[PenultimateManStanding]

I drive a 2003 Hyundai Accent which gets about 30mpg on the freeway. I use about 40 gallons per month. So another dollar per gallon will cost me 40 bucks, which isn't going to cause too much strain to my budget. For some folks, though, it will be a hardship. I read today that some analysts are saying that we will definately see $4 gas fairly soon. Is there anyone here who could not make ends meet with that price?

[The_Toecutter]

It means I will bike again, carrying a loaded gun, and if anyone knocks me off my bike with their car, nearly kills me, and tries to run away, I'll blow their fucking tires out, rush up to their vehicle, beat the fuck out of their car, pull them out, and kick the living shit out of them.

That is the reason I haven't been biking to my campus 10 miles away. The drivers don't watch where they're going, and get pissed off when someone rides a bike and slows them down a few seconds. Then when they nearly kill you, they pull a hit and run.

I wish I could have got my fucking electric car project running, but oh well. If I won't have it post peak, I just won't have it. Nothing I could do about it given my family's financial situation. I may still get it built, it just might be a long while. I hope the parts I intend to use will still continue to get made.

[MD]

700 miles per week at 26 mpg or about 27 gallons. This January when I set my budgets for the year there will have to be adjustments.

[I_Like_Plants]

Hmm, means there may be a few more crabby drivers, more bikers and more new bikers to avoid (they swarve and do unpredicable things) and help out with advice and give a friendly smile. It means better deals on rental cars probably, when I need one, although the gas will cost a bit more. It will mean I'll feel even smarter than I already feel when I sold my SUV back to the dealer just about the time the "employee discount" stuff came in, I took a bit of a bath selling it, but getting rid of it was the biggest single step I could make for my finances and Mother Earth. I honestly expected gas prices to come down, things to "normalize" somewhat, instead, things have taken quite a downturn and I'm feeling pretty smart these days!

[evilmonkeyspanker]

18 MPG @ 840 miles per week * $4.00 == ~ $187.00

I make around $300.00 per week


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[CarlinsDarlin]

It means an extra $50 or so a month out of our budget - just in gas costs. But don't forget, that also means the price of other things are likely to increase as well, as extra transportation costs get factored into the prices.

We're some of the folks whose budgets are tight now. It means we'll drive even less than we do now, though honestly there's only so much we can cut out right now. Most weeks, the only time the vehicle is used is to get my husband back and forth to work Monday through Friday. Errands are run before or after work. Rarely are trips made to town on weekends.

What it means for us is that we'll start cutting out luxuries. We've already cut many. The cell phone was cancelled in May. We stopped trash pickup in June (we buy things with less packaging, recycle, compost, and burn). We sold our car (on which we were paying a $335/mo car payment) and bought another with a cheaper payment.

In short, we've already cut back a lot. Gas going over $4 a gallon will mean we'll have to cut back considerably more. I just hope we can manage it.
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[MD]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('auctionmonster', '1')8 MPG @ 840 miles per week * $4.00 == ~ $187.00

I make around $300.00 per week

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[Bedevere]

We pay around $1.25/L which is just about $4/gallon. I have seen no apparent change to the amount of driving or bicycle traffic, everyone just seems to suck it up and keep commuting. It will probably take some time of sustained high prices before commuter traffic drops as people actually start carpooling and finding jobs closer to home.

[Ercole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('auctionmonster', '1')8 MPG @ 840 miles per week * $4.00 == ~ $187.00

I make around $300.00 per week


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[MD]

Those contained within the French nuclear zone have much reason for complacency. 2010 could see EU France as the new world superpower by default

[Ercole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', 'T')hose contained within the French nuclear zone have much reason for complacency. 2010 could see EU France as the new world superpower by default

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('The_Toecutter', 'I')t means I will bike again, carrying a loaded gun, and if anyone knocks me off my bike with their car, nearly kills me, and tries to run away, I'll blow their fucking tires out, rush up to their vehicle, beat the fuck out of their car, pull them out, and kick the living shit out of them.

That is the reason I haven't been biking to my campus 10 miles away. The drivers don't watch where they're going, and get pissed off when someone rides a bike and slows them down a few seconds. Then when they nearly kill you, they pull a hit and run.

I wish I could have got my fucking electric car project running, but oh well. If I won't have it post peak, I just won't have it. Nothing I could do about it given my family's financial situation. I may still get it built, it just might be a long while. I hope the parts I intend to use will still continue to get made.

[Specop_007]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('auctionmonster', '1')8 MPG @ 840 miles per week * $4.00 == ~ $187.00

I make around $300.00 per week


Please donate to ME

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ercole', '
')Oh my God, I didn't realize I was living in the next superpowa to emerge ! Gosh ! I saddle the donkey and go to the village drink to that!

[Ercole]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ercole', '
')Oh my God, I didn't realize I was living in the next superpowa to emerge ! Gosh ! I saddle the donkey and go to the village drink to that!

[Ludi]

$4 a gallon gas won't mean much to me personally, but I expect it will make materials and supplies and shipping for my business more expensive. Guess I'll have to pass those costs on to the consumer....

[evilmonkeyspanker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MD', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('auctionmonster', '1')8 MPG @ 840 miles per week * $4.00 == ~ $187.00

I make around $300.00 per week

Please donate to ME

[I_Like_Plants]

I know a guy whose car "died" recently, he's taking a combination of bus and light rail to work, he doesn't have to travel that far, I'm trying to convince him to get a bike. He says even if he gets a car again he can't afford the gas for it, and I believe him, he's not making a lot. $10 an hour maybe.

Life for a lot of the working class in the US is miserable because of car costs Car Costs CAR COSTS!! Listen to them talk or talk with them and it's always the subject. Many can live with a lot more breathing room if they can get away with biking it, but first the image of a bike only person being a loser has to change.

[Macsporan]

Here in God's Own Country (He likes deserts you know) the cost of satisfaction at my own local Petroleum Emporium has jumped from 110 to 120 cents/litre in less than a week.

I would not be surprised if more was on the way.

Fear not, dear Trans-Pacific friends, you do not suffer alone.

Perhaps in future we'll be able to cross the briny on fast clipper-ships and eat each others grandmothers.

It's something to hope for.

[tpm]

On Friday, fella travelled 50 miles and bought a new vehicle off dealership lot.

New vehicle came with four gallons in the tank. Buyer had no money, didn't think he could get home.

Rather than spot the guy a couple more gallons, the dealership drove him home, 100 mile roundtrip.

Peak Dealership?