Gas
I left for India 2 months ago on this very day and then came back last month around the same time. Gas was 1.95 usd ea. a gallon when I left. Gas now costs 2.85 usd ea. a gallon on average for regular. That is an increase of .90 cents ea. per gallon. I fill in 28 gallons of gas every 10 days and use 84 gallons a month. I am spending 75.60-usd ea. a month extra on gas and 907 usd ea per year. These are all on the lower side and the actual number might be much higher than this. It is disgusting that everyone is keeping quiet about the whole issue. I for one am damn pissed. I am still earning the same but i have to shell out 1000 bucks more a year on gas added to the 2000 usd ea. I already spend on a yearly basis. It is mind boggling that I spend 3000-usd ea on gas a year, another 2000 usd ea. on insurance and probably another 600-800 usd ea. year on maintenance. It is absurd that we end up spending almost 6 grand a year on transportation. Oh yeah, i freaking forgot the car payments one has to make which is another 2 to 3 grand. It is disgusting. I am spending 8 grand a year on my automobile. This is the cost I incur to get to work and back. On a monthly basis, i spend 666.666-usd ea. on my car. If I were making 60 grand a year, this would be 10 percent of my salary on a monthly basis after taxes. Pretty disgusting. It is only going to get worse from here on. In a couple of months we are planning on getting another vehicle. All the costs will be most probably doubled. It all adds up.
Is someone questioning this hike? Is there a valid reason for the hike or has the reason passed on and we better get used to it as the oil companies want to make shit loads off us as they found reason to hike it and don’t want to be bothered going back to the old price. Is it because of the cost of oil? Is it because of all the hurricanes that belted the gulf a couple of weeks ago? Is it because of all the processing centers closing down? Surely, gas has to come down to prices within reason. I just hope they do. Too many times, people accept change without much opposition. I just want an explanation in a rational straightforward way if things are going to get better or if things are going to be the way they are and if not get worse. Give me an explanation and I will be at peace.
Is someone questioning this hike? Is there a valid reason for the hike or has the reason passed on and we better get used to it as the oil companies want to make shit loads off us as they found reason to hike it and don’t want to be bothered going back to the old price. Is it because of the cost of oil? Is it because of all the hurricanes that belted the gulf a couple of weeks ago? Is it because of all the processing centers closing down? Surely, gas has to come down to prices within reason. I just hope they do. Too many times, people accept change without much opposition. I just want an explanation in a rational straightforward way if things are going to get better or if things are going to be the way they are and if not get worse. Give me an explanation and I will be at peace.
posted by zambezi at 1:23 PM
4 Comments:
The way to question this is everyone doing some/anything they can. You can start by car-pooling or finding other means to get to work and cutting down on gas consumption. If everyone follows this, we will be reducing our collective gas consumption and hopefully decrease in demand might lead to drop in prices.
You can start by not accepting the change and being the change you want to see in the society!
-S
How the heck do u not accept the change? Follow in Gandhi's asehyog steps and walk the full 14 kilometers (or miles in your US terms) to work in -20 deg Celsius (or fahrenheit for you) temperature? "Asehyoging" gas hike aint quite logical in my world. Perhaps it is logical or it is possible but I aint no Gandhi ... especially when it comes to friggin canadian temperatures.
If you have a better idea, let's hear it.
-R
machan i removed comments from my page. it was getting too insane. we will talk here
A lot of consumption needs to be reduced. Consider the Earth as a human being. What happens when a virus attacks us - we get a fever - that's Global warming for you! The virus cannot survive outside a host - so it kills to survive - that's we human have done! Virus spreads from one part of the body to another rapidly - virus multiplies at a alarming rate and can even cause death if the immune system cannot cope. That's why you see flooding in NJ, a Tsunami or an earthquake - that's the body of the Earth reacting to us - the viruses!! The more powerful viruses take more than the weaker viruses - that's why a human being in america consumes 1000 times more paper than an average Indian. And dump toxic waste in all parts of the body - that's exactly what a virus does!!
The only way this planet can survive is when we stop taking more than what we deserve! Money is a device created by the more powerful viruses to occupy more space and more power .. let's stop being viruses and start using that brain of ours ..
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