Subj : Gas Crunch
To   : Newborn
From : Ryan
Date : Sat Sep 03 2005 02:42 am

  Re: Gas Crunch
  By: Newborn to Spiffwiggler & Frank on Tue Aug 23 2005 10:29 pm

 > Hey. I was jusst wondering how you two are handling the gas crunch.  The
 > price of regular is now up to $1.70 a gal, midgrade is $1.80, and premium
 > is $1.90.  It gone up .06 a gal the last two days.
 > 
 > I drive a older Mercury and get maybe 12-15 miles per gallon since I do
 > mostly locale driving, food and medical trips.  I figure I spend $30-35
 > a month (up from my $20-22 normal cost).
 > 
 > Not much I can do.  I can't afford another car, certainly not a new one,
 > and mine is now 14 yrs old.  Anything I can afford has amywhere from 96K
 > to 140k and costs anywhere from $3000 to 5000 dollars.  We have NO bus
 > transportation to speak of here in the county the cost of auto repair and
 > maintenace is out of sight.
 > 
 > I hope the end of summer driving season makes a difference, but I don't
 > think in will.  With winter coming and the lack of refining capability I
 > fully expect speculation and greed to keep the situation going.
 > 
 > Newborn
Wow. this is saddening. I'm replying to a message dated Aug 23rd about gas
prices bing 1.70. Now only ten odd days later it's a whole dollar more. 
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