Gas prices

[dreadnut]

Highest price ever here - $4 per gallon.

 

[Guildedagain]

I think we should abolish the .... ...... so that ........ don't profit from ...

 

[Neal]

A 2X4X8 pressure-treated board is priced at $10.99 at my local Lowes. How does anyone build anything at that price?

 

[Midnight Toker]

Highest price ever here - $4 per gallon.

"According to the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research, the Great Recession began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009. During that time, the national average surpassed $4 per gallon from June 8, 2008 to July 24, 2008, peaking on July 16 at $4.10 per gallon."

 

[dreadnut]

First time they've been $4 here.

 

[Midnight Toker]

And of note...during the "Great Recession", petroleum companies took in the largest profits in that industry's entire history, by far. Outright gouging, plain and simple.

 

[Stagefright]

Don't think of it as prices going up, but as the value of your currency going down.

I hope that helps....

 

[twocorgis]

What's the over/under on when this thread gets locked?

 

[Guildedagain]

Some people migh even gamble on such a thing ;]

 

[Guildedagain]

To be fair to the thread, besides lolling around, gas prices were widely known to be astronomically high in 08 for reasons best not discussed at all other than to say it was easily $4.50 in the PNW, much higher in Cali of course, well over $5 back then.

Sad stories of trucker paying $1000 to fill up.

Back then, the fuel was more worth stealing than any catalytic converters, and people we syphoning it in novel new ways, like cutting the filler hose on grandma's car, and coming back night after night with a hose to go down a reclosable flap .i .e Duct tape, people were wondering why their cars were always on empty and smelled like gas fumes.

 

[Nuuska]

95 octane - 2,10€/liter = roughly 8,8 USD / gallon - luckily I have a small e-car besides my thirsty MB ML320 . . .

 

[Guildedagain]

We went to liters here, back in the 80's briefly, to help introduce higher prices.

Turns out we didn't like liters or higher prices ;]

 

[dreadnut]

Looks like LA has got us beat:

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[dreadnut]

Don't think of it as prices going up, but as the value of your currency going down.

I hope that helps....

You're right, but it doesn't help, LOL

 

[JohnG.]

Gas $3.99 here in NJ. Hmm, energy independent a little over a year ago, now dependent on foreign oil. Go Figure

 

[SFIV1967]

Since this is a guitar forum, or music related forum, (and not Facebook) the only thing in this thread related to guitars would be that guitar prices will be going up new and used since all kind of transport gets more expensive I guess.

Ralf

 

[F312]

This talk is highly offensive to me.

 

[FNG]

In before the lock!

I can't wait for the day when cars run on moonbeams and fairy dust! Then we'll all have a wonderful Christmas.

 

[Dumpster Chicken]

Where I live, hay is $19 a bale. Horses aren't a very good option.

 

[FNG]

But think of the tomatoes you could grow!