What are u prepared to do about Gas Prices?

Answer 1

Gas prices affect the cost of everything we buy so this is a matter of great concern to everyone. The last really bad recession we had (1979-1982) was precipitated in large part by quickly rising fuel prices.

The only way to have an impact on gas prices is to reduce consumption. Reducing consumption, obviously, also reduces the amount that I personally pay for gasoline. I try to ride my bicycle or walk for short trips. I try to drive less unless I have to. I am going to try not to use my car, except for work purposes, at least one during the week and one weekend day. Other than that, I am writing to my legislators to ask them to investigate allegations of price gouging. To pass legislation allowing for companies to add refinery capacity providing they comply with environmental concerns.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Not go out of town!! I have started riding my bike and walking to work (of course I live in a small town so that helps). But I am trying to cut my out of town travel down. I have appointments that I changed around and can get them all done in a couple days then drive back instead of making more than one trip. But I believe travel is unavoidable~we can jsut hope the price goes down and be glad that we don't pay as much as they do in Europian countries. They pay from$5 to $8 a gallon!!

Answer 4

Sigh when I have to get gas and drive as little as possible to avoid paying out the wazoo for it.

Answer 5

I got rid of my baby ( '99 ws6 trans am) and got a 02 civic =( i miss my baby but she LOVED to eat gas haha

Answer 6

Can't build you own electric car? You can get a new one complete:


http://www.zapworld.com/
http://www.teslamotors.com/index.php?js_enabled=1

Buy a used one:

http://www.austinev.org/evtradinpost/

How about an electric bike or scooter?

http://www.electric-bikes.com/

Neighborhood electric vehicles:

http://www.nevportal.com/

Charge the batteries with a free power source that will NEVER run out:

http://www.backwoodssolar.com/
http://www.self.org/

Answer 7

i ride a motorcycle thats what im doing

Answer 8

reduce usage by consolidating our trips . .

Answer 9

Keep your tank full half way all the time.

Answer 10

I intend to keep doing as always.

Which is,,,,Owning gas instead of Burning it.

Why is everybody so freaked out about gasoline prices?

Everybody in the world is fully aware that warfare raises petroleum prices.

Fuel is no less a "war material" than bullets.

Valero,Giant,Tesoro are some of the large Gasoline Refiners in USA.

Over the last 5 Years,,,,
What amounts to>>> $10 a Week Investment for ONE YEAR<< in those companies
Has returned enough gain to
A)Offset 100% of the Gasoline Burned for "avg driver"
B)Enough excess cash to pay the cost of NEXT year's gasoline consumption
C)And still have every cent of the investment sitting in the account as stock

Got That??
6 Years of "Cost Free Gasoline" AND all the money invested to do that still in-pocket.

In terms of Out-Of-Pocket Cash for both The Investment,,,and the Gasoline,,,,
ZERO $$

***I used a $10/week example,,,and based "Avg Driver" on
20,000 Miles per Year at 20 Miles per Gallon.

Which is 1,000 Gallons of Gas per year
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Valero,Giant stock price is UP TWICE as Much as Gasoline's Price.
Which means for every dollar Invested...
You get THAT Dollar Back,,PLUS $1 Dollar PROFIT to buy Gas

Tesoro,,,4 Times the rise of Gas.
Your Dollar Back,,Plus 3 Dollars to buy gas

Same $10/Week Investment in Tesoro would not only have Paid for ALL of the 5 Years Gas,,
It woulda paid ALL the Car Insurance,,
Or Car Note,,
Or,,all the Maintenance,,Tires,Batterys,Oil Changes,License Fees,Etc.

$10/Week...$500/Year Investment=
Virtually "COST FREE" Driving....
Gas,Car,Insurance,maintenance,etc

If people would spend their time EDUCATING theirself instead of Griping and Blaming and Demonizing "Big Oil Companies"....
They'd be burning all the "Free" Gasoline they could burn.

Oh,yeah,,,,another thing.
They could teach their Kids,their Family,their Friends how to do exact same thing.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
If there's ANYONE left in the 21st Century Information Age who Does NOT know all that,,,or who Does Not Beleive it....

Stock Charts are EASY,EASY to Read.
It's Just a Graph.

They Show Date and stock price level.
Most ALL Energy Companies are PUBLIC TRADED.
Meaning,,They are Owned by You,Me,,Minimum Wage Laborers,,Etc.
KIDS can buy them(and they DO!)


Here's TESORO:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=TSO&t=5y

Here's their Historical Price in Late '02.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=TSO&a=03&b=6&c=1983&d=11&e=22&f=2002&g=d

In the Low $1's~ $2
Today it's $124

Simple Math.
Buy at $2
Stock Rises to $124.

