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Yeah, Derry Walmart is usually the cheapest in town. Yesterday, I was down in Salem, NH and paid $2.59 at Mobil. Rediculous! :!:

Emily

Just filled up my truck today at 2.47 a gallon it ran about $37.00, you do the math on the gallons it took to fill up...

Give up?

Just over 15 gallons (small truck).

:(

George...

$69.00????

What are you driving an Abrams military tank?!

The cheapest I've found here in Alabama is 1.35.

2.53 and that is in the small town of Winchendon.

When are they going to invent hover crafts already LOL

:P

$2 frickin 75! up .26 since SATURDAY!

Agreed, but it still hurts.

I was in DR this summer and gas there was about $3.50 per gallon or so when you did the conversion.

I here the U.K is above $6.00

Gas prices go up. It's a fact of life. Yes, occasionally, it will go down a couple cents here or there, but I don't remember ever seeing a significant decrease in gas prices. Yes, it's been more ridiculous as of late, but it's a non-renewable resource. If you don't like it... buy a hybrid, an electric car (yes, there are mod for the hybrids to make them electric), or a good old-fashioned bicycle.

I was just checking some reviews on hybrids. Everyone says they have no power, duh. But they all love it. They are starting for about $22,000. That's cheap. And one of them said that what he used to pay in gas covers his payments. He did say he drives a lot. But wow. They one I was looking at had I think it said a 16 gallon tank. The one thing everybody didn't like was that there were very few options. BUT...I think I'm gonna order one. For me and my 5 kids....ya right. I guess I'll wait till they come in Mini vans. I'm sure it's not to far behind.

Roland's idea is great....However, we could all be like Daryl Hannah (Splash) and we could have our cars run on vegatable oil as well.

She was on Howard Stern the other day and spoke about how her car runs on vegatable oil. The biggest expense for her was turning her engine and car over to be able to use the oil as gasoline.

We could all just stop at McDonald's before work and pick some oil up in a to go container LOL

:D

The following is a section of a speech given in 1990 at a conference discussing the environmental impact of the March 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster. Portions of this speech were used, in conjunction with some very graphic footage, in a 1994 film called On Deadly Ground.

“How many of you out there have heard of 'alternate engines' -- engines that can run on anything from alcohol to garbage or water; or carburetors that can get 100s of miles to the gallon, or electric or magnetic engines that can practically run forever? You haven't heard about them because if they were come into use, they would put the oil companies out of business.

The concept of the combustion engine has been obsolete for over 50 years, but because of the oil cartels and corrupt government regulations, we in the rest of the world have been forced to use gasoline for over 100 years.

Big business is primarily responsible for destroying the water we drink, the air we breath, and the food we eat. They have no cure for the world they've destroyed. They care only for the money they make in the process.

How many oil spills can we endure? Millions and millions of gallons of oil are now destroying the ocean and the many forms of life they support. Among these is Plankton, which supplies 60-90% of the Earth's oxygen, and supports the entire marine ecosystem which forms the basis of our planet's food supply. But the plankton is dying.

I thought, 'Well, let's go to some remote state or country -- anywhere on earth' -- but in doing a little research, I realized that these people broker toxic waste all over the world. They basically control the legislation; and in fact, they control the law. The law says no company can be fined over $25,000 a day. For companies making 10 million dollars a day by dumping lethal toxic waste into the ocean, it's only 'good business' to continue doing this.

They influence the media so that they can control our minds. They have made it a crime to speak out for ourselves; and if we do so we are called 'conspiracy nuts' or laughed at.

We're angry because we're all being chemically and genetically damaged, and we don't even realize it. And unfortunately, this will effect our children.

We go to work every day, and right under out noses we see our car and the car in front of us spewing noxious and poisonous gasses that are accumulative poisons. These poisons kill us slowly, even when we see no effect.

