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Dear, all members in atvflorida.com

 >:(

We need to stop theses high prices on gas and the other day it was jumping up stock market and now it is 67$ for barrier for gas.gas prices in lake city walmarts it's up to 2.53$.

We need time for everybody get together and stop this fragring high prices if this keeps up we might have to walk to streets for 20miles out in rural areas.So I want people to go white house  and Tallahassee courthouse.We should have more oil rigs in gulf of Mexico and Have 99cents gas prices on sunday mornings all over in USA or in Fl.So bring your truck drivers.And print out thousands of flyers about the gas prices.I don't care if atvs or cars trucks or truck drivers and farm trackors or the whole horse clans to show up 10,000 or more than million should show up at the white house or at all state capitals court houses in each state.

So people do something about gas prices and don't let them jack up the gas prices more.This could hurt alot people going work or small companies.Gas prices are getting worst..

thanks,
amhighlander  ;D

If only it were that easy! We will be dealing with high gas prices no matter how many people in this country protest. As long as Big Business is in charge... the rest of us are screwed... that goes for everything, not just gas.

the only way to stop it is to stop all the unnecessary driving! stop buying fuel for a week and they would change there toon! but are you willing to stop riding your quad or stop going to work? didnt think so! so this is a useless post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

soon well all be riding mopeds lol

We are the victims of a fuel monopoly and economic terrorism. Iran has said that if we pressure them to stop enriching nuclear material they will dirve the price of oil through the roof  (as if it isn't there already). OPEC (oil producing and exporting countires) get together and decide how badly they want to rob us and we are unable to stop them as almost all of the world's oil come from them. The only way to relieve the pressure in the future is alternative fuel sources. If we are to do anything it should be demand the development of more fuel efficient engines, and the creation of vehicles that use something other than fossil fuels. But that would cripple the oil industry and many very rich American companies at the same time. Big business screwing us again. Good luck.

Dont feel bad.. In europe they pay 7+/- a LITER.  What if you had to pay that here? We really would be hurting. Say goodbye to V8's and hello to Hybrid-Electric's  ;D

I know gas isnt cheap, I filled up the other day and got my gas for 2.69. Payed about 38bucks and got only 13 gallons of gas.

I know most of you may think im too young to remeber, but I too remeber when gas was only .98cents. Wasnt too long ago. I filled up my 2000 bayou 220 for 3 dollars. At the time I was only 12. War is why the prices are so expensive. Just think, when they shoot off a tamahawk missle. They just lost, I think they said either 31million dollars or 3 million. Either way. We are going to be screwed for the time being.

Just deal with it.

I say we drill under them and take it out of the same place they are pumping it from.

fifty-first state ;D

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my best bet I have seen people in south ga  around valdosta area
and they take their barriers and fill them up and have 6months supply of it gas and store it in cool place such as garage or carport,shed  and you can get 55gallon drums  at  like  private gas mini plants and or at napa.

to get hand pumps  and  automatic 12v pumps
at tractor supply in lake city or at www.northerntool.com  you order free catalog by mail on web or by phone.I always love northern tool stuff  and they have neat stuff all time  :)

I might have to do this  soon  to get hand pumps and barriers and drums soon if the way gas going up I might have to do it. ;D


thanks,
amhighlander

Its 2.80 here for preium. I cant take these prices. why cant "the man" stop the prices from going out of control?

The sad thing is we are to blame for this. We let ourselves become dependant on oil and now we're paying for it. This affects us much more than we may realize. Everything we buy or do is connected to oil, so with higher gas prices we pay more for everything. Alternative fuels are too far behind right now. The only viable solution is to lower gas prices otherwise this could hurdle the economy into a premature depression.

It seems all we hear from the media is: "The cost of oil has hit record highs" with their copacetic voice. My personal favorite reason for higher fuel cost is: "Because the price gas is higher it cost more to transport."

"The Man" can do something but has not for reasons unbenost to us all.  Pressure needs to be placed on the middle east and other countries that supply us and everyone else with oil.  When you start charging them $10 to export a pound of Tomatoes or a head of lettuce I think they will change there tune since it's kind of hard to grow this stuff in a desert.  There are alot of things that can be done to lower prices but why has it not happend or even been addressed?  >:(

I recently saw something on Discovery or TLC about the new Hydrogen Fuel for cars.  It talked about how the Hydrogen molecules are so small that there having problems with leaks.  Not good...

