May 25, 200719 yr Some more interesting reading material from our own backyard.... http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070524/NEWS01/705240351/1014/NEWS02 Many factors play a role in the rising prices, said Jeff Lykins, president of Lykins Cos., a gas supplier based in Milford. Among those is the "economics 101 theory of supply and demand," Lykins said. The demand apparently isn't about to subside. A Washington Post-ABC News poll released today concluded that most drivers will tolerate another dollar per gallon before changing their commuting and vacation habits this summer. Not only are Americans not cutting back, we're driving more. U.S. consumption has the world watching - and wondering if Americans will cut back.
May 25, 200719 yr Here is the poll referenced in the first article with some commentary http://news.kypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070524/NEWS01/705240344/1014 The poll found that nearly six in 10 Americans say that near-record gasoline prices are a hardship, but only 11 percent said that soaring prices would curtail their driving habits in the coming weeks. Three in 10 said they might skip a summer road trip. The average price that drivers said would compel them to significantly cut back on their driving was $4.38 a gallon. In the western United States, where gasoline prices are typically higher than in the rest of the country, the average respondent said the price would have to hit $5.12 a gallon.
May 25, 200719 yr I wonder what kind of income those who said this has not changed their driving habits make because everyone I know has changed theirs a long time ago.
May 25, 200719 yr I wonder what kind of income those who said this has not changed their driving habits make because everyone I know has changed theirs a long time ago. Examples of what everyone you know is doing??? Everyone I know acknowledges the higher prices of gas, but I have yet to meet people that say, "hey, I am not going to fork over the extra $30 to take my trip up to Cincinnatti this year." (Something I am doing this weekend actually). Assuming gas is a dollar more than it should be, that is exactly how much more it is going to cost my fiance and I to drive this weekend to the Queen city and back. I do not believe the higher gas prices have necessarily eliminated vacations and such and dramatically altered plans as many make it seem, but it has altered our way of thinking and people have been using better and more efficient practices when driving... which is a good thing. We, as Americans, were spoiled for some time with relatively cheap gas prices and we never conserved... now we are, but I do not believe it is at the expense of not taking the yearly family vacation.
May 25, 200719 yr We team up to go to town or any where else we need to go. I do all of my running after work which has cut back on a lot of trips. We never get gas from speedway/marathon/gas america being they are the first to raise thier prices(They are all part of the same company We only but gas from the gas station.
May 26, 200719 yr I paid $3.11 today on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at a service center. They're typically higher than other places. Then I arrive in Cincinnati and gas is $3.44!!!
May 26, 200719 yr I wonder what kind of income those who said this has not changed their driving habits make because everyone I know has changed theirs a long time ago. My habits haven't changed, and I'm a college student...
May 28, 200719 yr It was 2.99 in Bell Co. this weekend. It was also about 2.99 pretty much everwhere in between. Danville, Lincoln Co. Springfield, Rockastle Co., Corbin, Barbourville, etc.
May 29, 200719 yr Did some traveling today: Elizabethtown - anywhere from $3.09 to $3.29 Bardstown - $3.09/$3.10 Lawrenceburg and Frankfort- $3.09-$3.19 Georgetown - $2.99 (although I only passed one station coming into town. Not sure what the price is elsewhere in town)
May 30, 200719 yr $3.29 in downtown Maysville. I was in Mt. Sterling on Monday and gas was $2.89 there. Needless to say, I filled up before returning to Maysville.
May 30, 200719 yr $3.29 in downtown Maysville. I was in Mt. Sterling on Monday and gas was $2.89 there. Needless to say, I filled up before returning to Maysville. Good Move.:thumb:
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