get ready for very expensive diesel

[mechanic]

Gas prices are headed for $400 a gallon by spring and diesel $500. It will cost to much to operate these vechicles. I think it is time to move to the city and forget the expensive task of up keep of land property. It is just getting out reach and causing a lot of us to go broke.

 

[NIXON]

Gas prices are headed for $400 a gallon by spring and diesel $500. It will cost to much to operate these vechicles. I think it is time to move to the city and forget the expensive task of up keep of land property. It is just getting out reach and causing a lot of us to go broke.

Darn as much as $500 dollars USD . I'm with You Bro. I'll not move into the city, I'll move to another planet . < sarc off >
Whatever it is that You are on , I'll take some .

 

[DUMBDOG]

Gas prices are headed for $400 a gallon by spring and diesel $500. It will cost to much to operate these vechicles. I think it is time to move to the city and forget the expensive task of up keep of land property. It is just getting out reach and causing a lot of us to go broke.

Did you mean $4.00 for gas and $5.00 for diesel?

 

[MACDABS]

I think it is time to move to a 20 sq mile island like Bermuda and bike it, no heat bills and the average temp is in the high 70s. Heck your tractor could be transportation!

Macdabs

 

[RalphVa]

It's time for us to send messages to our senators and representatives and ask them why they're putting more taxes on diesel. This raises the prices of trucked-in products to EVERYONE. Make more sense to do what a lot of European countries do: tax gasoline more and hardly any tax on diesel. In Italy, for instance, the price of diesel was about 1/3 the price of gas.

Diesel has more energy in it and it less expensive to get out of the refinery than gasoline. From a "green" standpoint, congress people should be encouraging the use of diesel over gasoline.

Google your representatives and senators and send them a note about this.

Ralph

 

[Blagadan]

Make more sense to do what a lot of European countries do: tax gasoline more and hardly any tax on diesel. In Italy, for instance, the price of diesel was about 1/3 the price of gas.

Ralph

Diesel is more expensive than gas over here in europe at the moment Ralph. It used to be the case where diesel was 20% cheaper. But then everybody started buying diesel cars. Governments didnt take long to figure out where their losses were so they whacked an increase on the diesel tax...

From what I see, no matter where you are on this little planet of ours.... you are gonna feel the hurt of the global price increase.

But isnt it funny, did I hear somewhere that the fuel companies profits are up 600% on 2006? The rich get richer.... Unless we stop buying gas or our governments force the oil companies to halt the price hikes (which wont happen), things are just going to get worse... Its all about supply and demand.......

What I see happening over here in europe is people are adapting. Buying small cars with 1 litre engines. little 4 door micro compacts that get ~60 mpg. The day of the "big car" is long gone for joe average over here I'm afraid... The average engine size is now 1.4 -1.6 litre... Used to be 2 litre...

What will you guys do in the US with your big gas guzzlers when the price hits 7 - 8 dollars a gallon....? Were finding it hard over here with our small cars... Will the american love of the big, lovely sounding V8 be forced to come to an end?... Resigned to the weekend enthusiast or the very wealthy?

I have an audi A6. Its got a gasoline 2.4 litre V6. It is a relatively new car but the resale value of it is now hopeless beacuse it "only" gets 30mpg....

 

[Ductape]

What will you guys do in the US with your big gas guzzlers when the price hits 7 - 8 dollars a gallon....? Were finding it hard over here with our small cars... Will the american love of the big, lovely sounding V8 be forced to come to an end?... Resigned to the weekend enthusiast or the very wealthy?

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Though there are plenty here who do like larger vehicles....... i feel our real problem here is that most of the US in not set up like Europe. Only a very small portion of the US is dense enough for mass transit. Taking the train, or bus to work is just not an option..... that alternative doesn't exist. One has no choice but to drive to work.


On a side note...... look around the US at states and cities trying to ban heating with wood !!! The politicians have got this all figured out. They are going to stop us from heating with a renewable, non-taxed heat source and force us to burn fossil fuels so the gummit can collect its tax money. Yet.... there they stand at their podium saying we need to become more energy independant !

 

[Z-Michigan]

The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Run!

No, seriously, I won't surprised to see gas close to $4.00 (not $400) a gallon in May-July, and diesel may be above that in May too. Remember current diesel prices are influenced by it being winter; diesel and heating oil and nearly the same thing and come from the same fractions of oil.

From what I see, no matter where you are on this little planet of ours.... you are gonna feel the hurt of the global price increase.

Actually not so much... oil is priced in US Dollars and the US Dollar is in free-fall compared to most other major currencies. For people in europe and Japan, oil prices in their local currency have been affected only to a limited extent. Also, lots of US investors are putting money into oil to hedge against the falling dollar - and driving oil prices way, way up in the process. This is a speculative bubble and it will burst at some point - I don't know when, or what the price will hit, but I personally am not investing in oil futures to avoid being the guy holding the bag when the bubble pops (I already did that in 1998-2001).

 

[milkman]

This might shed some light, got it from Fox so it would have some credibility here.
YouTube - North American Union Discussed on FOX

There was a comment there that noone could find evidence that anyone wanted the NAU, then watch this. Seems someone wants it so devalue the $ and it might happen.



YouTube - NORTH AMERICAN UNION

 

[Redbug]

Energy and it's costs are certainly commodities which affect the welfare and security of our nation. Propane, natural gas, and electricity prices are governed by a group...the public service commission. But, there are no restrictions on gas/diesel. Seems there would be since the nation also relies on fuel. What would happen if the govt controlled gas prices? (Other than less profit for Chevron, Exxon).