I also heard that about hydrogen.

what are you driving that requires premium fuel?  I am actually considering making a corn mash still. cant be that hard and make my own fuel, if they can race with it I can drive with it. 

you know the only problem with alternative fuel sources? the big oil companies buy and bury the concepts before anyone ever knows they exist.

believe me they exist and are economically feasable to mass produce, its just not feasable for the oil industry.

boy if gets 2.80 gallon  alot people be  bi*ching at county taxs.Oh I have heard rumors in live oak FL and they trying past tax thing on every chicken coops and barns  and other homes  and any sheds
they will be tax on land taxs  in suwwnee county  and this tue on aug 16 and they  are going be at high school in live oak in auditum and lots of angry >:( farmers  and land companyies and poor land people  and they going 10K of people or more showing up protest very bad.but I'm not going there, and somthing might happen very bad.Who knows.They might not past this tax thing.I think we should throw away all taxes not the state tax or county tax. ;D

I hope before winter I hope gas goes down.
So people we need try come up people protest this thing.
I  don't care if you went on cnn screaming if front of their face you can do it outside on the white house lawn.lol

 ;D This why we live in american people and one day we going get sick of this bull crap and they can come up all kinds of lies to talk about gas prices effects such as weather,other counties runing of oil or  out of money,or due wars.But you have know the beyond true and facts what they are.I understand why people try make you look bad on news about atvs  do this and do that and people need know what truth about atvs how they are.I always tell my mom and dad about atvs on news   and  they like lie to people and try shut  down peoples riding areas.One good thing I hope all atvs coop up with other people one day and somthing will come out good of it. :)

OK guys, If you think about it. Europe has been paying 7dollars US for a little while. They pay that for a LITER. They have done studys and know that we are dependent. If it gets to 7 dollars a gallon, you will still see people at the gas station, but not loving it.

If prices soar, let them. But yes, the import/exporting with goods should be stopped.. Like a boycott. I know we have texas with their oil reserves. Why dont we use them ? If we boycott their oil and stop exporting our goods, they would just go somewhere else. They are so rich, they dont even know what to do with their money.

Only time will tell.

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Take a look at this  i found this off yahoo news not very long ago.

Nationwide Gas Prices Set Another Record By GARY GENTILE, AP Business Writer
16 minutes ago
 


LOS ANGELES - Retail gas prices hit another record high over the past three weeks, mirroring a rapid increase in the cost of crude oil, according to a nationwide survey released Sunday.

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The average price for all three grades rose nearly 20 cents to $2.53 in the three weeks ending Aug. 12, said Trilby Lundberg, who publishes the semimonthly Lundberg Survey of 7,000 gas stations around the country. The figures were not adjusted for inflation.

In the same three-week period, crude oil price futures rose about $8.21. A barrel of oil produces about 42 gallons of gasoline, resulting in a price increase of 19.6 cents per gallon — nearly identical to the 19.8 cent rise in the price of gas at the pumps, Lundberg said.

There was scant good news for consumers in the latest report.

Demand for gas will remain high through August, but should drop after Labor Day. Prices should soften after that assuming underlying crude oil prices hold stable and refinery activity and shipments aren't interrupted by natural disasters, such as major hurricanes, Lundberg said.

Retail prices have risen an average of 70 cents since the beginning of the year and are up 62.7 cents from last August, Lundberg said.

Still, adjusted for inflation, prices have yet to climb to the record levels reached in the 1980s.

Gas prices in March 1981 would be $3.03 per gallon expressed in today's dollars, Lundberg said, while a barrel of oil would be about $90.

"I'm feeling it," said driver Adolfo Fernandez, a Los Angeles resident who was filling his BMW Sunday with premium unleaded at a cost of $2.97 per gallon. "I feel sorry for the people who really feel it and can't afford it."

According to the survey, self-serve regular averaged $2.50 a gallon nationwide. Midgrade was pegged at $2.59, with premium-grade was at $2.69.

Among the stations included in the survey, the highest price for unleaded regular was in San Diego at $2.76. The best deal was in Cheyenne, Wyo., at $2.31 a gallon.




labor day we should know if gas price changes? ???

My ? is would it go back  up after labor day weekend? ???

So people on forums here please feel free put new reports on high gas prices on this topic.And it gets good idea what are oil companies are doing put up high risks on jack up gas prices.Whats next coming out of  song  called jack it up on radio talking about high prices on gas.lol ;D

I stopped listening to what the oil and gas companies have to say.  I don't believe a word of it.  They come up with any excuse to raise the price of gas.  It's time that our government did something about it.  I told everyone on here that it would hit $3.00 a gallon by the end of the year.  You all thought I was crazy.  We'll were almost there with 4 months to go.

It is almost near that 3.00$ ::) point soon.don't be surprize people be on news soon it will be that way.

At the end of WWII (1945) gas rationing ended and gas was available at .21 a gallon.  Adjusted for inflation that equals 2.21 today. Gas is more heavily taxed today, so that makes it about even.

