$5 Gas in 2012?

[rwh11385]

Does it matter how long it's been sitting at higher levels? Fuel that is.

Higher than what? The momentary crash in price during the global recession?

It's good to have it find stability and is still lower than 2008

[freeride53]

this.

[tjts1]

Um, bump.

And about that Dollar being devalued: http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy

Up a dozen percent from a year ago. . .

[joshh]

Does it matter how long it's been sitting at higher levels? Fuel that is.

[rwh11385]

http://jalopnik.com/5819036/summer-g...ntinue-to-drop



Um, probably not gonna hit $5 in 2012...

Um, bump.

And about that Dollar being devalued: http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy

Up a dozen percent from a year ago. . .

[tjts1]

$5 gas? We should be so lucky. Get the idiots off the road.

[z31maniac]

It's crap as usual.

Especially when you consider a very large % of the nations oil runs through, and is stored, less than an hour away from Tulsa in Cushing.

We also have two refineries in Tulsa.

It's a crock.

[joshh]

Prices have hovered at around the same area for at least 4-5 weeks here. No up or down yet.

[nando]

it's been pretty flat/down here?

[z31maniac]

That's an interesting chart.

Especially considering the cost of gas has jumped nearly 20 cents a gallon in the last 7-8 days.

[87e30]

Either that or we should all be oil futures!!! ahh what do with my life?!

[rwh11385]

http://jalopnik.com/5819036/summer-gas-prices-will-continue-to-drop

Um, probably not gonna hit $5 in 2012...

[tjts1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_hybrid

Oh ic, you were lost.

[joshh]

Last I checked hybrids ran off of gasoline and used regenerative braking to charge up the batteries. Are you building some super special coal/oil hybrid you would like to share?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_hybrid

[tjts1]

Well I understand how the tech works. it heavy, inefficient and a DEAD END.

If you didn't count fuel economy and the weight of real world cars, you would be right.

When you can buy a TDI jetta for the same price and get 2-300k miles outta it with just minor servicing even with the slight perminum in fuel costs you will still be a winner in the long run with extra cash in your pockets that owning a stupid complicated hybrid, that is way worse for the environment than any conventional car from a total resource cost to make it.

HAHAHAHA a jetta at 300k miles? If it doesn't catch fire first or the made in mexico bits don't fall off.
http://autos.aol.com/article/toyota-prius-reliability/

http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1023454_toyota-prius-taxi-tops-340000mi-dispels-battery-myth

Next again if it was not for the GM in the 80's giving it a bad name with shitty cars. But look at what has happened once Diesel began to gain in popularity in the US the Feds got their regulation hats on and made it unpalatable for those that dont quite get it again with taxation and costly refinement, and emissions mandates that both kill the over all total efficiency of the engines and take away all monetary incentives to own one. Especially since the 2010 regs hit.

Well do you want to breath the shit particulate pollution from European cities?

Let me know when your hybrids aren't run off of coal/oil electricity.

Last I checked hybrids ran off of gasoline and used regenerative braking to charge up the batteries. Are you building some super special coal/oil hybrid you would like to share?