I know you are tired of high gas prices too!

heiney9

jdhdiggs wrote: »

Um, they are earning record earnings numbers...

Yes, they are along with record profits. You have to have the earnings to make the profit unless you cut costs and that ain't happening. The numbers I hear on the news are PROFIT, not earnings.

danger boy

so did this "gas out" work or not? no metion of it anywhere on the news or the internet.

hoosier21

heiney9 wrote: »

I am now finding ways to reduce my fuel consumption..... I'll consoildate my errands and stop driving home for lunch everyday as well as stop the frivilous trips out around town.

H9

BINGO we have a winner

liordra

F1nut wrote: »

And that is the bottom line. Anyway you look at it, we're all getting **** by Big Oil.

And silly old me thought "getting ****" involves Baby oil.

dragon1952

Things aren't likely to change because "we" won't change (or not enough of us to make any difference) :rolleyes: We like to **** but we always want someone else to do something about it, like greedy little spoiled brats. We don't want to carpool, we don't want to take public transportation, we don't want to walk, we don't want to consolidate trips, we prefer one to a car and a million of them, we want our SUV's and Hummers and 300hp but then all we do is ****, ****, ****. I'm talking about Americans in general, not singling out anyone here...I didn't even read anyone elses posts so please don't attack me
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070516/gas_demand.html?.v=4

madmax

I like saving gas. Its my own little war on terror. As far as oil companies making profit, I have no problem with that. Last year I used about 1100 gallons. This year I'm using about 400. Just imagine if a decent portion of the population did the same.
madmax

krabby5

dragon1952 wrote: »

Things aren't likely to change because "we" won't change (or not enough of us to make any difference) :rolleyes: We like to **** but we always want someone else to do something about it, like greedy little spoiled brats. We don't want to carpool, we don't want to take public transportation, we don't want to walk, we don't want to consolidate trips, we prefer one to a car and a million of them, we want our SUV's and Hummers and 300hp but then all we do is ****, ****, ****. I'm talking about Americans in general, not singling out anyone here...I didn't even read anyone elses posts so please don't attack me
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070516/gas_demand.html?.v=4

Actually..me an another guy HAVE started car-pooling during the past month..I would have never done this without the rediculous gas hikes..I like my personal time to and from work..

but these things call for drastic measures..

tommyboy

dragon1952 wrote: »

Things aren't likely to change because "we" won't change (or not enough of us to make any difference) :rolleyes: We like to **** but we always want someone else to do something about it, like greedy little spoiled brats. We don't want to carpool, we don't want to take public transportation, we don't want to walk, we don't want to consolidate trips, we prefer one to a car and a million of them, we want our SUV's and Hummers and 300hp but then all we do is ****, ****, ****. I'm talking about Americans in general, not singling out anyone here...I didn't even read anyone elses posts so please don't attack me
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070516/gas_demand.html?.v=4

Its really not the price of gas that bothers me(well, ok that bothers me too:p ), but the rate in which it has risen. I got my license in may of 2002. I remember that year only paying 1.10-1.20 a gallon. 4 years later (july of 2006). I was paying 3.10 a gallon. you are telling me that gas priced tripled in 4 years because of our demand for oil has tripled?

If anyone could find if the demand for oil has tripled in four years(comparing it to four years say in the 90s), I would like to see it.

tommyboy

jdhdiggs

tommyboy wrote: »

Its really not the price of gas that bothers me(well, ok that bothers me too:p ), but the rate in which it has risen. I got my license in may of 2002. I remember that year only paying 1.10-1.20 a gallon. 4 years later (july of 2006). I was paying 3.10 a gallon. you are telling me that gas priced tripled in 4 years because of our demand for oil has tripled?

If anyone could find if the demand for oil has tripled in four years(comparing it to four years say in the 90s), I would like to see it.

tommyboy

The problem is that both gas supply and demand curves are fairly inelastic causing a far greater than a one to one relationship between demand and price. a 10 or 20% increase in demand could, theoretically, cause a 10X shift in price.

halo

Filled up on 5-14 and it was $3.35 pg. Yesterday (the do not buy gas day) it was $3.55 pg. Glad I didn't buy gas yesterday! :rolleyes:

SLOCOOKN

crude oil prices:

http://www.mms.gov/stats/PDFs/Summary_YearlyAveragePrices4-06.pdf

http://www.mms.gov/stats/PDFs/USPetroleum.pdf