Im just gonna walk everywhere

01WhiteNe0n · Post by **01WhiteNe0n** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:11 am

Yeh They said if every internet user didnt buy gas today... that it would take 2,900,000,000 out of the gas companys pockets. Theres no need to raise the price tha much when they make 40 million in profits...

Cabbs · Post by **Cabbs** » Wed May 16, 2007 1:06 am

I just paid $3.44 for regular today, $3.61 for 92. What a load of bullshit.

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:09 am

Everyone together say "Thank You OPEC!"

Blame our economy? Please, gas goes up every summer, and goes down after fall, winter gets lowest and pops right back up once it is warm. I keep a log of gas and this time last year it was $2.899-2.939 for most of May (91 oct in KC) and now I pay $3.299, so that is a difference of $0.36 - two years ago it was $1.919-2.099 which is a difference of $1.20 - it is the stupid Oil Producing Country's like Venezuela and the Middle East who strangle us, but then our law makers refuse to drill in areas because they do not want to harm the land of some moose... go figure.

LOBBYISTS.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Wed May 16, 2007 2:10 am

shit... im too lazy to walk. ill pay the 3.50 a gallion....

sullygully · Post by **sullygully** » Wed May 16, 2007 1:22 pm

racer12306 wrote:a mass protest does NOTHING

lets say that every single person in the country didnt buy gas today. ok so gas stations make nothing today. but tomorrow their sales will go through the roof.

EXACTLY! This is what i tell all the retards at work that try and tell me not to buy gas during the mass protest. I tell them, well if i dont' need gas, i won't buy it, but if i do, then i will buy it. Preventing the sale of gas on one day does absolutely nothing, as those people that didnt' buy gas, will just buy it the next day.

kc2002acr wrote:Everyone together say "Thank You OPEC!"

Blame our economy? Please, gas goes up every summer, and goes down after fall, winter gets lowest and pops right back up once it is warm. I keep a log of gas and this time last year it was $2.899-2.939 for most of May (91 oct in KC) and now I pay $3.299, so that is a difference of $0.36 - two years ago it was $1.919-2.099 which is a difference of $1.20 - it is the stupid Oil Producing Country's like Venezuela and the Middle East who strangle us, but then our law makers refuse to drill in areas because they do not want to harm the land of some moose... go figure.

LOBBYISTS.

I don't see you complaining about food prices? Why does food go up and down in price then? Why are mushrooms one week 2.99 a pound, and then the next day they are on sale for $1.99 a pound. Why does canned soup, a non perishable food, go on sale every other week? All in all, food is gradually going up in price. Its called INFLATION.

People who complain about oil prices are treating it like a necessity like food.

We can't live without food, but we can live without oil. If you're not going to complain about food going up, then don't complain about oil going up, unless you are drinking it to survive.

biggrobb1995 · Post by **biggrobb1995** » Wed May 16, 2007 3:01 pm

It just sucks when I see someone in Florida or wherever paying less for 93 octane than I do for crappy 91. Show us Cali peeps some octane love!

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Wed May 16, 2007 3:14 pm

^Becuase of the cost of living?

yankeesking · Post by **yankeesking** » Wed May 16, 2007 3:16 pm

i remmy back in 98 when i was a senior in h.s. it was like 99 cent per gal. I complain i can't afford it.

gas raises up due wars. they needs gas for tank, hummers, etc.

no wars...they dont need gas...we get cheaper gas..

Post by **racer12306** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:17 pm

01WhiteNe0n wrote:Yeh They said if every internet user didnt buy gas today... that it would take 2,900,000,000 out of the gas companys pockets. Theres no need to raise the price tha much when they make 40 million in profits...

ok so it would take $2.9 billion out of their pockets today, but they would make that $2.9 billion back over the next 2 or 3 days in sales that would be above expected.

sullygully · Post by **sullygully** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:41 pm

racer12306 wrote:
01WhiteNe0n wrote:Yeh They said if every internet user didnt buy gas today... that it would take 2,900,000,000 out of the gas companys pockets. Theres no need to raise the price tha much when they make 40 million in profits...
ok so it would take $2.9 billion out of their pockets today, but they would make that $2.9 billion back over the next 2 or 3 days in sales that would be above expected.

There should be an iq test before people get to post their opinions. If its below 100, then they can't reply.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:32 am

I concur

01WhiteNe0n · Post by **01WhiteNe0n** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:38 am

Yeh but its the point there proving to the oil company that they would loose hella money if they stopped driving

HOrseS Ftw !!

