oldcurios
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We are currently budgeting $10 gas/diesel into our future plans. We will drive slower, stay longer, and if fuel doesn't reach that level, we will eat out more often. ;-)
So we only drive 100 miles a month....across the US....what a long slow trip ...
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HUTCH45
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AHEM..!, (.. ..),
If we can build a high-tech 'Go-Kart'....fly it to Mars...drive it around to pick up and analyze rocks...then wouldn't one think that we have the capabilities to build a much more fuel efficient gas or diesel motor, or possibly a Solar/Battery powered unit with 650lbs. of Torque..?, (well....maybe that's a stretch huh)?
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"OK...get off the 'political soapbox' Hutch...we need the wood..!"
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spkncarl
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HUTCH45 wrote:AHEM..!, (.. ..),
If we can build a high-tech 'Go-Kart'....fly it to Mars...drive it around to pick up and analyze rocks...then wouldn't one think that we have the capabilities to build a much more fuel efficient gas or diesel motor, or possibly a Solar/Battery powered unit with 650lbs. of Torque..?, (well....maybe that's a stretch huh)?
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"OK...get off the 'political soapbox' Hutch...we need the wood..!"
yeah it's amazing huh?
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PrivatePilot
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skipnchar wrote:In a matter of a decade RVs will be a thing of the past not just the trips taken in them.
Lets come back in a decade and debate the outcome, Skip. ;-)
I respectfully disagree, though. The speculators have driven oil to the price it's at without sufficient fundamentals to justify it, it's becoming increasingly common knowledge that it's overpriced, and it will eventually subdue in a gentle fashion, or (my opinion) abruptly correct.
10 years from now RV'ing will be enjoyed by less, I'm sure, but it'll still be around. 20 or 30 years from now is what I'd debate, not 10 years.
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SH
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dusterpylet wrote:Not trying to start a war, but that is why im getting a bachelors degree, i plan on making the money to allow me and my family to camp, even if we are paying 6 a gallon.
not to be disrespectful to anyone who hasnt gone to college, but that is how it is nowadays for us younger guys.
Hey Mike, best of luck with your continued education! What do you plan on doing with your Ag degree?
The only reason I ask is I got my BA, went to work full-time but the salary qualified my family for food stamps. After 34 years I now make $45,000. Not complaining, I chose the profession, just wanted you to know that a BA is not a guarantee to an affluent salary. We all know...money is not everything! 
Happy Camping!
PS Looks like we have the same 5th wheel!
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smkettner
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I predict the changes will be no more than the general driving public.
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22geno
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Yall just hang in there and we will get mad enough to say enough is enough and take it on ourselves to boycot. All working class shut down for a couple weeks and it will change. Look how much tax the gov would not get, how much oil not used and on an on.
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rvcamperontx
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I predict that in the near future I will still be towing my 5er but with my new Hydrogen powered dually. I know because Santa Clause will deliver it to me.
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Allen Schultz
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I wonder what the cost of fuel will be when that student loan is finally paid off!
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SweetLou
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I figure there is no oil shortage because there is no shortage of diesel or gas at the pumps. Those of us who remember the early 70's should recall the out of gas signs at the stations as well as the open no lines at the diesel pump.
They want to drive the price up to in order to let it fall down to the price they want to keep it at. I figure the price will settle at $4.25/gal. The rest of the nation will have to catch up with wages to absorb all the cost of living increases.
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