Time to quit driving anywhere!

[schsa]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/09/gasoline.prices/index.html

So as the price of gas goes up so will the price of food and almost anything else that travels by truck across the US.

It's going to be a long expensive summer. :(

[cleaningla]

What I don't understand is gas is up $.45/gallon and milk is up $1.00 a gallon. Does it take 2 gallons of gas to transport one gallon of milk?

I glanced at the milk last time I was at the store, It's around $4.39-4.69 a gallon here.

[fatesfaery]

I cringe everytime I notice another increase at the gas pumps. DH works for a plastics co....plastic is a petrolium based product. Everytime gas goes up, resin prices follow.

Resin prices go up, plasic prices go up....the price for anything packaged in plasic or made of plastic goes up.

Dh's co has already started cancelling weekend shifts in order to cut back. DH is on salary, so it doesn't affect us, but I feel for the hourly employees who are already struggling without the cut-backs.

[AngelGrim]

My husband told me this morning that we are gonna be broke if it keeps going like this. We live about 40 minutes from where he works too, and he said that how does this fit in with keeping people working if they can't afford the gas to get there? Makes me worry!!

[freeby4me]

Im with you AngelGrim. Hubby works 40 miles away too and gas is outragious. Our gas gage doesnt work so he has to put gas in every other day. Same price as doing it all at once but check after check really seems to hurt the checkbook more than just one. :( I sure hope they figure something out.

[frooger]

I think more people should carpool or take the bus sometimes. I don't own a car, they are too expensive and I have never had a driver's license. Altho I've had permit and drove before. I take the bus mainly.Gas is going to be sky high this summer.

[zitra]

Here milk is $2.49 a gallon (this is in the local small town grocery store). about $1.99 if you go to Walgreens. Gas is about $1.99 a gallon for reg. at the local gas station.

[latestdish]

I've been taking the bus, too. However, 1) Not everyone has viable bus service in their area 2) Pittsburgh is lucky it had it this long -we still may be seeing cuts this summer 3) In mass transit serviced area, heavy cuts may be coming as fuel is more expensive in certain older cities. -Joy

[jonette5]

I agree, it is getting totally out of hand. Is there really a reson for the high prices, or do the "oil people" just feel the need to get richer?

My DH drives 110 miles round trip for work every day. He used to keep $30 cash every week for gas and sodas and snacks at work, now he has to keep $50 and that is just for gas and maybe one or two sodas a week! It's crazy! I stay at home and try not to drive anymore then I have to. I have been doing pretty good only filling up the van about once a month, sometimes twice. I wish there was something us consumers could do to get the point across to the "oil people" that they are hurting us and to bring prices back down to a resonable level, but I know there is nothing that can be done really.

[lassss]

I just bought a lil Honda Rebel 250 motorcycle as a second vehicle and think I am gonna be using it alot this summer IF I can learn how to ride the damn thing lol :D

[DivineMsDi]

Buses are not options here. The bus goes as stupid times and to vague routes. If I could take a bus places, I would not be in my house all day. We can't afford 2 cars. (car insurance is sky high here).

My dh and dad currently work at the same place, so if it gets really bad, they can car pool! We have a small car, so it is not too bad for us.

Maybe the plus side of all this will be cities and towns will have to re-evaluate their public transportation and do something constructive about it. Maybe people will stop clogging up the roads and walk some places or ride their bikes.

People survived before gasoline and we can survive now. It is just a matter of being a little smarter. Think back in the war and during the depression when gas was rationed. You limited your trips, carpooled or walked.

As for milk, there are other options too. Try soymilk--it's cheap and good for your health.

There may be a plus side after all.

[schsa]

My drive is 25 miles one way. There are no buses from where I live to where I work or I would definately be on one. Filling my tank will be about $25 a week with the cost at $1.80.

OPEC is considering increasing production. However there is so much speculation that oil prices will go up because those traders who invest expect to see disruptions in services bringing the oil from the Middle East to us. I have yet to see it. Iraq is obviously having problems but they are not one of the biggest producers.

I bet I'll be paying over $2.00 a gallon before the summer is out. And the cost of food will go right long with it. :eek:

[sahmsfreeb]

Buses are not options here. The bus goes as stupid times and to vague routes. If I could take a bus places, I would not be in my house all day. We can't afford 2 cars. (car insurance is sky high here).

My dh and dad currently work at the same place, so if it gets really bad, they can car pool! We have a small car, so it is not too bad for us.

Maybe the plus side of all this will be cities and towns will have to re-evaluate their public transportation and do something constructive about it. Maybe people will stop clogging up the roads and walk some places or ride their bikes.

People survived before gasoline and we can survive now. It is just a matter of being a little smarter. Think back in the war and during the depression when gas was rationed. You limited your trips, carpooled or walked.