Post by **racer12306** » Thu May 17, 2007 10:21 am

but it still wont make a difference in the end because there will still be millions of cars on the road.

blackboi50 · Post by **blackboi50** » Thu May 17, 2007 10:29 am

crowd00control wrote:Normally, my 93 octane fill ups would be right around $20. Now, it costs damn near if not over $35.00. That's a 75% increase. f*** GAS. I'm going to start pooring corn juice in my damn car.

i had a guy on the highway in front of me with that........i got rilly hungry then when i came up next to him it said veggie juice mobile!!!!!!!.......i went straight to McDonalds afterwards!!!!!!.......1

hul kogan · Post by **hul kogan** » Thu May 17, 2007 10:40 am

racer12306 wrote:a mass protest does NOTHING

well, ya never know...it might make the oil execs have to cut back to 2 caviar meals a day, opposed to their normal 3.

.Chris

01WhiteNe0n · Post by **01WhiteNe0n** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:24 am

In 1998 there was a mass protest against the riseing gas prices and Many people didnt buy gas one day the next day gas dropped over 20 cents or something like that. Can't remember exactly might be more.

blackboi50 · Post by **blackboi50** » Thu May 17, 2007 11:41 am

01WhiteNe0n wrote:In 1998 there was a mass protest against the riseing gas prices and Many people didnt buy gas one day the next day gas dropped over 20 cents or something like that. Can't remember exactly might be more.

yup its true.......well the national protest day was the 15th but i guess nobody participated because it only went down a penny here in ATL!!!!!..and everytime i passed by a gas station there were madd cars....

Another thing is if people were to fill up everytime instead of 10 here 5 there...their cars would be more efficient....and gas wouldnt be so high......

Saw a guy put 3 buxs in his car about 2 weeks ago!!!!.....1

rannox · Post by **rannox** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:07 pm

i had a 84 ford crown vic station wagon before my neon, when gas was like 2.75 here in fresno.

I got like 10mpg on a lucky day, i spend roughly 100-150 on gas a week.

20$ per week with the neon.....and 260 per month payments, i think im saving money. lol

Oh ya, and if any of u fresno ppl seen a big ass white station wagon, that was probly me, ive only seen like 3 others, and one of em is my parents. haha

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Thu May 17, 2007 8:57 pm

I'm done with this thread... some people just will not get the idea of all of this... *shakes head*

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Thu May 17, 2007 9:21 pm

Opi wrote:I'm done with this thread... some people just will not get the idea of all of this... *shakes head*

flamingpinhead · Post by **flamingpinhead** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:51 am

the price of 93 is why i hardly ever drive the SRT now. plus it burns way more gas but thats probably my own fault with the accelerator. its fucking crazy it cost me 26 bucks and change to fill up my 12 gallon SXT tank from about the 1/4 mark. im seriously considering riding my bike 8mi each way to work.

figure our cars get around 30 mpg. at 3.00 a gal thats 1 buck for every 10 miles driven. and it gets worse when putting around town. i really consider now before driving somewhere if i really need to go

silentneon01 · Post by **silentneon01** » Fri May 18, 2007 10:24 am

KrackstaR wrote:Thats why i own a suv that i have for atleast two months and i never drive it , i drive a 04 corrolla everyday. soon to be a DD neon once i find one.

there is a silver 01 on the used car lot up by my house. I can check it out for you if you want.

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:02 pm

sullygully wrote:
kc2002acr wrote:Everyone together say "Thank You OPEC!"

Blame our economy? Please, gas goes up every summer, and goes down after fall, winter gets lowest and pops right back up once it is warm. I keep a log of gas and this time last year it was $2.899-2.939 for most of May (91 oct in KC) and now I pay $3.299, so that is a difference of $0.36 - two years ago it was $1.919-2.099 which is a difference of $1.20 - it is the stupid Oil Producing Country's like Venezuela and the Middle East who strangle us, but then our law makers refuse to drill in areas because they do not want to harm the land of some moose... go figure.

LOBBYISTS.
I don't see you complaining about food prices? Why does food go up and down in price then? Why are mushrooms one week 2.99 a pound, and then the next day they are on sale for $1.99 a pound. Why does canned soup, a non perishable food, go on sale every other week? All in all, food is gradually going up in price. Its called INFLATION.

People who complain about oil prices are treating it like a necessity like food.

We can't live without food, but we can live without oil. If you're not going to complain about food going up, then don't complain about oil going up, unless you are drinking it to survive.

Interesting argument, except you forgot one thing - this isnt about food... as a matter of fact I complain about the cost of milk, eggs, meat, chicken, etc going up all the time. It has more to do with just inflation, it has a lot to do with the time of year, the cost of shipping increases, and the cost of crude oil. So don't go giving me some lecture on economics and surely dont give me some lecture about what I can and cannot complain about. All I was doing was adding to the post my opinion on the matter of oil.

