2.25, 2.25 for gas. no way, was 2.09. 2.25

[seabeyond]

for gas. damn good thing we have a texas oilman as president and he knows how to handle those saudi's i yell in the middle of the parking lot of our local convenience store. guys tarrin the roof, three construction workers getting out of truck, frito lay dude on one side, another dude on the other. panhandle of texas, with my kerry sticker on my car, bah hahahaha. i was so dramatic, had everyone watching the show.

my 12 year old niece's friend tells me in all her wisdom, the reason for these gas prices is to pay for the war. lol lol. oh no. i have already ridden her ass cause she has a smart mouth and now this.

i ask what our 87 billion in tax dollars was paying for, the money that hasnt even made it to the soldiers yet

so..........to let you all know. the high gas price is there so we are paying our part for this war.

by the time she got out of car she went from we are helping them, to we shouldnt be there. i may get a call tonight from a parent. told her dont ever bring up politics with me, cause i wont let a lie stand

[yorgatron]

1. where are you?

in California we've been getting hijacked like that for YEARS!!!

[Pacifist Patriot]

2. Don't know about Sea, but in...

Central Florida we just hit around $2.20 a gallon and that's high! Maybe now people will believe me?

[Jo March]

10. But but but Preznent Pretzel said that he'd make them oil barons

turn on that spigot! I a'member it cause that evil Clintoon was in office at the time.

Grrrrr...

[seabeyond]

19. fuck the 225, this is what i am saying, i had a blast

f*in with all these men all over the place. i was laughing so

[Jo March]

20. I wonder if they put 2 and 2 together?

Most folks won't blame * no matter how high the gas goes up.

[spanone]

39. I remember that horses ass saying that.

[Jo March]

42. I wish the "librul" media would replay that statement of his

over and over again!

[Resin]

28. Orlando

Yep.. it went from $1.85 to $2.23 in like 2 weeks.

I've said it once, and I'll say it again:

HIGH GAS PRICES ARE NOT THE PROBLEM, BUT PART OF THE SOLUTION.

[Pacifist Patriot]

29. I've thought the same thing.

[seabeyond]

32. me too

and it is fun...........makes it easy to rip bush

[FreedomAngel82]

35. Wow

That's quite a lot. Here down the block from where I live it's $2.11.
:crazy:

[FreedomAngel82]

34. Here in Tennessee

just down the block gas is $2.11 That's pretty pricy for around here.

[seabeyond]

4. lol panhandle of texas.

hasnt hardly ever hit two

i know i am lucky to be able to pay and not be pinched. i just naturally start driving less and ends up balancing in the long run. let the prices go up to where they need to, to get people pissed. will hurt husband, he drives in work, a lot. but we will deal with it

but.........it is interesting to know how the right are validating more money out of their pocket.

and, i am going to rub every conservatives nose in it

[MichiganVote]

3. $2.43 in West Michigan. Oil CEO's are making 20+million a year n/t

[conflictgirl]

15. $2.43 in mid-Michigan too. I've never seen it so high. nt

nt

[Jilly Beans]

5. 2.20.9 in South Mississippi at Shell stations...

The cheapest place I've seen is 2.13.9 at no-name stations.

[hadrons]

6. I don't own a car, but at the station near me ... (NYC)

it was $2.29/$2.35/$2.43 depending on your poison, but until the weather gets better I can't provide a bigger sample

[Lindacooks]

7. $2.29 in Minnesota...

highest ever...

[johncoby2]

9. Yea but.....Europeans pay $4.00+ a gallon

And it can rise 29 cents and catch up with inflation.

These are the excuses they are making now that gas is so high.
I tell them "Yea, in Venezuela, it is a quarter a gallon."
And Europe has health care for all of their citizen.

[Dave Reynolds]

13. I have read posts from some of our European

and Canadian members about us Americans whining about our gas prices. However, with all we pay we get crappy roads and minimal public transport choices.

Here in Michigan, public transit development was secondary to keeping the automakers fat and happy.

[Lindacooks]

16. OH, believe me, I know!

But Europe also has a much better public transportation system than the U.S. has. Just another area where we are sorely lacking.

[seventythree]

24. good one

and Europeans get something like 3 months vacation, too. Give us health care and 3 months off, and I won't mind 4 bucks a gallon -- oh, and I want great train transport all over the country, so I don't have to drive. Heck, I'd even settle for large enough parking lots so I can take the metra into Chicago.

[Inland]

8. AUX ARMES, CITOYENS!

Finally, Bush is going to get in trouble with red state america.
If they wanted to pay three bucks a gallon, they'd live in France.

