# If gas jumped to $5+ a gallon, what habits of yours would change?
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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [March 16, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077 "2008-03-16T18:26:10Z")
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### Author:  [@Allstar\_Graphics](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Allstar_Graphics)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/41 "2008-03-17T14:53:50Z")
the actual “on road” diesel tax is about 20 cents per gallon right now
Oh abd vlad i swapped your diesel price around a couple weeks ago at mobil from 3.80 somthing to 8 dollars somthing… this was just a couple weeks ago and diesel was 3.8-, now its up around 4.2-
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### Author:  [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/42 "2008-03-17T16:43:47Z")
$5 gas… My cars get about 25-27 mpg combined so I wouldn’t change much.
My bro and I already carpool whenever schedule permits, and I take shortcuts whenever possible.
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### Author:  [@Code\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Code_Blue)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2008, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/43 "2008-03-17T20:49:13Z")
> [@timmay](#):
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> If your serious about this let me know, one of my friends has looked into it and I have an interest to learn more, we can compare notes.
yea, I’ve been serious for awhile, me and my father are both electrically proficient (he is a union electrician, I was his apprentice) so the main thing would be simply researching the materials. I’ve been looking into it for about a year now, so I know pretty much every available option there is. what have you found?
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### Author:  [@That\_Blue\_DA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/That_Blue_DA)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/44 "2008-03-17T21:02:50Z")
Quit my part time job as a delivery driver for sure.
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### Author:  [@timmay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/timmay)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/45 "2008-03-17T21:13:43Z")
> [@Code Blue](#):
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> yea, I’ve been serious for awhile, me and my father are both electrically proficient (he is a union electrician, I was his apprentice) so the main thing would be simply researching the materials. I’ve been looking into it for about a year now, so I know pretty much every available option there is. what have you found?
Let me talk to my friend and pick his brain before I put my foot in my mouth. I don’t know that much about what to use, what we researched were government grants(I think the government will hand you a check for $10k upon the installation of a solar power in your house) in addition to property tax waivers and reductions I think the savings in tax can offset the cost to the point where it is on the cusp of being cheaper then regular electricity.
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### Author:  [@Code\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Code_Blue)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/46 "2008-03-17T22:25:41Z")
> [@timmay](#):
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> Let me talk to my friend and pick his brain before I put my foot in my mouth. I don’t know that much about what to use, what we researched were government grants(I think the government will hand you a check for $10k upon the installation of a solar power in your house) in addition to property tax waivers and reductions I think the savings in tax can offset the cost to the point where it is on the cusp of being cheaper then regular electricity.
it all depends on the size of the service you plan on getting, how much sun you would get normally, etc etc.
generally I’ve seen people only have to pay 1/4-1/3 for their pv system.
hit me up on aim if you want
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### Author:  [@Vandal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vandal)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/47 "2008-03-18T20:15:35Z")
You would think that with the mass amounts of diesel, the trucking companies would get a bulk rate discount or something. Yeah, right. The company I work for spends about 15k a week in diesel. We’re actually phasing out having the fuel delivered and stored in tanks on the property because it is cheaper for us to just fill at the pumps. Our delivery ticket today was 4.49/gal. 20 cents more than at the pump.
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### Author:  [@timmay](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/timmay)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/48 "2008-03-18T21:09:48Z")
> [@Vandal](#):
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> You would think that with the mass amounts of diesel, the trucking companies would get a bulk rate discount or something. Yeah, right. The company I work for spends about 15k a week in diesel. We’re actually phasing out having the fuel delivered and stored in tanks on the property because it is cheaper for us to just fill at the pumps. Our delivery ticket today was 4.49/gal. 20 cents more than at the pump.
Electricity is the same way, after you exceed a certain level of usage for a few consecutive months you get “upgraded” to a demand meter and your rate literally doubles.
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### Author:  [@Allstar\_Graphics](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Allstar_Graphics)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/49 "2008-03-19T14:29:36Z")
yep 15k a week is nothing for fuel. The one truckin company around here that i will not mention names…(but they have the sweeetest trucks out there around this area, and you can pick them out from long ways away they stand out so much.) but a couple months ago the owner told me they use 60-70k a week! :runaway
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### Author:  [@Vandal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vandal)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/50 "2008-03-19T16:55:27Z")
I believe it. We’re just a small towing operation with 16 trucks. Most of our business comes from larger trucking companies i.e. Penske, Ryder, Alnye, Schneider, UPS, etc. A lot of these trucking companies are cutting back a lot and in the long run, it’s the consumer that suffers for it. Shit just keeps rolling downhill.
