And here it finally comes! Gas up $0.50/gal in the last week!

[Roland99]

Last week, gas was around $2.65-$2.70 at most places...some even lower.

Today? $3.15 all across the city. And all at the time of year gas is usually at least 20% off its summer peak.


WHEEEEE!!!!!!!!



"Heckuva job, George!"

[AX10]

1. $100 a barrel for oil.

If this does hold up into next year, the GOP is sunk!

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

2. I'll Ask Again...

Are you willing to endure $5+/Gallon prices, if it means the repub party will be swept from office in '08?

This will be the final nail in their coffin. Sorry, but it's going to be painful for many, but if you STILL don't feel the need to sacrifice for the good of the country, perhaps you should go rent the movie "V"

[Roland99]

4. Oh, I've seen that film. and I can handle higher gas prices because I make a good living.

But the rest of America...already living paycheck-to-paycheck...an extra $50/mo. is make or break on necessities.

[regnaD kciN]

5. Sorry, guys...

...but $5/gallon gas would mean bankruptcy for a large portion of the population, especially those who live in the west (where communities developed in the postwar era of big highways and little public transportation). While we wouldn't be pushed that far, it's entirely possible that, if gas wound up at that level for an extended time, we'd have no choice but to sell the house and start renting closer to town. :-( And, no, I'm not willing to accept that, especially if the only "improvement" that means is "President Hillary."

[Mojambo]

8. It would put me on the streets. n/t

[Individualist]

10. At the expense of having many people starve/freeze to death? Hell NO!

[taterguy]

18. For me personally it would be no big deal.

A gas tank lasts a couple months for me unless I go out of town.

Silly me made a conscious decision during the first Gulf War to set up my life so that I'd consume as little oil as possible.

However, the residual effects would be a bit annoying. Everything I buy would go up in price since trucks are how goods are transported in this country.

I really think it's kind of a silly question though since the price of gas might not be the decisive issue in the campaign. Aren't there plenty of other reasons to sweep the Repukes from office?

[adadem]

3. 3.21 in Michigan

[Maggie_May]

11. Filled up this morning $2.96

Went to work now $3.09 in Ohio. I used to live in Michigan I know the gas prices there are bad and what sad about that is there is a lot of people out of work there and here to. Hang in there! Miss that state!

[NightWatcher]

6. wait til Turkey day

[rzemanfl]

7. They will hold the price down until after retailers make their

Xmas score.

[Basileus Basileon]

9. Only on DU, is "gas is shooting up at $2/mo"

met with "They're holding the price down for the retailers."

[rzemanfl]

20. Look at the post I was responding to. n/t

[Maggie_May]

12. They are already pedicting a bad Xmas on wallsteet

[bigwillq]

13. It's already gone up here in CT

:mad:

[FightingIrish]

14. Here's the real Surge

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

15. When I started my small business I was able to charge $45 per hour

and still make a reasonable profit (I repair computers ON SITE throughout Dallas Texas- a VERY large and spread-out city). I had to raise my rates to sixty bucks simply to pay for my gas. How much more can I raise my rates and still expect clients to pay for my services? (I serve a whole lot of lower-level wage earners who can barely afford the cost right now. Do I maintain a razor-thin profit margin or start giving away my services at a loss because it's all going into my gas tank?)

[Maggie_May]

16. Remember Bush saying we are going to give tax breaks?

I remember like yesterday. He gave a small business he even gave us money back. I remember well I told everyone yep you are going to get this wonder tax break but everything else is going to go up. Well I was right your food your health care your fuel everything. I can't give you any advice at this point you have to do what you can to keep your head above water to keep your business.

[Jane Austin]

17. I paid $3.19 for diesel last night in Texas.

I remember when we pumped oil here and our gas was cheaper than everybody elses.

[tammywammy]

22. I've been paying $2.99/gallon for diesel forever

I haven't filled up in a couple of weeks, but I expect the price to be around $3.19 now too. :(

At least I'm getting 42 mpg. :P

And my new promotion at work will include 1 full tank of gas a month, so that's like half of what I use.

[Jane Austin]

23. What part of Texas are you in?

And is that your cat? LOL!

[scorpiogirl]

19. I paid $3.37 yesterday. I'm in the bay area-east bay n/t

[Subdivisions]

21. It's gone up 14 cents at my local barometer station here in N. TX

Edited to add: That rise occured in the last two days.

[opihimoimoi]

24. Yeah...3.00 gas is nothing....compared to whats coming up....thanx georgie....heckofajob..