[madmom]

11. $2.35 in nw ohio n/t

[Dave Reynolds]

12. Last night, $2.209

This morning, $2.439.

Jackson, Michigan

[Ann Arbor Dem]

14. I saw 3 different prices for "regular" yesterday....2.36, 2.24, & 2.18...

Needless to say, I filled the tank at the station with $2.18. Today the cheapest I saw was 2.28.

[gristy]

17. Good for you

I can picture you bellowing your outrage standing by the pumps... did you really?

[seabeyond]

21. everyone is talking the prices, who cares,........yes i did

lol lol this old woman (43) oh so dramatic,......lol lol

damn good hting our president is an oilman

that is a classic here. if i werent a girl, i could of been beat up

[Nickster]

18. 2.39 a gallon on the way home tonite for me. NW Suburbs of Chicago

[Jacobin]

22. I paid 98 cents canadian per liter in Vancouver last week.

They have it right. That's about $3.80 a gallon or thereabouts, U.S.

Tax the fuck out of it and encourage smaller vehicles and less driving.

Of course, their overall policies with universal health care, etc make this more humane for lower income folks buying fuel, but the answer is NOT cheap oil...because it is not cheap. We spend hundreds of billions in military tax money bullying the middle east to get cheap oil.

Anyway, the higher the better. We MUST wean ourselves from fossil fuel profligacy

[seventythree]

26. I had Easter dinner with an elderly farmer

He is very quiet, recently lost his wife (sisinlaw's fatherinlaw)but boy did he get hot when the conversation turned to oil prices. Farmers, a traditional republican base, are angry.

[understandinglife]

23. Relevant DU thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1367641

getting close to $hrub-clearing time..........


www.missionnotaccomplished.us (a good day to start living differently)

[taught_me_patience]

25. $2.39 in Los Angeles as of this morning...

Hasn't changed in about a week.


taught.

[Fovea]

27. Goldman Sachs says the markety peak will hit

$105/bbl.

At 19.4 gals of gas out of a barrel of crude,
without extraction cost, distribution, profit, taxes, etc again
the price at the market peak conjunction with rising demand year after next will be around $5.50 a gallon. With expenses, and a tax break, it might be as low as $6.00 a gallon at the pump, next year, or the year after.

Those are not Goldman Sachs gas estimates, but seem realistic to me.

I think it is only prudent to consider that we will break $3.50/gal sometime this summer.

I know all the reasons that we are supposed to fear the effects of conservation, from economic stress to loss of initiative to fix the underlying problem before it becomes a catastrophe.

Just the agricultural implications alone are cause for concern.

[ananda]

30. peak oil

I can't wait for the time when there's no oil left... oughta be interesting.. more interesting even than the popeular news on tv today.

Sue, still too poped to pop

[Fovea]

41. Are you a good gardener?

I suggest tilling more this year, and canning some food.
We are.

Most of what we buy at the grocery store and think healthy
is cultivated by oil and gas, fertilized with ammonia, made with natural gas. Shipped via train, or truck, run on diesel.

Those of us in the seventies who lived through the first oil crisis (though it was a political crisis in actuality) remember the generalized price shock as higher oil than right now percolated through the system.

It only went on for months, and it spurred huge bicycle sales. Comparing it to this coming crisis is more like the difference between holding your breath, and dying.

[crispini]

37. WOW. $6/gal next year?

Although if you think about, I can believe it.

[nytemare]

31. Governor Bush in 2000 stated that going into the oil reserves

in order to cut the American public a break on gas prices was a mistake. Gas was 1.50 then. He also suggested a better option would be to eliminate the federal gas tax. He said a significant chunk of the price of fuel was due to that tax. Can't get rid of it now, what with the big ol' tax break to those in the top 2% income bracket. You know, those who really aren't concerned with the price of gas, since they are making sooooooooo much money anyway.

On edit: Should have said "Then" Gov Bush.

:)

[Township75]

33. WOOOHOOO!!!! I hope it goes up another $1!!!!!!

That way every loser with a small penis and no future, or wide hips and no personality that thought they could buy a huge SUV to get attention can now pay out the wazoo for their gas guzzling oversized inefficient hunk of shit SUVs!!!

You have to pay to pollute :)

[alittlelark]

36. $2.39 in Los Altos - N. CA.

[spanone]

38. At my station gas went up seven cents over the weekend 2.23 TN.

[jim3775]

40. 92.3 cents per litre in north-western Ontario. Converted thats 2.86 USD