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When gas prices had just begun going up I remember reading a report that Europeans, more specifically the English, were already paying around $8 a gallon, and have been doing so for some time. A huge chunk of this price consists of various taxes. However, these high prices have resulted in people buying small energy efficient cars that serve the primary purpose of transporting people from point A to B in an urban setting, but little else. There is small chance of that happening here anytime soon. ![]() $3.98 gallon Milk $3.59 gallon Gas All the produce prices have nearly doubled in the last year. |
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If gas prices continue to rise, they will ultimately cross the barrier at which the alternative energy sources become cheaper. I think using recycled cooking oil to power our cars is what we really should be exploring/exploiting. The technology exists now. It is not costly and instead of polluting fumes, the roads would all smell like french fries. ![]()
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But then the unintended consequence will be increased obesity. Who can resist the smell of McDonald's french fries?
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But then you could go to the drive-through, get lunch and fill your tank at the same time.
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I happen to think that we need to stop subsidizing most of the things we subsidize and let the free market sort it out.
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My husband and I live 162 miles away from where I work. He farms, and the farm can't move. I work in IT, and even though I CAN do my job from home, they won't let me. I drive to work Monday mornings and drive home Thursday nights. We just got married 3 months ago. It sucks.
I drive a F-150 pickup that gets 16 mpg. I don't want to get a smaller car because I drive past a lake for 20 miles of my "commute" and regularly see deer on the roads - even hit one, and though I had to get my bumper replaced, I didn't completely squash the car. I drive interstate for the other 142 miles and don't want to get squashed by a truck. My brother installs a component on vehicles that reprograms the computer that will lower fuel consumption. It will cost around $1300 and will improve the fuel mileage from 16 to 24. I spend around $500 in gas just for me to get to work each month. It will pay for itself in about 8 months. I think I am going to do this. This doesn't count the farm diesel that he uses. I have a very good paying job. If I was to try to get something around there, it would pay about 1/3 of what I make now. I am looking for a job that will allow telecommuting, but isn't everyone? Have had three jobs say they would hire me if I would move there. But I can't. I think that the entire reason gas is rising is because our dollar is falling. Our money just doesn't buy as much as it used to. That is why commodities are rising too...other countries can now buy our grain for cheaper, because their money goes farther than our money does. |
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FrugalFish, why couldn't some of the workers do 4/10s Mon-Thur, and others do 4/10s Wed-Sat? |
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They are a small shop of only 8 people and have to support 16 hour days (each suppose to work 8, but allowed to go to 12 if necessary, so no one individual can work the entire support day). So as you can see they are already split into 2 shifts each day. They are pretty much a skeleton crew at this point and generally half the people are out working in the field at any given time (the "field" is much of the western US, so you can't always call people back to the shop in a hurry). There's been talk of going to 24 hour support; I don't know how they would pull that off, they have trouble finding qualified people as it is.I keep reminding myself that it's good to be needed (and hopefully hard to replace) when the economy goes soft. |
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I just filled up this morning. I got 12.8 gallons of gas for $49.70. Remember, I grew up when gas was 17cents a gallon.
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There was a story on that on our local news last week. Apparently many stations have the pumps programmed that way. Of course, it had never been a problem before but is becoming one now.
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I have to fill up tomorrow--should be around $3.78/gallon. Ouch! Fortunately, I get about 24 miles/gallon in city driving and I work from home, so it can take me over a week to go through one 11 gallon tank of gas.
Luckily, food prices aren't up too much here--one of the perks of living in the Midwest. We're still paying about $2.60/gallon for milk. Other food price increases have been moderate or not even noticeable. |
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