No Gas Day

ben62670
ben62670 Posts: 15,969
edited March 2011 in The Clubhouse
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=158856697501684
There are a lot of idiots that think not buying gas for a day in protest will help us. What a bunch of idiots.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited March 2011
    Yeah. I'm not buying any gas tomorrow! :mad:

    (Because I filled up today...)
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited March 2011
    Why does this happen everytime prices go up, but yet, nothing ever becomes of it. Give up people, your just plain stupid if you think internet stunts like this do anything.
    If...
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2011
    This just in... no lines tomorrow...
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited March 2011
    I fill up once a week so I'll boycott until I need another fill up.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,190
    edited March 2011
    If you really wanna make a statement , buy an electric or hybrid car. Get off the fossil fuel.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited March 2011
    mantis wrote: »
    If you really wanna make a statement , buy an electric or hybrid car. Get off the fossil fuel.


    Then electric costs will sky rocket. Just wait.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited March 2011
    What, you mean MORE than they are right now?

    Listen folks, just bend over and apply the K-Y, because you are just starting to get it...
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited March 2011
    mantis wrote: »
    If you really wanna make a statement , buy an electric or hybrid car. Get off the fossil fuel.

    I wonder if plugging in with a good power cable while recharging improves performance :biggrin:

    Seriously, where in the f@(% do you think the electricity will come from if we all switch to electric cars.

    The current media freak out after the 1,000 year time-horizon quake in Japan solidifies the shut down of what's left of the nuclear program here. We haven't built a new nuke in what, 30 years? We've put the whammy on coal, stopped drilling in the gulf.

    I repeat, Dan, where in the f@(% do you think the electricity will come from if we all switch to electric cars. The wind? Solar?

    It only costs the equivalent of about $10 per gallon to do it that way.

    Who ever said bend over hit it right on the head.
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  • cokewithvanilla
    cokewithvanilla Posts: 1,777
    edited March 2011
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    I wonder if plugging in with a good power cable while recharging improves performance :biggrin:

    Seriously, where in the f@(% do you think the electricity will come from if we all switch to electric cars.

    The current media freak out after the 1,000 year time-horizon quake in Japan solidifies the shut down of what's left of the nuclear program here. We haven't built a new nuke in what, 30 years? We've put the whammy on coal, stopped drilling in the gulf.

    I repeat, Dan, where in the f@(% do you think the electricity will come from if we all switch to electric cars. The wind? Solar?

    It only costs the equivalent of about $10 per gallon to do it that way.

    Who ever said bend over hit it right on the head.

    EXACTLY. I do not understand what the hype is with electric cars. Is this like a can't see it so it isn't happening sort of thing? Environmentalists tell me their going electric when they get out of college... I tell them to stock up on coal.

    I liked hydrogen better.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited March 2011
    Whether it is true or not I do not know, but what I have read about electric cars is that currently there is more than enough electrical capacity to charge the cars. The caveat is that most of it needs to be done at night during low usage periods. Of course, there probably is some point where there are so many cars the demand will exceed the capacity. Along the same line, the cost to operate these cars is less than an equivalent gasoline only car, but the purchase price is higher.

    So I guess it is a toss up as what to buy if you are trying to get a high mileage, low emission vehicle. You need to decide whether gas or electricity is going to increase at a faster rate.
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  • jbooker82
    jbooker82 Posts: 1,627
    edited March 2011
    I guess a mass public transit system like high speed rail would make more sence. If school busses were more stylish and avalable in other colors besides yellow. You would be seeing socker moms driving in them by their self to work and back. Got to have the bigest, badest you know.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited March 2011
    amulford wrote: »
    What, you mean MORE than they are right now?

    Listen folks, just bend over and apply the K-Y, because you are just starting to get it...

    I have holes in my bed sheets just in case it should happen at night :wink:

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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,190
    edited March 2011
    inspiredsports wrote: »
    I wonder if plugging in with a good power cable while recharging improves performance :biggrin:

    Seriously, where in the f@(% do you think the electricity will come from if we all switch to electric cars.

    The current media freak out after the 1,000 year time-horizon quake in Japan solidifies the shut down of what's left of the nuclear program here. We haven't built a new nuke in what, 30 years? We've put the whammy on coal, stopped drilling in the gulf.

    I repeat, Dan, where in the f@(% do you think the electricity will come from if we all switch to electric cars. The wind? Solar?

    It only costs the equivalent of about $10 per gallon to do it that way.

