think it's not far off. When that happens, the government will have to raise gas prices to get more people to buy electric vehicles. Probably in the $4-5.00 range initially I'd guess, it surely won't happen under this president though. I'm curious how things will be when the majority of cars on the road aren't gas powered. All the massive infrastructure still in place, will the price/gallon be high or low? There will always be a need for gas/diesel.....classic cars, lawn mowers, planes, farm equipment, construction equipment, etc.

What happens when half of all the cars on the road are electric and they will be wearing out the pavement as fast as the gas cars
How are they going to pay their share to maintain the roads if they are not paying tax on their fuel like the gas cars do ??

[krops cars]

It would be great to have a business where something breaks at your company and you can jack the prices threw the roof. 

[Mike DC]

    

What happens when half of all the cars on the road are electric and they will be wearing out the pavement as fast as the gas cars
How are they going to pay their share to maintain the roads if they are not paying tax on their fuel like the gas cars do ??

Direct mileage tax.  It will happen sooner or later.

It would be great to have a business where something breaks at your company and you can jack the prices threw the roof.

It's just free market capitalism.  Oil goes up after a tanker accident or something because of supply & demand.  The public doesn't all rush out and fill their gas tanks in response, but the distributors higher up in the supply chain basically do.
 

[odcics2]

Prices rising for the usual July 4th Holiday screwing!!!