I've already changed my driving habits. I put gas in my tank 1-2 gal @ a time...exactly what I need to get my children back & forth 2 school & that is it. I do Not take any unnecessary trips & try to combine my grocery shopping w/when I drop my children @ school. If gas prices hit $5 I'll ride a bike before I pay that price. The oil companies can kiss my A$$! If we all just band together & eliminate all but the most absolutely necessary trips then the oil companies will begin to see their profits fall & they will suck it up & lower prices back to a more affordable price, i.e: $3/gal MAX. We can all live w/o going out of town for vacation for a while if it means forcing oil companies to lower their prices to save us $ in the long run. They need to be put in their place. All this price gouging is just a result of their paranoid speculation about an oil crisis that may never happen & they are bleeding us dry & lining their fat pockets in the meantime...just in case they MIGHT have to take a pay cut from their multi-billion $ salaries in the future...Boycott the prices & they will come down, history has proven it works
P.G. Sharrow - 13 years ago
We can't change our driving habits! We live 40 miles from the nearest Public Transport on a dirt road where it snows.
This Obamanation has got to go. These Social Democrat are deliberatly trying to destroy this country. pg
billy Joe - 13 years ago
We already have gas prices that high and have had them even higher at times. WE DO NOT GET THE SUBSIDIES THAT THE MIDWEST has always had to keep the prices lower, WE LIVE WITH IT AND DEAL WITH IT.
Why the eff are people blaming Obama? They were just as high under Bush! He was a republican.
The reason the that national oil resources are not opened up is because of all the people that screamed horror after a little accident and pressured for the drilling of oil.
Then there is always the NOT ON MY DOOR STEP attitude. You all want the oil but when it is being drilled in your backyard then boy you don't want them drilling in your locality.
Get a grip, get a life and shut the **** up and instead write to your representative and get them to petition for the opening of drilling in your area.
mel murphy - 13 years ago
it's time for the KKK to rise and hang him
Dick Thickrod - 13 years ago
Obama is a DISASTER. I wonder how much it would cost to tar and feather him???
oracle2world - 13 years ago
Once my Honda Civic hits $50 a tank I'll get a motorcycle and take my chances becoming road kill.
DEVO: WE ARE ALL DEVO IN POLITICIANS EYES - 13 years ago
They will be the 1st to go.
Devo III%
JGoodson - 13 years ago
Welcome to obamville. Too bad I have to live in in it for now because of all you idiot liberals who voted for this marxist. Drill, Baby, Drill!
William - 13 years ago
I live in the rural mid-west and my wife and I work in two different cities. We carpool with co-workers when we can, but that's not always an option.
In this economy, we HAVE jobs and that's more important than the price of gas, regardless of the commute. The "gas-guzzlers" were retired (except for essential "rural work" on our acreage) a long time ago.
The "ha-ha, ho-ho, better trade in that 8 mpg gas guzzler" remark by the Clueless in Chief doesn't sit well with folks working in the real world...
D - 13 years ago
I have already changed my driving habits - that should have been an option. I commute 1-2 days less per week- now electronic commuting those days - and when I do I ride a motorcyle for fuel efficiency.
Trey K. - 13 years ago
I'm already combining trips to different stores, etc into one trip. Also, my daily commute to and from work is 45 miles which has forced me to look into moving closer to where I'm employed.
We really need to drill here and build more refineries while at the same time developing reliable alternate fuel sources (means of running automobiles, i.e. battery power).
I just can't believe we have a president that would laugh at an honest question about gas prices and sarcastically tell the one asking the question to buy a hybrid/more fuel efficient vehicle. If one can't afford high gas prices what makes the president think the individual can buy a new car.
I'm sorry but the arrogant clown is out of touch with what is going on in our lives..
Patty - 13 years ago
North and South Dakota, Eastern Montana contain the worlds largest oil reserves, enough for the entire United States for 2041 yrs. This was a statement out of Washington D.C in 2006!! Yes drill baby drill!!
bill booth - 13 years ago
I do not drive any more than I have to and I plan trips to consolidate errands.