Thats 64 TIMES,,right?

A Single $500 Investment at $2 per share= 250 Shares

250 Shares Now at $124 = $31,250.00

$500 turned into $31,000

Remember our "Avg Driver" example?
20,ooo Miles/Year at 20MPG?

1000 Gallons of Gas Burned per Year

For 5 Years,,,,5000 Gallons

Lets say Gas WAS $3/Gallon in '02,,
Or that it has Averaged $3/Gallon since '02

We woulda spent $3/Gal times 5,000 Gallons= $15,000
on Gasoline during last 5 Years.

$15,000 Gas Expense

Versus the $500 Investment.
Which is NOW worth $31,000

Which is Better?

Spending $15,000 BURNING Gasoline for last 5 Years,,,
and having Nothing to show for it but
100,000 Miles on the Odometer??

Or Investing $500 OWNING Gasoline,,,
Having ALL the $15,000 that was BURNED,,,PAID FOR....
AND,,,
$16 ,000 CASH left Over??

5 Years of "FREE GAS"
And enough CASH for Another 5 Yrs of Free Gas.
For $500?
A $500 that you still get to KEEP,,still YOURS,,just like money in a savings account.

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Imagine if that was done on Margin.
Where the Broker lends you Dollar for Dollar,,at extreme low cost.

The CATCH is,,ya gotta have $2000 Minimum.

Let's see how THAT woulda worked.
$2000 Cash Invested,,
Margined at 2:1,,
would have bought $4,000 worth of $2 Shares= 2,000 Shares

2,000 Shares that COST $2000,,,a $2000 Investment....

Now at $124 each,,,
would be 2000 times $124= $248,000

So,,,in terms of GASOLINE....
At the Current $3/Gallon,,,,
and assuming 1,000 Gals/YEAR Consumption.
$248,000 buys over 82,500 Gallons of Gas.

$2000 Investment made enough $$$$ in last 5 Years,,,,
To buy 82 YEARS worth of Gasoline at $3/gal

Most of us ain't gonna drive another 82 Years.

That is a LIFETIME of "Free Gasoline" for US,,,and the majority of our Kid's lifetime.

Not too bad a deal for $2000
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Myself,,,I am not too interested in Gasoline

LNG,,Liqified Natural Gas is "next big deal"

As good as Tesoro Gasoline Refinery did,,
LNG Did Better

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=5y&s=TSO&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=lng


Recall that TESORO went from $2 to $124?
a 62X gain?

Cheniere Energy is an LNG company.
During same Time period Their Stock went from
40Cents to 40 Dollar
A 100X Gain.

$500 woulda bought 1250 Shares at $0.40
1250 Shares at $40= $50,000

Or,,$2000 Margined= $4000
$4000 buys 10,000 shares at $0.40
10,000 shrs at $40= $400,000
$2000 cash Investment= $400,000 5 yrs later

That buys quite a bit of Gas....even at $3/gal.
About 133,000 Gallons.
At 1,000 Gals/per Year Consumption,,,

That's 133 YEARS worth of "Free Gasoline"
,,for a $2000 investment held 5 yrs.

How CHEAP does gasoline have to get before folks quit wasting their Time,Lives,and Money griping about it?

Far as Preparing....
War was allllllllllll over the News and headlines 5 yrs ago.
How much MORE advance notice to prepare do we need?

A BIT late to the picnic Now.

Never hurts to :
*Keep Tires Properly Inflated
*Keep Air Filter Clean
*Get a Tune-Up
*Drive Moderately
*Blah,Blah,Blah

(Have they made all THAT old Gas-Saving BS a Nursery Rhyme Yet?,,,,everyone seems to know the chant,,they must have learned it somewhere)

None of that will yield a LIFETIME of "Free Gasoline"..
I dont care HOW MUCH air ya put in your tires.

But at least it dont require a $500 investment to sing the "Whatcha Gonna Do ' boutHigh Gas Price" Blues.

And Human Nature is Marvelous,,
GRIPING ,Accusing,Blaming,etc DOES make most folks Feel Better.

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The most incredible aspect of it all,,to me....
is that most Americans absolutely REFUSE to OWN the Energy companies.
They refuse to participate in the rising prices and capitalize upon the opportunity.
They Refuse to teach their kids about it.

They Dont even want "Something for Nothing".

They'd rather gripe,complain,,financially suffer,,,and go around repeating the fairy tales and myths about How BAD & Wrong Genuine,American Style Opportunity for Properity is.

I'm not bashing anybody for making that choice.
This is Still a Free Country and folks ARE entitled to their choices.

But it does get OLD seeing so many whining about Gas Prices and passing along the MYTHS,,
and so FEW explaining the TRUTH about the matter.