How Much Are You Paying ?

polaris_x

81 wrote:

Ask him how he feels about charging stations

PJ_Soul

81 wrote:

Ask him how he feels about charging stations

I have always had a problem letting these kinds of conversations go - I really really have to work on it! ... Pandora isn't around this thread, is she? :?

DS1119

PJ_Soul wrote:

I didn't even know you existed until after I said I think people should find alternatives to owning cars... If you want to interpret people's statements of opinion as them telling you directly what you ought to do just because they used the word "should" and you think that equals "I AM TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO!", that really is too bad for you!! It necessarily closes you off to new ideas or perspectives, or even just from being able to have a reasonable discussion with someone without it going off the rails.

Definition of the word "should".


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ ... circle.jpg

PJ_Soul

DS1119 wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

I didn't even know you existed until after I said I think people should find alternatives to owning cars... If you want to interpret people's statements of opinion as them telling you directly what you ought to do just because they used the word "should" and you think that equals "I AM TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO!", that really is too bad for you!! It necessarily closes you off to new ideas or perspectives, or even just from being able to have a reasonable discussion with someone without it going off the rails.

Definition of the word "should".


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ ... circle.jpg

Thanks man!

81

speaking of gas prices...up anouther dime today to 4.599

that 1.10 in the last 30 days.

that's 32% in a month

81

for those that like charts



blue line is cost per gallon for that fill up, pink line is a rolling weighted average

PJ_Soul

81 wrote:

speaking of gas prices...up anouther dime today to 4.599

that 1.10 in the last 30 days.

that's 32% in a month

I have really wondered how the pricing of gas has been allowed to carry on like it has. Why no government investigation?? Last year Canada's finance minister actually said HE wasn't even clear on how and why gas prices fluctuated the way they did, and there was talk of a government inquiry, but so far, nothing... Maybe that finance minister and anyone else who declared their concern has a fatter wallet this year than last. :? Would not surprise me one bit.

81

good stuff here

http://205.254.135.7/oog/info/twip/twip.asp

i know it's US, but still good info

81

US Gasoline exports

81

speaking of energy...check this shit out....




now compare those wholesale price lines to retail price lines



how does that work?

chadwick

you folks really wanna fuck with the government and the oil companies? stop driving. stop driving period. if every single person in this country stayed home from work for one week things would change.

if every smoker quit smoking cigarettes the tobacco companies would be bankrupt in short order.

i am always thinking this way. i catch myself doing this extreme stuff quite a bit. it is a rebelion of sorts. we are taking back our country and shutting fuckers down that we do not appreaciate any longer.

wanna stop making dubai billionaires wealthier than they already are? park your car for a week, all across this nation. this would be utterly hysterical and fantastic. i long for the day when such a day comes. i do not drive my car on the weekends unless i absolutely have too. this feels good to me. i am saving gas, saving what little money i have and it is time to relax, stay home and write and play guitar.

i live in rural iowa, small towns iowa. we do not have a bus transit worth a hoot here. there is a transit bus system in place but they are operated by a whacky system. they charge $20 per hour per person to travel anywhere. i'm like, what the fuck?

western washington state has the greatest bus transit system i have ever used. college students ride free and if not a student $1 get your ass a long frickin ways.

81

chadwick wrote:

you folks really wanna fuck with the government and the oil companies? stop driving. stop driving period. if every single person in this country stayed home from work for one week things would change.

if every smoker quit smoking cigarettes the tobacco companies would be bankrupt in short order.

i am always thinking this way. i catch myself doing this extreme stuff quite a bit. it is a rebelion of sorts. we are taking back our country and shutting fuckers down that we do not appreaciate any longer.

wanna stop making dubai billionaires wealthier than they already are? park your car for a week, all across this nation. this would be utterly hysterical and fantastic. i long for the day when such a day comes. i do not drive my car on the weekends unless i absolutely have too. this feels good to me. i am saving gas, saving what little money i have and it is time to relax, stay home and write and play guitar.

