Ripped off at the pump ?

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by Damo

Right now in Western Australia Im paying near-on $1.50 per litre.
To you Americans, thats around $5.68 per gallon.

Earlier this week here in Montreal our price for regular gas jumped from $1.40 a liter to $1.53 a liter overnight.. Price has since moderated and they are now only gouging us $1.48 a liter
Driving my Yaris and filling it once a month its not a major hit to the wallet but i gotta wonder about those with huge gas guzzling pickups and SUV's.

[12 yaris]

I really do not mind the price of gas in Pa.,I need it so I buy it.
If the price climbed to 8 bucks a gallon we would still buy it.
What is the alternative riding bicycles(for me 35 mi. one-way to work)?
Would we have to give-up some of the things we need such as perscription meds,
grocery shopping,the i-phones some of us can't live without,internet service,cable tv?
We do not no how to function without gasoline(the oil companies know this,OPEC knows
this).
Well there is always the horse and buggy(oh wait,you have to feed the horse too).

[TPA5]

Gas prices are high, it sucks. But they're not going down, because they make an improbably large amount of money for both government a big oil companies. Of course, government has great interests in big oil companies and vice-versa.

So let's all be realistic, big oil and big money run the world. Not political leaders. So gas ain't ever going down.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by TPA5

Gas prices are high, it sucks. But they're not going down, because they make an improbably large amount of money for both government a big oil companies. Of course, government has great interests in big oil companies and vice-versa.

So let's all be realistic, big oil and big money run the world. Not political leaders. So gas ain't ever going down.

If we dont buy it the price will come down.

or

the more we buy the more the price goes UP.

[TPA5]

Originally Posted by bronsin

If we dont buy it the price will come down.

or

the more we buy the more the price goes UP.

The sad thing is, it is that simple. But no one can ever stop buying. We're caught in a weird death-grip, even if we could get even a fraction of the population to protest and stop buying gas even for a week, big oil wouldn't budge because eventually they know we'll go back to buying it because we need it. It's like a siege, and sadly big oil will always have the muscle to outlast us little guys.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by TPA5

even if we could get even a fraction of the population to protest and stop buying gas even for a week,.

YES YES YES!!!

War, its war!

Good or bad thats what Id like to see people doing.