Yikes...$6 Gas? Could Happen if Dollar Keeps Getting Weaker

[Calz]

Posted by jjl (here)
It's only my summer ride, I get 41 to the gallon in my toyota echo. Always been a cheapskate with gas, with everything I guess. Also, the scooter is only for local driving.

I keep picturing the "park ranger" rolling around on his/her two wheeler.

Sorry ... just what comes to mind here

[Calz]

Bilderberg wants gas prices at 7$ a gallon.

In a follow-up to his original article, veteran newspaper reporter and Bilderberg sleuth Jim Tucker told Alex Jones today that the globalists fully intend to launch a ground invasion of Libya and also jack up the price of gas to $7 per gallon. (See also: Kissinger Calls For US Ground Invasion Of Libya.)

http://www.infowars.com/report-bilde...at-7-a-gallon/

[Ross]

Posted by conk (here)
Those who are living on the edge will really be hurt financially. Some can barely afford a $30 tank of gas. Now they will have to pay $60-$75 for a tank? Of course everything else is going up in price or going down in quantiy. So many will go broke, some of them not so honest or integreous. Beware and prepare.

Sadly that seems the plan...make em broke slowly but surely... one could move to Libya...under $1.00 a gallon......ok bad joke.

Ross

[Humble Janitor]

Posted by conk (here)
Those who are living on the edge will really be hurt financially. Some can barely afford a $30 tank of gas. Now they will have to pay $60-$75 for a tank? Of course everything else is going up in price or going down in quantiy. So many will go broke, some of them not so honest or integreous. Beware and prepare.

Well, if they're driving an inefficient vehicle, then they are to blame.

The powers that never were will use anything in their arsenal to rip off the people.

[Snowbird]

Here in the northern region of the U.S., I just today paid $3.99 per gallon for unleaded. Last week, I paid $3.85 per gallon. I'll be interested to see how it has climbed up by Memorial Day at the end of May. And then of course, Summer is just around the corner.

[giovonni]

In the United States it's a...
Killer Combo of High Gas, Food Prices at Key Tipping Point

http://www.cnbc.com/id/42704213

[Hybrid5226]

Nothing wrong with hitchhiking or walking . I noticed lately it happening more an more an I'm actually looking forward to walks more now to meet the distant neighbors an to shop local more often .

Erin

[Ross]

Here in OZ:

$1.00 AU buys $1.07 US

currently we pay around $1.45 per litre or $6.52 per Gallon...not so bad in the USA, I would say.

Ross.

[Hughe]

50 cc scooter has 20-30 times better fuel mileage.

You need to have 250cc+ motorcycle for highway/freeway by law in most countries.

It's so stupid people drain huge money to drive old junks. Why?
Late 1980s to early 1990s civic has almost same fuel mileage like most cutting-edge brand new spanking cars nowadays.

[joelmags]

Am reconditioning my old 1983 BJ40 land cruiser, old 1991 nissan patrol (pre-ecu models) and old assembled jeep (1979 isuzu diesel engine) to tip top shape. Am running them on 100% biodiesel made fron used fast food cooking oil. I havent been to a gas station in years.

[jjl]

I try to stay off the highways. I am a nervous driver. That's how I can afford cheap little cars that get great mileage. it's the Gas holes and Pass holes that waste fuel and needlessly pollute!

[Ross]

Posted by Hughe (here)
50 cc scooter has 20-30 times better fuel mileage.

You need to have 250cc+ motorcycle for highway/freeway by law in most countries.

It's so stupid people drain huge money to drive old junks. Why?
Late 1980s to early 1990s civic has almost same fuel mileage like most cutting-edge brand new spanking cars nowadays.

I own a 50cc Scooter, also own a car, I fill the car once a month on average at a cost of around $20.00 per week. The Scooter, my main transport, costs me $8.00 per week. I can live with that quite well and I love my Scooter

Ross

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Posted by joelmags (here)
Am reconditioning my old 1983 BJ40 land cruiser, old 1991 nissan patrol (pre-ecu models) and old assembled jeep (1979 isuzu diesel engine) to tip top shape. Am running them on 100% biodiesel made fron used fast food cooking oil. I havent been to a gas station in years.

And if all Electronics get fried...you will still be driving!

Ross

[joelmags]

Yes, Ross. But driving where?

Scrounging around for food and supplies, i guess. But this will be short term. Until we can grow the bulk of our food. This is where heirloom seeds would be priceless.

100% Biodiesel or B100 has been great for my antique, low speed, genset. Been running on it for years.

[giovonni]

Yikes

23 April 2011 Last updated at 19:44 ET


New York cabbie picks up $5,000 fare to California

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13179413

[giovonni]

Note: For the Americans that still have jobs, you soon might not be able to afford to get there and back home again !

