The price of gas

[PrincessFiona]

Yesterday we paid 1.759 for regular unleaded 8O We're in Central MN...how about you guys?


Kris

[mommax3]

I just filled up the Suburban 8O and I got the cheapest gas at $1.59/gallon. That'll teach me! Luckily, I hardly go anywhere and only need to fill up about once every two weeks.

Sally

[DCJenn]

I just paid 1.55/gallon. and I hated every single second of it and I can't wait to get back to DC and GET RID of my car!!

Jenn

The Mobil station on the corner had $1.79 for regular this morning. $1.96 for premium. I paid $1.68 earlier this week and thought I was getting a bargain. And with all the winter additives, my gas mileage is down so I'm filling up more often. This is bad, really bad.

Eliz

We just filled up for $1.59/gal here, but if you cross to the MO side of Kansas City, you can usually find it a few cents cheaper.... guess it costs more to truck it to Kansas!

[fluffhead]

a differing view

I for one would be thrilled to see gas go to $4 or higher per gallon.
Maybe then we'd finally see some pressure to develop better mass transit, bike lanes, and more alternative fuel vehicles. And get rid of the SUVs!
{rant on}
(apologies to the behemoth drivers out there... :P I just get so aggravated around here when I'm pushing the stroller down the street and some person who has no idea how to drive a car, let alone a truck, comes barreling down the crosswalk or backing out of a parking spot without looking while talking on a cellphone and drinking a latte)
(rant off)

[PrincessFiona]

the price of gas

As someone who drove her bicycle halfway across germany (though you woudn't know it now if you looked at me ) I have to say that I wholeheartedly agree with you. Of course...I still have sticker shock...but it is about time that we become more environmentally conscious!

I absolutely LOVE the rant on/rant off thingy btw!!!

Kris

[Auspicious]

Wow, I suddenly feel so righteous for not owning a car. (And so guilty for the countless times in the past 6 weeks I have desperately, desperately wished for a car while freezing my %^&*% off on the subway platform . . . just a little car, though, with very, very good gas mileage--preferably a hybrid.)

I have no idea what gas costs here right now.

[DCJenn]

Matt-

I hear your rant and raise you one!! I will gleefully give up my car, the car insurance, the gas costs, not to mention the environmental damage that I am causing- as soon as I get a job in DC. Hopefully, we'll find a house so close to the hospital that my husband won't have to drive either. (Of course, I'm not sure I can see him giving up the Pimp Daddy BMW that he's driving with the red leather interior - forgive him, he knows not what he has done- and the bells an whistles!)

I'm going to be submitting an article for the April newsletter (Earth day and all that) with some information and links for everyone who wants to do a little (or a lot) more to improve our world.

Jenn

[fluffhead]

Matt-

I hear your rant and raise you one!! I will gleefully give up my car, the car insurance, the gas costs, not to mention the environmental damage that I am causing- as soon as I get a job in DC.

well I'm not Matt, but I hear you. It's a huge dilemma in my life - living in a more urban environment where we can walk everywhere, or my fantasy of living on a farm, seeing stars at night, and growing our own food.
oh and breathing clean air. heh.

[DCJenn]

Ooops, sorry, thought it was Matt- but thanks- I appreciate the support!!! I'd kill myself in the country though, I'm afraid of beasts. Rats- no big deal, chickens however...

[mommax3]

Don't worry, no one will offend me by bashing SUVs. I swore for years that I would never drive one, especially after we had moved to San Antonio and they were EVERYWHERE.

Somehow, right around the time we learned we were expecting our third child and were moving to Mountain Home, Idaho, they started looking more attractive. We had been planning on getting a minivan, but neither of us are small people, and I was pregnant......suffice it to say, we test drove some and they really felt small.....and we were going to be driving cross country with three cats and luggage for four people......we succumbed.

We didn't end up moving to Idaho, but we still live in the middle of no where (Wichita Falls, TX) and make long hauls to do anything/go anywhere. For everyday driving, I hardly go outside a two mile radius and feel guilty driving this thing, and think it is ridiculous when I see a slew of vehicles like mine waiting at carpool at school/preschool. But when we have to take a long trip......what can I say? It's a guilty pleasure.

But I agree with all of you in spirit and plan to reform someday. When DH's car dies (a '94 Olds 88 with 150,000+ miles) we dream of getting a cute little fuel efficient sedan so that we can zip around, turn tight corners, and most important, be a little more environmentally conscious.

Sally

Sally

[PrincessFiona]

gas

If it is any comfort to you, Sally we have a minivan now that we have three kiddos.

AND..the majority of pollution IS done by industry, not humans..I take a fairly green stand..but even if we all stopped driving big cars...it would hardly make a dent in things...the real culprits are big business...who do their best to make us feel like if WE would just stop driving SUVs that the environment would be much cleaner We all know the truth though, don't we...

That being said...I'm all for bikes and living in the country...

8)

Kris

[PrincessFiona]

speaking of SUVs

Speaking of SUVs and not to bash Bush or anything ( those of you who are Bushies, just slap me!)...but didn't he just announce a huge bill to fund these new 'cleaner' sources of energy (that we of course won't be able to pay for {slap, slap} and of course won't be supported by his buddies in the gas industry including Condaleeza Rice who has an oil tanker named after her {slap, slap}) at the same time that he is offering tax cuts to businesses if they buy SUVs?



I'm ducking

Kris

[DCJenn]

Luanne and I will step in to protect you, don't worry!

Jenn