Hunting for low gas prices
A friend asked me this morning why I'm still bothering to shop around for the lowest possible gas prices when the cost of fuel is so low right now. Take one look at http://www.saltlakegasprices.com/ and you'll see why I'm still comparison shopping for gasoline. Stations not all that far from each other (sometimes within walking distance) still can have as much as a 20-cent or more difference in prices. That adds up, especially if you drive a gas guzzler with a large tank. While the average cost of a gallon of unleaded in Utah is $1.65 today, according to travel-services company AAA, there are numerous stations along the Wasatch Front where you can get fuel for as little as $1.50 per gallon. By the way, if you don't already know: Most experts agree that prices in Utah and elsewhere probably bottomed out over the holidays. We all could be paying $2 to $3 for a gallon of unleaded gasoline later this year.
posted by Lesley Mitchell @ 1:14 PM |
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There could be no better investment in America than to invest in America becoming energy independent! We need to utilize everything in out power to reduce our dependence on foreign oil including using our own natural resources. Create cheap clean energy, new badly needed green jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. OPEC will continue to cut production until they achieve their desired 80-100. per barrel. The high cost of fuel this past year seriously damaged our economy and society. Oil is finite. We are using oil globally at the rate of 2X faster than new oil is being discovered. We need to take some of these billions in bail out bucks and bail ourselves out of our dependence on foreign oil.If all gasoline cars, trucks, and SUV's instead had plug-in electric drive trains, the amount of electricity needed to replace gasoline is about equal to the estimated wind energy potential of the state of North Dakota. Jeff Wilson has a really good new book out called The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence Now. He explores our uses of oil besides gasoline, our depletion, out reserves and stores as well as viable options to replace oil.Oil is finite, it will run out in the not too distant future. WE need to take some of these billions in bail out bucks and bail America out of it's dependence on foreign oil. The historic high price of gas this past year did serious damage to our economy and society. WE should never allow others to have that much power over our economy again. I wish every member of congress would read this book too.
www.themanhattanprojectof2009.com
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