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Originally posted by xKaoSx you fucking idiot- you must be 15 and dont own a car. Gas prices here are $2.30/g You dont think that is high? WHY would gas in one part of the country be $1.60 and in cali be that much higher?

fyi, gas in europe costs about $5/g

that is high, but it's good for the envioronment

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Originally posted by St_Andrew fyi, gas in europe costs about $5/g that is high, but it's good for the envioronment

And how long is your commute everyday to work?

I drive about 25 miles each way.

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Originally posted by xKaoSx And how long is your commute everyday to work? I drive about 25 miles each way.

hmm about 10 minutes walk (to school)

but the point with high gas prices is that you are more willing to:
- Get a better car which consume less gasonline
- Use the public transport system instead (guess that's hard for you though cause you don't have any )
- Fix a car pool to make the coasts less
- Get a job which is closer to you

Obviously europeans survive, so why shouldn't you?

Always funny that people bring up that prices are lower in other countries. Well too bad. We aren't other countries.

This country is based on commuting. We probably do it more than any other country in the world, thereofore a larger percentage of our income goes to gas than other countries. Also it doesn't help that the job economy isn't doing great and is on a rebound with many people out of work and raises to compensate for inflation non existant in many job environments. Therefore if you are making the same or less money that you were last year but gas keeps increasing then its not really adjusting based on salary inflation but yearly inflation.


Someone mentioned Saudi Arabia supports Al-Quaia. They support wahabism (sp) which is an extremist type of religion but they don't support Al Quaida because Al Quaida wants to overthrow the Saudi Government.

Gas in America is certainly expensive right now, but most people just don't seem to recognize the inflation side of the equation. Also, a lot of people on this board are pretty young and don't remember gas prices in the 70's when things were really bad. With inflation factored in, comparing gas prices today with historical prices, on an apples to apples basis, shows that gas prices today are still FAR lower on a relative basis vs. historical prices. However, prices are still high, and they've gone up rather rapidly, so the change in prices is felt in the wallet all the more.

FYI, gas prices in the US are extremely cheap vs. global prices. However, if you want the cheapest gas in the world, I'd check with Kuwait and Venezuela. I read a couple of weeks ago that gas prices in Venezuela are about $0.14/gallon. How does that make you feel?!

I have to agree with NeoPhono on the issue of drilling, however. There has not been a major new refinery built in the U.S. in over 20 years, in large part due to environmentalists and political hurdles. We have a strategic petroleum reserve (which I don't think we should be using), and the ANWR, which we SHOULD be drilling if prices are so much of a public concern. I have to agree--Kerry loves to point out things he sees as problematic, but doesn't offer a concrete, logical solution to any of it.