What are we going to do with the gas situation?

walk more

I don't know what's going to happe. I filled my car yesterday -- $60 for 15 gal. Luckily I am able to take the bus to work so I only have to do this twice a month. Ugh. The thing that bothers me is that our government is not addressing this and NONE of the candidates have broached the subject!!!! I say fire the Congress and get new people in there. The ones we have (it's a Democrat Congress, by the way) are doing zip!

of course were feelign it but there is not much we can do.. we try to limit or trips but thats all we really can do

I guess this is the plan to solve overweight america. *It's a joke that's not really funny is it? Really sad.*

It has not really affected our spending yet. It is just something we have to live with.

Gas prices have been low for so long you have to expect that they were going to go up sometime. We are still low. My dad was in Poland last week and he said they pay $8 a liter.

Not to worry. Everything is going to work out just fine.

People thought we were crazy when we bought a house in the city. I'm only about 2 1/2 miles from work, my partner is about 4 miles from his. We are within walking/biking distance of groceries. We are on a bus line (that we hardly ever use because it is so freaking time consuming.) We are 10 minutes or less away from movies, concerts, shopping, and recreation areas. This is how I grew up in a small town.

We aren't wealthy so the rising costs of fuel and energy in general are noticed. We spent a lot more time at home and plan our errands better now.

Remember that movie The Road Warrior?

I've cut back on my driving, even though my car is a 4 cylinder and doesn't use much gas. My husband's car is a V-8 and uses a good bit, so soon he may have to start driving mine to work.

Oh M&M I am so sorry to hear that ya'll spend so much on weekly gas! We are at 3.83 for the cheapest regular I can find, but other than only going where you have to, I don't know another way to cut back! I hope this will come to an end soon!

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Our cutting has gone to the extreme.
We don't drive anywhere anymore. I drive to class at Villanova and that is ALL. I work from home (thank GOD), and my husband is thinking of bicycling to work (1 mile commute - lucky man!)
Our kids have gotten used to the only park that's in walking distance. We've explored all our local little shops to avoid driving everywhere. I found a nail salon that I can walk to. Our entertainment now consists of walking to the local Blockbuster and renting DVDs.
I'm going to look into purchasing one of those double-kids trailers to hook to my bicycle so I can take the kids to farther parks than our local little joint.
We've also planted 4 fruit trees and 2 garden areas. I'm now growing herbs in containers in the house (parsley, oregano, basil). We turn off just about EVERYTHING that draws power. Our A/C ONLY goes on when it's 90+ outside. We haven't been to a shopping mall in months.
I'm down to 1 tank of gas a month, and the only reason I'm stuck driving to classes is because all the online classes were FULL. Believe it or not, Villanova is considering doubling, even TRIPLING the number of online classes due to the overwhelming demand. The reason? GAS PRICES!

isn`t it awful? my car is a 4 cylindar while my husbands is a 6. we noticed mine gets much better gas mileage. he soon may have to drive my car to work on days that I do not need the car.

I walk where ever I can when ever I really can, up to a mile to a store if I have to. I can't afford gas and I'm not working, so I have to use it when I find or to look for work.



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Unfortunately I live in a rural area, so we here are at the mercy of these gas prices for the most part. I've cut so many corners everything is round now lol! But I usually find other ways to compensate. Lets hope they won't go up to much more.

Thank you for sharing everyone. Unfortuatly, at our age, we cannot walk far. My husbands work is 30 miles away, too far for a bike too. There is no public transportation where we are. Live in a very rural area.
My heart goes out to all of you. God bless you.

I'm struggling with this too. My round-trip commute is about 160 miles a day. I carpool with a co-worker who lives halfway between my house and office whe possible, so that cuts half the distance every other day. I've started working from home two days a week to help save some money on gas.

It is forcing some to change their lifestyles.. I remember the oil embargos in the 70's.. the gas lines, only getting gas on odd and /or evem days.. I sold my gas hog of a car then and bought a 4 cylinder..

may have to have 4 day work week.

Folks - there are far, far greater tragedies in the world today than the price of gas in the U.S.

Thomas is so right. The sad thing about this "gas" crisis is that it takes our attention of the really important dire things that are going on. It is the result of the really big problems we are facing as a species.

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