Screw Gas Prices (or how NPF learned to deal with them) - Page 2

PyrosNine · 10-05-2012, 03:08 PM

Does anyone else think that our employers should add a "gas remuneration" for the fact that it's bloody expensive to show up to work? It costs $30+ a week just to show up for work every day!

And heck, not just work! Financial aid has no accounting for the fact that not only does the college student not have the funds needed to complete college on his own, but also lacks the money to sufficiently transport himself from his home to the school! If your school gives you an FA card, it needs to be useable at the pump, with an allowance per semester!

Or help make the down payment on a car!

But enough about that. In this tread, we complain about how much gasoline is the worst thing ever on the planet daily. This is not a thread for complaining about politics and/or oil obtaining schemes that could supposedly reduce gas prices for all- I can't ban you for it but I can hunt you down and burn your house down with Lemons.

You can however post about alternative energy sources supplanting oil, because this is Nuklear Power Forums.

I drive a Smart car with affordable economical MPG, and though Cracked.com makes a correct point that a Two-Seater with good gas mileage is worse than a 12-Seater with average gas mileage, my only dependent is me and I can keep ride moochers to a minimum.

However, the car is European, and they have a different standard of gas numbery things, so I need "Premium and better" type gas, or my manual warns me something bad might happen like my engine will explode or catch fire (AWESOME I mean, wait, no, that's bad)

So I got myself this WAZE app for Iphone that not only acts as my GPS (because I know PORKRINDS about Charlotte and highway roads, and being lost regularly wastes gas) and one of it's extra features is that it lets users report gas prices as well as search local gas prices.

I'm looking, and It's like, 1.2 miles to a gas station that at last record, sold Premium at a relatively lower prices. And I wonder, is it worthwhile to drive a longer distance to buy cheaper gas? Wouldn't that offset any benefit for cheaper gas? I live right next to a Marathon I buy Sun-Drop from alot, which is really convenient for gas in the morning, but....

I also drive with the windows down, the AC off, and I flap my arms up and down while driving to reduce gas usage.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

10-05-2012, 03:08 PM	#1
PyrosNine Zettai Hero Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A figment of my own imagination Posts: 6,103	Screw Gas Prices (or how NPF learned to deal with them) Does anyone else think that our employers should add a "gas remuneration" for the fact that it's bloody expensive to show up to work? It costs $30+ a week just to show up for work every day! And heck, not just work! Financial aid has no accounting for the fact that not only does the college student not have the funds needed to complete college on his own, but also lacks the money to sufficiently transport himself from his home to the school! If your school gives you an FA card, it needs to be useable at the pump, with an allowance per semester! Or help make the down payment on a car! But enough about that. In this tread, we complain about how much gasoline is the worst thing ever on the planet daily. This is not a thread for complaining about politics and/or oil obtaining schemes that could supposedly reduce gas prices for all- I can't ban you for it but I can hunt you down and burn your house down with Lemons. You can however post about alternative energy sources supplanting oil, because this is Nuklear Power Forums. I drive a Smart car with affordable economical MPG, and though Cracked.com makes a correct point that a Two-Seater with good gas mileage is worse than a 12-Seater with average gas mileage, my only dependent is me and I can keep ride moochers to a minimum. However, the car is European, and they have a different standard of gas numbery things, so I need "Premium and better" type gas, or my manual warns me something bad might happen like my engine will explode or catch fire (AWESOME I mean, wait, no, that's bad) So I got myself this WAZE app for Iphone that not only acts as my GPS (because I know PORKRINDS about Charlotte and highway roads, and being lost regularly wastes gas) and one of it's extra features is that it lets users report gas prices as well as search local gas prices. I'm looking, and It's like, 1.2 miles to a gas station that at last record, sold Premium at a relatively lower prices. And I wonder, is it worthwhile to drive a longer distance to buy cheaper gas? Wouldn't that offset any benefit for cheaper gas? I live right next to a Marathon I buy Sun-Drop from alot, which is really convenient for gas in the morning, but.... I also drive with the windows down, the AC off, and I flap my arms up and down while driving to reduce gas usage. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? __________________ Pyrosnine.blogspot.com: An experimental blog of writing. Updated possibly daily. Possibly. A fair chance. Current Works for reading: War Between them, Karma Police. PyrosNine: Weirdo Magnet Extraordinaire!