Gasoline Prices
 

You have them much better than in Japan.

I checked, and it appears that the current average in the US is $3.90 a gallon. Rising, but not all that bad.

Here in Japan, I`m paying $6 a gallon NOW, and we expect it to hit $8 in the next few months...

Get a car with decent mileage, don`t drive if it`s unnecessary, and don`t leave the car running while parked.

We fill our car 3 times a month at about $50 a tank. We drive quite frequently.
It`s not that horribly expensive, which is why it irritates me a bit when people in the US cry about $3 something a gallon gas. Use common sense, and you can manage. People use WAY too much gas to begin with. (SUVs.... for one example)

It's not really fair to say "We have it so much worse because we pay XXX a gallon." because the American economy (like many other world economies) is hurt in so many ways with the price of gas doubles in two years. This effects the price of food and milk, which has gone up noticeably, the price of airline tickets, just about everything. So it's not only the price of gasoline going up but the price of everything that uses or is transported by gas. In a place like Japan it is a lot easier for many citizens to live a gas-free lifestyle, and i think that is commendable, but the US is 25 times larger than Japan, and for many people living without a car simply isn't an option.

But on the other hand, there have already been good results. Our president just went to Saudi Arabia and got on his hands and knees and begged them to make more gas. Their response? Not interested. It really showed aware Americans that we DEPEND on people that are barely our allies to keep our country funtioning. A lot of Americans are taking notice, and some that scoffed at alternative fuels are now seeing that we need to find ways to be more self-sufficient and not depend on foriegn oil so much.

People are already starting to use less oil and use more alternative fuels. People are starting to dump their SUVs and, I believe, Toyota is the number 1 selling car manufacturer in the US now. Just like anywhere else, people don't change until it affects them personally and that is starting to happen now. It may cost you 50 dollars to fill your car in Japan, but it costs me $75. Like I said, this is almost double from two years ago, and I remember when I could fill it for about $20. So, like you suggest, I am looking at getting a more fuel efficient car (I drive a '94 Jeep, which I love, but it's embarrassingly innefficient).

So, Americans are going to get more efficient cars. The laws are changing to require more fuel-efficient cars. No one believes the American car makers that say that can't make a decent 50-mile-per-gallon car because the Japanese and Europeans are doing just that (sometimes much higher, even). SUVs that were 50,000 dollars in winter are now selling for 30,000 or less. Dealerships know this gas-guzzlers are lemons, and they need to dump them. So change is happening...and quicker than you might expect from America.

I think more bigger cities should use less gas, like new york.

I mean, think about all of the traffic jams where you spend an hour or so with your car ON. that wastes gas.

During long lines in traffic or fast food, my parents both turn their cars off when they know it'll take awhile. No longer can we afford to sit fifteen minutes with the car on waiting for mexican pizzas or chicken nuggets.

That helps, plus I take bus more often, or I walk. My homeplace is half city, half town...part of it's spread, other all packed.
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i know japan and europe has it high...but they're more of walking countries. Ms. Nyororin may drive frequently with her family, but it's not as a big deal as america makes it to be for herself, I believe.


A lot of my japanese friends I know take train, ride bike, or walk how many blocks it takes, rather than use their parents or their own car.

About the american prices, I think 15 dollars on airflight per extra bag is a bit much. Ten, I could understand...but...yeah. Price of food going up is harsh for my region too, since we used to be known for farming...
I'm afraid for our economy still.
Not to mention all the house trouble. I feel another depression folks.
Just our luck xD;

Think of Alabama...we have a lot of farming but the pprice still goes up. The U.S. is relying on places like Alabama and Tennessee for crop and its hard for just like 5 or 6 states supply for 50.
And I'm prooly going to get a motorcycle because I don't like cars and I would be able to get my liscence in two months instead of 3years.

Where I live we get our oil from Alaska (as far as I understand), so we should be cheaper then the rest of the country, as we don't have to worry about hurricanes and Saudi oil.

Don't work like that.

The nearest station to my house is selling regular at $4.29...but I can find it at under $4 a little ways away.

holy sh =.='''''


gas just hit 3.79 tonight =.='''

and last night the gas was 3.63 =.=''''''

buying gas has almost become like playing the stock market =.='''
best times to buy gas.....
lolz

The cheapest gas in America is the gas you buy right now.

w00t
go southwest h-town >.>'''

What I mean is, it have been going up in price every day for nearly three weeks. And it isn't going down. And it isn't going to anytime soon...if ever. That cheapest price you will find is today, as tomorrow it will be more.

actually the prices fluctuated for a bit =.=
one day it was 3.59, the next 3.69...then 3.63......then a sudden 3.79...
and back to 3.70 .....
=.=''

The AAA, which tracks all 50 states and averages them together, has posted increases every day for the last 17 or 19 days. They has never ever happened before. Of course, local prices might vary, but I haven't seen a price dip around Portland in at least that long.

damn it
i'ma just buy a crotch rocket =.=

I'm sorry but here in France we pay gasoline in liter, not in gallon (and I forgot the convertion between liter and U.S. gallon :o )

Here we had two ways: normal gasoline with more or less octan level (called here as "essence", then "super", and "super sans plomb" (without lead in it). After we had gazole, for diesel thermodynamic cycle engines.

Gazole was always cheapest than normal gasoline, it was always so the prices of diesel cars were a bit higher than normal ones to make a economic marge.

But since two or three weeks ago, gazole's price became higher than gasoline! (about more than 1,50 Euro a liter, I let you make the convert in USD per gallon)

Our small fleet of fishing boats, dependings most of diesel engines, could difficily handle this situation as it is seems (fishing became not rentable here now...). They made strike and asked to the governement to do something.

But here, the fuel is overtaxed by government, so I don't know what will happen.

It is odd here that, even if the prices are high, and as we have extended common transports networks (but they still have many defaults, this is not the subject), that you can hear all the cars running as more as ever...

Personnaly don't have one, I have transportation from my job, but if want to go on holiday I have to pay train (railroad), but I feel if I had a car I couldn't manage the gasoline bill, even if here we have relatively low fuel consomption cars.

So I expect I could have given info about gasoline situation in my country.

:ywave:

Tenchu so not true man a good percentage of people have motorcycles and get pretty good mileage or there are the ones that ride horses everywhere :vsign:

motorcycles dude
 

motorcycles make more sense especially here in california since you can legally split lanes. I do'nt know how people can sit in traffic (commute) when
you can get a bike? my commute sometimes (143 miles ) free bridge toll, nice
scenic pacific ocean.

I'm sorry if I'm resurrecting an old thread, but I had recently taken a road trip from Houston, Texas to Cedarburg, Wisconsin. And, I had noticed that as I progressed north, the gas prices also reached a higher price. Houston -- $2.45 on average. Cedarburg -- $4.76, average. It could be coincidence, but if it's not, I'm curious as to why it's like this.

Cheapest gas station here is $2.99 we have massive gas taxes in my county...

Save The Earth!!

Gas price rises are intentionally done by my parrots to force all to switch to our hover boards! Powered by sun energy!

So go Green! Save the planet!

And since I know this will come up: Yes, I can take thibgs seriously, I just find complaintslike these ridiculous as well abd simple conservative tricjs would help.

There's refineries all along the Texas coast, So the increase may be due to transportation costs, or supply/demand issues with moving inland.