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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 02:46 PM
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Poll question: how much would you be willing to pay for a gallon of gas?
lets talk dollars here (as opposed to euros)
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 02:50 PM
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1. I don't have a choice
if I don't work, I can't put a roof over my head and have Lelapin in college. Not driving is not an option.

It sucks to be living on the edge. :(
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 02:53 PM
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2. same for me
not much of a choice, I have to work and public transportation is non existent for me. However, the higher it goes, the more I ride my motorcycle and the less I drive the car. I'll buy as little as possible anyway.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 02:54 PM
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3. should i change the last option to infinity?
x(

:shrug:

i am overlooking the abyss my own self...looks damn dark down there don't it?

:hug:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:16 PM
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16. Scary
that abyss...

I don't travel if it's not absolutely necessary. I stop on the way home for groceries, etc. And a road trip this year? Even if the car would make the trip, I can't afford it.

:(
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:18 PM
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17. luxuries...and remeber the days of sunday afternoon drivers?
gone

:hug:
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:22 PM
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18. So's my "driving therapy"
When I needed to get away mentally, I'd drive. Hundreds of miles sometimes. That's gone bye-bye. Until they planted the fields this weekend, I substituted walking the fields when it was dusk. Now that's gone. I don't dare take up drinking. ;)


:hug:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:43 PM
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20. Don't hate me, but we still do that. We can because we only drive about 20 miles a week
to do shopping, etc (no commute for either of us).

Redstone
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:54 PM
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23. Nope, I don't hate you
I envy you and Mrs R. :)
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:03 PM
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7. I don't have a choice either.
If gas gets over $6.00, I think it's time we burn Exxon down to the ground. :grr:
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:08 PM
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12. dude...what a flame THAT would make!!!
i am such a pyro too:evilgrin:
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 02:57 PM
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4. $5 is what I'll pay
I took a trip to the mountains last week and I averaged 38.3 mpg on the drive up and 39.3 mpg on the drive back home. I drive a Toyota Corolla with a 11 gal tank. I will pay $50 for a 400 mile range.
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 02:59 PM
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5. $10.00
After that I park it until the price drops.

I'm fortunate that I don't have to drive a lot so a tank of gas lasts me a couple of months.

I walk or ride the bus about 90% of the time now. I only drive if it's nasty weather or I have heavy things to carry. Once in a while I drive if I'm going out of town.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:01 PM
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6. I don't know. If it cost me more to drive to work and back than I earn....
I'd quit my job, stay home, and do all my shopping online or at the grocery store 1.5 miles away (there's a rather pleasant walking route to that store, too).
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:05 PM
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8. this is my way of thinking also ---
one reason i had to quit my job with a round trip commute of 150 miles a day. i HAVE to have something closer to home. my whole paycheck was going in my gastank...well, felt like it anywayx(
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:06 PM
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9. if it is $4 on the first week of August
then my vacation trip is officially cancelled, except for the 30 mile trip to visit my brother and sister.

Right now I pay nothing, and I just bought an electric lawnmower too.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:12 PM
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14. you might be interested in this ---
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x932778
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:59 PM
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25. We've always had electric mowers
When my family first moved to Pittsburgh a neighbor thought my dad was vacuuming the lawn!! :rofl:
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:06 PM
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10. I topped out at $2.50 as what I'm *willing* to pay.
*Forced* to pay is something else altogether.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:11 PM
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13. why i oughta ---
don't make me argue semantics:P

i don't think any of us are willing participants...

maybe we could charge exxon with kidnapping us and holding us for ransom:think:
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Pierre.Suave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:07 PM
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11. I had to think about this some
but voted for 5 dollars a gallon.

I dont think there is any good reason for it to get higher than that for the near future until we begin to run out of oil altogether. if it does go higher, It will significantly curtail my fuel purchasing.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:14 PM
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15. I don't have any options. I have to drive to
get groceries, etc. I DO drive a lot less.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:41 PM
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19. Would depend on how bad I wanted to drive somewhere at the time.
Redstone
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:44 PM
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21. I'm halfway through week 3 without buying any gas.
I wonder if they miss my twice weekly purchases of $35 a whack.
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:52 PM
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22. I'll pay with the blood of innocents killed in oil wars
Or I'll organize my life so that I can get to and from the places I need to go by walking or biking.

Tough choice.

Hmmmmmmmmm
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 03:57 PM
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24. I *do* pay over $7.00.
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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 04:00 PM
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26. I will pay nothing
I walk.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 04:05 PM
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27. I am going to be forced to pay whatever the price is, because I
have to get to work. :(

But if the price starts pushing $5, I will drastically change my casual driving habits.

No more driving to get the sale price for groceries or whatever, because I'd nullify the savings wasting gas.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 04:36 PM
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28. Assuming diesel stays where it's at so food costs don't skyrocket as well...
$6

If the cost of food goes up (which it still is, despite diesel prices remaining the same!), then $4.

My next car will be energy efficient, to say the least.
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Gatchaman Donating Member (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-21-07 06:12 PM
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29. It depends on the situation
If I'm going to work, I'll pay what I have to. If I'm just running around, I'll stay home if it gets too high.

By the time it hits $4, I'll be staying home a lot. I can more or less afford it, but it's the principle of the thing.
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