Gas vs. Mac

[Tinkee-Belle]

It cost my Dad $175 to fill up the other day!! Insane!! He bought a huge Ford truck last year... big mistake! I drive a Ford Focus and it is really good on gas... maybe $50 every 2 weeks. Most of my driving is local though.

 

[redambition]

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Originally Posted by thehannahband I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but you all need to watch the doc "Who Killed the Electric Car" it's about an electric car design that met 99% of the populations needs and then got crushed, because of a number of dumb reasons..PLEASE WATCH IT!

that is an excellent documentary.

i am desperate to drive a Tesla electric car - but i have sweet FA chance of getting one here! (and it's extremely expensive because it's a supercar...)

Tesla Motors

 

[.k.]

Luckily my Mac store is like 5 mins away from home and on the way to school! yay! im so thankful i bought my little nissan versa instead of the jeep because i get more mpg!

 

[pretebrowneyes]

just when I decide to revive my MAC obsession...gas prices start soaring. Ironic, yes? I haven't filled up in months because I'm just not ready to see that big price up there. $40 has been the highest I've gone..and that's half a tank, so you can imagine. My kids are in activites, works not the closest and my nearest freestanding MAC is quite a ways. I try to plan my trips to get lots done in one outing...and make alot of purchases online...and do alot of one stop shopping. I handle MAC by shopping at our new Houston CCO (when I'm out already of course, lol), I've started perusing the sales on here..and that 15% off sale came at a great time. Like pumpkincat, I live in Houston and nothing is close by or convenient. Netflix has become my best friend, lol

 

[GreekChick]

Here in Canada, our prime minister banned electric cars so that our economy won't suffer ( we get most of our oil from Alberta, one of our richest provinces). Can you believe it?

 

[KikiB]

Shame on you Harper...

 

[redambition]

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Originally Posted by GreekChick Here in Canada, our prime minister banned electric cars so that our economy won't suffer ( we get most of our oil from Alberta, one of our richest provinces). Can you believe it?

For shame!

 

[User49]

I dont drive but my friends who do have said it's made a real dent here in England too! Not nice.

 

[makeupmadb]

It's crazy here in the UK too. We don't really use gallons but here it's about £5 per gallon so around $10. They are telling us now that will go up too, and could reach the equivalent of $20 a gallon! Oh and at the moment here in litres it can range from £1.15 ($2.24) to at least £1.40 ($2.70)

 

[LOCa]

Almost $6 In L.A.

 

[KellyBean]

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Originally Posted by pumpkincat210 Have any of you had to cut back on your mac/fun expenditures to pay for gas? I have and i'm really starting to notice how other things like food have gone up in price too! It's really frustrating because mac is my outlet for fun, but we have to have gas to go to work, take the kids places, etc. Its getting really depressing as the gas prices continue to rise. Here in Houston gas is around 3.85/gallon for the cheapest. We have really cut down on driving, but its hard because it is really hot, houston is spread out and doesn't have great public transportation. I really mis my wild mac shopping sprees.

That's it?

Girl, consider yourself lucky.

 

[pumpkincat210]

I agree that the U.S. should be cutting back on its oil usage, but unfortunately until we get a better system of mass transit and people start moving back into the cities we don't have much of a choice but to fill our cars with gas. It's terribly expensive and most people in other countries would be surprised at how far we have to drive to work. Often work is in an area that is bad or a place we cannot afford. Living out in the suburbs is cheap and safe, but there isn't much work, so we have to travel. It's also really hot here so we have to use the air conditioner in the car or die. Traffic from this mess is horrible. Everyone I know is feeling the pinch and sadly other countries seem to be cheering it on. I didn't have anything to do with this crisis and it's like other countries are rooting for our downfall. It's not fair to me or my family and friends. And it's insulting. Personally i would like the u.s. to go isolationist. We get it! Our dollar is weaker than alot of other currencies, people are losing their homes, their American Dream, and it is really sad we have no supporters because our government has wonk policies and was foolish... and did we REALLY elect this president... I think it was a big scam.

