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2004-10-09 Home Front: Economy

Hawaii Gas Prices Hit Record Highs @$2.64.9 per gallon.

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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-10-09 4:15:23 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 That still doesn't beat the Oklahoma record of $2.78 a gallon in 1981 just before the oil bubble burst.

Posted by badanov 2004-10-09 8:13:46 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org/title-boris.gif] 2004-10-09 8:13:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 And how much of that $2.65 is taxes?

Posted by Don 2004-10-09 9:10:30 AM|| 2004-10-09 9:10:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Not enough, gosh-darnit. I have a plan...

Posted by .J Fn Skeery 2004-10-09 9:14:34 AM|| 2004-10-09 9:14:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Aviation gasoline last week in Fairbanks was $3.75/gal. The highest I paid this summer was $6.00/gallon in Bettles, by Gates of the Arctic Nat'l Park, but I was on business. They have to fly in fuel by tanker 'cause they have no roads.

So there is some trivia for ye.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-10-09 2:17:12 PM|| 2004-10-09 2:17:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 $3.75 a gallon? Hell, that's more expensive that spring water! Who do I bitch to?

Posted by Shipman 2004-10-09 3:23:41 PM|| 2004-10-09 3:23:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 'They' said that the American Consumer would tolerate gas prices to about $5 a gallon! With our heads in the sand over this right now, we haven't reached the 'pucker factor' yet. At that time, I guess we'll go postal and implement a "Boston Tea Party" in the nation!

Posted by smn 2004-10-09 10:25:53 PM|| 2004-10-09 10:25:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Shipman: who do we bitch to? Well, start with the idiots who designed suburbia without sidewalks and no grid, and a three mile drive to the nearest grocery store. Give a piece of your mind to the ninnies and NIMBYs who build condos within 15 feet of an active railroad line and scream when the state talks about building a rail corridor to improve intercity travel. Then there are the SUV bullies who just about climb up your tailpipe and nearly flip your minivan over with their afterblast; they gobble up twice as much gas as my husband's dinosaur Aerostar does, as he drives 5 miles to the nearest park-and-ride. Try waiting for a bus along the main traffic arteries; you can't breathe from gas fumes. We're a nation of wastrels who didn't learn anything from the Arab Oil Embargo 30 years ago.

I grew up near Chicago, and I miss the El and the suburban bus system, the one Chicago amenity my beautiful city up north lacks (besides the museum corridor on the lakefront--nobody can copy that). I was riding the El to Wrigley and Grant Park and the Loop, where I'd meet my mom after work, when I was 13. The bus lines in my neatly laid out grid suburb were very efficient. A good commuter rail system, or at least a bus from the suburbs to the bus hub, would make a real difference in gas consumption and quality of life. But where I live, anybody who suggests light rail is written off as a dreamy-eyed liberal.

I'm sure a number of Chicagoans reading this will come back with horror stories of the bad old days of Milton Pikarsky and other incompetent First Daley Regime hacks, or some more recent headaches that have happened since I left the Chica-glow for a place where I can actually see the stars at night. But frankly, the beter we plan public transportation so that people can actually use it, the better off we'd all be.

Posted by mom 2004-10-09 11:22:03 PM|| 2004-10-09 11:22:03 PM|| Front Page Top

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