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### Author:  [@Jammer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jammer)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/51 "2008-03-19T19:55:50Z")
fuck it… bread costs more too…
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### Author:  [@Vandal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vandal)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/52 "2008-03-20T05:21:01Z")
Best part is Bush thinking that putting 600 bucks in our pockets is going to make things better. :idiots
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### Author:  [@jtviggen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jtviggen)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/53 "2008-03-20T05:30:31Z")
> [@Vandal](#):
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> Best part is Bush thinking that putting 600 bucks in our pockets is going to make things better. :idiots
well imho it will help the economy if people use the credit wisely but pretty much anything you buy effects the economy in one way or another
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### Author:  [@Allstar\_Graphics](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Allstar_Graphics)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/54 "2008-03-20T05:49:49Z")
yup, most trucking companys dont really care about the rising fuel cost b/c they just pass the cost down to the consumer
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### Author:  [@Vandal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vandal)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/55 "2008-03-20T06:09:23Z")
> [@jtviggen](#):
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> well imho it will help the economy if people use the credit wisely but pretty much anything you buy effects the economy in one way or another
That goes hand in hand. Do you think most people would have to rely on credit if wages kept up with the cost of living?
Not to bash Americans, but the success and crash of the subprime market just shows how naive and gullible people are. They preyed on the American dream and took advantage of everyone that doesn’t clearly read the fine print. On the other hand, if most people learned to live within their means, it wouldn’t be like this either. Then again, who can really live within their means when the days of $500/mo leases/mortgages are long gone? See how no matter what you do now, it’s all a catch 22? You can’t even find a fixer upper around me for under 100k.
IMO it’s freaking ridiculous that our needs to live (i.e. heating oil, food, housing, health insurance, etc) is so outrageously expensive and our wants (cars, gadgets, etc) are still left affordable.
Allstar-the companies do care. Many don’t want to raise rates and risk losing business. So, the cuts fall onto the employees. We raised our rates a meager 3 bucks and even then we’re losing customers. But, as employees, we’ve lost our employer paid health insurance (we pay it now), bonuses, fuel reimbursements, cut hours, and time 1/2 overtime. The best example is our fuel supplier charges us 4.50 a gallon, but calls us up complaining that we charged them 300 to go 3 hours out of our way to replace 3 bad tires.
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### Author:  [@Jammer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jammer)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/56 "2008-03-20T06:32:35Z")
> [@Vandal](#):
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> Best part is Bush thinking that putting 600 bucks in our pockets is going to make things better. :idiots
Worst part is not understanding trickle down economics
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### Author:  [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/57 "2008-03-20T06:59:28Z")
^^^^ Yea he BORROWED 80 Million from china, meaning we have to pay it back, our country dosnt even have enough money todo this alone. Believe or not if you havent read the paper latly, i suggest you pick one up. Last week if JP Morgan didnt buy out Bear Stream, the whole 1929 crash, would have happened again. poeple have NO idea how bad of shape were in.
This is a excerpt from a article about JPMorgan buying Bear Stream.
> As part of the transaction, the Federal Reserve, which engineered last week’s emergency bailout of Bear, will provide up to $30 billion of Bear Stearns’ less liquid assets
And guys who pays for all 30 billion? WEDO! thats were your taxes are going.
For all who dont know, Bear Stream has been a Bank for 100+ years.
This is the website for JPMorgan Transction details.
[http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2008/db20080316\_356646.htm?campaign\_id=rss\_daily](http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/mar2008/db20080316_356646.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily)
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### Author:  [@Vandal](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vandal)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/58 "2008-03-20T11:30:16Z")
> [@Plan B](#):
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> Worst part is not understanding trickle down economics
Oh, I understand trickle down economics. My point is, how much good can $600 do?
That’s not even a full tank of heating oil for me.
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### Author:  [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/59 "2008-03-20T11:33:24Z")
its only putting us in more debt.
To anyone who has no clue what im talking about
> **[US National Debt Clocks - zFacts](http://zfacts.com/p/461.html)**
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> See for yourself. Based on data from Bush's White House. Where did the debt problem come from?
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### Author:  [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/if-gas-jumped-to-5-a-gallon-what-habits-of-yours-would-change/236077/60 "2008-03-20T11:36:10Z")
> [@Hooked on 240](#):
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> its only putting us in more debt.
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> To anyone who has no clue what im talking about
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> [Who Owns the National Debt? - zFacts](http://zfacts.com/p/461.html)
that website is garbage, seriously…
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