There is still money for outings and family fun. We live in a rural area I drive a 95 Dodge super ram, and my wife has a 2001 Ford Windstar 50 mile round trip to work she is a HS teacher.
Dick - 13 years ago
I use my truck to earn a living. Thanks to Obama, my customers get charged higher prices for my services.
He's a stinkin' scumbag.
Steve - 13 years ago
I'm sorry but the prices are the fault of the First Black Prez if you excluded the liberals crowning of Clinton as the First Black Prez.
Too funny you libs are ... LOFL, Clinton, First Black Prez. You all said it, I didn't you idiot liberal clowns.
Anyway, getting back to the current clown, OOOOOBama, he refuses to allow for drilling here in the US, he's a lier and thief and that pretty much sums it up.
I just hope this sick experiment with him is over at the next election and he's voted out of office so he can't do more harm than he's already done to date.
frederick harges - 13 years ago
I've already changed my habits. 3.00 is to much. I go to work and come home!
sue - 13 years ago
I am on disability and have had to change my driving habits about a month ago due to higher gas prices. It's terrible along with rising prices on everything else. I don't know how everyone else is dealing with this in a situation such as myself but it's very hard.
Lew - 13 years ago
I have already changed as much as possible. We live in a rural area and have to commute to work. I make cross-country trips on a monthly basis. When they make a small fuel efficient vehicle that can tow a 10,000 pound trailer cross country at a reasonable price, I would consider it. Until that happens I have to continue with my current driving habits.
Cortney - 13 years ago
I won't change my driving habits since I don't drive, but I will have to cut back on travel when CTA and Amtrak start raising their ticket prices.
Also, I'd planned to buy a car sometime this year but I might be putting that off until I can afford a hybrid or electric vehicle.
mary - 13 years ago
I'm trying to get a small business going. I spent $70 on gas last week. Its already too much, I honestly don't know how this works. Also have several young adults in the family working at min. wage jobs so they can go to school--hopefully to get better jobs.
They have to commute by car-no public transit by them at all.
Its already too much money. I'm thinking I am going to start putting any extra cash I have into tea party candidates. I've never really supported candidates before--vote yes, money no. But I'm fed up with tax and spend and spend and spend and the idea that we go to war on behalf of countries in the middle east who have us over a barrel for gas--and they don't even chip in to pay for their own wars.
Big J - 13 years ago
They can charge $10 a gallon, I don't care. I spend $40 a month on gas, that is all. I walk if I can. My body is not fat, it is really nice. I made a desision to drive an economical vehicle 20 years ago and made it a habit. I love our government for protecting our national parks and forests from scumbags that would rape their own mothers if it could be made profitable. It is about a word called "Ethics."
How much gas does a fighter plane use over North Africa? Who's paying for that full gastank? Don't be fooled by what you are told. Only you can change it.
Terry L. - 13 years ago
My wife and I work a half-state apart - she has a 100+ mile round-trip commute, and I have almost a 180+ mile round-trip drive....each and every day. We are both less than 10 yrs from retirement, and plan to stay where we are until we retire. So, we are stuck paying the outlandish prices for gas....
Mr. Chris Paul - 13 years ago
I am in College for Medical & I have work, I am 35, single, no kids. I have no choice but to drive about an hour to each location, thus that I live in Rural Georgia. I drive a small car, good on Gas, but still, OMG. When does it End ? I am 35, I will be honest everyone, I feel like I am 55. Good Luck.
Mike - 13 years ago
It shouldn't be "I won't change my habits, no matter the price", but "I can't change my habits, no matter the price"... meaning, I have a 34-mile per day commute. My wife has a 140-mile per day. There's nothing we can do to change that (we live in Central Illinois... and we work it two completely different cities). Public trans is not an option. My wife quitting her job and trying to work closer to home is not an option. Finding new jobs and relocating to the nearest city and selling our house is not an option. Spending $35,000 to $70,000 for two new or newer hybrids/electric cars is not an option.