i live in rural iowa, small towns iowa. we do not have a bus transit worth a hoot here. there is a transit bus system in place but they are operated by a whacky system. they charge $20 per hour per person to travel anywhere. i'm like, what the fuck?

western washington state has the greatest bus transit system i have ever used. college students ride free and if not a student $1 get your ass a long frickin ways.

you'd be hard pressed to get people to park on a sunday. forget about a week straight

big mick

chadwick wrote:

you folks really wanna fuck with the government and the oil companies? stop driving. stop driving period. if every single person in this country stayed home from work for one week things would change.

if every smoker quit smoking cigarettes the tobacco companies would be bankrupt in short order.

i am always thinking this way. i catch myself doing this extreme stuff quite a bit. it is a rebelion of sorts. we are taking back our country and shutting fuckers down that we do not appreaciate any longer.

wanna stop making dubai billionaires wealthier than they already are? park your car for a week, all across this nation. this would be utterly hysterical and fantastic. i long for the day when such a day comes. i do not drive my car on the weekends unless i absolutely have too. this feels good to me. i am saving gas, saving what little money i have and it is time to relax, stay home and write and play guitar.

i live in rural iowa, small towns iowa. we do not have a bus transit worth a hoot here. there is a transit bus system in place but they are operated by a whacky system. they charge $20 per hour per person to travel anywhere. i'm like, what the fuck?

western washington state has the greatest bus transit system i have ever used. college students ride free and if not a student $1 get your ass a long frickin ways.

Lead the way!

brianlux

chadwick wrote:

you folks really wanna fuck with the government and the oil companies? stop driving. stop driving period. if every single person in this country stayed home from work for one week things would change.

if every smoker quit smoking cigarettes the tobacco companies would be bankrupt in short order.

i am always thinking this way. i catch myself doing this extreme stuff quite a bit. it is a rebelion of sorts. we are taking back our country and shutting fuckers down that we do not appreaciate any longer.

wanna stop making dubai billionaires wealthier than they already are? park your car for a week, all across this nation. this would be utterly hysterical and fantastic. i long for the day when such a day comes. i do not drive my car on the weekends unless i absolutely have too. this feels good to me. i am saving gas, saving what little money i have and it is time to relax, stay home and write and play guitar.

i live in rural iowa, small towns iowa. we do not have a bus transit worth a hoot here. there is a transit bus system in place but they are operated by a whacky system. they charge $20 per hour per person to travel anywhere. i'm like, what the fuck?

western washington state has the greatest bus transit system i have ever used. college students ride free and if not a student $1 get your ass a long frickin ways.

The hills are too steep and the road too dangerous for me to ride my bike to work and there's not bus out here, Chadwick, but our commute is a short one and my wife and I try to have a least one "no-drive day" every week. Last week we had two no-drive days. It's really not hard to do. We ride share whenever possible as well. When I lived in the Bay Area where public transportation is good to great I almost never drove to work and yet the roads, highways and streets were constantly jammed up. Americans are addicted to there solo driving, believing it is some kind of god-given privilege and right to drive alone.

When peak oil really starts to settle in people will either adapt or freak out- but instead of preparing for the future by ending suburbia, improving rail service and building walkable communities we're just sticking our heads deeper in the sand so I think there will be a lot of freaking out.

We're looking for a place to have my book business in front or below and live in back or above so that even a short commute will be unnecessary. Most of us would do well to look for work close to home, especially in places where public transit is not an option.

The strange thing to me is that no one is talking about peak oil- like it doesn't exist. Classic denial.

tinkerbell

Petrol prices are nearly at their all time high again here about $12USD a gallon or $2.19NZD a litre! I have never filled up my V6 because it would cost close to $180!! There is no public transport in my small town and I try to have a least 2 car less days a week.

RKCNDY

highest in the state $4.39/reg and $4.69/premium

I do see $5/gallon by Memorial Day...maybe we'll stay home.

DS1119

RKCNDY wrote:

highest in the state $4.39/reg and $4.69/premium

I do see $5/gallon by Memorial Day...maybe we'll stay home.

Nah...We'll bomb something before it gets to that point.