Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most of us have, what, 15-gallon tanks?

A fifty-cent increase amounts to a whole $7.50.

"I mean, it's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? $10?"

People pay a whole lot more than US prices for gas in Europe so spending an extra $7.50 on a tank I fill up once a week isn't making a meaningful difference to me.

FYI bananas at Whole Foods work out to about fifty cents per banana. The gap between fifty cents and $10 is far greater than an extra 50 cents in gas prices per gallon.

Anonymous wrote:Well for starters, I live in CA where gas ⛽️ prices average about $5/gallon give or take a few cents……

So I really have no choice but to pay $5/gallon either way. ;(

This is where fuel costs are probably the highest.
Along with Hawaii.

^^ I should note that was when gas prices peaked. I don't think they got higher in 2022 or whenever it was under Biden but if they did, it wasn't by much and the price of everything else, despite considerable inflation at the time, was not as high. Like, a gallon of milk was about $3 before the gas prices shot up them. So it got to be like a gallon and half of milk, which for me would now be close to $8/gal.

spring of 2009 was a very bad time for me emotionally and financially, I was jobless, terrified of losing my house (luckily paid off not long before). My car had a timing belt break--and it was an older BMW which meant the engine was destroyed and I could not afford to fix it, so I bought an $800 cargo van with a huge engine and a carburetor and terrible mileage (11 mpg on a highway with the wind at your back maaaybe). I was being treated for severe anxiety and I avoided driving because my mind was in such a state, but some was necessary and it was a punch in the gut whenever I put in a few gallons.

I assume the "ceiling" is when you avoid all unnecessary driving.

Is anyone paying for Premium?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have always managed our driving with an eye to gas prices, and we buy gas in Baltimore every week while one of our kids has practice there, since it's cheaper than in our wealthy DC suburb.

We can afford to pay more. We're just frugal-minded.

Baltimore!! Sketchy.

. You’re sketching and rude.

I’m glad we bought our airline tickets before all this!

Well for starters, I live in CA where gas ⛽️ prices average about $5/gallon give or take a few cents……

So I really have no choice but to pay $5/gallon either way. ;(

It’s fuel - inelastic demand for most of us

$10/gal

Anonymous wrote:Most of us have, what, 15-gallon tanks?

A fifty-cent increase amounts to a whole $7.50.

"I mean, it's one banana, Michael. What could it cost? $10?"

Most of us have, what, 15-gallon tanks?

A fifty-cent increase amounts to a whole $7.50.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter because no matter what, I have to drive. However, even the people who do not drive will of course suffer because their food still needs to get to the grocery store. In this country everything depends on gas.

This is the answer. It’s not just about driving cars.

Tossing in my agreement here. I don't have a car, but gas prices still impact what I pay for other things (and I use it for heating and cooking).

Anonymous wrote:It doesn't matter because no matter what, I have to drive. However, even the people who do not drive will of course suffer because their food still needs to get to the grocery store. In this country everything depends on gas.

This is the answer. It’s not just about driving cars.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:stupid question you think people are going to sit home and not go anywhere because of gas prices or suddenly start using the bus?

+1 Let all be shut in's because of gas prices (which are still lower than last year, funny how you all have forgotten). And my bus riding days are long over. That's another discussion entirely.

Why? What's wrong with riding the bus?