SFist: Do I Hear $6?: Gallon of Gas Reaches New Heights

lola la trailera

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:30:48 -0800

Well that's smart isn't, save $5 bucks, peak up your stress in Tijuana, then drive back to the US, idle for 2+ hours in the border crossing and support the monopoly PEMEX is. - just great sense, SoCal-ittes. http://www.9news.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=93334&catid=337

bluecanary

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:42:26 -0800

Screw $10. I'm ready for $20. People will have to REALLY suffer before public transit will improve.

largo01

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:28:38 -0800

Dropping the speed limit is lame. We don't have an oil shortage here like in the 70's, so the effect would be nil. What we have is rising global oil demand and a falling dollar. Bring on the 10$!!! Maybe that will finally push people into agreeing that yes, dedicated light rail and better public transportation generally is the way to go considering oil is a finite resource. Our state needs way better rail infrastructure. Europe has been paying 8 bucks for a gallon for the last 10 years, and they really don't complain about it.

Akit

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:20:36 -0800

Anyone willing to reduce the freeway speed limit back to 55? Studies show that driving faster than 55 (such as the max limit in most areas at 65) is a waste of gas. The state dropped it to 55 during the 70's oil crisis.

fizzandpop

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:03:32 -0800

I think we should go back to rationing, like in the war. Then we can get black market gas from spivs with tiny pencil moustaches and spats. And ladies silk stockings made from parachutes.

hillarys_quivering_lip

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:52:40 -0800

$10?? Do I hear $11?!

katerose26

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:47:29 -0800

Yay! Keep it coming! Bring on $10/gallon!!

mdw0526

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:40:22 -0800

I totally agree with fizzandpop. I am SO glad that gas prices are high and I hope they go higher. For too long, Americans have been fat, lazy and entirely too self-entitled to way too many resources. I also hope the suburbs rot and become the new inner city.

Ciaran

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:15:51 -0800

It must be the free market at work - the more expensive gas is, the more desparate people are to buy it.

jameth

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:48:25 -0800

he is a correspondent for Lulz News Network, an unofficial wanna-be subsidiary of SFist!

fizzandpop

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:44:09 -0800

Tire iron confrontation completely justified. Line cutters are the new plague carriers. A pox on all their houses. BTW, I f**king LOVE IT that gas is so high. I drive a load but couldn't give a rats about the price, at six bucks it's still way too cheap. Viva la revolution! The suburbs will rot, YAY!

jameth

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:37:59 -0800

mine is sorta like this: walk, muni/bart, cab, caltrain, zipcar. none of it involves me directly paying for gasoline! yay! but i blast the a/c in the zipcar to increase my carbon footprint since i feel guilty about walking so much.

EllyMental

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:34:04 -0800

Who the hell is that person and why is he on my computer screen? Shell employee? Spokesperson for 90s style Ray Ban sunglasses?

Plug1

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:33:04 -0800

arco arco arco arco. muni. muni. muni. cab. cab. walk.

Brock Keeling

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:31:29 -0800

math is hard.

jameth

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:25:05 -0800

technically, we are a tenth of a penny away from $5/gallon gas! lol, maths.

sf_bikebike

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:07:35 -0800

its only a matter of time.