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Energy Costs Hit Family Budgets Hard |
2004-10-15 |
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Posted by:Mark Espinola |
#3 Sock, I am glad I am not the only one out there using premium. At around $2.50 in some urban locations what will the price be by News Years Day? That is if the current energy market trending extends itself into late December. ![]() Fill her up Joe, with high test. |
Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-10-15 8:49:35 PM |
#2 I paid 2.49 for premium Wed. That means it's 2.53 today I would bet. But what do you expect from a whiney Democrat from Virginia? Wake up folks cheap energy is going to be a thing of the past unless we start using something other than oil based transportation. |
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-10-15 7:59:23 PM |
#1 But with gasoline near $2 a gallon and home-heating costs on the rise, the 29-year-old resident of Fredericksburg, Va., says there's less money for food, clothing and entertainment - which nowadays means a trip to Blockbuster, not the local movie theater. Please. The cheapest regular unleaded gas here in my neck of the woods is about $2.20/gal. P/U is even higher than that (close to $2.50/gal). Being near $2/gal (most likely under that) is a bargain as far as I'm concerned. Now if only the finances of oil traders could be administered a sizable little shock.... |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-10-15 6:03:39 PM |