Also, another HOLE in your argument is that oil isnt a necessecity - maybe, but lets look at it this way. To eat (since you brought up food) I need to work, to work, I have to get there, to get there I need to either walk the 10 miles to work, and then walk the 200 square mile delivery area I am in, or take a bus (oops, oil!) umm... ok, so I need to drive. Also, to get this food to market, you need a means of shipping, let see..... boat, we could row it up the missouri and mississippi rivers as well as the ohio and colorado, and a few others I know I am missing... but then it needs to get to these rivers, so guess horse and buggy, but then we run into problems of keeping things like milk and meat fresh for these long durations of trips - I guess an ice cooling system will have to work, like they did some 100+ years ago. Damn, now I have to start growing my own food to get fresh veggies, and I need to raise chickens and cattle so I can get some protien and essential fat as well as grains and legumes like beans and rice and wheat, but where? I live in an apartment!! So, since I have to move out of the city, I need to find some land and do all this, but now I have no money to get any of it, because I can't drive to work to deliever pizza's since oil isn't necessary... Damn, what do I do??

Look, we live in a country where technology and advancement has MADE oil a necessity. This country supports 300 million plus people because of the fact that we can get from 3000 miles away in less than a day with fresh food and other products necessary to sustain life because of oil.

Complaining doesnt do anything, granted, and neither do boycotts because as consumers of oil, the people who use the most oil is large industry and shipping. So before you start whining about people whining about oil, and then start comparing apples with oranges, and telling me that I can't do something because I dont do something else is ludicrous.

OverDrive418 · Post by **OverDrive418** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:58 pm

I went into the gas station today and asked for five
dollars worth of gas.....

The clerk farted and gave me a receipt.

Post by **racer12306** » Fri May 18, 2007 2:00 pm

*picks self off floor*

made me laugh so hard my eyes started watering, i am definitly going to find a way to put that in my sig

sullygully · Post by **sullygully** » Fri May 18, 2007 2:27 pm

kc2002acr wrote:
sullygully wrote:
kc2002acr wrote:Everyone together say "Thank You OPEC!"

Blame our economy? Please, gas goes up every summer, and goes down after fall, winter gets lowest and pops right back up once it is warm. I keep a log of gas and this time last year it was $2.899-2.939 for most of May (91 oct in KC) and now I pay $3.299, so that is a difference of $0.36 - two years ago it was $1.919-2.099 which is a difference of $1.20 - it is the stupid Oil Producing Country's like Venezuela and the Middle East who strangle us, but then our law makers refuse to drill in areas because they do not want to harm the land of some moose... go figure.

LOBBYISTS.
I don't see you complaining about food prices? Why does food go up and down in price then? Why are mushrooms one week 2.99 a pound, and then the next day they are on sale for $1.99 a pound. Why does canned soup, a non perishable food, go on sale every other week? All in all, food is gradually going up in price. Its called INFLATION.

People who complain about oil prices are treating it like a necessity like food.

We can't live without food, but we can live without oil. If you're not going to complain about food going up, then don't complain about oil going up, unless you are drinking it to survive.
Interesting argument, except you forgot one thing - this isnt about food... as a matter of fact I complain about the cost of milk, eggs, meat, chicken, etc going up all the time. It has more to do with just inflation, it has a lot to do with the time of year, the cost of shipping increases, and the cost of crude oil. So don't go giving me some lecture on economics and surely dont give me some lecture about what I can and cannot complain about. All I was doing was adding to the post my opinion on the matter of oil.

Also, another HOLE in your argument is that oil isnt a necessecity - maybe, but lets look at it this way. To eat (since you brought up food) I need to work, to work, I have to get there, to get there I need to either walk the 10 miles to work, and then walk the 200 square mile delivery area I am in, or take a bus (oops, oil!) umm... ok, so I need to drive. Also, to get this food to market, you need a means of shipping, let see..... boat, we could row it up the missouri and mississippi rivers as well as the ohio and colorado, and a few others I know I am missing... but then it needs to get to these rivers, so guess horse and buggy, but then we run into problems of keeping things like milk and meat fresh for these long durations of trips - I guess an ice cooling system will have to work, like they did some 100+ years ago. Damn, now I have to start growing my own food to get fresh veggies, and I need to raise chickens and cattle so I can get some protien and essential fat as well as grains and legumes like beans and rice and wheat, but where? I live in an apartment!! So, since I have to move out of the city, I need to find some land and do all this, but now I have no money to get any of it, because I can't drive to work to deliever pizza's since oil isn't necessary... Damn, what do I do??

