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Originally Posted by cab2g
Why are people complaining about this? Gas was over $4.00/gal a short time ago. You didn't think it would ever go back to that price? I'm surprised it stayed low for so long, but that's mostly due to low demand because of the recession. Now speculators see demand rising and the economy picking back up. Gas will be back to $4/gal. It'll suck, but I didn't buy an SS to save the planet or to save $$$ on gas. I bought it because in a few years when gas is $6, $7/gal I'll have to buy a 40MPG car as my primary transportation. Why is everybody acting so surprised? Gas was $1.10/gal in 2002. It's $3.30/gal today. You can bet it'll be $7/gal in 2018
And as other people have mentioned, look around you. Other countries pay around $8/gal. If they can afford it w/o starving to death or living on the streets, so can Americans. I don't want to pay $8/gal by any means, but it's not the end of the world. Put things into perspective. Many people pay $100/mo on cable TV, another $50 on internet and another $80 on their cell phone along with $4/day ($80/mo) on coffee and $120/mo eating out for lunch. We have it good in this country. Learn to love what you have while you have it.
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As packed as the stores have been for Christmas,I don't think folks around here are worried about gas going back up.
I was stationed in Germany(Europe) and gas is way more exspensive over
there than here.You can always buy a Chevy Cruze,don't they get almost 40 miles to the gallon??
NYC gas is hovering around:
$3.35 for 87 and $3.50 for 93