OMG! Gas prices!
02-24-2011, 08:22 AM
#41
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One of the differences between gas in the USA & other countries is healthcare. In the USA tax on gas doesn't pay for healthcare. In other countries many of the taxes they pay also pay for their healthcare. In the USA we get healthcare from our job/work place, if you have one these days, or buy it ourselves. An average medical insurance policy costs around $500-$600 per month.
Most places in the USA have zero public transportation. We're a big country, so driving is almost a must in most places, except for big cities. Speculators drive up the prices, so stockholders can get richer & the rest of us get poorer. If you live in the norht heating oil went thru the roof. It's cost us an average of $600 a month to heat this winter.
And now, we not only are getting hit with higher fabric prices, but food prices are to skyrocket too.
For most wage increases have been very low or none at all for the last several years & it doesn't look like there will be any increases soon. Those of us on Soc. Sec. haven't gotten any increase in 2 years & don't expect any next year either. UGHHHH where does it end??
Most places in the USA have zero public transportation. We're a big country, so driving is almost a must in most places, except for big cities. Speculators drive up the prices, so stockholders can get richer & the rest of us get poorer. If you live in the norht heating oil went thru the roof. It's cost us an average of $600 a month to heat this winter.
And now, we not only are getting hit with higher fabric prices, but food prices are to skyrocket too.
For most wage increases have been very low or none at all for the last several years & it doesn't look like there will be any increases soon. Those of us on Soc. Sec. haven't gotten any increase in 2 years & don't expect any next year either. UGHHHH where does it end??
02-24-2011, 08:27 AM
#42
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
I don't think gas prices are high enough yet. SUV's and big PU trucks are still big sellers. Every time I go to the PO there is someone in a big gas guzzler, leaves engine running while they go in and get their mail, comes back and reads mail in vehicle with engine still running... (and this is in moderate temps so it's not for heating or cooling)
If I was in charge I would add taxes on until it was $10 a gallon, use the extra money to fund alternative energy (domestic) and a subsidy for low-income drivers. Then see if they still want to keep the engine idling.
If I was in charge I would add taxes on until it was $10 a gallon, use the extra money to fund alternative energy (domestic) and a subsidy for low-income drivers. Then see if they still want to keep the engine idling.
02-24-2011, 08:37 AM
#43
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Yep, our gas prices jumped 10 cents overnight. Now at $3.14. I'm 12 miles from the nearest town, gas, food. I told hubby our saddle horses may become broke to a buggy. I would love to have a horse drawn buggy. There are several Amish communities around us so it probably would not be hard to find one for sale.
02-24-2011, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
I don't think gas prices are high enough yet. SUV's and big PU trucks are still big sellers. Every time I go to the PO there is someone in a big gas guzzler, leaves engine running while they go in and get their mail, comes back and reads mail in vehicle with engine still running... (and this is in moderate temps so it's not for heating or cooling)
If I was in charge I would add taxes on until it was $10 a gallon, use the extra money to fund alternative energy (domestic) and a subsidy for low-income drivers. Then see if they still want to keep the engine idling.
If I was in charge I would add taxes on until it was $10 a gallon, use the extra money to fund alternative energy (domestic) and a subsidy for low-income drivers. Then see if they still want to keep the engine idling.
Do you realise what $10.00 gas would add on to the cost of transportation ,any goods that have to be moved ???You can forget about subsidizing low income drivers, they would need that for food.
as long as People who drive the big vehicles are paying for them and paying for the gas that is going in them with their money, it is their business, nobody elses.
Had to edit.............Yes ,I am one of those people who drive a big truck.
02-24-2011, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Kimkankwilt
That's why my husband & I bought electric bicycles. We both ride to work in the late spring and summer, even into fall until it gets dark too early.
I live in the country and when the weather gets bad our roads are the last ones who are taking care off. I am required to be at work ,rain snow,ice or sleet.(no I don't work for the post office lol) and if it wouldn't be for my truck I couldn't do it.
The last snowstorm we had it took me 3 hours to get home, and that was after working a 12 hour shift.
02-24-2011, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by cinnya
Originally Posted by Kimkankwilt
That's why my husband & I bought electric bicycles. We both ride to work in the late spring and summer, even into fall until it gets dark too early.
I live in the country and when the weather gets bad our roads are the last ones who are taking care off. I am required to be at work ,rain snow,ice or sleet.(no I don't work for the post office lol) and if it wouldn't be for my truck I couldn't do it.
The last snowstorm we had it took me 3 hours to get home, and that was after working a 12 hour shift.
02-24-2011, 10:04 AM
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I am frustrated with the options we are given when we need a car. A "hybrid" (ooohhh) gets 35 mpg - wow. In 1980 I had a VW that got 50mpg easily. Why don't they take that technology and add hybrid to it and give us one that gets 75mpg?
Why are they making hybrids out of giant SUV's?
Why, with all the FlexFuel cars, doesn't 85% ethanol cost less than gas? It gives you worse gas mileage, and we are supposed to buy it - why?? So we can feel good?
If gas prices suddenly jumped to $10 we would be demanding better mpg cars. We would be demanding more work from home options. But it goes up slowly, so we are like the frog in the pot of hot water who doesn't realize he is being boiled alive. We complain but still buy gas and don't think much about changing our driving habits.
Reminds me of the cartoon, two guys are standing by a gas pump that reads $9.98 per gallon, saying, "When it gets to $10 I am going to sell my car."
Why are they making hybrids out of giant SUV's?
Why, with all the FlexFuel cars, doesn't 85% ethanol cost less than gas? It gives you worse gas mileage, and we are supposed to buy it - why?? So we can feel good?
If gas prices suddenly jumped to $10 we would be demanding better mpg cars. We would be demanding more work from home options. But it goes up slowly, so we are like the frog in the pot of hot water who doesn't realize he is being boiled alive. We complain but still buy gas and don't think much about changing our driving habits.
Reminds me of the cartoon, two guys are standing by a gas pump that reads $9.98 per gallon, saying, "When it gets to $10 I am going to sell my car."
02-24-2011, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Kimkankwilt
Originally Posted by cinnya
Originally Posted by Kimkankwilt
That's why my husband & I bought electric bicycles. We both ride to work in the late spring and summer, even into fall until it gets dark too early.
I live in the country and when the weather gets bad our roads are the last ones who are taking care off. I am required to be at work ,rain snow,ice or sleet.(no I don't work for the post office lol) and if it wouldn't be for my truck I couldn't do it.
The last snowstorm we had it took me 3 hours to get home, and that was after working a 12 hour shift.
I don't mind it on good days, matter of fact the drive home I find relaxing and gives me time to leave work at work.
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