OT: Gas Prices, Screwed over and over and over Options

[N14]

Put 50 litres (13.2US Gal.) in last night and paid a tad over $65............somehow I think we're getting ripped off out here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

Where's the best place to buy gas?????

[cuca914]

I don't think it's a political issue. It's a money issue and people on both sides of the fence are making plenty of it. It's a matter of America being oil dependent. Most of us didn't choose to be, we were raised to be. Does that mean we can't learn to be more conservative or responsible in our fuel consumption? Of course not. But I'll bet that most of us on this board don't work in the cities we live in - so there's a commute involved. A lot of families have both parents going to work in order to afford inflated mortgages, and that means dropping the kids off at childcare somewhere - there goes carpooling and/or mass transit. We've developed into a society that has not only become dependent on oil, but also personalized transportation. Granted, some of us could tweek our lifestyles to lessen gas consumption, but the reality is that a lot of us are already trying to do that but have reached a limit without having to totally restructure our job/home/school/recreation situation. I'm all for capitalism but not at the expense of the American public having to pick up the tab. Maybe it'd be better if energy was regulated. Heck, California got hosed when we deregulated electricity so there's something to be said about learning from our mistakes.

Yeah, gas prices suck - and they ain't gettin' better any time soon. I'll venture a guess that most of the folks here own a 914 as a secondary vehicle. That means more insurance, registration and lots of extra money for parts and upgrades. Seems to me we're doing pretty good - and I for one am not selling my 914 anytime soon! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)