But... when gas does hit a specific price, my wife may quit work simply because she'll be putting her entire salary into her gas tank.
Not a good situation here....
Robert R - 13 years ago
I've already changed my habits. Not only is gas more expensive but food is more expensive. My wife and I drive only one car whenever possible and we are eating out a lot less. I suspect 90% of Americans are doing the same. The economy is in for a rough ride, in my opinion.
Darlin - 13 years ago
I live in the rural mid-west, where the family farm and it's supporting community was the source of income until my generation. The family farm is virtually gone from the landscape as a living, forcing us to either leave our aging parents, and go urban, or commute. I commute round trip 103 miles per day, no public transportation helps for us.
Is there any politician on either side of the fence that thinks about this part of our population. Not everyone is an urban and can make the cuts, it is not just HABITS. I have seen a few who tried to go to the real fuel economy cars on the highway, they come out of a crash on the bad end.
Wind and corn can't cut it either! These farms are also owned by large companies (some with strong political connections)!
joshua - 13 years ago
this pole shouldn't ask "at what price point would you change your driving habits?", it should ask, "at what price point would you change your VOTING habits?"
Larry - 13 years ago
I bought a smaller car last December because of the gas prices.
On another note, isn't ANWR beautiful this time of year....
Joe - 13 years ago
Bear in mind that Obama's 2010 budget called for gas prices to rise to $7 per gallon within ten years; the pain is not over yet. Is this truly the president that the libs thought that they were getting? Did this country not learn from the Jimmy Carter experiment?
I've already changed my driving habits when gas hit $3/gal. When are we going to drill for our own oil?? Clean energy(solar, wind and whatever other idea they have) are not going to fill my tank! But the president did say in his own word that the energy prices will necessarily have to rise under his energy plan. BRAVO!! That is one promise you kept.
GTR-RMN - 13 years ago
I have already changed my driving habits at somewhere around $3.25 per gallon.
Maddog - 13 years ago
I already sold my car when the price went over $3/gallon...now I live under the highway....
Beth - 13 years ago
If I don't change my driving habits, I will have to change my eating habits!
Joe - 13 years ago
I hope our government is happy for running off any/all oil exploration in the US.
People get angry that oil companies don't pay enough domestic taxes, then we force the oil companies to do their work in other nations. How in the world do we increase taxes on the evil oil companies when we won't let them do business in our country?????
Albert - 13 years ago
I hope democrats change their voting habits and help elect a President who supports using our own natural resources including oil to bring down prices and become less dependent.
I've already changed my driving habits. I put gas in my tank 1-2 gal @ a time...exactly what I need to get my children back & forth 2 school & that is it. I do Not take any unnecessary trips & try to combine my grocery shopping w/when I drop my children @ school. If gas prices hit $5 I'll ride a bike before I pay that price. The oil companies can kiss my A$$! If we all just band together & eliminate all but the most absolutely necessary trips then the oil companies will begin to see their profits fall & they will suck it up & lower prices back to a more affordable price, i.e: $3/gal MAX. We can all live w/o going out of town for vacation for a while if it means forcing oil companies to lower their prices to save us $ in the long run. They need to be put in their place. All this price gouging is just a result of their paranoid speculation about an oil crisis that may never happen & they are bleeding us dry & lining their fat pockets in the meantime...just in case they MIGHT have to take a pay cut from their multi-billion $ salaries in the future...Boycott the prices & they will come down, history has proven it works
We can't change our driving habits! We live 40 miles from the nearest Public Transport on a dirt road where it snows.
This Obamanation has got to go. These Social Democrat are deliberatly trying to destroy this country. pg
We already have gas prices that high and have had them even higher at times. WE DO NOT GET THE SUBSIDIES THAT THE MIDWEST has always had to keep the prices lower, WE LIVE WITH IT AND DEAL WITH IT.
Why the eff are people blaming Obama? They were just as high under Bush! He was a republican.
The reason the that national oil resources are not opened up is because of all the people that screamed horror after a little accident and pressured for the drilling of oil.
