$4 a Gallon Gas Has Arrived, Is $6 a Gallon Gas in Your Future?

[tango]

I still have fond memories of gas as cheap as $6/gallon.

[Brother Mark]

I still have fond memories of gas as cheap as $6/gallon.

They must tax it like crazy across the pond. Of course, the US is much more spread out. Public transportation only makes sense in the big cities here so we don't have much of it like they do over there.

[tango]

They must tax it like crazy across the pond. Of course, the US is much more spread out. Public transportation only makes sense in the big cities here so we don't have much of it like they do over there.

The tax is most of the price, I think something like 3/4 of the overall price is tax in one form or another. A lot of people regard that as being a 75% tax rate but really it means the tax is 300%, which is pretty silly.

Public transport in cities is provided but varies in quality. Mass transit in London is pretty comprehensive but horribly overpriced, overcrowded to the point it's verging on being dangerous and not very reliable. Public transport between cities varies from reasonable to all but useless, and again the price is far too high for what it is.

For comparison I've got a friend who lives about 35 miles away in another town. By car it takes an hour, assuming no traffic problems. By train it takes about two hours. Last year I cycled it (my car was off the road and I didn't fancy the train) and it took me a little over two hours. Something is wrong when a train from one town to another is only marginally quicker than cycling.

[ChristianCoffee]

The tax is most of the price, I think something like 3/4 of the overall price is tax in one form or another. A lot of people regard that as being a 75% tax rate but really it means the tax is 300%, which is pretty silly.

Public transport in cities is provided but varies in quality. Mass transit in London is pretty comprehensive but horribly overpriced, overcrowded to the point it's verging on being dangerous and not very reliable. Public transport between cities varies from reasonable to all but useless, and again the price is far too high for what it is.

For comparison I've got a friend who lives about 35 miles away in another town. By car it takes an hour, assuming no traffic problems. By train it takes about two hours. Last year I cycled it (my car was off the road and I didn't fancy the train) and it took me a little over two hours. Something is wrong when a train from one town to another is only marginally quicker than cycling.

All depends upon who is cycling, I guess.

Gas went up last night another .19 cents here near me.

[teddyv]

They must tax it like crazy across the pond. Of course, the US is much more spread out. Public transportation only makes sense in the big cities here so we don't have much of it like they do over there.

It's pretty bad up here too, but not like Europe. We should really just start crossing the border and filling up though it would be about an hour return trip assuming the border is not ridiculously busy like usual. Fortunately I live close to work so I bike when I can.

[Brother Mark]

It's pretty bad up here too, but not like Europe. We should really just start crossing the border and filling up though it would be about an hour return trip assuming the border is not ridiculously busy like usual. Fortunately I live close to work so I bike when I can.

The tax is most of the price, I think something like 3/4 of the overall price is tax in one form or another. A lot of people regard that as being a 75% tax rate but really it means the tax is 300%, which is pretty silly.

Well you know what they say... if you want less of something, tax it. I suppose the governments there want people driving less. That would not go over well here in the US.

[tango]

All depends upon who is cycling, I guess.

Someone like Mark Cavendish would probably do it in little over an hour.

[tango]

Well you know what they say... if you want less of something, tax it. I suppose the governments there want people driving less. That would not go over well here in the US.

In the UK it seems the government just doesn't want us moving about at all. Fuel is hideously taxed, public transport is either limited or overcrowded, and overpriced. Which does rather beg the question of how they expect us to do stuff like go to work in the first place.

[bdh]

we pay around $8/gal for some time now.

[Dravenhawk]

we pay around $8/gal for some time now.

With energy so heavily taxed and therefore expensive its no wonder that the UK and other eurozone countries are in economic crisis. - - - - Dravenhawk

[ChristianCoffee]

we pay around $8/gal for some time now.

If I had to pay $8 a gallon here, I would have to find something else to do for work. It is hard enough to budget with $4 a gallon. I feel for you, my brother.

[Dravenhawk]

I heard this on Hanitys radio show the other day. Get a pad of those sticky notes and a sharpie marking pencil and place these easily at hand in your car. Whenever you go to gas up write on the sticky note "Hows that hope and change workin out for you?" or "Obama vetoed Keystone XL" or something to your liking that connects Obamas actions or inactions to high gas prices and post the sticky note to the gas pump. My favorite is "OBAMA OWNS THIS! ----->>" with arrow pointing to the price window on the gas pump. - - - - Dravenhawk

[ChristianCoffee]

Just got to work, and gassed up. Paying over $4.17 a gallon now.

And with the storms that just ripped through here (Indiana etc) it will only go up.

[RevLogos]

I heard this on Hanitys radio show the other day. Get a pad of those sticky notes and a sharpie marking pencil and place these easily at hand in your car. Whenever you go to gas up write on the sticky note "Hows that hope and change workin out for you?" or "Obama vetoed Keystone XL" or something to your liking that connects Obamas actions or inactions to high gas prices and post the sticky note to the gas pump. My favorite is "OBAMA OWNS THIS! ----->>" with arrow pointing to the price window on the gas pump. - - - - Dravenhawk

Some enterprising capitalist is now selling pre-written post-it notes. They can be ordered on-line.

[Dravenhawk]

Some enterprising capitalist is now selling pre-written post-it notes. They can be ordered on-line.

Got to love capitalisim -- Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. I'd like to know where this guy who got the pic gets his gas $3.65 is CHEAP! Here it is bustin $4.33 A gallon :'( - - - - Dravenhawk