Originally posted by elvendreamgirlShe sounds like an absolute darling. Can you have her scrubbed clean and posted to me please? ππ
In South Texas it was $1.80 yesterday, and $1.90 today :-(. I have a big old truck as well. I am thinking of selling my sister for gas money. Anyone interested? She is 17, spoiled, mean, and she beats me up all the time. π
during a my recent US tour an American colegue commented that "If I'd known gas prices would get this high I woould have bought a compact and not an SUV"
I'm sorry guys, but comments like that make me glad the gas prices are going up.
The US needs cars, it's just so spread out (eg. going to the 'local' bar was a 30 minues drive in Texas). What you don't need are 2 tonne abominations (except when a truck rear ends you, as happened to me in Illinois - should I sue?). If your going to have a gas guzzler at least have something fun (fun = 150mph+ π )
Americans have no clue when it comes to the cost of gas (and this is an American saying this). We pay $2 a gallon and we're squawking, whereas most of the rest of the world pays the equivalent of $4 or more a gallon. Now, I absolutely hate SUVs, so I dearly hope (as an American) that gas goes up to $3 a gallon and stays there. That'll finally force the most wasteful country on the planet to think a bit about conservation.
It's widely thought by experts in the field that worldwide oil production will "top out" in a decade or less as more and more wells start running dry. Get used to the higher cost of fuel and start building wind farms and solar arrays.
Originally posted by ncrosbyWell, I might have got it for about 67p per litre 2 years ago - that's
Holy moly! Yeah, we need to stop complaining here, I'll just sit back and be happy with my $2. So what is the least expensive you've paid, say in the last couple years?
ncrosbyπ
$4.66 per us gallon π
Our petrol used to be measured in Gallons too - They switched to litres because it made it look cheaper.