 

[user79]

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Originally Posted by pumpkincat210 I agree that the U.S. should be cutting back on its oil usage, but unfortunately until we get a better system of mass transit and people start moving back into the cities we don't have much of a choice but to fill our cars with gas. It's terribly expensive and most people in other countries would be surprised at how far we have to drive to work. Often work is in an area that is bad or a place we cannot afford. Living out in the suburbs is cheap and safe, but there isn't much work, so we have to travel. It's also really hot here so we have to use the air conditioner in the car or die. Traffic from this mess is horrible. Everyone I know is feeling the pinch and sadly other countries seem to be cheering it on. I didn't have anything to do with this crisis and it's like other countries are rooting for our downfall. It's not fair to me or my family and friends. And it's insulting. Personally i would like the u.s. to go isolationist. We get it! Our dollar is weaker than alot of other currencies, people are losing their homes, their American Dream, and it is really sad we have no supporters because our government has wonk policies and was foolish... and did we REALLY elect this president... I think it was a big scam.

First of all, people in Europe also have to commute quite some time to work. It's a myth that everything is very close by here, and that we just have to hop onto our bike for 5 minutes down a cobblestoned road. I spend an hour to work each day, one way. That makes 2 hours a day commuting back and forth to work, sometimes 2.5 hours by public transit. If I had a car, it would cut it down to about an hour. And this is in Switzerland, which has one of the best train & bus systems worldwide. We also have to live in other places from our work, just like Americans, living in the bigger cities is extremely expensive, so often people live in suburbs or in smaller towns away from their workplace all together, like me.

I don't know anyone who is cheering on the oil price increase, except maybe the OPEC countries and the market speculators. I don't think people are rooting for the downfall of anyone, everyone is just very concerned with their own situation and their increasing daily costs. Remember that even though your prices are going up, so are ours, so it's proportionate on both sides. The thing is that the prices are already a lot higher here... This isn't about it not being "fair" and about it being insulting to someone...unfortunately there's only a small group of powerful people who can do something about this. The speculation especially needs to stop.

 

[hooxxknew]

I paid $4.69 for regular yesterday, everytime i go to the pump now i feel sort of angry. put in $25 just to get half a tank *MAYBE* [i drive a ford focus btw]. it's like wtf is going on.

i can hardly afford MAC in the store, so ive been using alot of ebay, ;D

 

[ckara]

Lucky for me, I live in Boston, don't have a car, and either walk, take public transportation or ride my bike everywhere. But of course I still have to deal with the rising price of everything else.

 

[Chic 2k6]

try paying £9 a gallon here in the uk...really expensive here

 

[KikiB]

This just makes my decision to never drive that much more worthwhile.

 

[pumpkincat210]

I would love a car with great gas mileage! Everything has risen in price and they expect more difficult times in the next months ahead...possibly 3 years! I almost feel like the end of the world is coming. People are losing their houses, jobs, inflation is everywhere... Things like gas in houston may sound less expensive than other places, but I live in a city that is known for all of it's oil refineries. It's polluted and people don't make as much money than other areas of the country. there are so many houses for sale in the neighborhood it's sad. Some of them have signs in the front that say foreclosure! - Like it was a good thing...

 

[Dizzy]

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Originally Posted by pumpkincat210 there are so many houses for sale in the neighborhood it's sad. Some of them have signs in the front that say foreclosure! - Like it was a good thing...

This is happening all over the US, with a few exceptions in areas like the one I'm from (old money areas). I've been traveling mostly by train for my internship this summer and I've never seen anything like this. I remember one town in Ohio that we stopped in had streets that were basically for sale since almost every lawn had "for sale" or "foreclosure". It wasn't even just Ohio, I remember seeing similar signs in W.Virginia, but not to the same extent. It's a foreboding sight.

As for gas vs. Mac? I cut back on both- at $4.42/gal back home, I can't justify driving everywhere, but I'm lucky enough to live relatively near a train station and a park-and-ride. The fact that I'm not home much helps and my transportation is subsidized by my mentors while I'm away. As for makeup, I still love Mac but it's taken a backseat to more pressing expenses. And anyway, when you're sitting in an office with no A/C and high heat & humidity, who wants to wear makeup?

Small favors, I guess.

 

[preciouscharm]

huy dont remind me.