Gas prices

[Blake]

just a heads up in case anyone was deciding to get gas now or later. If you want to save 2-3 bucks, I recommend now.

I drove by a chevron this morning and the price was 3.29 per gallon.

Drove back by a little later and it's now 3.47.

[WeNeedLength]

Shitttttttt that sucks ass.

[clambake]

pretty cheap actually.

[boutons_deux]

Late in 2011, "they" were predicting that gas prices would rise throughout 2012.

iow, you ain't seen nothing, yet.

[ididnotnothat]

Come summertime you know it'll pass $4 and possibly $5 a gal.

[boutons_deux]

The oilcos will have another fantastic year, $10Bs in profits, much parked off shore untaxed, while sucking down $Bs in taxpayer "tax expenditures", and will do everything, eg Kock Bros/API/etc, they can to keep gas guzzlers (eg, trucks, SUVs) on the road.

Peak oil and undersupply are their dreams, the sooner, the better.

The oil commodity traders also add 30%+ to the price of a barrel.

[JoeChalupa]

This is going to suck for vacation.

[Leetonidas]

They do it because they know you'll still pay for it.

[Das Texan]

A big part of the rise right now is due to the expiration of ethanol subsidies.

[baseline bum]

A big part of the rise right now is due to the expiration of ethanol subsidies.

That would be a price worth paying since it could drop our grocery prices back to normal levels.

[Frenzy]

If only you could download gas.

[DesignatedT]

bunch of broke fucks in here.

[cantthinkofanything]

If only you could download gas.

If only you could run a car on smiles and unicorn tears.

[Das Texan]

That would be a price worth paying since it could drop our grocery prices back to normal levels.



great point there. that alone would bring smiles and at worse its probably a wash in terms of how much you spend overall.


now if coffee prices would end their little rise....

[The Reckoning]

damn remember when it was 4.60 a couple of years back? everyone was up in arms and the cartel was pretty much forced to lower its prices. i wonder if 4.50 is the breaking point?

lol that was back when i was driving a mercedes diesel and laughing at everyone pumping their gas when id drive up...diesel was so much cheaper back then..:depressed

now i dont have a car and take the bus or walk everywhere because my brother sold mine to fix his truck without telling me.

[TheRunningMan]

Maybe more people will start walking or running to work or get their fat ass on a bike.

[cantthinkofanything]

Maybe more people will start walking or running to work or get their fat ass on a bike.

What if they worked on an island? Or if they are a truck driver.

[Blake]

damn remember when it was 4.60 a couple of years back? everyone was up in arms and the cartel was pretty much forced to lower its prices. i wonder if 4.50 is the breaking point?


Iirc, somewhere around $5 is where the individual gas stations start to lose money on credit card purchases.

[manufan10]

Maybe more people will start walking or running to work or get their fat ass on a bike.

Yes, we all want to end up at work all sweaty and smelly. :lol

[baseline bum]

great point there. that alone would bring smiles and at worse its probably a wash in terms of how much you spend overall.


now if coffee prices would end their little rise....

On top of that it could kill the gas guzzlers like 2008 almost did. LOL @ the prices used trucks and SUVs were going for then. You went on craigslist and people were practically giving them away.

[baseline bum]

Even better would be if the car companies start moving towards natural gas + hybrid technology to make trucks and SUVs affordable to drive as oil prices shoot through the roof.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

On top of that it could kill the gas guzzlers like 2008 almost did. LOL @ the prices used trucks and SUVs were going for then. You went on craigslist and people were practically giving them away.

A buddy of mine that works as a contractor and actually needed a large vehicle for all his stuff got a 2007 F250 for a song around that time. Pretty sure he was the only guy I knew who wasn't kinda pissed off that whole summer.

[mavs>spurs]

revolution coming to a city near you in 2012

[DMC]

Damn, corporate gas cards rule. I've not looked at gas prices in 4 years.

[Sisk]

Late in 2011, "they" were predicting that gas prices would rise throughout 2012.

iow, you ain't seen nothing, yet.

The fuck is your boy doing?

[Drachen]

Yes, we all want to end up at work all sweaty and smelly. :lol

If there was a shower at work, I would totally ride a bike here.

[Halberto]

High gas prices = good news for me. Give me your money, bitches.

