Gas prices making you happy

**Cleric** · 11-10-08, 02:32 PM

Filled up my car for $22 for the first time in three years. However, im only preparing for the worst, because it will go up again. But fuck it, enjoy it while you can. Fill up your boat and take the family skiing or something, im going to!!!!

**jmw_man** · 11-10-08, 02:35 PM

Filled up my 26 gallon tank for $1.96 in the heart of Dallas this morning. Won't last long.

**texdirect6** · 11-10-08, 02:51 PM

Damn under 2 bucks you guys are lucky lowest I've got is 2.23 but its slowly dropping pennies everyday!! :9 :10

**ninja|oaklandr** · 11-10-08, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by triggerhappy2005

That bad thing about prices coming down is that we will prolly become complacent again. This country needs to achieve energy independance and high gas prices push us in that direction.

Agreed.

Now everyone will start with the suv hogs again.

**Keiron** · 11-10-08, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by ninja|oaklandr

Now everyone will start with the suv hogs again.

Funny that you mention that. One of my professors seems to believe that is basically "the plan". Lower the gas prices to a nice low rate hoping people will start spending more again, and start getting the huge gas guzzlers again and if/when that happens they can jack the prices back up to where they were if not higher.

I'm not sure I believe it, but it definitely seems plausible. We'll have to wait and see.

**Cybs** · 11-10-08, 04:35 PM

THat might not be to far off. Car makers are in trouble because SUV sales are down and they make a lot of money off SUVs. SUV sales down because gas is expensive... make gas cheaper people buy SUVs again.

**Muqtar SGT_Clintok** · 11-10-08, 05:23 PM

It is mixed feelings for me.

I am the one who said bring on the 8$ a gallon gas to push the issue. I still think that the crisis mentality is the best frame of mind to fix the problem of dependence on foreign oil. As other have said, complacency will kick in, and next summer (possible spoiler alert) .... Gas will hit 5$ a gallon.

Circular stupidity.

I did wonder whether the reduced driving this year (and it was a SIGNIFICANT reduction) was our weapon against OPEC. It won't take them long to figure out the pattern and reduce output to respond to our reduction of consumption on a seasonal basis.

Either way, keep middle eastern petro unaffordable year round so that this country is forced to find another solution.

We'll be sending them food within a generation.

**Nuckle** · 11-10-08, 05:27 PM

I wub my SUV hog.

**Toker** · 11-10-08, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by Red_Lizard2

suck my balls, its 2.43 a gallon is the cheapest here (2.38 if you pay in cash) and the cheapest i've heard/seen in arizona so far is around 2.30 a gallon

QFT - I only bitch when I get race gas or AV fuel... Now that shit is expensive.