Gas prices :whine::cry: STFU >.<

[Firebird]

I've just plain had it with ppl bitching about the price of gas. I turn on the news the other day and theres a woman filling up her ford explorer "It costs me $70 to fill up the tank"..."it only get s 9MPG". And that's anyones fault but your own why? dumb ass.

Then today at work one of my managers friends is in there bitching about gas prices when he pulls up with a big ass Chevy truck (V8, lifted, big tires,etc.). He procededs to tell my manager about how gas prices are some government conspiracy, and goes on about how gas is only 12 cents a gallon in Iraq, and how we should go and kill them all off and take thier gas so we can have it for that cheap (yeah and while we're at it we should anal rape thier children, and burn thier houses) stupid ass typical hillbilly additude.

The final blow was my manager going online and reading on yahoo about how because of the hurricane gas will jump from 50-75 cents more per gallon (ZOMG!!111!!, grow up). Yeah who cares about the people who's houses are going to be destroyed and who'll die in the storm, I'm more concerned that gas might cost $3.30 a gallon.

Main points:
1) If you drive a car to work and home that gets less then 30 MPG you lose all rights to complain about gas prices because you are the cause.
2) If you think gas prices are a government conspiracy stop watching the x-files
3) If your going to go broke because gas jumps 50 cents a gallon;
a) Get a better job and/or a smaller more economical car
b) Get a job closer to home
c) Kill yourself, that will solve the problem of not being able to afford gas and will make you stop buging the shit out of everyone with your whining.

[clawhammer]

[ec437]

Why would the hurricane increase gas prices?


On a side note, its hard to find a good car that gets more than 30 mpg. So I think you are being a little unrealistic there. And yes, I hate SUVs.

[twospirits]

Originally Posted by ec437

Why would the hurricane increase gas prices?

Because of the storm all oil rigs in the Gulf were closed down, thus leading to loss of production for the day or two.

TS out

[TexasF355F1]

If our government and all the environmental hippies weren't so retarded and have all our oil refineries in other countries we wouldn't be having this problem.

Only 4 words to solve the problem: We Need More Refineries

[Firebird]

well 30 mpg is just a base number to shoot for, what I'm basically saying is too many people are out there driving suburbans and explores and big ass trucks back and forth to work, especially if it's just one person.
A small econobox with a manual trans, or if you have the money a hybrid, Insight, Civic, Prius etc.
Hell, my dad has a '05 civic lx manual and he constantly gets 36-38MPG on the highway back and forth to work.

Edit: there's a site (fueleconomy.gov I think is the site name) you can look up tons of cars by brand, mpg, annual fuel costs, etc. there are plenty of cars out there that get good mileage (many 30 or even 40+). And since gas isn't super expensive yet you can probably still find alot of these cars for sale really cheap.

[PBking82]

Two words BIO-DIESEL! you can fucking grow it(with the exception of menthol as the cleaning agent, but if it's allready clean you don't need to clean it) Ok, we drive cars that use oil. So me personally get pissed when oil prices get this high, especially when this nation has no sort of mass transit systems besides massive highways. Maybe if the government did something to make us so not dependant upon our cars then we wouldn't be so pissed off, but considering where i live (miami) there is no way to get around unless you live downtown or feel like walking in 90+ weather. So, i'll stop bitching when someone gives me an alternative. Soon I shall be buying a deisel and making bio-diesel. At $.70 a gallon beats any mode of transport that I know of. Peace-

[lazysmurff]

good luck finding enough land to grow the plants needed to produce bio desiel man. its not exactly an effecient way to get fuel.

[flatlander757]

I honestly think the oil companies are like Enron... but I will just deal with it. Hell, I used to be into nitro rc cars, I had to pay $25/gallon for the fuel.

I know that back in the 70s there was a rumor that someone made an extremely fuel efficient carbuerator(rumored to get 40+mpg, but I doubt it was THAT good), and the oil companies supposedly bought the patent and destroyed it. Not sure of this truth, but it's not hard to see that they don't want prices to go down and they don't want people conserving gas.

[imtheoneandonlyD]

There is nothing wrong with X Files. I dont recall one about insane gas prices either. It was a good show IMO.

I dont get good gas milage in my truck but i dont bitch. I bought it.

[KustmAce]

Originally Posted by Firebird

1) If you drive a car to work and home that gets less then 30 MPG you lose all rights to complain about gas prices because you are the cause.

I drive a Cavalier...it averages around 27. Im not allowed to complain because I am the cause? Might want to do a little research.

Originally Posted by Firebird

3) If your going to go broke because gas jumps 50 cents a gallon;

I work 15 hours a week, at 9/hr. I also go to school full time. I ride the lightrail to school every day. If gas prices jump to $3.30/gl, I will be in the red very quickly. WTF is your point?

Originally Posted by Firebird

a) Get a better job and/or a smaller more economical car

Let me just quit my job, and go get a better one. If only it were that easy. And it doesnt get much smaller/more economical than a Cavalier. Even if I did have something bigger, what would I buy a new car with? IOU's? Not everyone can afford to run out and dump a pile of bank into a new car.

Originally Posted by Firebird

b) Get a job closer to home

I work 3 minutes from my house. But the lightrail station is about 20 minutes. And those arent the only 2 places I drive.

Originally Posted by Firebird

c) Kill yourself, that will solve the problem of not being able to afford gas and will make you stop buging the shit out of everyone with your whining.

Slowly reread what you wrote.


Need I say more?

[clawhammer]

Originally Posted by KustmAce

I drive a Cavalier...it averages around 27. Im not allowed to complain because I am the cause? Might want to do a little research.

Let me just quit my job, and go get a better one. If only it were that easy. And it doesnt get much smaller/more economical than a Cavalier. Even if I did have something bigger, what would I buy a new car with? IOU's? Not everyone can afford to run out and dump a pile of bank into a new car.

It's a fact that GM doesn't give a rip about how many mpg their cars get. The new Cobalts get 32 mpg highway, while the Corolla gets 41. Go figure.

[Ssom]

I hear ya Firebird. Americans have no right to bitch about fuel, you guys are paying shit all for your gas.

I am paying US$4.75 to the Gallon (NZ$1.49 per litre) for 91 RON fuel at the moment and if things keep up then I'll be paying $5 before the years end. Petrol here is so steep that I'm thinking about getting a loan and buying a Peugeot 406 HDi, mmmmm 50 mpg.

[jcsaleen]

Originally Posted by clawhammer

It's a fact that GM doesn't give a rip about how many mpg their cars get.

Then why do they boast about over 30 models that get over 30 mpg or more?

[clawhammer]

Originally Posted by jcsaleen

Then why do they boast about over 30 models that get over 30 mpg or more?

It's more like 13, not 30. Look at their 2006 lineup.