[DMC]

High gas prices = good news for me. Give me your money, bitches.
You work in a gas station? Of course Halberto cannot have anything to do with Haliburton.

[Halberto]

1) I'm a geologist for a small exploration company.
2) I think people that work at gas stations make most their profit from selling stuff in the store

[The Dentist]

I'm all for drilling our own.

[The Reckoning]

1) I'm a geologist for a small exploration company.
2) I think people that work at gas stations make most their profit from selling stuff in the store


so you live in houston? my condolences.

[Halberto]

No I live in Austin

You guys are making terrible assumptions

[The Reckoning]

oh damn you lucky rock jock

[Halberto]

Haha Im here for now, but I imagine I'll be in Houston eventually in my career. Kind of a bummer. Beats living in Montana, though.

[baseline bum]

Haha Im here for now, but I imagine I'll be in Houston eventually in my career. Kind of a bummer. Beats living in Montana, thought.

You're nuts, man; a state with Glacier, the Beartooths, Yellowstone, and within driving distance of Grand Teton and the Winds cannot suck.

[The Reckoning]

You're nuts, man; a state with Glacier, the Beartooths, Yellowstone, and within driving distance of Grand Teton and the Winds cannot suck.


:tu until it all blows to hell

[baseline bum]

:tu until it all blows to hell

I'd rather die quickly in the explosion than drown as the volcanic glass shards that spread to the Texas air fill my lungs full of blood.

[The Reckoning]

but then you wouldn't be able to give your grand "im dying" speech. so much more poetic to die choking on your own blood.

[baseline bum]

but then you wouldn't be able to give your grand "im dying" speech. so much more poetic to die choking on your own blood.

True; still worth the sacrifice to not be in Houston tbh.

[Halberto]

You're nuts, man; a state with Glacier, the Beartooths, Yellowstone, and within driving distance of Grand Teton and the Winds cannot suck.


That would be nice, except I wouldn't be near any of those things. Also, Houston has a lot of hot asian girls

[baseline bum]

Gotta go to LA or SF if you wan't the FOB's tbh.

[TDMVPDPOY]

they can put up whatever prices, cause they know ppl will end up paying for it....

someone needs to tell me why western countries that dont absorb/buy much, but are producing the oil also charges the same market rate...while u look at the middle east oil producing countries that sells the shit dirt cheap to its people.....

switchin to LPG will be cheaper $$, but it drinks as much as more then petrol....hence LPG is at prices that petrol was 10-15yrs ago...and slowly creepin up

[Frenzy]

Damn, corporate gas cards rule. I've not looked at gas prices in 4 years.

Well no why would you they take the money from you before it lands on your payroll.

[Jacob1983]

High gas prices suck but it's a losing battle. Unless you live in a big city that has good public transportation, you're gonna get fucked by the oil companies.

[TDMVPDPOY]

High gas prices suck but it's a losing battle. Unless you live in a big city that has good public transportation, you're gonna get fucked by the oil companies.

where a ticket costs more then driving to work (excluding paid parking, unless you find free parking)

[Goran Dragic]

now i dont have a car and take the bus or walk everywhere because my brother sold mine to fix his truck without telling me.
lol Pat selling your car

[Nathan Explosion]

High gas prices suck but it's a losing battle. Unless you live in a big city that has good public transportation, you're gonna get fucked by the oil companies.

Or if you commute. Hell, I got a job offer closer to my home, within bike riding distance, but there's about 5 to 6 hills I'd have to climb to get there. Tried it once and it nearly killed me. Need to get in better shape.

Having said that, it wouldn't matter if I was in shape or not, because I'd be sweaty as hell when I got there.

Also, I commute 25 miles one way every day, so gas prices going up will cause me to look for another job closer to home, which kind of sucks because I actually like where I work.

[Wild Cobra]

What I find funny is the people that will drive out of their way to save a couple cents per gallon. They probably lost more in gas than they saved.

[Das Texan]

1) I'm a geologist for a small exploration company.
2) I think people that work at gas stations make most their profit from selling stuff in the store

There is a lot of oil and gas related jobs coming to San antonio and more will be coming. That's what happens when you are the largest city to a good chunk of the eagle ford shale

And this makes me very happy