I didn't buy your V8 and I keep my tires inflated like an elitist.

Meh, I'm not concerned. I'm working on an engine that runs on vegetable oil and dryer lint. How hard could it be?

vpb: Party Boy: RexTalionis: The economic reality is that the first time we hit $5 dollars per gallon for gas, we were shocked. But every subsequent time we hit $5 dollar for gas, we just grumble and grudgingly accept it. It's always the first time that's shocking. The subsequent times, it just sets up a new normal.

Then theres the economic pressures from high prices that depress global demand, thereby dropping prices. Then theres the devaluing of the dollar and the changing value of what constitutes $5.

Then theres a cute cat picture.

I wonder what the price of gas would be if we payed the actual cost? What if we added the cost of the extra military force we have to maintain to ensure our access to oil from places like the middle east? And environmental and other costs?


I've done some googling on this topic and found upwards of 15 dollars a gallon. FWIW

Asia is why gas is so expensive. Get used to it. You can't make 2 billion people go back to riding bikes.

Lumpmoose: Yes, let's continue to fret about an extra dollar per gallon of gas while Brazil kicks our ass with self-sustainable biofuels.

Well, we need to set the stage for Republicans to agitate for yet another useless war in the Middle East somehow.

Rapmaster2000: Asia is why gas is so expensive. Get used to it. You can't make 2 billion people go back to riding bikes.

Well you CAN, just stop selling them Oil and gas. It's not profitable to do so, but you CAN do it.

fark you subby...it did hit $5 in my area in 2008

EnviroDude: RminusQ: BillCo: FTFA: The average price for a gallon of gasoline was $1.85 when President Obama took office 3 years ago.

This can't be the fault of our Dear Leader. What Republican is responsible.

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The fact that the price of gas plummeted during the last four months of the Bush administration, thus producing an out-of-the-ordinary low point for you to say Obama took over at, is not worth mentioning at all.

Your chart denotes that the current prices are the highest for any January. The trend of rising prices through the summers could lead to heartburn for the leftist liberals.

Or maybe, just maybe, if you look at an even longer chart, it's always been increasing, just like every other commodity through the history of time.

Nah, nevermind, just blame Obama, he's clearly the first President to ever see a gas price rise.

I_Am_Weasel: Don't worry. DON'T WORRY. Not "Don't Work"

Stupid weasel.

Baboon-like typing detected?

I drive a corrolla. Next car I hope will have even better gas mileage and still be reasonably sized.

What consumes the most oil in America? I am given to understand its not really trucks and SUVs.

I hope that Texas Oil Cabal that helped sustain and maintain the Bush Administration works their influence so we can replace Obama with a Real American.

//In case you couldn't tell, I was being sarcastic.

Gergesa: I drive a corrolla. Next car I hope will have even better gas mileage and still be reasonably sized.

What consumes the most oil in America? I am given to understand its not really trucks and SUVs.

2/3 of it is transportation, including commercial shipping. I suspect Commercial shipping is the larger part of the pie.

Gas prices are one of those knee-jerk things that drive the thinking of the masses. Hitting $5 a gallon leading up to the election would not be good for Mr. President.

Romney will blame his administration's heavy-handed environmental policies for stunting development of resources.

Like it or not, it's an issue that connects with voters.

Gergesa: I drive a corrolla. Next car I hope will have even better gas mileage and still be reasonably sized.

Does that mean Facebook is going to blow up with another "DON'T BUY GAS ON [specified date] TO TEACH THE OIL COMPANIES A LESSON!" campaign?

Eddie Adams from Torrance: I'm working on an engine that runs on fear, racism, and impotent rage. How hard could it be?

Put a conservative on a bicycle in an economically depressed inner city neighborhood?

ChimpMitten: Eddie Adams from Torrance: I'm working on an engine that runs on fear, racism, and impotent rage. How hard could it be?

Put a conservative on a bicycle in an economically depressed inner city neighborhood?

I think you just solved the energy crisis.

BillCo: FTFA: The average price for a gallon of gasoline was $1.85 when President Obama took office 3 years ago.

This can't be the fault of our Dear Leader. What Republican is responsible.

