Big Jump In Gas Prices Predicted [24 cents!]

CBS News ^ | 3/3/2005 | CBS/AP

[phil1750]

In my little town in Missouri, we jumped 8 cents over night. Now at $1.84

[JTHomes]

Maybe a grotesquely high tax on purchases of oversized passenger vehicles

What is oversized? For me it is simple. I can buy two small cars to cart around my family, or one big enough for everyone. Which is more efficient? How about a high tax on idiots instead?

[RockinRight]

Well...if they actually were in this for the oil, wouldn't they have done just that before the election to ease re-election?????

[SMARTY]

Actually, I drive 60 miles a day on the highway and elsewhere. I see MANY suv's and large vehicles. Only in about every 8th or 9th one do I EVER see more than one person. Nice meeting you too.

[streetpreacher]

What if the entire U.S went nuclear (I don't know how many plants are needed to make that a reality... a 1000 new ones would be a good start)? It would definitely lower energy prices across the board. How much oil would that free up for other areas?

[streetpreacher]

...heh, heh

[streetpreacher]

I don't think he's saying that there in it for the oil; he's arguing that there in it for the profits. Lowering prices might be good politics but bad economics according to this theory.

[streetpreacher]

I think my next car is going to be a four-cylinder (okay, I probably won't go that far) Nissan.

[Bella_Bru]

I am certain that several refineries in Cali will go off line in order to push it even higher.

[BILL_C]

$2.09 at 4 pm and $2.99 this morning


I bet you meant $1.99 this morning, right?

[foreverfree]

bump

[Rutles4Ever]

Airline solvency alert...

[SMARTY]

I'll double check tonight when I go by there. But that is no guarantee that if I was mistaken about the $2.99 earlier, it WON'T be $2.99 by this PM. Maybe I read it wrong, for sure I was not going to pull in for a better look.