Gas Prices & YouFollow

As of so far, the gas prices haven't stopped me from heading 30+ miles once a week to spend disposable cash on comic books. But it has caused me to make fewer trips to larger cities around me that my friends live in (all of them 50+ miles away).

~Rock

It's definitely leaped ahead priority-wise on my budget. I used to assume I would have enough disposable income for gas, but now it's like rent. If I don't have at least $40 ever week for it, I quit eating/going out. If it goes much higher, though, I will definitely be looking for employment elsewhere. I can't fathom $4/gallon. It would kill the little fun-money I have.

Happily, I am a "Not At All". I am also of the opinion that if you can't afford to pay for your gas you should either a) take a bus, b)find a job you can walk to, c) buy a bicycle or d) kill yourself. F'ucking whiners.

morning Moe =)

Minimally, my job is about 1.5 miles away and Mrs. drives 2 miles to the train station and commutes via PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. I picked minimally instead of not at all, because after two weeks from filling up taking a $40 hit to fill back up is worse then the old $12-$20 hit.

Driving to this job isn't really an option. It's the only reliable, safe way. There is no train station that stops near it (or one near my house, for that matter), so even if I got up two hours before I usually do and make the three connections I need to, I still am not at work per se. I'll be damned if I'll walk through the neighborhood and risk bullets flying at me.

Plus, if I'm going to pay for parking, it'll be where I can get to my car easily, not at some station 30 miles south.

If it hits $4 a gal, I will definitely cut back some, as school is 30 miles away. The worst part of it all is... 60 miles round trip for ONE FREAKING HOUR A DAY!

Edit: since gas is at $2.74 here, I have now decided to go and hoard gas...

Edited, Aug 16th 2006 at 11:12am EDT by Darqflame

Oh hell, this just reminded me that come January I'll be making 150-mile round trip to school 2x per week. Lovely.

I also work from home, nya nya... and on my last semester at Uni (just for you Nobs)

Then whatever will I do with all my $$$, oh yeah trips to England. /sigh

I drive 21 miles each way to work. It isn't as bad as it used to be since the promotion, but still its motivating me to put some money aside to buy another motorcycle. Added to the better mileage than my Frontier, the motorcycle will let me use the commuter lane to and from work. [non-premium smilie]

I'm also glad for the Costco membership. They are charging $2.97 when most of the cheaper gas stations, like Arco and Valero, are still at $3.15. The damned Shell and Exxon stations are charging $3.39+. It's only about 2 miles off the freeway on the way home so thats helped save a bit.



Edited, Aug 16th 2006 at 11:58am EDT by BloodwolfeX

I chose somewhat because I do not drive that often and my work is 2 miles away. It still hurts to spend over 100 dollars to fill up the tanks of my vechiles that used to cost me 40 dollars to fill up about 3 years ago.

It also deters visting my family in another state on the weekend when I used to make that drive just to visit for a day for a cost of 40 dollars, where as now each trip costs about 90 dollars.

Edited, Aug 16th 2006 at 12:07pm EDT by Proroc

Ya, but European fuel prices are high due to taxes. The money (at least in theory) goes toward road maintenance and other infrastructure projects. Here in the US it goes toward the $400 Million bonus for the CEO of an oil company.

The oil prices are even hurting numerous communities because the petroleum based binder for the asphalt is driving up the prices of road repair and new road construction. I was listening to NPR yesterday and many townships are complaining that they having to cancel or reduce road repair projects. So not only are we paying more to drive to our destinations, the road we travel on are getting worse and worse because the local government can't afford to maintain the roads.

The NPR report also went in to how prices of other good are going up due to the increased cost of transporting the goods to various markets.

Minimally. I walk or take the subway pretty much everywhere. However, I am aware that fuel costs have a direct impact on other prices, so I expect to feel the pinch even if I don't immediately recognize its source.