How many of us would have believed 20 years ago that on a certain day we wouldn't be able to see 50 feet in front of us; that we wouldn't be able to take a deep breath because the air would be a mass of poisonous gas; that we wouldn't be able to drink out of our faucets; that we would have to buy water out of bottles; that the most common and God-given rights have been taken away from us; and unfortunately, the reality of our lives is so grim nobody wants to hear it.

Now I've been asked what we can do. I think we need a responsible body of people that can actually represent us, rather than big business. This body of people must not allow the introduction of anything into our environment that is not absolutely biodegradable or able to be chemically neutralized upon production.

And finally, as long as there is profit to be made from the polluting of our earth, companies and individuals will continue to do what they want. We have to force these companies to work safely and responsibly, and with all our best interest in mind, so that when they don't, we can take back our resources and our hearts and our minds to do what's right.”

This is just something to ponder while you're waiting at the gas station.

Last night my husband was flipping through the TV chanels and came accross a banner that said we are supposed to particiapte in a "gas out" on Sept 11, 12 & 13; buy our gas before or after those dates. I've gotten emails about that in the past but it seems our state is asking us to do this.

I said good luck with that... with Katrina destroying the Gulf, gas is not going to be coming down anytime soon.

What are you going to do? Stock pile it? You're just going to need more.

Gas prices aren't coming back down. Supply and demand my friends!

WOW, Seems like I haven't seen 2.56/ Gallon in a couple of weeks.

I have a company truck as well. I would never steal from my boss. If I were you I wouldn't trust them to much.

I mean really, How much more is it really? It's probably no more than one more trip with the family to McDonalds. It's fun to complain but stealing isn't cool.

Can you really call it supply and demand when the government allows the oil companies to manipulate the supply? If this practice of “supply manipulation” were done in any other business the Federal Trade Commission would be all over those responsible, calling their actions “Price Gouging” or “Price Fixing”…just ask companies like Nintendo of America who were hit by Class Actions brought by the FTC for manipulating the availability of their products to drive up the price.

Apparently our wonderful Government thinks that price gouging is okay when it is done by “Big Oil” but not by any other business. Hmmm, I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that both the President and Vice-President own oil wells…

That's why we have a FTC in this country...to make sure that "Big Business" applies "fair market value" to their products. However, the oil companies have been allowed to manipulate the market for so long that the public have become slaves to them. This is sad but true. It is the government's responsability to protect the interests of the public, unfortunately our wonderful leaders have chosen to protect their own interests instead. These are the people we elect to office...this is the best we can do...the huiman race is DOOMED.

DON'T YOU GO STARTING AGAIN!!!

Roland! Don't you dare start another debate just to make this girl look foolish.

:shocked:

This true?

Talk about a slippery slope.

I think gas prices shooting up is just fine, for now as long as it gets people working on other things to be smarter about fuel sources.

My slippery slope goes like this:

1) Gas prices go over $10.00 per gallon.
2) Government steps in to help regulate it temporarily while...
3) Government enacts incentives (like tax relief, and funding) to investors and corporations to help fund research and development for more practical renewable sources of energy (not unlike those listed in one off Roland's previous posts).
4) Number 3 creates markets/fields/industries to support such developments which in turn create more jobs.
5) More jobs make for a better economy.
6) This takes approximately 10-20 years, while China becomes the super power the US enjoyed being earlier this century.
7) At the same time, they make the same mistake we made depending on oil to run all machines.
8) We sell our new technological services to China to ease their oil pain.
9) We use that money to pay of the deficit which is into the quadrillions by this time due to the tax relief and funding we gave to those investors and corporations to come up with the energy solution.
10) The dollar's value skyrockets.
11) By this time, the year is 2050 and methuenhighschool.com has over 100,000 members.
12) I get 100,000 private messages (even I send myself one) telling me how smart I am for making the prediction.

You heard it here first.

