Prepare, it is going to get worse!

OK...so are we at the point of calling it ...(Gasp)...PRICE GOUGING? I remember another time (living in NJ) and the talk about all the tankers lined up and waiting to come into Elizabeth port to unload at Exon(Linden,NJ)... are we going to see that again.It is good to see so many citizens voicing their concerns. Too bad our diesel VW just died....but thank God for the Dodge van...like the rest of you we just plan our trips. Keep the faith.

Telling my age here I remember when gas was 50 cents a gallon over in Hawaii and we thought it was high compared to the mainland (3o cents) That was in the early 70's and gas was being rationed, On the island you could only get a rental car with 1/2 tank, you had to bring it back 1/2 full and the gas stations closed at noon. Needless to say we didn't get to do too much sightseeing in the car. We laughed when we saw Interstate (get it) 1 on Oahu.

I remember when you could drive into a full service station and tell the man you want $2.00 worth, what did we get..? Four - five gallons back then? Check the fluids, get your cigs..pay the man and on your way! Longing for the good old days...

we are paying £1.32 per litre, you are lucky!!!

I remember when I when the gas was .90 a gallon, then it went to .93, I was like :shock: no!!!! then to .97, ahhhhh, that was blasphemy! Now, I am speechless, it went from 3.87 to 4.00 yesterday in town while my husband was getting gas, $30.00 for a 1/4 tank.

$3.999 in California for regular.

$3.85.9 Bakersfield Ca. interstate prices higher

Saw 3.53 yesterday. Afraid to look today. This is in Michigan, gald I'm not in Calif. I am sure it is on the way at this rate.

Back in 71' the price wars had prices between .15 - .23. Then the shortage started and we lined up for around .75 and it has been going up ever since.

I dont remember the prices then,but, I do remember the odd/even days, I looked at our plates the other day, they are all odd in the case we go to this again.

Just got home from a quilt guild meeting, gas was between $3.35 and $3.39 for regular unleaded.

3.30 in Mtn Grove Mo yesterday

I had a vacation planned , buuuutttt i guess have to put it off . to see where prices stop. we were going to go by car to West Virgina then back thru SD. &CO.Utah, but with prices going -going-vaction is gone gone gone . Dottie Bug

Got gas yesterday in Parshall ND before coming home--gas DROPPED 15 CENTS A GALLON. Wow. My daughter called from Minot and she said it had dropped there too. Hadn't dropped in Kenmare when I was there last night tho. Still 3.59.9 a gal.
I read about the price of fabric in the Netherlands and Australia. OMG what are they thinking? I would be in deep trouble if I ever purchased fabric that cost that much, no matter how beautiful it was. Asit is I have so much that I don't think I will ever get it all sewed--but just think I have a daughter who will be coming home this spring and she will be going through it and taking what she wants. Nice to be able to save money that way.

Gas was $3.99 when I left southern California yesterday, $3.54 when I got to centeral Pennsylvania last night.

WHAT?????Yesterday in California and last night ub Pennsyvania?? Now how did you do that??

Just spoke to family in UK and gas is about $9.40 a gallon.
We are lucky to say the least.

LOL, I took airplanes (two - impossible to get a direct flight).

At the gas station the other day my dh says he saw the power of positive thinking - the guy in front of him bought $5 gas and $10 in lottery tickets. :-)

What I want to know is, how far can you get these days on $5 gas?

Minnesota as of Friday $3.54

Washington DC area - $4.99 and UP!
State of CT also has $5 a gal for gas
There was a blurp just after the soap opera One Life to Live today - said Gas will be around $6 a gallon by Summer.
Geesh I guess they really want the country to shut down

www.gasbuddy.com

We paid $3.90 last night. Cost over $70 to fill-up. Major ouch.

I paid $3.61 a gal a few days ago here in Central VA, it is going to get insane.

Price of fabric - UP
gas - UP
groceries - UP
temper - UP
Postage - UP

Jobs - DOWN
Paycheck - DOWN
Patience - DOWN

What do you think the birth rate is doing?? UP or DOWN??

That's what someone else just told me they heard yesterday. That is crazy!!!

$4.34 here and gonna be $5 by Memorial Day. We are cutting back on driving not that we do that much anyway. But I feel for those that commute to work!