Gas prices doubled under Obama, but quadrupled under Bush. I guess Bush can't be responsible, though, because Republicans can't take responsibility for anything.

DoBeDoBeDo: Rapmaster2000: Asia is why gas is so expensive. Get used to it. You can't make 2 billion people go back to riding bikes.

Well you CAN, just stop selling them Oil and gas. It's not profitable to do so, but you CAN do it.
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that's why I get LOL everytime someone continually grumbles about gas...I walk everywhere & done so for 40 something yrs.

not too worried, the truck runs on either gasoline or propane, and propane is going for 2.49/gal.

i know, you all wish you were more like me.

I work in temporary housing, and travel impacts our business... which means gas prices (among many other things) impacts our business. There are some analysts in our company who have been freaking out about this recently. They think oil prices are due to hit an all-time high this year, even after adjustment.

A lot can change, and prices many times can be difficult to predict accurately, but I see no reason to doubt that gas prices will be getting pretty high this year. I don't know if it will be as bad as they're predicting, but it won't be good and it will effect all sectors of the economy, and most of the general public (the 1% could give a fark, as usual, and many will probably make tons of cash on futures trading).

davemelnick: DoBeDoBeDo: Rapmaster2000: Asia is why gas is so expensive. Get used to it. You can't make 2 billion people go back to riding bikes.

Well you CAN, just stop selling them Oil and gas. It's not profitable to do so, but you CAN do it.
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that's why I get LOL everytime someone continually grumbles about gas...I walk everywhere & done so for 40 something yrs.

Only a nobody walks in LA.

Hey, does anyone remember when people were all like "Hey, these OPEC gas prices are killing us, it's soo expensive" and Carter was all like "hey, let's put on a mild gas tax to fund alternative energy research, and lets also develop more fuel efficient cars and solar energy?" and then as soon as gas dropped a little bit, they killed all his proposals? And here we are. Again.

Perhaps investing in alternative research is not such a bad idea. I mean, the military sees fuel as a strategic weakness, which is why they are testing biofuels and trying to massively increase their reliance on renewable energy. But we know they're just a bunch of tree hugging-Commies in the Marines.

You'd think the average consumer would want to lower prices, but from the looks of it, it seems they would rather pay $5/ga. and blame Obama than even contemplate a real solution.

davemelnick: DoBeDoBeDo: Rapmaster2000: Asia is why gas is so expensive. Get used to it. You can't make 2 billion people go back to riding bikes.

Well you CAN, just stop selling them Oil and gas. It's not profitable to do so, but you CAN do it.
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that's why I get LOL everytime someone continually grumbles about gas...I walk everywhere & done so for 40 something yrs.


Don't lol so hard at them. While nice, that simply isn't possible for most people.

colon_pow: the truck runs on ... propane



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Just imagine what prices would be like if we took the massive efficiency gains of the last 30 years (granted, they could have been better) and made light, dependable cars instead of tossing the efficiency and making ponderous tanks that waste fuel in the name of Jesus.

davemelnick: DoBeDoBeDo: Rapmaster2000: Asia is why gas is so expensive. Get used to it. You can't make 2 billion people go back to riding bikes.

Well you CAN, just stop selling them Oil and gas. It's not profitable to do so, but you CAN do it.
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that's why I get LOL everytime someone continually grumbles about gas...I walk everywhere & done so for 40 something yrs.

Are all the goods you consume brought in to your area by truck or by piggy-back? If nothing you consume was transported at any time on a vehicle that used gasoline, feel free to keep LOL'ing.

elchip: BillCo: FTFA: The average price for a gallon of gasoline was $1.85 when President Obama took office 3 years ago.

This can't be the fault of our Dear Leader. What Republican is responsible.

Gas prices doubled under Obama, but quadrupled under Bush. I guess Bush can't be responsible, though, because Republicans can't take responsibility for anything.

Well obviously that was the work of godless atheist liburul market speculation. Repubs would love to regulate the industry, but it would go against their principles of small government and besides it would probably backfire.

*coughs*

In just the past week, gas prices have gone up nearly seven cents and there is no sign of them coming down any time soon.

This article was written last week, our gas went up 15cent then, today it's back down to what it was before the spike. Guess he didn't have very good foresight.