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cacheaholik

cacheaholik

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I really couldn't care less how much gas costs in the United States.  We should all be paying $4/gallon anyway.  As a society we spend WWWWAAAAAYYYY too much time worrying about the price of gas.

 

Clip a few coupons each time to you go grocery shopping and you'll more than cover the cost of rising gas prices.  Buy and install some fluoresent blubs and you'll cover the cost of your gas with bulb replacement and electricity savings.

 

It's really not a big deal.

Does someone own a little to many shares of a big oil company stock or what??

:lol:;):ph34r::D

Maybe you don't realize this Skadar but gas prices effect the prices of everything including the prices of the food in the grocery store. :D So clipping those coupons you mention isn't really going to give you any extra money for gas now is it. :laughing::D

Mr. Snazz

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Its up to like $2.45 to $2.55 here in Bend, Oregon depending on which end of town you buy your gas.

 

Actually I think its gone up a bit since yesterday. Late last night, Arco was up to $2.49, and they're always the cheapest.

carleenp

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I think I am going to get a bike to ride to work. I won't save a ton in gas because it is a short drive anyway, but I will likely save enough to pay for the bike, get in better shape, and have a bike to go caching with!

Mr. Snazz

+Mr. Snazz

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I dont mind paying 2.35 a gallon in mich because i dont drive an suv and those people need to be punished for their consumptionist ways! :unsure:

Try caching in central oregon without a high clearance vehicle. :D

mortaine

+mortaine

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Up to $2.65 now.

 

Mr. Snazz, I think the number of people who actually NEED a high-clearance vehicle compared to the number of people who own a "Sport Activity Vehicle" (they're now acknowledging that there's nothing utilitarian about these beasts) is fairly low.

 

I have no problem with people who own a work truck or a Jeep that actually sees dirt under its tires or who go on 4-wheel drive trails.

 

I do, however, have a serious problem with cell-phone yakking soccer moms* who can't even see all the way around their 20-mpg vehicles when they drive. If your blind spot is the same size as a 4-door sedan, your car is too big for your vision.

 

[*NOT soccer-moms who also go 4-wheeling. NOT soccer-moms who also need the truck for hauling for work. Get it?]

Mr. Snazz

+Mr. Snazz

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Mr. Snazz, I think the number of people who actually NEED a high-clearance vehicle compared to the number of people who own a "Sport Activity Vehicle" (they're now acknowledging that there's nothing utilitarian about these beasts) is fairly low.

I thought this was a geocaching forum? What do soccer moms have do to with this?

sbell111

+sbell111

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...I think the number of people who actually NEED a high-clearance vehicle compared to the number of people who own a "Sport Activity Vehicle" ... is fairly low. ...

In my area, there are loads of people who drive trucks or SUVs. My wife never takes her TrailBlazer off road, but I'm still glad she has it. I see it as a safety issue.

 

I'm not sure that the blind spot grows significantly as the size of the vehicle increases. Perhaps it does, but either way, everybody should check their blind spot. :unsure:

 

I do, however, have a serious problem with cell-phone yakking soccer moms* who can't even see all the way around their 20-mpg vehicles when they drive.

 

It must be sweet to get 20 mpg, I wish I did. :D

Team Snoopy

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On Monday at 9am price was $2.04 for ethanol, at 11:30 it had jumped to $2.19! I use regular and it is now up to $2.29! That's the highest it has ever been :unsure: I'm trying to get used to it, we got a new car, my old one has a smaller tank and this one is a bit larger so seeing the gas price increase as well as the tank size increase makes me heart beat a bit faster at the pumps!

Mr. 0

+Mr. 0

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Filled up last night in Columbus, OH. for $2.34/gal. I have a little bit of a commute to work, so it hasn't stopped me from driving. I haven't been caching much lately though anyway. :unsure:

mufasa1023

mufasa1023

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my last post was kind of a joke.....i live near detroit for crise sake

 

no subways no light rail (we do have the people mover, people from detroit laugh here)

 

and home to the gas guzzling three

 

all hail big oil!

