Do you think gas prices are about to go above $3 a gallon again?

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10-17-2009, 09:18 PM
PCRepairman

Do you think gas prices are about to go above $3 a gallon again?

The price per barrel has been rising everyday. Eventually it has to effect the price at the pump. Do you think the price of a gallon of gasoline will go above $3 again?
10-17-2009, 09:22 PM
Milonius

Ummm...not sure if this falls under the category of politics or not.
10-17-2009, 09:22 PM
KOOPS95

Well, it's gotta' go higher than 3$ sometime. If that one organization over in Suadi Arabia decides to slow down gas production, it'll definetly peak it this year.
10-17-2009, 09:23 PM
Pennyfeild

I sure hope not!
I barely make enough money to cover gas and everything else, if it goes above $3 I'm in real trouble, especially with my commute.
10-17-2009, 09:33 PM
DeSalvionjr

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Originally Posted by Milonius

Ummm...not sure if this falls under the category of politics or not.

This is about the economy, not politics. though they do overlap sometimes so people need to be carefull when posting in this thread to keep it from becoming politics.
10-17-2009, 09:38 PM
Nerevar2

Of course gas is going to hit over $3 a gallon soon. Winter time is settling in in North America and everyone is filling up their oil and natural gas furnaces as well as buying more propane if they use it. With so much more oil in use gas production is going to be slowed to make room for the higher oil consumption. Personally I use a wood-burner to heat my home and don't really have to worry too much about it.
10-17-2009, 10:01 PM
Rahu

No kidding about the winter stuff. It SNOWED yesterday. I live in New England, but even so, it's not usually THAT cold. Actual winter is probably going to be brutal.
10-17-2009, 10:05 PM
Nerevar2

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Originally Posted by Rahu

No kidding about the winter stuff. It SNOWED yesterday. I live in New England, but even so, it's not usually THAT cold. Actual winter is probably going to be brutal.

Bah, I live in western Pennsylvania and it not only snowed this week, it left near one inch where I live and up SIX INCHES in some places. And it has done nothing done but been cold and raining all week.
10-17-2009, 11:36 PM
Zen Master

i hav a negative veiw to oil period

i believe we should use hydrogen cells like nasa
10-17-2009, 11:38 PM
joemanf

Screw that! Use corn, like Brazil! We've got a lot of that here! Right Arumen?
10-17-2009, 11:41 PM
Tricky Boy

Heh, where I am petrol (gas to you guys) costs about $1.15 Aussie, so that's about 90 cents to you guys... I think...
10-17-2009, 11:42 PM
Rahu

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Originally Posted by Zen Master

i hav a negative veiw to oil period

i believe we should use hydrogen cells like nasa

Actually, rocket engines work completely backwards from fuel cells. In a rocket, hydrogen and oxygen combine, producing water and energy, which pushes the rocket upwards. In a car, the water is split into hydrogen and oxygen, which are burned to power the car.

(At least, as far as I know. HFCs might just break it up and then combine it again, except that would take more energy than it created, in theory...)
10-17-2009, 11:47 PM
Zen Master

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Originally Posted by Rahu

Actually, rocket engines work completely backwards from fuel cells. In a rocket, hydrogen and oxygen combine, producing water and energy, which pushes the rocket upwards. In a car, the water is split into hydrogen and oxygen, which are burned to power the car.

(At least, as far as I know. HFCs might just break it up and then combine it again, except that would take more energy than it created, in theory...)

i did a report on the property of hydrogen and i know that nasa uses hydrogen cells

i dont know how its made exactly but i know the rockets of nasa run on hydrogen cells not anything else
10-18-2009, 03:01 AM
Nerevar2

NASA also uses tons of oxygen for their rockets. There is no oxygen in space so they need a ton for when the rocket hits thin atmosphere or the rocket will go out.
10-18-2009, 03:24 AM
Rodri

Tricky, that's the price a litre in Australia. There are 4 litres in a gallon, which means we pay $4.60 a gallon.

Using corn to produce ethanol has a downside, as it reduces the amount of arable land available for food production, driving up food prices. It's not just the corn price, but all the other crops that might have been grown and all the animals (meat) that are fed corn.

I have personally been adjusting my fuel usage patterns over the last couple of years as I live in a country area and we pay around $5.00 a gallon Aus. for petrol.
So I drive less and walk more. I don't drive unless I really have to, either to get to work some miles away or to visit family, some hundreds of miles away.

We are at peak oil, so get used to fuel prices continuing to rise.
10-18-2009, 03:45 AM
Tricky Boy

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Originally Posted by Rodri

Edu, that's the price a litre in Australia. There are 4 litres in a gallon, which means we pay $4.60 a gallon.

I just realised that, lol.

Wait, did you just call me Edu??
10-18-2009, 03:47 AM
Rodri

Who me?

Sorry it's old age I think.
10-18-2009, 10:00 AM
Nerevar2

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Originally Posted by Rodri

Tricky, that's the price a litre in Australia. There are 4 litres in a gallon, which means we pay $4.60 a gallon.

Daaaaaamn, that's brutal.
10-18-2009, 01:20 PM
FoxyBunny

Ouchers. When prices climbed up to nearly $4 a gallon here a while back, people nearly rioted.
10-18-2009, 01:28 PM
joemanf

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Originally Posted by FoxyBunny

Ouchers. When prices climbed up to nearly $4 a gallon here a while back, people nearly rioted.

I heard it was $10 in Germany.
10-18-2009, 01:32 PM
Milonius

I was so surprised when they went down to $1.50...
10-18-2009, 01:32 PM
FoxyBunny

I know it was running about $7 a gallon (after currency conversion) in the UK not too long ago. No idea what it is there now, though.
10-18-2009, 02:34 PM
DeSalvionjr

Hmmmm, interesting fb.....
10-18-2009, 02:57 PM
Edu

If someone can explain how much a gallon is, then I could work out some things...

At the moment the highest price per liter Euro95 in Europe is E. 1.45 per liter in the Netherlands. In England the price is 101.9p per liter at most supermarkets (Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda)...