Capitalism is a wonderful thing.

Now if we could just teach these people in the lines that their time is more valuable than the $20-30 they're saving on the full tank.

Are people really this desperate to save a few dollars on gasoline? The hour they spent waiting in line to get it could have been spent pulling food out of deep fryers at McDonalds and they probably would have came out ahead. I mean really?

There's no way they could be making money. Most stations make $.01-.05/gallon on gas. Maybe they're going out of business?

It's sad that this is the only thing that can make people happy right now.

/When will the price of hookers and blow drop to these levels?

what, no hero tag?

FTFA: "Two Lake Worth gas station owners agree they caused a ruckus Friday afternoon with $1.85 gas, they just don't agree on how their prices got there."



Could you describe the ruckus?

David Blumes "Alcohol can be a Gas"

http://www.alcoholcanbeagas.com/

Its legal to make your own Fuel a home. Most Cars can run on a 50/50 mix or higher with no conversions, and its cheap to go to a
higher Mix, like E85 to E95+


We can stop this BS. Alcohol runs cleaner and burns better and is renewable. Screw Corn, there are far better crops to grow for Alcohol.

What's wrong with these people with foreign names.

There was one a week ago with the same thing.

Are terrorists trying to lure the populace into complacency by giving them below market price?

This making people happy crap has got to end.

...aaand another thread ruined by Ruharu

This is stupid - gas is already cheap at $4.00 a gallon. Stop driving so much.

I wonder how many let their engine idle while they were in line?

Static86: Are people really this desperate to save a few dollars on gasoline? The hour they spent waiting in line to get it could have been spent pulling food out of deep fryers at McDonalds and they probably would have came out ahead. I mean really?

People generally freak out over gas price promotions. There are plenty of ways to save money in hard times, and most of them don't involve waiting in line for an hour.

Based on local gas prices and my car's tank size, I would have saved about $28.00 waiting in line and getting nothing done.

I'd rather make dinner at home, instead of taking the family out, in order to save that much money.

2.59 around these parts, (Springfield, Mo) and no gas lines.

they spend an hour in line and burn off most of their savings and why? so, later, they can go brag to their friends about what a great deal they got earlier. people subject themselves to a lot more for a lot less on a regular basis...they are such sheep.

On a related note:

WE'RE HEADED INTO A GLOBAL GREAT DEPRESSION.

/Pakistan is following Iceland into the void.

Suppose Gas throughout the area is 3.05, and 1.85 at these two places, at a savings of 1.20 per gallon, and lets say you buy 12 gallons, that's a total savings of 14.40.

So, is it worth it to wait an hour to save 14.40? Plus cost of idle.

Discuss.

/Although one could also argues it's Texas, and there's nothing else to do there anyway...

MrHelpful: they spend an hour in line and burn off most of their savings and why? so, later, they can go brag to their friends about what a great deal they got earlier. people subject themselves to a lot more for a lot less on a regular basis...they are such sheep.

Maybe they turned off the engines and pushed the car everytime it moved. Ever thought about that? Huh! huh!?

thumbsucker: This is stupid - gas is already cheap at $4.00 a gallon. Stop driving so much.

B-But I really need to go to the mall, pick the kids from the soccer game, go to work, and then head to the man-spa in my I'm-not-compensating-for-anything Gigantor Penisssius Maximus 2009!.

Just makes it that much harder to go back and pay the "regular" price.

I remember seeing the same thing, here in Florida...it was bullshiat, because the station is in the same parking lot as the Wal-Mart, various fast food places, and my bank which I was trying to visit. It took me about twenty minutes longer than it should have just to drive through all of the idiots parking in the road to make a deposit.

Oh, and it was only at 2.09. Next expensive was about 2.25.

gund: MrHelpful: they spend an hour in line and burn off most of their savings and why? so, later, they can go brag to their friends about what a great deal they got earlier. people subject themselves to a lot more for a lot less on a regular basis...they are such sheep.

Maybe they turned off the engines and pushed the car everytime it moved. Ever thought about that? Huh! huh!?

Plus, with the line moving slowly, you can safely draft the car ahead of you.

...or, alternatively .... get a sensible sized car and save that much on every single fillup.

Dropped about 6 cents since yesterday around here. About time

I keep seeing these stories of gas station owners who, tired of being a third-party accessory to gas price woes, just decide to say "to hell with it, let them be happy" and drop their prices through the floor for a little bit. They don't worry that they're hemorrhaging profit, they just like seeing smiling customers for once.

These guys deserve a "Hero" tag.

Seacop: Suppose Gas throughout the area is 3.05, and 1.85 at these two places, at a savings of 1.20 per gallon, and lets say you buy 12 gallons, that's a total savings of 14.40.

So, is it worth it to wait an hour to save 14.40? Plus cost of idle.

Discuss.

/Although one could also argues it's Texas, and there's nothing else to do there anyway... there's a lot of scum floatin' around on that genetic pond...