    Who ever said bend over hit it right on the head.
    Natural gas , Wind and Solar are all ways to get electric power. Hydrogen is another alternative to gas. I don't know about you but I'm really tired of paying over 3 dollars a gallon for gas. If there is a better way then I'm all for it. I'm not an Engineer in this field so I don't have the answers but I know at some point we all need to get off the oil.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,190
    edited March 2011
    leroyjr1 wrote: »
    Then electric costs will sky rocket. Just wait.

    Supply and demand always wins here. Fact of life , kinda sucks.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,190
    edited March 2011
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    I have holes in my bed sheets just in case it should happen at night :wink:

    Theres gotta be a better way.
    I don't know about the rest of you but I'd rather buy cd's then spend a few hundred a month on gas. With the price increase I'm around $320.00 a month for 2 trucks thats an average of about $40.00 a week each truck. That could be a + or - of around $30.00 , thats a lot of money to me.

    If I could cut that down to $200.00 a month I'd be a very happy camper. I could use the $120.00 a month to finance a new system , go on vacation , apply it to my mortgage or tax bills. At any rate I have to figure out a way to lower my costs to drive. Increasing gas prices really doesn't help , I didn't see my paycheck go up.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,004
    edited March 2011
    In about 10 minutes, I will be purchasing gas....and a lot of it. Just to protest the protesters.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2011
    The bottom line is the government is going to nail us no matter what we do if they are in control of our means of fueling our transportation. What are we going to do with all those depleted batteries when they are spent?
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2011
    BTW No Gas Day is 2 weeks away...
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,004
    edited March 2011
    ben62670 wrote: »
    The bottom line is the government is going to nail us no matter what we do if they are in control of our means of fueling our transportation. What are we going to do with all those depleted batteries when they are spent?
    Ship them to Afghanistan. That'll kill the poppy fields.
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  • Amherst
    Amherst Posts: 695
    edited March 2011
    inspiredsports wrote: »

    Seriously, where in the f@(% do you think the electricity will come from if we all switch to electric cars.

    SOLAR Energy!
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2011
    LOL and Obummer too.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2011
    Amherst wrote: »
    SOLAR Energy!

    A 2x4 solar pannel can barely charge a 12v car battery in a day. Not going to work charging a bank of batteries in an electric car.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • Amherst
    Amherst Posts: 695
    edited March 2011
    Talking about the one's you put on the roof of your home in addition to the one built into the roof of the car.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited March 2011
    What are we going to do with all those depleted batteries when they are spent?


    We could dump them into the smoking holes that once were Japan's nuke plants.:eek::biggrin:
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  • smglbrth
    smglbrth Posts: 1,468
    edited March 2011
    Personally, I think we need more two cycle engines...:biggrin:
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2011
    Amherst wrote: »
    Talking about the one's you put on the roof of your home in addition to the one built into the roof of the car.

    So was I. Ever look into the price of the panels? I have, and I know people that use them. A good book on them is the "Solar living" book. It covers a lot more than just solar.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited March 2011
    Lmao. As soon as I open the link a ton of my friends are on there. I laughed cause of what the OP stated. Too funny.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2011
    I love how mad people get at the IDEA that there might be electric cars out there. ANGRY! GRRRR! At least those peopel are TRYING something to disrupt the status quo, while you dips**ts keep buying giant trucks and the only thing you know to do is **** on the Internet about gas prices, which aren't going to change no matter how hard you yell.

    At least there are options with how to create electricity, and there are OPTIONS with how to deal with depleted batteries. There's ONE option on how to get gasoline.
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  • Amherst
    Amherst Posts: 695
    edited March 2011
    ben62670 wrote: »
    So was I. Ever look into the price of the panels? I have, and I know people that use them. A good book on them is the "Solar living" book. It covers a lot more than just solar.

    I'll have a look at the book Ben...Thanks for the tip.
    Remember solar is evolving technology and panels become ever more efficient with time. Cost is now half of what it was ten years ago too!
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited March 2011
    Electric and or hybrid gas/electric vehicles would be fine if they didn't cause more harm than good.

    1. Mine nickel
    2. Ship to another country via diesel vessel to create a foam that is part of the battery.
    3. Ship to another country via diesel vessel to be placed in said vehicle.
    4. Ship to another country via diesel vessel to be purchased by consumer.

    Before the car is even used by a consumer it has used thousands of gallons of diesel fuel.

    Better plan,
    1. Have your current vehicle serviced regularly.
    2. Have your tires check regularly.
    3. Learn how to drive more efficiently.
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