LOL ur crazy Miguel 8O

3.15 down in Winchendon already...can't wait until I need to buy home heating oil

Look at it this way…in 1991 (during the first Gulf War and the first Bush era) gas prices were $1.89 a gallon—an all time high at that point. In 1998 (while Clinton was in office) the gas prices had dropped to $.79 per gallon. Today, in the second Bush era while we wage war on people who couldn’t possibly fight back (or the “W” years if you prefer) gas has again reached an all time high, topping $3.00 a gallon and still rising.

What does this all mean?

Simple: we need more White House sex scandals and less declarations of war. I believe that would be healthier all around...and make for a happier president.

Maybe that's the whole problem...Maybe "W" just cant get an intern to...NEVERMIND.

Make love not war!

Never mind waiting a day to raise prices, try raising prices 22 cents from the morning to the afternoon! I've even heard stories of people having gas prices raised AS they are filling up at the pump.

Lowest price I saw driving 500 miles yesterday was 2.56, in NJ. Nearly gagged when I filled up in CT at 2.99 (damn car didn't need gas in NJ.)

Time for some renewable resources, folks.

you hit one of the nails on the head there Miguel..."willing to pay". Basic economics. I wonder if we are limitless in our willingness to pay for gas, being the petroleum driven society that we are? How much will it take to say enough is enough? I surely haven't seen fewer people on the road these days, so oil companies KNOW that they can increase prices and get away with it at this point.

Sorry, but that’s just not how it works. Years ago the station owners had to buy the gas before it was dropped into their station’s holding tanks, but many oil companies have changed that practice so they can control the pricing more efficiently.

Now-a-days the oil companies—like Getty for example—drop the load of fuel and expect that it be pumped in a timely manner. They set the price and give the station owner a commission on the sales. Therefore, the oil company can call the station owner at any time and tell him what to set the price at.

JV is correct in that station owners only make a small amount on the fuel they sell. With Getty it used to be that the profit margin of your local dealer was 7.3 cents per gallon. But when Getty was sold to Lukoil in ’93 the commission was lowered so the station owner was only making 4.9 cents per gallon. Those same station owners also have to pay a fee for the use the brand name, because without that brand name the stigma of “bad gas” is attached to their product…even though it all comes out of the same tank.

WHAT? SAME TANK? That’s right. Every drop of gasoline sold in the Merrimac Valley—EVERY DROP—comes from one of two holding tanks—Maine Central or Providence Coast. The only differences between that spiffy Mobil Ultra and Haffner’s Super Unleaded is the price, the color die dropped into their own holding tanks, and the name on the side of the trucks delivering it.

How do you explain the difference in price??? Well…the explanation isn’t better gas, it isn’t better service, and it isn’t better reliability. It is simply that Mobil has a more recognizable name…that’s right people, you’re paying for advertising. Mobil’s profit margin is higher simply because people know who they are. Sad but true.

“But Haffner’s gas is from the bottom of the tank” people have said to me when I revealed the truth to them. “It has all the sediment in it.” Sorry to burst this bubble, but I’m afraid that it is simply not true. ALL gas has sediment in it. There is no way to avoid that. However, when you see a gas station that is “out of fuel” and is waiting for a delivery to begin pumping again there is still about 150 or so gallons in the tanks in the ground. Why? To prevent the pumps from pushing that sediment into any vehicles they stop pumping when the level is too low. Pay attention folks: you are more likely to get gas with sediment in it from a station that has recently had a delivery, because the movement of the gas in the tanks stirs up all the sediment at the bottom of that tank…it has nothing to do with the name on the pump.

So…why is the price of the gas that is already in the ground at your local station going up so fast? Simple…“Big Oil” wants to profit from the misfortune of others. Sadly, the FTC and other government agencies who are supposed to regulate these matters are doing nothing about it. Why? Ask our wonderful President Bush…the same guy who can have our military prepared to invade a foreign country in 12 hours but who has thus far been unable to send relief to those in need upon our own soil.

PHEW…that rant took a lot out of me.
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