That nation-wide gas out of 5/15?

[Nelson Bradford]

It really worked!
Our gas prices have risen $.17 per gallon since then.
FINALLY! A solution to the ever rising prices of gasoline.

NOT!

[Joanne Vergin]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Like a punishment for protesting.

[Gary Swartzlander]

Our regular unleaded was at $3.69 earlier this week.

A gas out has no impact one way or the other, we would have to not by gas for weeks before it would have an impact.

[Billy Cox]

Right around the time I started buying my own gasoline, I vowed to boycott the gas stations unless my gas gauge was on empty. I am a man of conviction even though others might not understand. :basic03

[Glenn Messer]

I didn't participate in the 'gas-out'. I complain about prices as much as anybody, but I still buy a lot.
If going on a trip, I do try to plan ahead. For instance, if I will be traveling through S. Caro., I know that gas will be cheaper there than in it's neighboring states. (Bought it for $2.86 per gallon there last night. It's $3.09 in N. Carolina.)
I have been wondering what would happen if a large group of the gas buying public(50%???) could all agree to buy gas from only one distributor (Citgo?? -- We could enrich the socialist programs of Hugo Chavez??) for a full month. Would Shell / BP / etc. become price competitive in order to keep their own market share? Just wondering. Don't expect to see it happen. We are still creatures of habit.

[Kevin Rector]

I'm trying to ride my bike more.

Also, we've moved the kids car-seats to our small fuel efficient car from the mini-van.

I can't wait for them to perfect solar panels.

[Mark Metcalfe]

Not buying gas on a particular day does nothing to punish the oil companies, because people will fill up on the day before or the day after. In order to have an impact, we actually have to USE LESS GAS and drive down the demand.

So, Kevin, you're doing the best so far by riding your bike. The rest of us still commute to work every day and drive three blocks to the convenience store.

A better internet circulating chain letter suggested that we boycott specific oil companies so that they would start a gas war. However, this too would be shortlived the minute those oil companies undercut their price by a penny, people would buy there.

This is a relatively matter of supply and demand, and what the market will bear.

I spent $51 to fill my tank ($3.47 for Super unleaded) for the convertible.

Mark

[Hans Deventer]

I have wondered, doe the high prices in the US for gas have to do with the exchange rate of the US dollar? The prices are high here too, but have not been risen as much as they seem to have in the US. I've been driving a diesel for 2.5 years now, and I think the lowest I paid was something like € 0,93 per litre (but that has been rare), and we're are around € 1,01 at the moment, and that has happened before. Generally, it's a little below € 1,00 per litre.

It seems to me that the fact that oil is being paid for in dollars, and the low exchange rate of the dollar versus the euro, help to keep our prices more stable than in the US.

[Joel Merrill]

I have wondered, doe the high prices in the US for gas have to do with the exchange rate of the US dollar? The prices are high here too, but have not been risen as much as they seem to have in the US. I've been driving a diesel for 2.5 years now, and I think the lowest I paid was something like € 0,93 per litre (but that has been rare), and we're are around € 1,01 at the moment, and that has happened before. Generally, it's a little below € 1,00 per litre.

It seems to me that the fact that oil is being paid for in dollars, and the low exchange rate of the dollar versus the euro, help to keep our prices more stable than in the US.

I'm not an economist but I hear the price per barrel of of oil used as an excuse most of the time. Once in a while they will use the excuse that a refinery is down or a pipeline is bad. But oil companies are making record profits and I think it is cold hearted greed and nothing more. They charge as much as they can and there is very little we can do about it and they know it.

Joel

[Gina Stevenson]

Right around the time I started buying my own gasoline, I vowed to boycott the gas stations unless my gas gauge was on empty. I am a man of conviction even though others might not understand. :basic03

Billy, don't let it remain near empty very long, or too many times; THAT gets you sucking up the dirt that's been collecting in the bottom of the tank over the years. Believe me, I learned the awful hard way---not having much in PHX, so only getting gas "when it seemed necessary"---that it costs waaay more in the end.

Had to not only pay for the fuel filter---clogged fuel filter---up front, but then the one way back on top of the tank, too, as it still wouldn't get enough gas. My mechanic had to pull the tank, of course, making it an even messier job. He was hoping it was only the front one, but it wasn't; I couldn't even get the thing home from his house, so back it went. Made me sick, but I couldn't just get another vehicle with who knows what problems; had to fix mine, since other things had been fixed over a few years' time, too. There went some of my moving $$$. But needed to fix it to be able to use it to move! :(

[Cecil Wallace]

This says it all.

[Hans Deventer]

This says it all.

And it smells better? :basic03

[Mark Metcalfe]

I have wondered, doe the high prices in the US for gas have to do with the exchange rate of the US dollar? The prices are high here too, but have not been risen as much as they seem to have in the US. I've been driving a diesel for 2.5 years now, and I think the lowest I paid was something like € 0,93 per litre (but that has been rare), and we're are around € 1,01 at the moment, and that has happened before. Generally, it's a little below € 1,00 per litre.

It seems to me that the fact that oil is being paid for in dollars, and the low exchange rate of the dollar versus the euro, help to keep our prices more stable than in the US.

I also think that the US dollar has much to do with it, but I don't really know.

The oil companies are not the only ones who get rich; a LOT of our gas prices are government taxes (local, state, federal). Gasoline taxes are considered taxes on the poor more than the rich because it costs the same (on average) to get to work for the guy who makes $20,000 as the guy who makes $70,000, which therefore takes a bigger percentage out of the poor man's pocket.

Mark

[Cecil Wallace]

And it smells better?
I certainly hope that it does!