GAS PRICES?? Whatcha gonna do!!

[coach3rd]

Anybody gonna change plans because of the gas prices? I just drove 2000 miles last week and averaged $70 to $80 per fill up! Gas companies are making a killing off us right now.... http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

[DennisAJC]

Originally posted by coach3rd:
Anybody gonna change plans because of the gas prices? I just drove 2000 miles last week and averaged $70 to $80 per fill up! Gas companies are making a killing off us right now.... http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

I've been paying nearly $100US ($130CAN) since last year.

What's the problem? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Screeper]

When I am at the gas station and get the typical "Ill bet that gas is getting expensive" My favorite response has been "I hope it gets up to 5 dollars a gallon to get some of these ass**** drivers off the road. I'll pay just for the convienance factor". You should see the look on their faces. Ive gotten to use it twice now. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[HummBob]

Dennis, $1.10 L http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif here, how bout B.C.? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[DennisAJC]

Originally posted by HummBob:
Dennis, $1.10 L http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif here, how bout B.C.? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

$1.26 http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif But that's for the 94 Premium Octane. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

And worth every penny. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[MarineHawk]

Originally posted by Screeper:
When I am at the gas station and get the typical "Ill bet that gas is getting expensive" My favorite response has been "I hope it gets up to 5 dollars a gallon to get some of these ass**** drivers off the road. I'll pay just for the convienance factor". You should see the look on their faces. Ive gotten to use it twice now. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[hmrlvr]

"I hope it gets up to 5 dollars a gallon to get some of these ass**** drivers off the road. I'll pay just for the convienance factor".
Love it!!! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[DDWH]

Originally posted by Screeper:
When I am at the gas station and get the typical "Ill bet that gas is getting expensive" My favorite response has been "I hope it gets up to 5 dollars a gallon to get some of these ass**** drivers off the road. I'll pay just for the convienance factor". You should see the look on their faces. Ive gotten to use it twice now. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Perfect! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[twenty2]

gosh.. I have no idea what my neighbor pays? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif I know when I run low on gas, I goto his house with a hose and fill up my tank. I only do it at night. Give it a try. Make sure it's someone you don't like... http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Big Z]

Just put 30 gal in the boat for $86 bucks, (holds 70)) and burned 1/2 of it today. Burned another 1/2 tank in the 2, (towed a Heavier boat this time) for the 80 mile round trip (test loop!, worm Drowning party) http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif.

What Am I Gonna Do?---Same f-ing thing tomorrow! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Except!, H2 will not yank the boat anymore!--Gas guzzlin, small blocked, underpowered, Heavy, good looking, constantly shifting, good looking, Very stinky brakes (little fade) @ the bottom ! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif, damn fine looking outfit! But Sadly, Boat is to much of a Bully for the 2. Guess it's time to trade it in!--SUT for looks!, or Alfa for work!--might be a Dilema! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif --since I already have a good tow rig! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[devilsfan]

No big change of plans here. We were thinking of driving down to Corpus for a weekend, but the heat is more of a deterrent than the gas!

Actually, I've been driving my H2 MORE since the gas prices went up. Was driving the Slade for daily errands (it gets about 17 MPG), but now that the prices are up, I want to stick it in everyone's face that I drive a guzzler. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Stacy

[Fastest H-Town Realtor]

Although the gallon price is a factor, my problem isn't the dollar per gallon. Its the fill up every other day thing that makes it fun. 52K miles on a '05 is allota driving.

BUT:

Say it with me: "Self employed". Translated,that means that whatever I burn in fuel is a tax write off....so....might as well do it in a vehicle I love.

Isn't a hybrid something that makes my grass stronger against grub worms?

[Aubs]

Well, I'm moving out west (not because of gas prices http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif) where biodiesel is pretty common, so I might think about getting an H1 diesel, and even though the MPG is less, B50 is $2.15 in Denver... I can't do anything to change what I pay with a gas engine, but diesel affords some more options...

[MovinH2]

2.89 here and going up. Not going to change my habit's at all. You only live once.

[RIC-H0]

Do what I did!
Get yourself a Harley! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
50mpg and you get almost as many thumbs up from kids!

Ric-H0

[hmrlvr]

Just paid $3.19 for low grade today, It sucks, but, oh well. Can't leave the HUMMER home, my wife will just take it.

[coach3rd]

Originally posted by RIC-H0:
Do what I did!
Get yourself a Harley! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
50mpg and you get almost as many thumbs up from kids!