FTFY.

/stupid people, large groups, yada yada yada
//apologies to any smart Texans out there

Seacop:
So, is it worth it to wait an hour to save 14.40? Plus cost of idle.


Are you kidding??

I can brag all week about how I got me some of that $1.85 gas...!

JesterGirl:
Could you describe the ruckus?


En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style

Did you know that the first model Ts were run on Alcohol not Gas, and later could run on both.

And that only later when prohibition was passed did Gas become the only avliable fuel to use.

Just saying

People will do the same thing when gas at one station is 25 cents cheaper. I

Morons. my time is worth a lot more than $15.

they clearly haven't quite grasped the idea of capitalism since they came to america

ihatedumbpeople: Morons. my time is worth a lot more than $15.

yeah, you could have been on FARK for that hour.....

Down to $7 per gallon (US) here.

/Yes. Really.

/wanted for questioning

MIguy: People will do the same thing when gas at one station is 25 cents cheaper. I

I.....I what? I like Cheap Gass? I like Asian Tranny's? I killed 7 people in blind rage??


DON'T LEAVE US HANGING!!!!!!

Why Alcohol?
http://www.alcoholcanbeagas.com/node/518

Busting Ethanol Myths
http://www.alcoholcanbeagas.com/node/490

Raharu: Did you know that the first model Ts were run on Alcohol not Gas, and later could run on both.

Most gasoline cars can run on alcohol with only minor modifications - that's why Bush is pushing it so hard as an alternative fuel.

Turning the food supply into gasoline just to save a few bucks on engine modifications is a Very Bad Idea, but that's not stopping him.

I really don't know how pathetic you have to be to wait for over and hour to get a tank of half-off gas.

Raharu: Why Alcohol?
http://www.alcoholcanbeagas.com/node/518

Busting Ethanol Myths
http://www.alcoholcanbeagas.com/node/490

You're don't get invited to a lot of parties do you?

Hiro's Protagonist: JesterGirl:
Could you describe the ruckus?


En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style

Beat me to it, very nice.

Raharu: Why Alcohol?
http://www.alcoholcanbeagas.com/node/518

Busting Ethanol Myths
http://www.alcoholcanbeagas.com/node/490

Knock it off asswipe. We don't care about your agenda.

wow....i bet mac/dennis/and charlie were giving away free gas right infront.

/wildcard biatches!!

Oh----RUCKUS.....Never mind

Joce678
Thats a myth.
Number 2 in fact
http://www.alcoholcanbeagas.com/node/490

Myth #2: There Isn't Enough Land to Grow Crops for Both Food and Fuel!

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. has 434,164,946 acres of "cropland"-land that is able to be worked in an industrial fashion (monoculture). This is the prime, level, and generally deep agricultural soil. In addition to cropland, the U.S. has 939,279,056 acres of "farmland." This land is also good for agriculture, but it's not as level and the soil not as deep. Additionally, there is a vast amount of acreage-swamps, arid or sloped land, even rivers, oceans, and ponds-that the USDA doesn't count as cropland or farmland, but which is still suitable for growing specialized energy crops.

Of its nearly half a billion acres of prime cropland, the U.S. uses only 72.1 million acres for corn in an average year. The land used for corn takes up only 16.6% of our prime cropland, and only 7.45% of our total agricultural land.

Even if, for alcohol production, we used only what the USDA considers prime flat cropland, we would still have to produce only 368.5 gallons of alcohol per acre to meet 100% of the demand for transportation fuel at today's levels. Corn could easily produce this level-and a wide variety of standard crops yield up to triple this. Plus, of course, the potential alcohol production from cellulose could dwarf all other crops.
----====---

Using only Corn as a crop, or land that corn is being grown on in foolish, there are several crops that have higher alcohol yields, and can be grown on land that we would not even consider using for traditional crops!

$2.779 yesterday in Wichita. I fill my motorcycle up and ride the crap out of it for ten days or so, then fill up again. Costs about $10-12.

Raharu: Why Alcohol?

Biodiesel would be 10x better on all counts.

PS: Brazil doesn't have anywhere near as many cars as America and very few of them are SUVs.

For Palin's sake! Ozair Khalid and Jaswinder Singh are quite
clearly muslin terrists don'tchaknow, wink.
Why do they hate amerika?
Would not last 10 seconds in alaska. KILL THEM!

/gas @ $3.40 where i am.

So we destroy the world economy and somehow manage to get cheap gas and a strong dollar out of it, while Canada is headed towards becoming our North Mexico. ..how?

TownDrunk: Raharu: Why Alcohol?
http://www.alcoholcanbeagas.com/node/518

Busting Ethanol Myths
http://www.alcoholcanbeagas.com/node/490

Knock it off asswipe. We don't care about your agenda.

He's just trying to start...a ruckus.

Biodiesel or Alcholo, you can have both and run on both...

The point of the matter is that Gas is not the solution. A Renewable fuel could be.