That's just another excuse for the oil and gas companies.  Do you work for them?  The fact of the matter is that gas prices should increase slowly like everything else in the world does with inflation.  Not a huge increase in less than a year that nobody is prepared for.

Gamer, don't you know oil is competing with real estate :)

I just watch this guy on the News in California who added extra batteries to a Toyota Prius to get about 100MPG. He says he hopes fuel prices contnue to rise. He's an idiot. Does he not realize he's paying for electricity to charge his car everyday.

I paid 2.64 for reg and Jeff paid 2.54 for diesel last night  >:(

I have posted about this before, there is plenty of Oil and LNG in our Country! (Gulf of Mexico) It is all politics!  It's Just something for the UN to do...LOL

75% of our clients at the company I work for are all the major Oil & Gas Companies, and yes we go all over the world to research and search for oil and LNG because we are paid to go  >:(  There is allot of oil in Africa but the tormole of the country is terrible, we also do allot of work in South America and Trinidad and Alaska......I just don't understand?  The President of my company is in Libya right now getting us work  >:( :'(

On the other hand.....across from our property in North Carolina there is a organic farm that is making Biodiesel out of vegetable oil, interesting......it can only be sold as off-road diesel but hey it's a start ;D

http://www.dancingrabbit.org/biodiesel/

Please don't bash me (again) for working with O&G Companies, we also replace damaged corals when sailboats, freighter's etc. run aground and we do surveys on the fish kill around those "Oil Rigs"  :'(

due to gas prices i bought me a scooter  150cc. will do 80 on the road haha.. and only cost 2 dollars to fill up ever 100 miles =)

Whole lot of whining by small minds who really think the high price of gas is something new. In 1966 my first Harley cost $2400, and gas was .30 +/- (yeah, I'm an old fart) Today a new Harley Ultra is about $25,000, and gas is just below 3.00.  Most everything else is comparable.  So the oil companies are large corporations that gouge the consumer, this is true of all large corporations, get used to it.  Oil companies are no better or worse than any other international corporation, and their prices are no better or worse. If you can't afford the price of gas, T.S. In fact, the price of gas has risen no more than anything else...price a house lately? In the grand scheme of supply and demand economics the marketplace is doing exactly what it should. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean jack.  And, no, I don't work for the any oil company...retired US Army 1SG.

I wish somebody buy their own mini gas stations  and try make a killing on lower price on gas.But on weekends I wish they lower price down to on 99 cents weekends.thats the only way people bring there own barriers and drums to fill up store it for 6months and use a 12v gas pump or hand pump.Thats way people should do and it will save alot sometimes,If everybody did it in state FL all over place that might jack prices down some and Ga is best place go to get gas 30cents cheaper then lake city or live oak prices.You have check places around valdosta ga or on weekends if you go to sam clubs they lower price on gas on weekends if had sam gift card and sams club member card.

thats one way save on  gas  and Alabama  gas prices are same prices as ga. ;D

 :) But feel freely to comment this about  high gas prices.keep things posted on here and next coming months if they sky rocket on us .

thanks,
amhighlander 

this morning 2.69 reg. thats up from 2.31 three weeks ago. 16% increase. i didnt realize inflation/cost of living(whatever you want to call it)  rose 16% in three weeks. thats bullcrap. i'm lubing up my chain and pedalling my @ss to work.

Take the ATV :)

I'm currently looking for a streetbike with gas prices. Thinking a Black Bird or Hayabusa.

I use premium in my truck because I'm a math nut, and actually found that with running premium, I pay about $0.012 less per mile to run my truck than with regular gas.

of course I got the superchips programmer too, that helps.

Id@

ps: I'll be looking to buy an enduro soon, for more reasons than gas,,,I wanna tour Ocala on the clay roads ;-)

5 foot garden hose $5.00   5 gallon gas can $6.00 and what about gas prices?

......priceless

 >:( Take a look  this just getting worst then last week
I just went yahoo news just few mins ago.They said around nov the gas prices will drop.Boy I guess  we have put more our green money inside eatting machine again.lol :banghead.gif    :box.gif :drive.gif :pirate.gif :cursing.gif :ThumbsDown.gif

 tell mr.bones I'm glad he got the faces icons back up on today I do miss thoses smile faces icons while back. :Fp :Clap.gif



Oil jumps after attack on U.S. ships By Janet McBride
33 minutes ago
 


LONDON (Reuters) - Oil climbed more than 3 percent higher on Friday as rocket attacks in the Middle East and protests in Ecuador reminded the market how vulnerable supply lines are.