As for milk, there are other options too. Try soymilk--it's cheap and good for your health.

There may be a plus side after all.


i for one live in the land of high gas prices... 2.09 yesterday...
i hate owning a 6 cylander minivan... i wish it was a 4 cylander.. but i plan out my trips...

i plan on walking more... thats healthy anyway...
but then again i cant complain... i fill my tank every 3 to 4 weeks... and it cost me about 30 bucks a month...

dh drives a lil honda accord 4 cyl.... so he gets 25 mpg.... so i give him the shopping list ... why not... shoprite is on the way home from work for him and we save gas that way....


let em drive up the price of ice cream i dare them! i dont need the stinkin calories anyway! i can make my own freezerpops! out of homemade puddin!!!

where theres a will theres a way....to save money! lol...

[Willow]

I think more people should carpool or take the bus sometimes. I don't own a car, they are too expensive and I have never had a driver's license. Altho I've had permit and drove before. I take the bus mainly.Gas is going to be sky high this summer.


Same here. lol If I had a car and had to make payments and then pay the insurance and buy gas for it I wouldn't have money to pay bills and buy food with. I'm just lucky that I live in an area that has a fairly good transportation system. I live about two minutes from the bus station and about five minutes from the train station.

[AngelGrim]

Carpooling is not an option for us as there is no one close to us that goes to the place my husband does to work, they all lives closer or north of it. He works on 3rd shift so by the time he goes to work the stores are closed and when he gets off work the stores aren't open yet and he is too tired anyway. He welds so his eyes are often very sore. It is over 3 miles to the local gas station that I go to and buy our milk and gas at. Today I went and stocked up on milk and hamburger so won't have to go again for a couple of days. These prices don't seem needed, why is gas so high, is there actually a reason that can be named for it. I don't know. They said on the news that many of our plants have quit refining and is there a reason for that, I am lost.

[suziebee20]

Wow, that sucks. One of the plus sides of no license- no paying for gas! I take the bus but very rarely because it's a rip off- $1.75. I'm glad that I am getting a job this summer- yup, $9 an hour. :D We don't drink milk so that's not much of a problem- just about all of us are lactosentolerant.

[MommyG3]

We have 3 automobiles...one van (full-size, gas guzzler), one Ford Escort, and one Mazda pickup. Like I put, the van is a gas guzzler and on an empty tank takes more than $60 to fill it up. The Escort currently runs about $20-30 on an empty tank. The pickup takes about the same as the Escort and is in between on how much it guzzles. I did learn from a mechanic recently not to let the gas go below 1/2 tank. It causes the fuel injectors to kick in and they end up burning more. Those things cost about $200 to replace.

I think I am going to talk to my dad about using his horse to ride to work. I have a friend that bought a goat recently...so anyone up for goat's milk. I hear it is very yummy. I may be buying that from her before it is all said and done. Seems like the farmers deserve alot more respect now. Gonna start growing my own herbs and spices and veggies...or at least tomatos.

[LadyBones]

The truckdrivers who deliver and pick up from the place that hubby works were telling the guys loading & unloading trucks for them that the truckdrivers union is considering going on strike in hopes of driving the fuel prices down. :(


My DH is a truck Driver and not every trucking company out there are union, there are so few Union truckers anymore that if the ones that are union decide to strike it's not going to make a dent in the trucking industry. A few big trucking company's like schnieder, and jb hunt are not union and they carry procter and gamble, and all of your major needs, there are alot out there not union at all.

I live in the heart of Amish country, so bussing is out of the picture BUT buying an amish buggy might be an option...lol :eek:

[MommyG3]

I live in the heart of Amish country, so bussing is out of the picture BUT buying an amish buggy might be an option...lol :eek:

I am about to that point myself.

[ntgsmommy]

Speaking of Amish--dh spoke with an Amish man the other say, and he was willing to sell fresh milk for $2 a gallon, along with butter, and his wife bakes every Tuesday for whole grain bread..looks like that is going to be our option for milk....I just need it for my son, I really don't like milk anyways... with the cream off of the top, I can make my own ice cream... :D

[Tracy'sMom]

My truck is a big gas guzzler. It gets drove to church and that is about it. We try to do everything else when Mike is off from work. He has a little 4 cylinder. My truck is a 305 bored to a 350 and it is really bad on gas. We will not be going anywhere this summer. We cant afford to. I sure hope We get some releif from somewhere soon.

[Linus1223]

My DH is a truck Driver and not every trucking company out there are union, there are so few Union truckers anymore that if the ones that are union decide to strike it's not going to make a dent in the trucking industry. A few big trucking company's like schnieder, and jb hunt are not union and they carry procter and gamble, and all of your major needs, there are alot out there not union at all.

