Seriously, can someone please explain this to me
How are gas prices so high? These companies are making record profits right? I am assuming its because they are charging so much?
There has ALWAYS been some country that is unstable that contributes oil, I am just not educated enough to understand why gas is 3 times as high as it was 10 years ago.
How are gas prices so high? These companies are making record profits right? I am assuming its because they are charging so much?
There has ALWAYS been some country that is unstable that contributes oil, I am just not educated enough to understand why gas is 3 times as high as it was 10 years ago.
It's historically cheaper in the winter, looks like it might be $5 / gallon in the summer. Right now it costs me 20 cents a mile ( just in gas ) to drive somewhere....or say $20 to go somewhere 50 miles away and back. High gas prices can't be good for the economy....people won't have money to buy stuff at stores, restaurants, etc. One could easily be spending $100 a week on gas, pretty rough if you take home $600-700 a week which is a pretty decent job actually. You could easily be spending 10% of your income just on gasoline.
It's kind of hard to turn in an old F-150 ( worth 4-5k) that gets 17 MPG and spend 30-40k on some hybrid thingie that gets 40MPG....you'd have a huge payment. High gas prices have to be really bad for real estate prices too ! Tough to make a mortgage when you are spending $500 a month on gas or have a huge car payment on your newish battery car.
It's kind of hard to turn in an old F-150 ( worth 4-5k) that gets 17 MPG and spend 30-40k on some hybrid thingie that gets 40MPG....you'd have a huge payment. High gas prices have to be really bad for real estate prices too ! Tough to make a mortgage when you are spending $500 a month on gas or have a huge car payment on your newish battery car.
If you run cars on 85% ethanol then corn and everything made from corn ( tons of foods) will go sky high.....a good thing for those that own Iowa farmland....so you are biased.
Gas cars will be around at least another 5-10 years as the main method of transportation. Mass transit only works in certain places like NYC, not very practical in Southern California, for example.
Got me an E-85 car a couple years ago. Only time there really is a 'savings' is when there is more than 50 cent price difference because the E85 gets about 20% less mpg. Can't find the disparity on the price that often, but I still use the E85 when it is available. Much better to go with the alternative fuel as it is cleaner and offers less emissions
I'm no expert on using E-85 in a non-flex fuel car/ truck, but it does seem OK ?
[video]http://green.autoblog.com/2007/08/07/can-any-car-use-e85/[/video]
I didn't watch the video yet.
Seems to me you'd only even see this fuel in the Midwest ? It ain't in CT ! Most consumers wouldn't buy it unless they thought their car could handle it, but I guess the Gov't thinks 10% is fine for any car. Then E-85 has to be cheaper than real gas ( by maybe 20%) to even choose it.
IMO, this is only viable in the cornbelt states....and it consumes low-grade cow corn...so what do you feed livestock when the corn is turned into "gas" ? Only turn a bit of corn into E-85, it's no solution, just creates another problem....even if E-85 works in any car, it might ?
[video]http://green.autoblog.com/2007/08/07/can-any-car-use-e85/[/video]
I didn't watch the video yet.
Seems to me you'd only even see this fuel in the Midwest ? It ain't in CT ! Most consumers wouldn't buy it unless they thought their car could handle it, but I guess the Gov't thinks 10% is fine for any car. Then E-85 has to be cheaper than real gas ( by maybe 20%) to even choose it.
IMO, this is only viable in the cornbelt states....and it consumes low-grade cow corn...so what do you feed livestock when the corn is turned into "gas" ? Only turn a bit of corn into E-85, it's no solution, just creates another problem....even if E-85 works in any car, it might ?
I disagree I think we should wait till they(middle east) all run out, then we drill and give them the finger