Wal-Mart: Our shoppers are 'running out of money

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Wal-Mart's core shoppers are running out of money much faster than a year ago due to rising gasoline prices, and the retail giant is worried, CEO Mike Duke said Wednesday.

"We're seeing core consumers under a lot of pressure," Duke said at an event in New York. "There's no doubt that rising fuel prices are having an impact."

Wal-Mart shoppers, many of whom live paycheck to paycheck, typically shop in bulk at the beginning of the month when their paychecks come in.

Lately, they're "running out of money" at a faster clip, he said.

"Purchases are really dropping off by the end of the month even more than last year," Duke said. "This end-of-month [purchases] cycle is growing to be a concern.

Wal-Mart brings guns back

Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500), which averages 140 million shoppers weekly to its stores in the United States, is considered a barometer of the health of the consumer and the economy.

To that end, Duke said he's not seeing signs of a recovery yet.

With food prices rising, Duke said Wal-Mart is charging customers more for some fresh groceries while reducing prices on other merchandise such as electronics.

Wal-Mart has struggled with seven straight quarters of sales declines in its stores.

Addressing that challenge, Duke said the company made mistakes by shrinking product variety and not being more aggressive on prices compared to its competitors.

Wal-Mart's ready to do battle on prices

"What's made Wal-Mart great over the decades is 'every day low prices' and our [product] assortment," he said. "We got away from it."

Now, with its strategy of low prices all the time back in place, Duke said making Wal-Mart a "one-stop shopping stop" is a critical response to dealing with the rising price of fuel.

Americans don't have the luxury of driving all over town to do their shopping.

Other than competing on prices and products, Duke said Wal-Mart is focused on leveraging technology -- especially social networking -- more aggressively to drive sales.

"Social networking is much more a part of the purchasing decision," he said. "Consumers are communicating with each other on Facebook about how they spend their money and what they're buying."

Elsewhere, Duke said Wal-Mart is exploring a number of e-commerce initiatives to grow the business such as testing an online groceries delivery business in San Jose.

Source;
http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/27/news...sure/index.htm

[giovonni]

"isn't it ironic"

President's men fill up 'The Beast' in surprise visit to BP garage



The Beast limo -
Refuelling: Barack Obama's entourage fill his limousine at a Pimlico garage


Miranda Bryant
25 May 2011

He maybe the president of the most powerful nation in the world, but his car still needs filling up with petrol.

Workers at a garage in Pimlico today told of their astonishment after Barack Obama's car and the presidential entourage pulled up for refuelling.

The armoured limousine, nicknamed "The Beast", arrived with six other vehicles and police escort at a BP petrol station on Vauxhall Bridge Road during the president's state visit to London.

Onlookers said the cars took up the entire forecourt when they arrived yesterday at around 3pm.

They also told how the Cadillac - which is fitted with bullet-proof glass and has an armoured body, its own oxygen supply and even samples of the President's blood - took up a bay and a half while Mr Obama's driver filled it up with £50 worth of unleaded.

Workers at the station, who at first did not realise who the car belonged to, said the presidential entourage spent £350 in total between seven cars at the station, where a litre of unleaded costs 136.9p.

The station manager, who served the driver but said President Obama did not appear to be in the car, said: "They spent £350 on unleaded petrol with £50 for each car. I didn't realise whose car it was until some guys outside pointed it out.

"The Beast was really impressive. When the driver opened the door it was 1ft thick. It was the driver who came in to pay. He was wearing a black suit, he was nice but he just paid and left.

"It was really exciting because it's the president's car."

One passer-by said it was ironic that the president's motorcade had to fill up at a BP garage.

The company was attacke d over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill by the president who vowed to make "British Petroleum" pay for the vast leak, which was caused by an oil rig explosion in April last year.

Source;
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...o-bp-garage.do

[Calz]

And yet, my friend, as you know from passing along information from James ... in a few short months time we will have "other" issues to deal with.

Where ... may I be so bold to inquire ... does that leave the price of gas in the "big picture"???

respectfully and always appreciative of the news you bring forth from eceti

[Maia Gabrial]

I'm waiting for the anti-gravity cars to come out. No gas prices then...!

[giovonni]

U.S. Transportation Secretary rolls up in SUV to unveil new fuel economy stickers

From Justin Hyde —U.S. Transportation Secretary rolls up in SUV to unveil new fuel economy stickersU.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood unveiled new fuel-economy window stickers for cars and trucks, saying "we're not just sitting around waiting for high gasoline prices to come down." His ride of choice to the unveiling: This 12-mpg SUV.

Source;
http://jalopnik.com/5805503/us-trans...onomy-stickers