Its an expensive spring - Page 2

jamala00 · 03-03-2022, 10:25 AM

Bottom line for those of us with "Toys". You are going to have to Pay to Play. With the push of EV's and everything else going on in the world... Gas is going to go up and just keep going up. We may catch a break here/there, but I think the days of $2.xx/Gallon Gas are behind us. I can see the average/gallon for 87 Octane going up to $4.00/Gallon and never coming back down. I hope I'm wrong, but I can see it happening.

gpskinzhut · 03-03-2022, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by TXCSSU

I'm perfectly ok with gas prices going up to $10 a gallon. This means less of you mooks will be on the road when I decide to take the car out.

Yeah, you'll just have all those other mooks in their sensible cars clogging up the roadways.

jamala00 · 03-03-2022, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by TXCSSU

I'm perfectly ok with gas prices going up to $10 a gallon. This means less of you mooks will be on the road when I decide to take the car out.

$10/gallon gas would push me to buy an EV. That for sure would be a tipping point for me.

BlackbeastSS2 · 03-03-2022, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Crushin_LT1

Gas prices were on the rise from March 2021, not sure Russia is the appropriate place to blame...

It’s pretty obvious Biden stop American production on USA soil and wants buy foreign oil and get that extra bag of money personally dropped off in a brown paper bag.

Coded4SS · 03-03-2022, 10:32 AM

in b4 the jewish space lasers

gpskinzhut · 03-03-2022, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Coded4SS

in b4 the jewish space lasers

Oy vey.

TXCSSU · 03-03-2022, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by jamala00

Bottom line for those of us with "Toys". You are going to have to Pay to Play. With the push of EV's and everything else going on in the world... Gas is going to go up and just keep going up. We may catch a break here/there, but I think the days of $2.xx/Gallon Gas are behind us. I can see the average/gallon for 87 Octane going up to $4.00/Gallon and never coming back down. I hope I'm wrong, but I can see it happening.

I don't think I'd make that bet. I thought gas under $2.00 was never coming back, and then Covid hit and I was seeing premium under $1.99 a gallon. I figure if the EV infrastructure gets put in place (including charging times, as I've read that the fastest chargers can charge some new EVs in less than a couple of hours), more people switch over to EVs for basic commuting, and gas prices settle down with it being more of a luxury than a necessity. The key is for the infrastructure to be set up so that casual drivers aren't pushed back into ICE cars. The problem is that the oil/gas industry is really trying to keep that from happening as their industry is on the endangered list.

ctrlz · 03-03-2022, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by 95 imp

IF the SPR is filled to capacity (727 MBBLs) it would last less than 40 days.

Also, they can draw a max of 4.4MBBls and our country currently uses 18.19MBBLs/day. A war would dramatically increase that amount.

Thanks. I stand corrected.
Partial release already approved, BTW:
https://www.energy.gov/articles/us-a...rves-stabilize

mrgoodbytes · 03-03-2022, 01:12 PM

Gas price just hit $ 8.17 per gallon here.

Outahand · 03-03-2022, 02:22 PM

I sure miss being energy independent.....

FlukeSS · 03-03-2022, 02:42 PM

For the record: As of 2020 The U.S. gets about 62% of its crude from Canada and Mexico. And only 7% from Russia.

Think about that next time you wonder why gas prices are so high. It ain't because of what is going on in Russia.

TXCSSU · 03-03-2022, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Coded4SS

in b4 the jewish space lasers

C'mon now, it's "pretty obvious"....

TXCSSU · 03-03-2022, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Outahand

I sure miss being energy independent.....

When were we ever energy independent, when everything was horse and buggy?

Would renewable resources get us back that independence? I don't think I've ever lived in a time where I could use my own resources to generate energy. I've always had to pay someone.

jamala00 · 03-03-2022, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by mrgoodbytes

Gas price just hit $ 8.17 per gallon here.

$8.17 USD? If so... Wow... I'm not sure I'd be driving around a V8 if Gas was $8.17/Gallon here. I doubt it.

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03-03-2022, 02:42 PM	#25
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03-03-2022, 10:25 AM	#15
jamala00 Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Hyper Blue Metallic Join Date: May 2020 Location: WI Posts: 2,451	Bottom line for those of us with "Toys". You are going to have to Pay to Play. With the push of EV's and everything else going on in the world... Gas is going to go up and just keep going up. We may catch a break here/there, but I think the days of $2.xx/Gallon Gas are behind us. I can see the average/gallon for 87 Octane going up to $4.00/Gallon and never coming back down. I hope I'm wrong, but I can see it happening.

03-03-2022, 10:32 AM	#19
Coded4SS Drives: 2020 1SS 1le Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: SO CAL Posts: 440	in b4 the jewish space lasers

03-03-2022, 01:12 PM	#23
mrgoodbytes Drives: '18 2SS/EU (+Recaros) M6 Red Hot Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: Sweden Posts: 260	Gas price just hit $ 8.17 per gallon here.

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