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 Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 7:52 pm
the seventh seal Well, oil companies tend to buy out whatever alternative fuel research and/or developement there is, and just scrap it. Woot for halting progress. Yeah, but if the government were to sponsor and/or encourage alternatives such as electric cars, we'd get a lot farther. But nooo... the government has to be full of oil tycoons and friends... ::cough::Bush/Chaney/Rice::cough::
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:10 pm
Yeah, the world sucks and stuff, blah.
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:19 pm
...Well, this is one of those times I'm damned glad I just walk everywhere.
$1.25 for the busses here. $2.50 if you're going to Seattle or something.
I think gas is still something like $2.80, but it might be up to $3.00 up here. I'm just really glad I do everything but drive at this point.
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:30 pm
Wolffy000 ...Well, this is one of those times I'm damned glad I just walk everywhere. $1.25 for the busses here. $2.50 if you're going to Seattle or something. I think gas is still something like $2.80, but it might be up to $3.00 up here. I'm just really glad I do everything but drive at this point.
I hate to think of the adult fee. I haven't checked on it.
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:32 pm
the seventh seal Cieve I live in southeastern Iowa, and gas prices are up to $3.16 a gallon for premium. And they''re rising every day. I''ve heard that they''re going to climb to more than four dollars a gallon soon. I don''t know how the hell people are going to afford it. I also don''t know why we don''t make more electric cars. We have the technology. ::shakes head:: Those oil industry bastards... Funny flash video... thing: I can''t afford my gasolineWell, oil companies tend to buy out whatever alternative fuel research and/or developement there is, and just scrap it. Woot for halting progress. My dad always rants about how there's been complete electric cars, or cars that run on hydrogen for years and years but the oil companies, yeah, they buy it all and "hide" it so that they can keep making money. -_-; And I believe it, too. It sucks. I wish I had an electric car.
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:24 pm
Around Oklahoma City gas is a little over $3.00 a gallon. I'm not going to have to drop my college courses due to the high fuel prices, but I am paying more on gas right now than all my other bills (rent, utilities, insurance, etc) combined. I have a two and a half hour commute each day (there and back combined) and what's worse is that I own a '93 GMC Sierra (truck). I'd buy a car that got better gas mileage but can't afford to make payments. I paid this truck off a few years ago, so at least that's some money I'm saving.
I do have friends that are being forced to drop out, though. I feel so bad for them! This means their student loans will go into repayment and they'll have even more money problems. I hope this situation is resolved quickly, for their sake. I'm glad I'm lucky enough to be able to afford the situation (for now).
Edit: And damn the oil companies for always buying up the patents to alternative fuels just so they can keep getting richer. I hope they get screwed over royally in some fashion due to this, but doubt it. I can't believe those greedy bastards pull this crap. They have no conscience if they can keep destroying the environment and charge people so much when there have been much cheaper, cleaner ways brought to light. Bastards.
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 11:19 am
Kilana My dad always rants about how there's been complete electric cars, or cars that run on hydrogen for years and years but the oil companies, yeah, they buy it all and "hide" it so that they can keep making money. -_-; And I believe it, too. It sucks. I wish I had an electric car. Eh... I'm not so sure about the hydrogen. Last I checked that, which, granted, was a few years ago, it wasn't very efficient yet. There was all this excitement over a hydrogen-powered SCOOTER. I'm betting hybrid cars become VERY popular over the next few years. The next logical step is complete electric. It has to happen eventually. I mean... if the oil companies buy up all the patents, they'd still be making money, right?
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Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:27 pm
Kilana Rayinte I hear that in Raleigh--nearest big city to me--they've lowered bus prices or made some free to encourage people to use those. Wow, here in Portland (where we supposedly have one of the best bus systems in the country) they just raised fare 10 cents. That's an annual thing, for fare to go up in september -- but usually it's 5 cents, AND we had a 5 cent raise in april. stare So not only have they doubled the normal raise, they gave a triple raise over the whole year. .. $1.50 for two zones, $1.80 for all zones, like almost $3.75 for all day [which is not cheaper than two all zone fares, unless you somehow need to get three transfers, which shouldn't happen unless you really mean all day, like 8a-8p, and have like .. three travel periods/need more than one transfer both ways since each transfer is like 2 hours at least]. -_-; As far as gas is concerned, though, it's still $2.60-3, depending on what part of town you're in. I haven't seen prices actually at $3 yet, except for premiums. As far as regular unleaded, if you know where to look, you can get $2.60-2.75. Probably still going to keep rising though .. sigh. I can remember when it was like a dollar a gallon, like maybe even $.90 ... gonk And I'm not even THAT old. XD I remember complaining when gas was 1.20. Those were the days.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:03 am
I know, the gas prices these days SUCK! I'm not old enough to drive (yet), but I feel that with the money we're spending on war and gas, I think we could spend on scientific research that would be overall beneficial (e.g.- cleaner fuels, alternate sources, etc.).
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Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:13 am
Gas actualy went down about 14 cents a liter from last week or so.
Instead of being $1.18 cents a liter, it's $1.04, which is still a butload, because thats $5.30 a gallon. gonk
And, our bus drivers are still on strike, so people HAVE to drive everywhere if they're going too far to walk or ride a bike.
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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:53 am
Though electricity largely relies on the burning of fossil fuels for its generation anyway, right?
And yeah, hydrogen ain't too efficient yet, if you think about it you have to use electricity to break the water atoms apart to MAKE the hydrogen, since it doesn't occur in the world naturally, and that's using fossil fuels too.
We need to switch over to solar power. (But the making of solar panels requires oil for the plastics 'n stuff as well. Right? @_@)
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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:10 am
Hydro electricity is where it's at baybee.
And wind.
ooh, here's a thought! Gyms and health clubs and the like should hook up all their equipment to generators and from there to batteries or The Grid. An hour on the bike = x much electricity. whee
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Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:51 pm
It's about 3 bucks around here, I think.
In Jersey it's like 2 or so D: DAMN Jersey people.
It's been going down though, day by day, cent by cent.
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