 

and my subie does just fine in the ground clearance, snow driving and gas mileage categories thankyou very much

littlejim

+littlejim

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and my subie does just fine in the ground clearance, snow driving and gas mileage categories thankyou very much
So does mine, except I bet it doesn't cost you £50 - $94 to fill her up!
mufasa1023

mufasa1023

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So does mine, except I bet it doesn't cost you £50 - $94 to fill her up!

 

True, but then you have mass transport and a country that'll fit into a corner of near about any state!

 

 

-a colonist

fairly_odd_family

+fairly_odd_family

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Just hit $2.49 here in San Diego at the cheap station. Yes it will be putting a damper on our adventures :blink: because I heard it will be going up more soon.

I will have to do those gas saving day trips...get everything done in a day, throw in some caching along the way, and stay close to home the rest of the time. *sigh*

5

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The price where I pump went up 15 cents between Monday afternoon and this afternoon (Wednesday). Ouch!!! $2.35/gallon at the local Safeway. :blink:

sTeamTraen

+sTeamTraen

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filled up the cruiser today, $2.53 a gal. I have two tanks, cost $62.85

 

At today's price and exchange rate, that would have been $130.59 across the road from my office. :blink:

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Divine

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filled up the cruiser today, $2.53 a gal. I have two tanks, cost $62.85

 

At today's price and exchange rate, that would have been $130.59 across the road from my office. :blink:

Hey, I know that place! Good thing I didn't fill up there! :blink:

Ed Rad

+Ed Rad

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Most places here in Chicago's south suburbs are around $2.40, give or take a few cents. I found a little mom and pop place close to work that was $2.37 yesterday.

 

It's gonna cost me $45 to fill my minivan. Yikes!! :)

uber_bike_geek

uber_bike_geek

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Lets see here...

 

24 PowerBars (1 box) ~ $20 at BJ's

1 lb of pasta ~ $1

32 oz. pasta sauce ~ $2.00

1 lb assorted veggies ~ $1.50

1 loaf bread ~ 2.00

1 lb instant oatmeal, assorted varieties ~ $2.50

Et cetera...

 

Meals for two days, snacks for nearly a month, total ~ $50

 

Yep, fuel is getting expensive! :D

 

Happy caching

Jeff

AndersJ

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What are the US geocachers complain on???

 

Here in sweden the price is

 

11,06 SEK / litre 95 octane unlead gas

1 gallon = 3,7854118 litre

$1 = 7,13 SEK

 

== $5,87/gallon

The Junkyard Dogs

The Junkyard Dogs

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Just pumped gas today, and I am :( telling you I wish I had a little rice burner instead of a truck OUCH!!! Lucky I found a gas station still @ 2.09/gal the rest are steadly going up about a nickle every 2 days here in San Antonio, TX.

Team Snoopy

+Team Snoopy

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We have to drive to NY (from Iowa) next weekend. I am dreading the gas prices! It's gonna be about 2200 miles total trip, divided by 320 miles to the tank, and 18 gallons to the tank. Figuring almost $300 in gas alone for one week!

GeoWombats

+GeoWombats

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Hope I got my maths right

 

Here is Australia at present on special paying AU$0.90 per litre

1Gal US= 3.785 litres ---- AU$3.40 per gal

AU$1 = US$0.79 ---US$2.70 per gal

 

Govt gets about half of that.

Hey, the current rate here in the Top End, Australia is A$1.10/l.

 

1.12 AUD = 0.864831 USD today

 

So its US $3.27/gallon here.

And amazingly, thanks to a government pricing enquiry we have had cheaper prices in recent weeks than some parts of Sydney.

 

I don't think people in the US appreciate how filthy cheap their fuel is compared to the rest of the world.

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