Ric-H0

I actually thought about a Harley. I have a local friend here that builds bikes for a living and he offered to build me one....Just might have to!! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[JohnB.GWU.]

drive the s55...it gets around 22 on the highway when i keep it at 80

in the low teens @ anything over 110 though

[KenP]

Makes no difference here. Last year driving to and from Moab we had to use Premium. That was around $3.30 a gallon then.

[HummerNewbie]

Originally posted by KenP:
Last year driving to and from Moab we had to use Premium.

Who, you and the mouse in your pocket? http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[2-H2's]

What & walk...or get caught in one of those little cars??? I don't think so.

Just jack your prices up to coincide with the gas prices & keep on gettin' it. If everyone's prices top out with the gas figures it a wash.

Worst case scenario...everyone become self-employed & right it off.

Just my .02

LC

[Boss Hoss]

Originally posted by 2-H2's:
Just jack your prices up to coincide with the gas prices & keep on gettin' it. If everyone's prices top out with the gas figures it a wash.

Worst case scenario...everyone become self-employed & right it off.
LC

I smell inflation...which is inevitable with rising energy cost. It is first felt on the producers side(PPI-producers price index) then dwindles down to consumers(CPI-consumers price index). Inflation=rising home interest rates...BTW, the Fed raising the Fed Funds rate(directly affects the "prime" rate) does not directly increase mortgage interest rates, however inflation does.


Im with Phil....i dont particularly care for paying more for gas...or anything else for that matter. It will not stop me from driving my truck as a please but it doesnt mean i like it.

[PARAGON]

Originally posted by Boss Hoss:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by 2-H2's:
Just jack your prices up to coincide with the gas prices & keep on gettin' it. If everyone's prices top out with the gas figures it a wash.

Worst case scenario...everyone become self-employed & right it off.
LC

I smell inflation...which is inevitable with rising energy cost. It is first felt on the producers side(PPI-producers price index) then dwindles down to consumers(CPI-consumers price index). Inflation=rising home interest rates...BTW, the Fed raising the Fed Funds rate(directly affects the "prime" rate) does not directly increase mortgage interest rates, however inflation does.


Im with Phil....i dont particularly care for paying more for gas...or anything else for that matter. It will not stop me from driving my truck as a please but it doesnt mean i like it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Everything.... EVERYTHING is affected by fuel costs. You don't simply adjust your habits, costs to accomodate. The economy is a slow moving vehicle but it does move. With the fuel prices reaching upward and upward, shipping costs for everything gets higher and higher, travel costs for business gets higher and higher and eventually everything on the consumer end does cost more (as Boss Hoss was stating).

This retards capital investment in business so 5-10 years down the road the economy is still taking a dump because all the money was spent on freight/travel/fuel costs and the direct/indirect results of it.

So, worrying about spending a few quarters more per gallon right now might not seem like much to some, it's going to bite you and everyone else in the ass if it's not brought under control.

It is all about supply and demand, but it's supply and demand of the oil futures that's affecting the fuel costs.

[Idaho-Hummer]

Originally posted by PARAGON:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Boss Hoss:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by 2-H2's:
Just jack your prices up to coincide with the gas prices & keep on gettin' it. If everyone's prices top out with the gas figures it a wash.

Worst case scenario...everyone become self-employed & right it off.
LC

I smell inflation...which is inevitable with rising energy cost. It is first felt on the producers side(PPI-producers price index) then dwindles down to consumers(CPI-consumers price index). Inflation=rising home interest rates...BTW, the Fed raising the Fed Funds rate(directly affects the "prime" rate) does not directly increase mortgage interest rates, however inflation does.


Im with Phil....i dont particularly care for paying more for gas...or anything else for that matter. It will not stop me from driving my truck as a please but it doesnt mean i like it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Everything.... EVERYTHING is affected by fuel costs. You don't simply adjust your habits, costs to accomodate. The economy is a slow moving vehicle but it does move. With the fuel prices reaching upward and upward, shipping costs for everything gets higher and higher, travel costs for business gets higher and higher and eventually everything on the consumer end does cost more (as Boss Hoss was stating).

This retards capital investment in business so 5-10 years down the road the economy is still taking a dump because all the money was spent on freight/travel/fuel costs and the direct/indirect results of it.

So, worrying about spending a few quarters more per gallon right now might not seem like much to some, it's going to bite you and everyone else in the ass if it's not brought under control.

