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Old 01-07-2009, 11:45 AM
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Cheap gas bums me out. $4 gas was finally getting people to change their habits, and I fear fuel conservation will again be put on the back burner.

but at least people will be able to go to work! I am doing okay but I worry about min wage people. If it costs half their check to drive to work what is the use?
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Old 01-07-2009, 11:53 AM
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$1.89 for 87 octane this morning. I do agree with feh, finally people were putting away their ginormous lifted monster trucks.
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Well, up we go again. When I started the thread, it was $1.27. Today it is $1.59.
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1.69/gallon for regular here. Not bad at all.
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It went from $1.55 to $1.73 in the last week. Home heating oil went from $1.90 to $2.20 also.
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It's surreal that two days ago, It took only $17 to fill up my car on regular at $1.78/gal.
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