I live in the heart of Amish country, so bussing is out of the picture BUT buying an amish buggy might be an option...lol :eek:
My daddy is a truck driver. That sad part is that most truckers are still reimbursed the same amount for fuel when prices go up...So most of this (at least for owner-operators) is out of pocket. :( :(

[MsLynn]

I think more people should carpool or take the bus sometimes. I don't own a car, they are too expensive and I have never had a driver's license. Altho I've had permit and drove before. I take the bus mainly.Gas is going to be sky high this summer.


I wish we could here, but they isn't ANY kind of public transportation, and I only work with one other person at night, and we live on opposite ends of the county so carpooling isn't an option. this is gonna be the death of me. i dont' what i'm gonna do, its getting to the point where i'm gonna have to choose between gas to go to work or food to eat. can't win for losing

[crystalbug]

I know what you mean. My husband is a mechanic and he goes to peoples houses sometimes to fix their cars and now we will have to charge extra because gas is so high. I dont have to worry about milk because we have milk cow and my mom makes butter but I dont like milk anyway so it doesnt really bother me. I hope someone does something to bring gas back down so people that have to commute to work can afford to go to work.

[justme23]

Hubby spent 15 dollars to fill our car up last night... I know that's not even close to what some of you are paying but considering before all these hikes we could fill up for 7, it's a big difference for us.

And I have a question... Soymilk here (which I HAVE to drink because I am lactose intollerant) is 4 bucks for a HALF gallon... a whole gallon of real milk is 3.50... where is it cheaper... I need to know, I drink this stuff like it's candy!

[DivineMsDi]

justme23" And I have a question... Soymilk here (which I HAVE to drink because I am lactose intollerant) is 4 bucks for a HALF gallon... a whole gallon of real milk is 3.50... where is it cheaper... I need to know, I drink this stuff like it's candy!"

What brand do you drink? And where do you live? Maybe if you are in a rural area or someplace it is not popular that may effect the cost? I pay anywhere from 99cents to $1.49 for a quart box (off the shelf). This could be Vitasoy or the store brand which are both fine by me, especially for chocolate. You can buy the Silksoy in the refrid section for $2.29 a quart, or cheaper if the half is on sale. To me Silksoy is superior, but I can't afford it all the time, so I get whatever is on sale. Have you tried the shelf kind? Just put it in your fridge to get it cold.

Good luck finding it cheaper, Justme!

[MsLynn]

well what shows me is its nothing but price gouging is the fact that in every store and every brand, - at least around here. is the fact that Chocolate milk is like 50-70 cents cheaper than white milk, ITS STILL MILK. and chocolate milk has ALWAYS been higher, its only went up like 35 cents, GOOD GRIEF.

[MommyG3]

DH said we could start riding our bikes to work. We have 3 adult expensive bikes. We like in a small town with no public transportation. I know Oxford, MS has a taxi service, so I suppose I could do that when I go off campus during my lunch breaks. I may start riding the bike everywhere else. Bet DH wishes I would have bought one of those adult trike bikes now. LOL. May have to get one of those children taxis for the back of my bike and use it to haul groceries.

Anyone else have a Salvage Grocery store near them. I am going to one this weekend.

[schsa]

I paid just over $23 for 13 gallons of gas. That is a weeks worth of driving for me. When I started working at this job I could fill my tank for $9. And that was just 6 years ago. I am going to ask for one heck of a raise in December just to cover the cost of transportation.

[justme23]

What brand do you drink? And where do you live? Maybe if you are in a rural area or someplace it is not popular that may effect the cost? I pay anywhere from 99cents to $1.49 for a quart box (off the shelf). This could be Vitasoy or the store brand which are both fine by me, especially for chocolate. You can buy the Silksoy in the refrid section for $2.29 a quart, or cheaper if the half is on sale. To me Silksoy is superior, but I can't afford it all the time, so I get whatever is on sale. Have you tried the shelf kind? Just put it in your fridge to get it cold.

Good luck finding it cheaper, Justme!

I've never gotten it off the shelf... just the fridge... and just whichever one is cheapest... but I prefer the one that is in the funky shape plastic bottle... we buy it by the half gallon and my hubby cringes every time... atleast now that real milk has gone up he doesn't feel like he's wasting too much money... lol.

[BigLyd1]

What about Lactaid milk? Does that run cheaper than soy milk? I can sometimes find the Lactaid brand or other brands on sale. Or the store brands seem to be just as good. Sometimes there are coupons available for the soy or Lactaid milk also.

[tmesser]

gas prices here range from $2.09 gal to $2.19 and this is for regular unleaded. filled up sunday for $23 and only got 11 gallons. The bad part is dd is in drivers ed so i have to take her driving at least 2-4 hours a week and she does a lot of stop and go driving so that eats up more of the gas. milk on the other hand you can get any where from $1.59 sale to $3.99. :p :p :p