It is all about supply and demand, but it's supply and demand of the oil futures that's affecting the fuel costs. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Weeelll its good thing that I get to be on the supply of the equation as well http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[h2itis]

I like it.
A) It keeps ******* tree-huggers off of the road. That's important to me, because when I return,

B) I am driving to Knoxville, TN from SATX. The fewer tree-huggers, the lower my blood pressure. I'll pay a couple hundred for that. My wife doesn't think it's a good example for my son when I'm yanking some prick through the window on the side of the highway to administer a beating.

C) I own VLO, FTO, and a few other oil stocks, so I guess I win even if I lose.

Just wait until Iran cuts off production to the west. I wish we'd just get it over with and take over Venezuela.

[HummerNewbie]

Not that it helps with the current prices or inflation, but one benefit with the higher prices is that more and more money is being put into finding more oil here in the states.

[PARAGON]

Originally posted by Idaho-Hummer:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PARAGON:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Boss Hoss:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by 2-H2's:
Just jack your prices up to coincide with the gas prices & keep on gettin' it. If everyone's prices top out with the gas figures it a wash.

Worst case scenario...everyone become self-employed & right it off.
LC

I smell inflation...which is inevitable with rising energy cost. It is first felt on the producers side(PPI-producers price index) then dwindles down to consumers(CPI-consumers price index). Inflation=rising home interest rates...BTW, the Fed raising the Fed Funds rate(directly affects the "prime" rate) does not directly increase mortgage interest rates, however inflation does.


Im with Phil....i dont particularly care for paying more for gas...or anything else for that matter. It will not stop me from driving my truck as a please but it doesnt mean i like it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Everything.... EVERYTHING is affected by fuel costs. You don't simply adjust your habits, costs to accomodate. The economy is a slow moving vehicle but it does move. With the fuel prices reaching upward and upward, shipping costs for everything gets higher and higher, travel costs for business gets higher and higher and eventually everything on the consumer end does cost more (as Boss Hoss was stating).

This retards capital investment in business so 5-10 years down the road the economy is still taking a dump because all the money was spent on freight/travel/fuel costs and the direct/indirect results of it.

So, worrying about spending a few quarters more per gallon right now might not seem like much to some, it's going to bite you and everyone else in the ass if it's not brought under control.

It is all about supply and demand, but it's supply and demand of the oil futures that's affecting the fuel costs. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Weeelll its good thing that I get to be on the supply of the equation as well http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Weeelll, that's just stupid

[HummerNewbie]

It just hit $74 a barrel http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

[h2itis]

Originally posted by HummerNewbie:
It just hit $74 a barrel http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

VLO just hit 68.75 http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Idaho-Hummer]

Whoa job security

[HummerNewbie]

Originally posted by Idaho-Hummer:
Whoa job security

Yes, I think your level of security just went up a bit http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[ckhagman]

Originally posted by Idaho-Hummer:

Weeelll its good thing that I get to be on the supply of the equation as well http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

That is great.

I hope they go back to rationing. Then nobody will be on the road.... Well except for maybe... ME

[HummerNewbie]

Originally posted by HummerNewbie:
It just hit $74 a barrel http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Still going up.

[kauaiboy]

it's $3.38 here in kauai, hawaii for regular unleaded. i heard that it will go up 14 cents again next week. it's okay to put regular unleaded gas on the H2 right?

[Idaho-Hummer]

will hit $80 a barrel this summer or come very close to it

[Idaho-Hummer]

Originally posted by HummerNewbie:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by HummerNewbie:
It just hit $74 a barrel http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Still going up. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

where are you getting your price updates at?

[Albie]

lets seee... awww i use my rig to cruz for chicks in vegas..hummmm nope not gonna change my plannn hehehehe

[HummerNewbie]

Originally posted by Idaho-Hummer:
where are you getting your price updates at?

Checking with the office. Will find out later where the info comes from.

[HummerNewbie]

Just checked a site (http://www.theoildrum.com/) I have in my favorites and they have a link to energy commodities futures (http://finance.yahoo.com/futures?t=energy). As of 1:28 (quotes are delayed) the last trade was at $74.75. That is down $0.05 from a minute before.

[HummerNewbie]

$75.15 as of 2:00 http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

[Idaho-Hummer]

forgot about the oil drum website. I have sort been looking for a website that broke down the price of oil by the type of oil. Can't find the site anymore. oh well not that big of a deal. Thanks

[devilsfan]

Originally posted by h2itis:
Just wait until Iran cuts off production to the west. I wish we'd just get it over with and take over Venezuela.

