Gas Prices

[Mr. Blonde]

Seriously, what the fuck. I don't get the chance to watch the news very often, so does anybody know exactly why they are so high? It seems pretty ridiculous to me.

[underwater]

i thought it was because something or other got bombed or something. but that is just what i HEARD the other day... i mean, obviously it's either not true or whatever was bombed isn't very important (except it's connection to gas prices)

i don't know. but i do know that those fucking gas prices are keeping me from driving into town right now to get some ben & jerry's. fuckers.

[f3lix]

Price of a barrel of oil is at highest point in 13 years...that may help...

Edit: This post is intended only for those who compulsively shop around for low gas prices

OK, I was thinking about a rant about this, but I'm going to go ahead and put it here.

Why the fuck do people care so much about gas prices!? Do you realize how silly you sound when you think they concern your daily driving habits?

But first: a disclaimer. Gas prices do affect you, indirectly, they effect the cost of shipping goods accross the nation, and these costs eventually make their way down to you.

With this in mind, I now plan to address those who complain constantly about the price of gas and/or shop around for the lowest prices at various gas stations.

Different prices of gas affect you much less than you believe.

Lets take, for example, average Joe. Joe drives an average mid-sized family sedan an average amount of 15,000 miles per year. Joes sedan averages to about 23 miles per gallon. Assume Joe can choose between 2 gas stations, one that charges a low rate for gas, and one that charges 20 cents more per gallon (an extreme amount). The 20 cent difference (way greater than you will ever find), amounts to an extra $130 per year in gasolene costs. This in turn breaks down to just about $10 per month.
I piss $10 per month. Joe could save twice that amount of money switching from regular cereal to generic cereal, paying off his credit card, switching cell phones, or getting more efficient appliances around the house.

My point is this: gas prices don't affect you nearly as much as other things despite the fact that I hear people bitch about them constantly. Shopping around for gas prices is pointless.

Assuming you can always find a gas station 5 cents cheaper per gallon (good luck) that amounts to about a $2.5 per month savings, if worrying constantly about cheap gas, and fretting and getting pre-mature heart attacks due to increased stress is worth $2.5/month to you, you are a worthless human being and deserve to die.

That is all.

[ May 12, 2004, 11:23 PM: Message edited by: DJ FC ]

[StDx]

My favorite is the people who will drive 15-20 miles away to get the best gas prices... there's one of them in my family. They see the extra time and mileage as a fair tradeoff to saving a nickel a gallon.

[Super Nintendo]

I for one, would enjoy an extra $130 dollars a year.

And if you piss $10 a month...well, congratulations.

[f3lix]

I for one, am still sick after seeing the Berg guy getting his head knifed off.

[corvax]

prof blonde!!! i am diggin the avatar!!!!

Originally posted by corvax:
Silvia!!!

[silver and cold]

I paid $2.10 a gallon today..it bites ass...but hey its better than stuck at home!

[Orgazmo]

$2.13/Gallon for me yesterday.

Insane.

Granted, I didn't shop around at all...just went to my precious Speedway...but it's normally pretty low.

But, on the whole, I'll jump on the "it's not really that big of a deal" bandwagon. Because...it's not.

[ May 14, 2004, 04:31 PM: Message edited by: Orgazmo ]

[Trout Sniffer]

I paid a whopping $1.84 yesterday for gas after my shopping at Owens saved me $.10 per gallon. I was actually pretty happy to find such a low price.

Also, I saved $1.40 on one fill-up with it being $.10 cheaper, so I'm pretty sure that the gas prices being so high does effect us DJ FC. If $.10 saves me $1.40, think about how it was when it was $1.20, that is what is was about a year ago. So that's $.90 cheaper. $1.40 x 9 = $12.60. So I'm paying $12 more per fillup right now than I was a year and a half ago. I would say that's quite a bit of money.

[Whino]

djfc....we dont all drive nice little hondas around that get good gas milage...some of us drive really old cars that suck gas little a baby on momma titty...i remember when it was under a dollar a gallon, we'd drive around just to burn some gas. its double that now. i fill my tank up once a week, last night i paid $2.16 a gallon and put $31.50 in to my car. now if prices stay like that thats 1638 a year. now if gas was like it used to be (like 2 years ago) its only about 800 a year. Thats a ton of money for a poor kid. I just did the math, correct me if im wrong, and i hope i did do something wrong cause thats crazy, there is def reason to bitch, maybe we just need to do it to different people, i mean like random people, people who dont even speak english, or little kids who dont really get whats going on.

I'm talking about shopping around for current prices. Sorry if i was unclear. It's the day to day, station to station differences.

[underwater]

precisely why i don't shop around town for the best gas prices.... three cents per gallon isn't that big of a deal to me.. especially when i only have enough money to put 1/4 tank of gas in my car at a time anyway.

[ May 17, 2004, 11:36 PM: Message edited by: DJ FC ]

[underwater]

i wasn't saying that the amount i was getting had anything to do with how much i spend...

i was stating that i have bigger things to worry about than how much i spend... like the fact that i only have enough money in the first place to put 1/4 tank of gas in my car. the give or take of three or four cents really doesn't matter in that case, if i only have five bucks for it anyway.

[this place is still going]

i heard on the new that gas will be at least $3 a gallon by sept. and if this dose happen im getting a bike.

[Calamity Jane]

well... i have to say that Warsaw definitely has cheaper gas than where i'm from. every time i go to Warsaw i make sure to fill my tank up, cause it's always about 10-15 cents cheaper than it is in my little corner of Indiana. seriously.

[ June 10, 2004, 10:39 PM: Message edited by: Calamity Jane ]