Gas price up higher than ever

[Joe Pelonio]

I'm curious to see if gas in other areas has gone up as high as here. Our 2 local stations here on the plateau $3.19/$3.21, down in Bellevue the cheapest I saw was $3.16. Glad I'm working at home now.

[Bruce Volden]

Joe,

Here in Sioux Falls I filled up last week @ $2.69, this week $2.73. But this is ethanol. Plain ol gas is about $.03 higher, premium around $2.86. Diesel weighs in @ $2.99


Bruce

[Jim O'Dell]

We were at 2.79 yesterday. That means its probably 2.83 today. For a few days, everytime I drove past a certain intersection, the gas had gone up 3-5 cents. That was 2 to 4 times per day! Jim.

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

Not to worry.

Soon enough the on-again-off-again hue and cry for alternative energy cars will be on - - - again.

A few months later the Saudis will do something that will lower the price.
They may be greedy but they are not stupid.

Here is where we get our oil:
WHERE WE GET OIL (2005)
18% from Canada
12% Saudi Arabia.
15% West Africa in general (Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, etc.)
15% Mexico
12% Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.
10%Venezuela
5% Iraq
3% Algeria
3% Columbia
3% Equador
2% Kuwait
2% United Kingdom
1% Norway
1% Equatorial Guinea
source: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/reserves.html
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/mcrimus1a.htm
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petro.../crudeoil.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/n...t/pdf/appb.pdf
ftp://ftp.consrv.ca.gov/pub/oil/annu.../0102stats.pdf

[David Dundas]

You guys should consider yourselves lucky. In Australia we pay the equivalent of US$3.78; and in Europe the price is around double that. Perhaps you need to tax gas more to fund a decent health-care system.

David

[Mitchell Andrus]

Not to worry. A few months later the Saudis will do something that will lower the price. They may be greedy but they are not stupid.

As long as gas is the cheapest fuel, alternatives will remain an asterisk in the statistics.

We won't be here to see this... but - the REAL crunch will come when oil and natural gas are no longer available to heat our grandkid's homes.

80% of all residences don't have nearly the surface area for enough solar cells/heating panels to run the fridge and TV, let alone baseboard heaters.

NIMBY or not, nuclear is coming to a neighborhood near you.

In 30-40 years, the problem of spent nuclear fuel will be dwarfed by the problems encountered when 1000-2000 tons of rotting batteries need to be disposed of - per year, per state.

Gas can go to $10.00/gallon.... THESE will STILL be remembered as the good ol' days.

[Joe Pelonio]

As long as gas is the cheapest fuel, alternatives will remain an asterisk in the statistics.

We won't be here to see this... but - the REAL crunch will come when oil and natural gas are no longer available to heat our grandkid's homes.

80% of all residences don't have nearly the surface area for enough solar cells/heating panels to run the fridge and TV, let alone baseboard heaters.

NIMBY or not, nuclear is coming to a neighborhood near you.

In 30-40 years, the problem of spent nuclear fuel will be dwarfed by the problems encountered when 1000-2000 tons of rotting batteries need to be disposed of - per year, per state.

Gas can go to $10.00/gallon.... THESE will STILL be remembered as the good ol' days.

Here in the Pacific Northwest there's nowhere near enough sun to even think about any kind of solar energy. I wonder what happened to the idea of using the ocean waves and currents to generate electricity.

Wow, now I feel old, I remember 25 cents a gallon when I first started driving. I could fill up for $5, when money was tight we'd get a dollar's worth and run several days...

[Nancy Laird]

What about wind energy??? There are wind farms popping up all over the country - in Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico. These wind farms can provide mega amounts of energy. Here in New Mexico, good old Public Service Company can provide your home specifically with electricity generated from a wind farm---for a premium per kWh. The wind is free, dammit - why do they charge a premium for the energy produced from a free source????

Gas: last street price I saw was $2.91 at the corner station; I paid $2.76 on Wednesday at Sam's Club.

AND DON'T TRY TO TELL ME THAT THE OIL COMPANIES ARE NOT IN COHOOTS ABOUT THE RISE AND FALL OF GAS PRICES.

Nancy

[Roy McQuay]

My gas is $2.84 today for regular. How else can the oil companies keep making record profits while we send our sons and daughters to fight for their oil supplies.

[Kyle Kraft]

Nancy,

Here's why.....your profit margin is greater when you charge more for something you got for free. This only applies if you got the wind turbines for free.

I dabble in the wind business, but only water pumping windmills so far.

[Rob Bourgeois]

wind is not a solution...

It takes an area the size of South dakota to power a city the size of New York city. Conservation is the key.

Much like hybrid cars, wind may look and feel green but its not a solution. Hybrids produce more waste to produce than a normal car due to the batteries...so the end result is you move pollution form one compartment to another. Of course it doesnt matter because you "feel better" and "look better" than those around you and thats what the hybrid car movement is about.(like buying carbon credits)

Nuclear is the way to go until science can come up with a better solution. ( something unknown???)

[Ken Garlock]

Several months ago, either Scientific American, or Discover Magazine, had articles on nuclear and coal electric generation.

The problem with spent nuclear fuel rods is solvable. The rods can be processed back into usable fuel and other byproducts are essentially harmless. The problem is that everyone is afraid to build a plant to do the reprocessing. In addition, and there seems to be a 'not invented here' attitude among other scientists. Therefore we will continue to put the spent rods in a hole in the ground. Pretty stupid thinking.

The coal fired electric generation plant problem of pollution can be solved by coal gasification. It is a two stage process that will allow the generation of electricity at each stage. The final output from plant is harmless. Problem is that such a plant will cost about 10 to 15 percent more to build.

Conservation? Why bother, Canada has an estimated 300 year supply of oil locked up in their oil sands.

Anyone care to guess what person had a $30,000 utility bill for a year?

[John Daugherty]

I live in East Tennessee. Oil wells are being sunk like crazy around me. I can stand on my front porch and count 5 that have been drilled in the last year alone. I've been approached about putting a couple on my land.

[Dennis Peacock]

Oil and NG drilling is going on like crazy here in Arkysaw. But that's not making my fuel prices go down any.

[Michael McCoy]

Oil and NG drilling is going on like crazy here in Arkysaw. But that's not making my fuel prices go down any.

When I left St. Francis, Arkansas 38 years ago I filled up for 28 cents.