this is bull ****!
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Wow, you must be in Cal or something. Ours (South GA) is like $3.49/$3.69/$3.79. We have a Prius though (40mpg city, 50mpg highway).
I bet it's still cheaper to drive the Prius than to ride my bike considering burning ~800 cals hr. So at least 2 hrs for 40 miles and that's 1600 calories to replace. That's near one day of meals. I don't think I could eat an entire day for less than $3.50, especially with the gas prices driving everything else up!
I bet it's still cheaper to drive the Prius than to ride my bike considering burning ~800 cals hr. So at least 2 hrs for 40 miles and that's 1600 calories to replace. That's near one day of meals. I don't think I could eat an entire day for less than $3.50, especially with the gas prices driving everything else up!
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Wow, you must be in Cal or something. Ours (South GA) is like $3.49/$3.69/$3.79. We have a Prius though (40mpg city, 50mpg highway).
I bet it's still cheaper to drive the Prius than to ride my bike considering burning ~800 cals hr. So at least 2 hrs for 40 miles and that's 1600 calories to replace. That's near one day of meals. I don't think I could eat an entire day for less than $3.50, especially with the gas prices driving everything else up!
I bet it's still cheaper to drive the Prius than to ride my bike considering burning ~800 cals hr. So at least 2 hrs for 40 miles and that's 1600 calories to replace. That's near one day of meals. I don't think I could eat an entire day for less than $3.50, especially with the gas prices driving everything else up!
Yep, live in LA.
04-20-08, 10:11 PM
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is that melrose?
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The evil, evil nap
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Ode to the after work nap ( ride your bike instead)
Ode to the nap
The evil, evil nap
It lures
you succumb
But only with good intent
Shortly I will rise
But you do not.
Do not succumb
To the evil, evil nap
04-20-08, 10:11 PM
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well
thank that AHOLE George Bush and all his Big Oil buddies. Seriously, is there anyone that still defends this AHole for what he did to this country?
04-20-08, 10:12 PM
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$3.50 here.
04-20-08, 10:16 PM
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I hear Dick Cheney gives him high marks too.
In all fairness the high price of oil is inevitable given global economics. Sadly, the US is in a much poorer position to deal with it thanks to the head in the sand energy policies (or rather the total lack thereof) in Washington over the past 8 years. Al Gore's looking pretty good right about now, eh?
04-20-08, 10:18 PM
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I don't think I could eat an entire day for less than $3.50
04-20-08, 10:38 PM
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Kraft mac n cheese 5 pack - $3
5 cans of Italian style diced tomatoes - $3.75
Calories - 5k
cost for 1600 calories - $2.16
that's my calorie supplement. I'm sure ramen is less, but i'm a high roller
what you're paying for with driving your car is the time you save. Time = Money
5 cans of Italian style diced tomatoes - $3.75
Calories - 5k
cost for 1600 calories - $2.16
that's my calorie supplement. I'm sure ramen is less, but i'm a high roller
what you're paying for with driving your car is the time you save. Time = Money
04-20-08, 10:38 PM
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It's still quite cheap compared to europe. I was recently living in Denmark and Norway, and the price of gas was around 7.50-9 USD per gallon.
It has been that high for several years now- somehow public transit and strange two-wheeled machines seem to be quite popular.
It has been that high for several years now- somehow public transit and strange two-wheeled machines seem to be quite popular.
04-20-08, 10:45 PM
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Congratulations, your gas price is becoming more comparable to the rest of the world?
Well, it's still quite a ways off (you're almost at Canada territory) compared to our good friends across the pond.
Americans should quit bellyaching. Almost 100% of consumer goods are cheapest in the US.
Well, it's still quite a ways off (you're almost at Canada territory) compared to our good friends across the pond.
Americans should quit bellyaching. Almost 100% of consumer goods are cheapest in the US.
04-20-08, 10:47 PM
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Maybe if idiots would stop buying SUV's and minivans that get 10 mpg we'd wouldn't need to import oil from @holes in the mid east and South America
04-20-08, 10:52 PM
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It's still quite cheap compared to europe. I was recently living in Denmark and Norway, and the price of gas was around 7.50-9 USD per gallon.
It has been that high for several years now- somehow public transit and strange two-wheeled machines seem to be quite popular. : D
It has been that high for several years now- somehow public transit and strange two-wheeled machines seem to be quite popular. : D
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Wow, you must be in Cal or something. Ours (South GA) is like $3.49/$3.69/$3.79. We have a Prius though (40mpg city, 50mpg highway).
I bet it's still cheaper to drive the Prius than to ride my bike considering burning ~800 cals hr. So at least 2 hrs for 40 miles and that's 1600 calories to replace. That's near one day of meals. I don't think I could eat an entire day for less than $3.50, especially with the gas prices driving everything else up!
I bet it's still cheaper to drive the Prius than to ride my bike considering burning ~800 cals hr. So at least 2 hrs for 40 miles and that's 1600 calories to replace. That's near one day of meals. I don't think I could eat an entire day for less than $3.50, especially with the gas prices driving everything else up!
04-20-08, 11:09 PM
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Wow, you must be in Cal or something. Ours (South GA) is like $3.49/$3.69/$3.79. We have a Prius though (40mpg city, 50mpg highway).
I bet it's still cheaper to drive the Prius than to ride my bike considering burning ~800 cals hr. So at least 2 hrs for 40 miles and that's 1600 calories to replace. That's near one day of meals. I don't think I could eat an entire day for less than $3.50, especially with the gas prices driving everything else up!
I bet it's still cheaper to drive the Prius than to ride my bike considering burning ~800 cals hr. So at least 2 hrs for 40 miles and that's 1600 calories to replace. That's near one day of meals. I don't think I could eat an entire day for less than $3.50, especially with the gas prices driving everything else up!
04-20-08, 11:19 PM
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It doesn't matter how expensive gas gets....we will still buy it.
Duh.
There is no currently viable alternative that will ever truly replace it....
......says the man who make parts for industrial diesel engines.
$3.70ish in the Chicago area BTW.
Duh.
There is no currently viable alternative that will ever truly replace it....
......says the man who make parts for industrial diesel engines.
$3.70ish in the Chicago area BTW.
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I bet it's still cheaper to drive the Prius than to ride my bike considering burning ~800 cals hr. So at least 2 hrs for 40 miles and that's 1600 calories to replace. That's near one day of meals. I don't think I could eat an entire day for less than $3.50, especially with the gas prices driving everything else up!
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Don't you mean P&R....oh wait, nevermind....
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