Then there is always the NOT ON MY DOOR STEP attitude. You all want the oil but when it is being drilled in your backyard then boy you don't want them drilling in your locality.
Get a grip, get a life and shut the **** up and instead write to your representative and get them to petition for the opening of drilling in your area.
it's time for the KKK to rise and hang him
Obama is a DISASTER. I wonder how much it would cost to tar and feather him???
Once my Honda Civic hits $50 a tank I'll get a motorcycle and take my chances becoming road kill.
They will be the 1st to go.
Devo III%
Welcome to obamville. Too bad I have to live in in it for now because of all you idiot liberals who voted for this marxist. Drill, Baby, Drill!
I live in the rural mid-west and my wife and I work in two different cities. We carpool with co-workers when we can, but that's not always an option.
In this economy, we HAVE jobs and that's more important than the price of gas, regardless of the commute. The "gas-guzzlers" were retired (except for essential "rural work" on our acreage) a long time ago.
The "ha-ha, ho-ho, better trade in that 8 mpg gas guzzler" remark by the Clueless in Chief doesn't sit well with folks working in the real world...
I have already changed my driving habits - that should have been an option. I commute 1-2 days less per week- now electronic commuting those days - and when I do I ride a motorcyle for fuel efficiency.
I'm already combining trips to different stores, etc into one trip. Also, my daily commute to and from work is 45 miles which has forced me to look into moving closer to where I'm employed.
We really need to drill here and build more refineries while at the same time developing reliable alternate fuel sources (means of running automobiles, i.e. battery power).
I just can't believe we have a president that would laugh at an honest question about gas prices and sarcastically tell the one asking the question to buy a hybrid/more fuel efficient vehicle. If one can't afford high gas prices what makes the president think the individual can buy a new car.
I'm sorry but the arrogant clown is out of touch with what is going on in our lives..
North and South Dakota, Eastern Montana contain the worlds largest oil reserves, enough for the entire United States for 2041 yrs. This was a statement out of Washington D.C in 2006!! Yes drill baby drill!!
I do not drive any more than I have to and I plan trips to consolidate errands.
There is still money for outings and family fun. We live in a rural area I drive a 95 Dodge super ram, and my wife has a 2001 Ford Windstar 50 mile round trip to work she is a HS teacher.
I use my truck to earn a living. Thanks to Obama, my customers get charged higher prices for my services.
He's a stinkin' scumbag.
I'm sorry but the prices are the fault of the First Black Prez if you excluded the liberals crowning of Clinton as the First Black Prez.
Too funny you libs are ... LOFL, Clinton, First Black Prez. You all said it, I didn't you idiot liberal clowns.
Anyway, getting back to the current clown, OOOOOBama, he refuses to allow for drilling here in the US, he's a lier and thief and that pretty much sums it up.
I just hope this sick experiment with him is over at the next election and he's voted out of office so he can't do more harm than he's already done to date.
I've already changed my habits. 3.00 is to much. I go to work and come home!
I am on disability and have had to change my driving habits about a month ago due to higher gas prices. It's terrible along with rising prices on everything else. I don't know how everyone else is dealing with this in a situation such as myself but it's very hard.
I have already changed as much as possible. We live in a rural area and have to commute to work. I make cross-country trips on a monthly basis. When they make a small fuel efficient vehicle that can tow a 10,000 pound trailer cross country at a reasonable price, I would consider it. Until that happens I have to continue with my current driving habits.
I won't change my driving habits since I don't drive, but I will have to cut back on travel when CTA and Amtrak start raising their ticket prices.
Also, I'd planned to buy a car sometime this year but I might be putting that off until I can afford a hybrid or electric vehicle.
I'm trying to get a small business going. I spent $70 on gas last week. Its already too much, I honestly don't know how this works. Also have several young adults in the family working at min. wage jobs so they can go to school--hopefully to get better jobs.
They have to commute by car-no public transit by them at all.