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Oil tumbled earlier this week on signs record crude prices were firing inflation and dampening company earnings. But news on Friday that at least two missiles targeted, but missed, U.S. ships docked in Jordan's port of Aqaba sent prices higher.     Israel's city of Eilat was also hit.

Jordanian officials said one Jordanian soldier was killed and another injured in the attack. Jordan is not a crude oil exporter.

"The knee jerk reaction to this sort of headline is to think of the Middle East as a powder keg," said Deborah White, senior energy analyst at SG Commodities in Paris.

Niggling concerns over low gasoline stocks in the world's biggest consumer the United States and a halt in Ecuador's oil exports had already set the market on a recovery track.

U.S. crude settled up $2.08 at $65.35 a barrel. London Brent rose $1.96 to $64.36 a barrel.

    Iran's decision to press on with its nuclear program in defiance of the West was at the back of traders' minds. The move has put     OPEC's second biggest producer at odds with the     United Nations nuclear watchdog and at risk of sanctions.

Prices have averaged over $53 a barrel this year. In 1980, the year after the Iranian revolution, prices averaged an inflation-adjusted $82 a barrel.

ON EDGE

While world crude oil inventories remain relatively robust, supply disruptions have traders on alert, including below-par production in India and the North Sea after outages last month.

OPEC, pumping at its highest rate in a quarter century, has little spare capacity to make up any shortfalls.

Ecuador worsened the lost supply by halting exports of about 144,000 barrels per day, most of which go to the U.S. West Coast, due to protests in Amazon provinces over the level of investment from foreign operators. The country is the second largest oil producer in South America.

The U.S. West is well supplied with oil after a nearly month-long refinery disruption created a stock cushion.

But the market is sensitive to supply glitches. Ecuador's Economy Minister Magdelana Barreiro said the nation's oil output would return to normal only in November.

Although the peak-demand U.S. driving season has only two weeks left to run, unusually low inventories of gasoline and a series of refinery glitches remain in focus.

"Overall, the supply levels are tight and constantly bullish to the market," said Kazunaga Maeno, a risk management official with Mitsubishi Corp. in Tokyo.

Top financial energy trader Goldman Sachs said on Thursday it expected crude oil to average around $60 a barrel in about five years, $15 above its previous forecast.

Merrill Lynch hiked its long-term forecast by 40 percent on Friday, but said it expected only $42-a-barrel crude toward the end of this decade.

(Additional reporting by Ikuko Kao in Tokyo)

2.75$ for regular in Juno Beach  :o :cursing.gif

2.69 here in St Augustine. This is getting Just a little outta hand ;)
I mean were the USA, We should be able to get better oil prices than what we are getting them for

So I guess you think that our government should not do anything about it because its the grand scheme of supply and demand.  Well most people think its the grand scheme of bend over and take it in the rear.  There is alot more to this than just the whole supply vs demand theory and it involves politics which I'm not going to get into.

If somebody is so smart enough to open up their own gas station and buy gas from oil company and sell your gas really cheap  price such as private  gas station and open more localtons across state.Somebody should do that.You will be making killing$ with that.Someone should come out with idea that.That will hurt the big gas stations really hard.no gas tax just pain like old way. :)

It could happen one day like that. ;)

thanks,
amhighlander 8)

i feel that the oil companies are making more money duh, and paying the executives more money by lying to us about the prices of oil so they get a raise and they dont want to lose them  $ ,the hurricanes have come and gone for years on end so they can stop that excuse >:( ,most of the home town fuel stations are making about 6 cents per gallon so the taxes on fuels need to stop the last i heard they were about 32cents per gallon

y does it have to b so high my parents r sick of it :F

Well I cant say that I have read each and every reply in this topic but the ones I have all have the same complaint.
Gas Prices suck, can all the ideas about how to get better mileage, and all that, I say if they wont sell it cheaper then we need to to go over there w/ our big toys that the tax payers bought and are paying for and just plain and simply put, TAKE IT FROM THEM. We are already considered evil and big bullies so whats it gonna hurt to take one more thing before its all said and done w/. ;D
I am gonna guy me a motorcycle before its all said and done w/ thats for sure.

I think we have to face the facts. We're running out of oil, partially because many countries are hording their reserves, but mainly because we are running out of places to drill. I'm not saying we'll be out by tomorrow, but 15 years is the last estimate I heard. What will this do? It will drive us to Alternative Fuels, which right now is very expensive considering the equipment and manufacturing cost of these fuels. Now since the oil companies control the majority of alternative fuels, our higher gas prices will pay for the transition. The higher gas price issue is actually quite simple when you think about it.

Here's a good article on generally what's happening around the world with the race for the last few drops of Texas Tea.
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0509/feature3/index.html

this topic hads been close. :-*