Skid Row Joe wrote:

I'd start looking for a higher paying job, if that's all you're paying income taxes on. Especially if I had a family depending on me. Times a wasting.

skipnchar wrote:

I think that there is very little doubt that RVing will soon be available only to the very wealthy. It MAY even become beyond their reach, not because of COST but because of the social conscious of the nation. In a time of dwindling resources it's actually pretty irresponsible to squander energy tooling around the country in gas guzzling vehicles just because we can. Until that time, I'll probably continue to do it but I KNOW it is a lot less than the moral thing to do.

Jim2007 wrote:

Hi Rodney: IMO the price at the pump for diesel fuel is to high and I am looking at paying $4.50 for diesel for my summer travels. Here in Colorado our new governor wants to put 22 cents more per gal. on fuel and he also wants to increase the cost of the yearly license plates by $100. With all that said we still plan to travel this summer from a budget we have set aside and when the budget is gone we will just park it. Happy camping. Jim2007

jerryspoolman wrote:

Just read that gasoline in Iraq is selling for 40 cents per gallon.

The high cost of crude is because of the low value of the dollar.

Oil is just like the other currencies that have risen dramatically over the dollar.

This is what happens when you try to run a country on a credit card.

I would like to see the cost of gasoline in other countries without taxes.

canyonbound wrote:

Well there was 6 new permits for neclear plants last year. And they figure that may double in the near future. As for the all mighty folks not worrying about us little middle income folks, is because they wealthy have money, and some do not even pump gas so they have no idea how hard it is to make less than 100 grand a year, and support a family, and still have some sort of recreation. The green earth lobbiest control the politicians in a sense. Like they may make us all buy florescent bulbs. But yet they have no fear of the mercury in them. These bulbs really only last about as long as a regular light bulb. Burning at the same time. They are meant to burn about 4 hours at a time. I tried using them, and they last no longer than other bulbs. And some of them do not always work. Meaning sometimes they come on, and sometimes they do not. But next time they do. The oil companies have made huge profits, very huge profits. What I do not understand is, most companies, say they make a widget, that ends up costing the buyer a buck. The company sells enough to make a profit. The materials to make this widget goes up, until the company raises their prices they go into the negatives. So they raise the price. The profit margin rides equal to their costs. With oil they make profits so high that only Bill Gates can compete. But yet their margin is already way above the cost of production, so when there is an increase in the product, there is no need for a price hike across the board. In other words the profit margin should rise equally to the price of production, but yet it leaves it in the dust. That is the biggest farce, since global warming. sorry this subject gets me all flustered. Back to the mercury bulbs. In 20 to 30 years after we all use the mercury bulbs, how much will be free in the US? Enough for them to say well we need to change the bulbs again. Each bulb only uses a small amount of mercury, but multiply that by millions. They already complain of mercury in the waters. Now it will be in the land as well. If gas goes to high they will have us where they want us, everyone depending on them for everything. Food, housing, transportation, medical, and so on. Gotta get. Dinner time.

Rodney wrote:

I looked at some receipts that I kept yesterday. Four years ago, I paid $.90 a gallon for diesel. Yesterday, I paid $3.89 for a gallon of diesel. Almost 430% inflation. The cost of a gallon of gasoline has increased at about the same rate.
Rodney Wren