PLEASE! Tell me why gas is so expensive...

I mean, I know that there's a war going on and all of that, but in the last week gas went from 1.94 a gallon to 2.13. That's like 18... 19 cents. What the fuck!?

I think the reason was in a series of meetings Dick Cheney had with the heads of the various oil companies (and Enron, among other companies), but you'll never know why, because, obviously, you don't need to know. Just trust in the wisdom of Dubya.

what the fuck indeed. *sigh*

same here.. 2.20 at the cheap places.

Because it's spring, which means driving and road trips, which means increased gas usage, which means they jack up the prices.

Just be glad you don't live in Europe. Gas is much more expensive there than it is here. I think my dad pays close to $100US to fill the tank of his Ford Fiesta in Scotland.

stop your whining, we pay more per liter than you do per gallon, that's four times as much as you.

the higher the price of gas the more it makes people realize the need for alternative fuels and better transportation systems.

-From the No New Car Movement

Honestly, it's first and foremost due to the fact that people will pay it. There's a gas station here in Malibu that's charging $3.15 and people are paying it!!!! Area residents are rightly concerned that if people keep going to the station other stations will raise their prices to match. Ridiculous!

*Laughs so hard he cries*

It is $7 here.

Its just a way for the politions to get lesistration to get drilling rights in the Alaskan forests and the national parks.

ok, uk-ers, fine, your gas is more.

but the distances we drive to work are regularly greater, and unless you live in one of the big 4 cities, our public transit i would bet is worse.


that said, americans are stupid. hummers indeed.

last time I checked locally we're getting a litre for around £0.85 give or take 6 pence depending on where you go

I agree, I don't care how much more it is than it was 10 years ago or whenever, you guys still pay nothing for it compared to the UK and europe

Because refineries are having to switch formulations for the coming busy summer months, and refinery capacity is already at maximum.....the necessary additives and thermal cracking process' are more expensive for special blend fuels and that cost gets filtered down to you, the user.
The gas burned in LA is much different than the gas burned in Montana than is burned in NJ...etc... and then it just falls into normal supply and demand dictates.

I dont see a issue with large vehicals. I own several old Musel Cars from the 60's, Yes the use more gas then a honda or a Kia, But they are so much more fun to drive and who want to look like a clone. Gas prices will keep going up as long as Bush in office. He gets money from his oil drilling.
there is a large surpluss of oil in the US but if the rich can make money by keeping the supply low, guess whats going to happen

Last time I was in the UK two years ago it was 91p per litre.......so it has been mostly stable...and I remember truckers threatening to strike because of the high price of fuel there...the high price being 80% in the form of taxes levied by the Parliament.

No, I appreciate that. It is just more "jealousy" on my part.

While I saw that the public transport in Washington was excellent (I don't drive and could get from the airport to the GMU for like $10), I didn't see hardly any in Oklahoma that would have suited me in the four weeks there.

Plus, it is pretty difficult to walk most places in the US where I have been, due to a lack of pavements.

I understand that gas might be more expensive in the UK, but the cost affects us much more here in the US. Just think of the cost of shipping a product from the coastal cities (where imported goods are brought and a lot of produce is grown) all the way to the middle of the US. That cost is enormous and just gets more so when gas prices increase. Those costs get passed on to us in the form of increased prices of goods and services. And the coastal areas are not immune since gas is required to contain ethanol which comes from the middle of the country and must be shipped to the coast. If the prices increase much more, I am quite certain that there will be strikes and shortages.

That is THE dumbest reasoning in the history of thought. Congratulations...it's not every day that somebody says something as galatically stupid as that.

The problem that the original poster has is the sharp increase in price over a short time. Price is a variable. It's relative to the discussion. If you normally pay $2 US for a gallon of gasoline...and they raise it to $2.20...that's a 10% increase in the price of gasoline.

If you are paying the equivalent of $7 US for a gallon of gasoline as mat8drb said...a 10% increase would bring the price up to $7.70. Don't pretend that you wouldn't get your knickers in a twist if you woke up tomorrow to find that kind of an increase.

its still cheaper by the gallon then pepsi

...and tastes better.

Yeah; I was in Herndon (VA) at the tail end of November, and about a mile from where I wanted to be, and there were no pavements on either side of the road between the hotel and the conference place. I'd just got the map from Mapquest and assumed I could walk it. I got a lift back, and a lift the next day.

This is the one thing I don't get: You drive further but your cars have a lower MPG. What's that about?

total stupidity. we's vain about our rims, yo?

plus when we think about foriegn cars, we kinda think theyre all like the car mr bean drives. and that will NOT get us laid, bro.

more dumbnocity.

but Mr Bean's car has excellent security features. Removable steering wheel