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Post by protectmyassets on Aug 14, 2008 15:14:56 GMT -5
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Post by Brett on Aug 15, 2008 11:19:27 GMT -5
Yes I felt the same way and then stopped myself as well and yelled "bring it back to $2.89 again". I can hardly wait for alternative fuels to kick in. It only took us a few years to set up to send a man to the moon, we can invent a computer and a thousand other incredible inventions, yet we stop ourselves from being ripped off by foreign oil, sad!
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Post by rockstarinvestor on Aug 15, 2008 11:52:49 GMT -5
I'm ready for the Dukes of Hazzard retro fuel, you know Moonshine. I figure I will put half in the car and half in me. Anyone remember when homer simpson did that? lol
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Post by numbercruncher on Aug 15, 2008 16:27:13 GMT -5
Electric sounds great - just plug in next to my washer and then off i go. Hopefully they improve the battery life on these things. I am amazed that you can run a car on electricity and so cheaply.
Lets add in some solar and grain alcohol and whatever else we can stick in there and stick it to the oil companies ;D
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Post by fast2008 on Aug 22, 2008 17:30:56 GMT -5
With all the talk about switching to fuel efficient cars, our government really putting the attention out about new fuel alternatives, the politicians paying attention (only of course when they are trying to get elected or re-elected), now you start seeing the prices dropping.
Soon hopefully we drop below the $4 mark.
Just be careful not to get to comfortable because the oil barrons and speculators are just waiting to jack it back up again.
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Post by numbercruncher on Aug 28, 2008 13:23:03 GMT -5
OK, the gas prices for super unleaded are getting right at the $4 level (a huge drop). Now Americans, don't get comfortable and start doing your long trips and big SUV's again. This is only a trick, we have been tested by the oil speculators and oil countries to see how far they can push us on gas and you know what they got their answer, we can be pushed very far and very high and they haven't even nearly tapped out on how high they are going to push it.
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Post by liabilitygame2009 on Aug 28, 2008 15:32:09 GMT -5
Even though gas prices are falling, I would still buy one of those Smartfor2 cars. Those cars look awesome and they get like 60 MPG.
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Post by 92redskins on Aug 28, 2008 18:41:48 GMT -5
I don't understand the whole specualtion of the oil market and why after so many years has it become so volatile. Can some one explain the current trend? Am I right in saying that it's traded much like commodities?
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Post by m007cashinvest on Aug 28, 2008 18:53:39 GMT -5
YES IT IS TRADED MUCH LIKE COMMODITIES INFACT THERE IS TALK OF NOT ALLOWING IT TO BE TRADED THAT WAY TO STOP THE GOUGING OF COMSUMERS. HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL BE DONE. INSTEAD OF ALL PROGRAMS WE WASTE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THEY SHOULD INVEST THE SAME MONIES INTO ALTERNATIVE FUELS, GOING MORE GREEN ETC. I REMEMBER ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO A SCIENTIST RECEIVED A GOVENMENT GRANT FOR 40K TO DETERMINE THE FLOW RATE OF KETCHUP. THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT WASTING OUR TAX DOLLARS. THERE ARE MORE AND MORE EXAMPLES.
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Post by pennypincher on Aug 29, 2008 10:13:29 GMT -5
I am all for total free enterprise and entrepreneurship, but the talk about gas being the same price as a gallon of milk just doesn't wash.
You can choose whether you will drink milk or not and a gallon will last you for a week or longer. You must have gas in order to commute to work, buy groceries and run an economy, so if you allow speculators to trade the oil at an unlimited amount of money, you are basically crippling the economy and financially and yes physically putting people into the gutter and yes sickness and health dangers.
We must regulate the speculators in that they must also come up with the money when speculating, not futures buying.
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Post by numbercruncher on Aug 29, 2008 11:40:08 GMT -5
Even though gas prices are falling, I would still buy one of those Smartfor2 cars. Those cars look awesome and they get like 60 MPG. I'm glad cars like this are coming out. I feel sorry for someone in those cars when they get into an accident with a big SUV of course. But as long as they don't crash, they deserve to laugh at everyone all the way to the pump. What's taking so long to get alternative fuels to the market?
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Post by protectmyassets on Aug 29, 2008 14:15:57 GMT -5
I guess this high gas prices is a little payback to all those big SUV drivers out there that forced all of us small car drivers to upgrade to bigger pieces of metal in order to protect ourselves from these gas guzzling monsters, but then again we all pay the price for high gas, so nevermind. Even though gas prices are falling, I would still buy one of those Smartfor2 cars. Those cars look awesome and they get like 60 MPG. I'm glad cars like this are coming out. I feel sorry for someone in those cars when they get into an accident with a big SUV of course. But as long as they don't crash, they deserve to laugh at everyone all the way to the pump. What's taking so long to get alternative fuels to the market?
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Post by protectmyassets on Sept 2, 2008 10:54:36 GMT -5
Finally dropped below the $4 mark and i hear that they already discounted for the latest hurricane (and that would include some damage). Since the damage didn't happen like they predicted and discounted for, I am hoping the prices are going to keep dropping.
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Post by rockstarinvestor on Sept 2, 2008 13:00:22 GMT -5
Finally dropped below the $4 mark and i hear that they already discounted for the latest hurricane (and that would include some damage). Since the damage didn't happen like they predicted and discounted for, I am hoping the prices are going to keep dropping. Good this really makes my day!!!
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Post by pennypincher on Sept 12, 2008 15:30:48 GMT -5
Gas now $3.69 unleaded and $3.89 super unleaded in Los Angeles. I'm loving it. Keep dropping and don't let the storms scare you speculators, the storms should have already been factored in and they aren't causing major damage to the rigs.
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