Cheapest plug in coming out this year will cost twice that, but a Prius can be had new for $23k-24k and a Honda insight for under $20k. Or get a compact or econobox for many thousands less. The cars exist that give good mileage and are cheap to run.
Cheapest plug in coming out this year will cost twice that, but a Prius can be had new for $23k-24k and a Honda insight for under $20k. Or get a compact or econobox for many thousands less. The cars exist that give good mileage and are cheap to run.Let's just hope that the auto companies start focusing on producing high MPG plug-in hybrid cars that sell for $15,000 cause we're gonna need them.
Yes, but the same blame was attached to Bush, and any number of progressives here will defend blaming Bush while insisting that Obama is blameless. Unfortunately far too many Americans believe that the President "runs the country" and is therefore responsible for high gas prices, if not directly in charge of setting them. I have heard people interviewed who insisted that Bush actually set gasoline prices.Sounds kinda silly to blame the President for high oil prices doesn't it?
Was just coming here to post this...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110412/ap_on_re_us/oil_prices
I tend to think that Goldman will now start shorting oil and drive it down even faster...make money on the way up...make money on the way down. Epic win, lol.
GS is so big it's a legal pump and dump now regardless of which position they hold.They probably shorted before releasing their statement. Somehow that's legal...
Cheapest plug in coming out this year will cost twice that, but a Prius can be had new for $23k-24k and a Honda insight for under $20k. Or get a compact or econobox for many thousands less. The cars exist that give good mileage and are cheap to run.
Yes, but the same blame was attached to Bush, and any number of progressives here will defend blaming Bush while insisting that Obama is blameless. Unfortunately far too many Americans believe that the President "runs the country" and is therefore responsible for high gas prices, if not directly in charge of setting them. I have heard people interviewed who insisted that Bush actually set gasoline prices.
Like the Prius? It does cost $23-24k, though. There is a smaller, cheaper, better MPG Prius on the way in the next year or so to be sold (Prius C).Yeah, you can get a Ford Fiesta, but what we really need are cars that can consistently get 50 mpg in the city.
Like the Prius? It does cost $23-24k, though. There is a smaller, cheaper, better MPG Prius on the way in the next year or so to be sold (Prius C).
Yea, no problem, only 18 per cent of the increase is due to manipulation by the market. This is OK according to the likes of Cramer. Oh, by the way fuck head, where's my APPL @ $400. Oh you were wrong again? Typical Walll Steet take the money from OUR Country and run fucks!
Whats the issue? Its at $332 with a target of $424
Prices rise highest level in 36 years
4-14-2011
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110414/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy
A spike in the cost of gasoline pushed wholesale prices higher in March, a trend that could limit consumer spending in the coming months.
Overall, the Producer Price Index, which measures price changes before they reach the consumer, rose 0.7 percent last month and is up 5.8 percent over the past year, the Labor Department said Thursday. Food prices eased slightly in March after having risen in the previous month by the most in 36 years.
Companies added more than 200,000 jobs in March for the second straight month, the first time that has happened since 2006. The unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent and has dropped a full percentage point since November
"Unfortunately, wage growth has not been commensurate with the pickup in job creation," said Dan Greenhaus, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak. "The economy can add a zillion jobs but if wage growth is not coincident ... purchasing power is likely to be constrained."
heh, exactly as I told you apologists years ago and was told it would never happen. Right again! Next stop $50B for Liz #5!Liz Taylor painting prices on the rise fast:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/03/elizabeth-taylor-andy-warhol-painting-.html
The estimated price for Liz #5, painted in 1963, is $20 million to $30 million. Is this a bid to exploit Taylors death?
Something else I posted on here would start happening
4-8-11
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/04/08/gasoline-thefts-on-rise-in-suburbs/
Gasoline Thefts On Rise In Suburbs
The average price of a gallon of gasoline in Chicagoland is hovering just above $4 a gallon, and that has led to reports of gasoline siphoning in some suburbs.
WBBMs Mary Frances Bragiel reports, west suburban St. Charles had two reports of gasoline theft last month, prompting police to advise residents to park their vehicles in the garage.
In Naperville, more than $900 worth of diesel fuel was siphoned out of four trucks, which investigators believe is connected to high gas prices.
Prices at 140 year high driving up cost for essential items:
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/sto...up-clothing-costs/OaAhdjqnQkm2p1ZcHuYR7g.cspx
The price of cotton has climbed to a 140-year high, the highest price since just after the Civil War. For shoppers, it could translate into a 10 or 15 percent jump in clothing prices.
I personally have no idea why people care about gas prices this much. Yes, paying significantly more for the same product blows. That being said, unless you are a heavy commuter or drive a Hummer, in the scheme of a monthly budget it's hard for me to see how a dollar or two increase in gas prices really changes your life that much.
It's not that I don't see the macroeconomic issues at play here, but from a personal budgeting issue I've never gotten it.