Look, we live in a country where technology and advancement has MADE oil a necessity. This country supports 300 million plus people because of the fact that we can get from 3000 miles away in less than a day with fresh food and other products necessary to sustain life because of oil.

Complaining doesnt do anything, granted, and neither do boycotts because as consumers of oil, the people who use the most oil is large industry and shipping. So before you start whining about people whining about oil, and then start comparing apples with oranges, and telling me that I can't do something because I dont do something else is ludicrous.

Your arrogance is what makes you think oil is necessary. I choose the same life as you, where i depend on oil to live, but one thing is different, I choose a path where the job i work in, gives me a company truck, where i don't have to pay for gas to go to work, to get groceries. Where it gives me a annual "cost of living" raise to deal with inflation. It gives me full benifits so i don't have to worry about health care.

If the price of oil is making your life hard to live, then the only person to blame is yourself, by choosing the life you live

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Fri May 18, 2007 2:48 pm

Arrogance is not what makes my life hard. Oil does not make my life hard. I do not have the type of job (currently) that allows me to have those "luxuries" you refer to. My wife gets cost of living and performance based increases each year. In my future job as a teacher I will not have a "company car" which will pay for my gas. I will get increases in pay due to education level and experience. Not every job in the world has such benefits as you describe, and calling me arrogant does nothing but divert from my previous argument against yours which was:

"If you're not going to complain about food going up, then don't complain about oil going up"

In all actuality, food goes up and rises and falls based on a number of things, including inclimate weather, crop loss, shipping costs, availability of product elsewhere, and a score of others I can not name. Milk here has hovered around 2.39 a gallon for well over 3 years, and with the annual rise of inflation being some 3% a year, I think that is a pretty good deal, especially since gas has doubled in cost in the same time.

Arrogance is not what makes me think oil is necessary. Your having not to deal with it is because "i depend on oil to live, but one thing is different, I choose a path where the job i work in, gives me a company truck, where i don't have to pay for gas to go to work, to get groceries. Where it gives me a annual "cost of living" raise to deal with inflation"... My point is still valid, and that is you NEED oil to live. Get all that taken away from you tomorrow and I bet you will be crying like a baby. So before you start name-calling and attacking me instead of the argument, try putting yourself in others shoes who do not have the ability or skill or schooling to "choose a path" where they get all the fringe benefits of company vehicles and not paying for gas.

I also do not recall ever saying my life was hard because of gas. I choose to work in the industry I work in because the pay and hours outweighs the cost of any other job I can make similar money in to still live the way I do. You act like you know me personally or understand how and why I live where I live and how I do. You do not know me from Adam, yet you continually point the finger at me when three more point back at you. I never once stated my life was hard in any way because of oil. Re-read my original posts then come back to me.

blackboi50 · Post by **blackboi50** » Fri May 18, 2007 5:39 pm

BIG POSTS FTMFW!!!!!!!!!!......1

silentneon01 · Post by **silentneon01** » Fri May 18, 2007 11:48 pm

my .02 is this. The true issue lies in the the fact we've not built new refiners since the 70's.

The bottle neck is the refining of sweet lite crude into gas. No one wants them in thier back yard. "Green" people don't want the impact of them on the enviorment.

Building nre refiners with new equiment and new techquine that have come up in the past 30 years could be fully implamented.

The other thing is the super tankers that big the oil in only have 2 ports they can go to. The golf cost around new orleans. An either san deigo or san fransico don't remeber which. Remove the bottle neck and prices would easy not a complete fix but it would help.

Also Ethonal (spelling) gas stations should be built it sells for about 1.45 gal atm. Chevy's been build flex fuel engines since 2000 but doesn't market it cause there is very few places to buy it. Other car makers have also been making flex fuel engines for a while now too.

By building these stations you would break up the monoply oil has right now causing the price wars again back when the countries of OPEC were trying upstage each other. Oil gas station have no reason to drop prices cause they have no compotion.

Exxon/moblie in 2005 made 4 million dollars per hour.

Save your money and buy stock in oil companies.

CrashTeam · Post by **CrashTeam** » Sat May 19, 2007 1:51 am

01WhiteNe0n wrote:Yeh but its the point there proving to the oil company that they would loose hella money if they stopped driving HOrseS Ftw !!

Dude, I wanta take a horse, give it goggles and a snorkel, and feed it some steriodes and laxatives, thats gotta be just like a Intake\header\exhaust!

What would the dude say if you actually took a real live horse to a dyno for tuning?

LOL