Price of Gas Affecting You, Too?

[Kaorte]

I've biked through a few winters (snow and all) Granted I'd only be doing 3-5 miles a day, it wasn't that bad. Only when there was fresh snow on the ground would I fall over when doing slow turns (hah).. but here in chicago they clear the snow from the roads very quickly.


I have some unrealistic expectations for infrastructure expansion. I seriously believe that these improvements would be game changing in terms of getting Americans back to work and revitalizing dead and depressing cities. The money just isn't there because we already spent it all building roads that are primarily used by private cars. If you think about it, its really quite strange that any government would invest ONLY in transportation that (more often than not) required a privately owned vehicle to make use of it. Its not like you can walk or bike down the expressway....

You all are right, no one wants to pay for it. But they SHOULD want to pay for it because they should realize how beneficial it would be. Sigh. Back to my books! lol


As far as gas prices, I don't look at the price anymore. If its under $70 to fill up my tank I am happy. I usually go 2 weeks between fill-ups.

[Tim Mead]

240 dollars a month in gas to get to and from work so that I can pay taxes and support the welfare system..

[Annarose15]

240 dollars a month in gas to get to and from work so that I can pay taxes and support the welfare system..

Amen. My commute is 45 miles each way, so gas is running me ~$400/month.

[olstyn]

Guys, c'mon here, were aren't focusing on the real issue here: getting Phx city-wide air conditioned sidewalks. Let's stop all this arguing and work toward that common and beautiful goal.

Solve it for yourself: just buy a window A/C unit and a gas generator and mount them on a cart with a plexiglas enclosure to walk around in. Portable-ish personal A/C. Surely that'll work out just fine, right?

[Annarose15]

solve it for yourself: Just buy a window a/c unit and a gas generator and mount them on a cart with a plexiglas enclosure to walk around in. Portable-ish personal a/c. Surely that'll work out just fine, right?

Genius!!

[Raptor]

I've biked through a few winters (snow and all) Granted I'd only be doing 3-5 miles a day, it wasn't that bad. Only when there was fresh snow on the ground would I fall over when doing slow turns (hah).. but here in chicago they clear the snow from the roads very quickly.


I have some unrealistic expectations for infrastructure expansion. I seriously believe that these improvements would be game changing in terms of getting Americans back to work and revitalizing dead and depressing cities. The money just isn't there because we already spent it all building roads that are primarily used by private cars. If you think about it, its really quite strange that any government would invest ONLY in transportation that (more often than not) required a privately owned vehicle to make use of it. Its not like you can walk or bike down the expressway....

You all are right, no one wants to pay for it. But they SHOULD want to pay for it because they should realize how beneficial it would be. Sigh. Back to my books! lol


As far as gas prices, I don't look at the price anymore. If its under $70 to fill up my tank I am happy. I usually go 2 weeks between fill-ups.

..Lol. Ever been on a toll road? The majority of your traffic there is going to be tractor trailers.

[schrammalot]

Even the areas that have public transportation need it to be overhauled *cough* WMATA *cough*.

I go out maybe once or twice a week to do major shopping or shipping. My fiance works across the street from the post office so he'll drop packages off there, and he works at a grocery store so if I need anything, I just text him instead of running out.

[sorraia]

You all are right, no one wants to pay for it. But they SHOULD want to pay for it because they should realize how beneficial it would be. Sigh. Back to my books! lol


As far as gas prices, I don't look at the price anymore. If its under $70 to fill up my tank I am happy. I usually go 2 weeks between fill-ups.

It would be nice if more people wanted to pay for it, but unfortunately, right now, with the economy what it is, a lot of people just can't afford it. Some areas are worse than others. In my household, I have a job, but my husband is off work. We just make it by each pay check (going to be a little easier now that we refinanced the house and will have lowered the house payment by almost $200...). My husband has been applying to job after job, and been getting met with one disappointment after another. ("Disqualified", "over-qualified", "not enough chemistry", blah blah blah.) My neighbor in front of me has been out of work for 3 or 4 years, lives on unemployment, can't find work. Neighbor on one side of me is retired, lives on a fixed income from social security. One neighbor on the other side of me also lives on social security. Other neighbors either don't have jobs or are working on minimum wage. Still other neighbors are unemployed. I have family members who are unemployed as well. Others who are living on fixed income of social security. It's really tough right now.

Meanwhile... I watch developers try to cram in more houses no one can afford, more warehouses that will sit empty and create a blight on the landscape, create more traffic and pollution with these projects, destroy more wildlife areas and drive out what remaining migratory birds we have... And line their pockets while doing so (or in some cases, run out of money before the project is finished and have half-finished houses sit empty and uncompleted for years, only to become overgrown with weeds and vandalized by bored teenagers, druggies, transients, and gang bangers). It's awful.

And about looking at prices... I only look as much as I need to find the lowest price gas on my commute, and then I close my eyes while filling up. I don't want to know what I have to spend... only what work reimburses me for.

[timely.grace]

I got gas yesterday and it was $1.56/L for high grade. In gallons, that works out to $5.93/G. It's robbing us. I live 15-20mins from the US border & I'm seriously considering going across to get gas from now on.

[MarkS]

Actually it works out to about $5.19 US since a US gallon is about 0.833 of an imperial gallon, what is the current rate of exchange anyway? . In any case we should be there next year. I do find it kind of funny though since I live in MN and we get about 90% of our crude oil from Canada yet pay less for it then they do in Canada.