Very scary! But they going to form a committee and study it! LOL And out state is looking into a mileage tax as revenue from the gas tax is down. What are they thinking!

Down? Unless they are filthy rich and can afford things.

Day late and dollar short lol. Why didn't they bother to regulate things - oh they can't, it would mean no more money in their back pocket LOL.

$3.69 for Ethynal and $3.79 for regular here in Iowa. I walk when ever I have errands to do and I can carry what I need home. I think prices are going to get worse.

What I find sad is how car companies want to sell more hybrids - at a price tag of at least $40,000!(This was in the Wall Street Journal) How will people be able to afford them, even if they have jobs, everything else in the economy will be going skyrocket.

Our went up to 3.69 yesterday.

Our gas prices are 3.89 and 3.84 Diewel is $4.30 and that is #2 roadmaster for truck and pickups is $4.60 and higher depending on whether you are in the oil patch or elsewhere. they are major gouging in the area where the oil workers are--food, lodging, everything up from 3 years ago. And it will not go down either. Govt only paying .51 reimbursement on gas prices. So I still pay over $3.30 a gal and I have to work in the oil patch area of ND. All it is is price gouging for them to make their quarterly profits rise.

Im w/u on this! Im not super religious, or even believe in organized "church", but I do believe in God/Jesus/Holy Ghost and know in my heart, everything we need as humans is here for us because we are God's children and He told us so. Not to horde or sell to the highest bidder for an obscene profit, while making some suffer for lack but for all of us.
The sun is simply an energy pump. I have some understanding of this because hubs is a chemical/nuke engineer who retired from Oakridge and I get the "solar for dummys" version with most of my dinners. The only reason the whole world isnt running on solar is because no one can figure out how to "corner the ownership" of something God gave to shine on us for free. We will be on oil until it simply runs out to nothing(it will) cus the oil cartel (this includes natural gas a byproduct of oil drilling, and the coal group)owns most of the world governments (including ours). When they own all the patents on all the stuff needed to convert sun to electricity they will come out and say how they have saved us and sell power to us at the same obscene prices they now sell their oil.
We can complain(oil companys really dont care how much we whine, really) and keep handing over our cash, or we can stop using oil as much as possible per family. This is very hard as most of us like just going along - also, for farmers its impossible to run a farm w/o it cus what doesnt go in tractors or trucks is needed to make fertilizers ( and a ton of other stuff we use ).
I guess its just, w/o anyone actually stopping use of it, its a pointless exercise to complain. I personally think the cartels know there will be a gov't crackdown on the prices and they're running up prices as fast as they can before theres a freeze (and, every single pol that votes or complains against price freezes is owned by oil! simple as that), and oil will yell bloody heck saying its some subversive (fill in the blank w/ the group you love to hate here!) plot, but they sure will back off cus instead of a 40 BILLION $ profit, well, 30 billion will do. Heck, even if they made them drop prices back a dollar they'd still make 20 Billion in profit. Gasoline is not a human right, its a commodity, its something someone makes to sell for the highest profit they can get for it. They dont care if you need it for life or death reasons, it all just money to them.
on a happier note, on the nightly news w/ Diane Sawyer tonight they have this segment that highlights companys that are still here and make products in the USA. Sylvania has the only co in the US making light bulbs here. They even have developed a halogen light that is inside the old style standard incandescent bulb shape. Its a plant in Pa. When I was a kid, my mom worked in a Sylvania plant in Batavia, NY. We had one of the first color tvs on the block cus mom bought it on her paycheck by installment thru the co. She worked long piecework factory hrs but she really loved her job. Gosh, that seemed so long ago - thinking back, mostly all the grownups used to not complain about their jobs, it seems like it was a happier work world back then, lol. share t (before anyone is put off by this, its only my thoughts and opinions here)

No one put off and very well said!!! Thank you for your input. I does make sense!

No one put off and very well said!!! Thank you for your input. I does make sense!

3.57 in our part of Oklahoma.
accross the border in Kansas it's about .20 higher.

our gas is 4.19 we don't let our gas tanks get below half can't afford to fill up and I have a Camry that gets great gas mileage