Its already too much money. I'm thinking I am going to start putting any extra cash I have into tea party candidates. I've never really supported candidates before--vote yes, money no. But I'm fed up with tax and spend and spend and spend and the idea that we go to war on behalf of countries in the middle east who have us over a barrel for gas--and they don't even chip in to pay for their own wars.
They can charge $10 a gallon, I don't care. I spend $40 a month on gas, that is all. I walk if I can. My body is not fat, it is really nice. I made a desision to drive an economical vehicle 20 years ago and made it a habit. I love our government for protecting our national parks and forests from scumbags that would rape their own mothers if it could be made profitable. It is about a word called "Ethics."
How much gas does a fighter plane use over North Africa? Who's paying for that full gastank? Don't be fooled by what you are told. Only you can change it.
My wife and I work a half-state apart - she has a 100+ mile round-trip commute, and I have almost a 180+ mile round-trip drive....each and every day. We are both less than 10 yrs from retirement, and plan to stay where we are until we retire. So, we are stuck paying the outlandish prices for gas....
I am in College for Medical & I have work, I am 35, single, no kids. I have no choice but to drive about an hour to each location, thus that I live in Rural Georgia. I drive a small car, good on Gas, but still, OMG. When does it End ? I am 35, I will be honest everyone, I feel like I am 55. Good Luck.
It shouldn't be "I won't change my habits, no matter the price", but "I can't change my habits, no matter the price"... meaning, I have a 34-mile per day commute. My wife has a 140-mile per day. There's nothing we can do to change that (we live in Central Illinois... and we work it two completely different cities). Public trans is not an option. My wife quitting her job and trying to work closer to home is not an option. Finding new jobs and relocating to the nearest city and selling our house is not an option. Spending $35,000 to $70,000 for two new or newer hybrids/electric cars is not an option.
But... when gas does hit a specific price, my wife may quit work simply because she'll be putting her entire salary into her gas tank.
Not a good situation here....
I've already changed my habits. Not only is gas more expensive but food is more expensive. My wife and I drive only one car whenever possible and we are eating out a lot less. I suspect 90% of Americans are doing the same. The economy is in for a rough ride, in my opinion.
I live in the rural mid-west, where the family farm and it's supporting community was the source of income until my generation. The family farm is virtually gone from the landscape as a living, forcing us to either leave our aging parents, and go urban, or commute. I commute round trip 103 miles per day, no public transportation helps for us.
Is there any politician on either side of the fence that thinks about this part of our population. Not everyone is an urban and can make the cuts, it is not just HABITS. I have seen a few who tried to go to the real fuel economy cars on the highway, they come out of a crash on the bad end.
Wind and corn can't cut it either! These farms are also owned by large companies (some with strong political connections)!
this pole shouldn't ask "at what price point would you change your driving habits?", it should ask, "at what price point would you change your VOTING habits?"
I bought a smaller car last December because of the gas prices.
On another note, isn't ANWR beautiful this time of year....
Bear in mind that Obama's 2010 budget called for gas prices to rise to $7 per gallon within ten years; the pain is not over yet. Is this truly the president that the libs thought that they were getting? Did this country not learn from the Jimmy Carter experiment?
sources cited:
http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/3087-gas-prices-may-reach-7-per-gallon
I've already changed my driving habits when gas hit $3/gal. When are we going to drill for our own oil?? Clean energy(solar, wind and whatever other idea they have) are not going to fill my tank! But the president did say in his own word that the energy prices will necessarily have to rise under his energy plan. BRAVO!! That is one promise you kept.
I have already changed my driving habits at somewhere around $3.25 per gallon.
I already sold my car when the price went over $3/gallon...now I live under the highway....
If I don't change my driving habits, I will have to change my eating habits!
I hope our government is happy for running off any/all oil exploration in the US.
People get angry that oil companies don't pay enough domestic taxes, then we force the oil companies to do their work in other nations. How in the world do we increase taxes on the evil oil companies when we won't let them do business in our country?????
I hope democrats change their voting habits and help elect a President who supports using our own natural resources including oil to bring down prices and become less dependent.