Screw that, I say we invade Canada!

Stacy

[HummerNewbie]

Originally posted by devilsfan:

Screw that, I say we invade Canada!

Stacy

Then we can't call them the Northern Mexicans anymore http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Idaho-Hummer]

yeah, there only good a doin' two things keeping their sticks on the ice and drinkin' http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[PARAGON]

Originally posted by Idaho-Hummer:
yeah, there only good a doin' two things keeping their sticks on the ice and drinkin' http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif and giving us oil

[h2itis]

Originally posted by devilsfan:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by h2itis:
Just wait until Iran cuts off production to the west. I wish we'd just get it over with and take over Venezuela.

Screw that, I say we invade Canada!



Stacy </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I thought we had already taken Canada over...

[HummerNewbie]

April 21 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said the switch to ethanol in gasoline may cause supply disruptions for several months.

At least six filling stations in Philadelphia and the surrounding region were out of fuel yesterday because of the switch, according to AAA, the nation's largest motorist organization. Refiners are seeking to replace the additive MTBE in gasoline by May because of changes in fuel requirements in the energy bill that President George W. Bush signed in August.

``We're going to see some problems,'' he told reporters after giving a speech at a conference in Washington. ``I do believe over a period of time -- that is, a matter of months -- it will level out.''

Bodman said the country's supply of ethanol is adequate overall. The logistics of shipping the additive by barge, rail and truck may cause regional disruptions, he said. Rules that lower the acceptable level of sulfur in diesel fuel and refinery maintenance delayed by last year's hurricanes are also boosting supply concerns, he said.

The U.S. average gasoline pump price is climbing toward $3 a gallon, a level last seen in September after Hurricane Katrina, partly because of concern about supply problems related to the switch to ethanol.

The average U.S. pump price for regular gasoline has risen 14 percent this month to $2.855 a gallon as of yesterday, up from $2.218 a year ago, according to AAA's Web site.

Record crude oil is also pushing pump prices toward their all-time high. Crude oil for June delivery rose $1.48 to $75.17 a barrel today on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Today was the first time crude topped $75, and the fourth straight day setting a record.

[2-H2's]

Originally posted by PhilD:
I guess I'm different. Gas prices do bother me and although they haven't changed my driving habits yet, I certainly do not relish paying high gas prices and would be much happier with low gas prices.

Phil...this hasn't changed my H2 driving habits http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif I haven't driven mine in a month http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

LC

[2-H2's]

Originally posted by PARAGON:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Boss Hoss:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by 2-H2's:
Just jack your prices up to coincide with the gas prices & keep on gettin' it. If everyone's prices top out with the gas figures it a wash.

Worst case scenario...everyone become self-employed & right it off.
LC

I smell inflation...which is inevitable with rising energy cost. It is first felt on the producers side(PPI-producers price index) then dwindles down to consumers(CPI-consumers price index). Inflation=rising home interest rates...BTW, the Fed raising the Fed Funds rate(directly affects the "prime" rate) does not directly increase mortgage interest rates, however inflation does.


Im with Phil....i dont particularly care for paying more for gas...or anything else for that matter. It will not stop me from driving my truck as a please but it doesnt mean i like it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Everything.... EVERYTHING is affected by fuel costs. You don't simply adjust your habits, costs to accomodate. The economy is a slow moving vehicle but it does move. With the fuel prices reaching upward and upward, shipping costs for everything gets higher and higher, travel costs for business gets higher and higher and eventually everything on the consumer end does cost more (as Boss Hoss was stating).

This retards capital investment in business so 5-10 years down the road the economy is still taking a dump because all the money was spent on freight/travel/fuel costs and the direct/indirect results of it.

So, worrying about spending a few quarters more per gallon right now might not seem like much to some, it's going to bite you and everyone else in the ass if it's not brought under control.

It is all about supply and demand, but it's supply and demand of the oil futures that's affecting the fuel costs. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Para...my point jokingly was "that I can't do a damned thing about it".

I don't think anyone on this board can impact the current prices. Other than grin & bear it, short of boycotting, etc... All we can do is wait it out. In the mean time however I will pass the increased fuel costs onto MY customer's...the power generation utilities, who in turn will pass it right back to the customers like you & me who use electricity.

LC