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Posted on 04/11/2011 5:19:32 PM PDT by Nachum
Have Drivers Finally Thrown in Their Keys? Mass Transit Sees Uptick in Ridership
Gas prices are now the highest they have ever been during the month of April and at its fourteenth highest nominal price according to data from the Energy Department going back to 1990. The average gas price is $3.79 per gallon of regular, according to the Energy Department's weekly figures released today, an increase of 11 cents from last week and 93 cents from a year ago.
As the average price of gasoline edges closer to $4 a gallon -- with at least one gas station in Orlando at $5.59 a gallon, according to GasBuddy.com -- have drivers finally reached the point when they will switch to smaller cars or forego driving altogether?
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Yes, “intriguing” how just like unemployment numbers, deficit spending and presidential approval polls, the MSM is ignoring the skyrocketing gas prices—we all know they would be pummeling us daily with such stories if we had a Republican President.
I have a solution!
We buy railroad couplers and mount them to our cars and trucks.
Then all you need to do is couple up a commuters road train!
Dems purpose for getting the gas price up high explained right here. Higher gas prices means more people shifting to government controlled and taxpayer funded mass transit.
With the current crop of traitor commies running things, it’s just as simple as that.
$3.93 here in west ny
Gas bills(receipts) should be sent to representative’s in each voters district along with a note that payment is due within 30 days.
Drill now you 536 pukes!
Enjoy it. I saw $4.09 for regular today in Albany.
Telecommuting is a nice way to save gas until rolling power outages ruin the connection.
The collaboration of so called Journalists is beyond over the edge. At this point nothing and I mean nothing in the media should be accepted.
Is that a reference to all the suicide bomber attacks on buses and trains?
Yep, because BO did say Americans have to LEARN they can’t have everything they want.
Actually I was thinking of accidents but if mideast style terror attcks become commonplace in America, I’ll take my chances in my truck rather than on a bus.
This fellow Michigander remembers when gas was in the $4 range. Nancy Pelosi was on summer vacation and my congressman (Tim Walberg) was sleeping in his DC office and on the darkened house floor demanding that speaker Pelosi return and deal with energy policy.
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Yes, of course this is not an option in large swarths of working (read ‘conservative’) America. Sure, the EBT card holders can leave their urban vehicles parked and the liberals in the burbs may be able to train in. What does that do for the ND Farmer or OH factory worker. Higher gas prices hurts the productive class most because by and large you require gasoline to get to work.
Would make a good bumper-sticker.
When I bought my Grand Cherokee, it cost $28 to fill up. This weekend, it cost me $67.50. And now I drive 64 miles round trip to work everyday.
But when gas hit $2.50 while GWB was President, the left wen apesh!t.
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