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She does pander (none / 0) (#40)
by madamab on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 05:24:52 PM EST
when she perceives it can do no harm.

You may be right that it will unintentionally harm people. I'm not teh greatest at teh economomics.

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Someone figured 12 wks' saving would be $25 (5.00 / 2) (#68)
by jawbone on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 05:37:08 PM EST
if person bought 20 gallons a week.  (I didn't redo the math.) No even half a tank full. Negligible amount, to the commenter.

However, for someone on the edge financially, that might mean 6-10 gallons of milk, depending on the sale price.

Some people do have to trade a gallon of milk for a gallon of gas.

That's tough.

With prices going up so fast, the shock is much worse than when it goes up slowly.  It is a palliative, a transition to higher all the time prices. I realize it makes littel difference to most people, but, to some? It's milk for their kids.

What will we do? Tax credits for the poor? How will low earners get to work?

Couple years ago, prices spiked up and I was getting gas.  I asked the attendant if people were upset, and he said not much, but that he had had to quit his 3rd job--which was in PA, about 50 miles away--bcz he wasn't earning enough to cover the cost of gas. So he was down to two part-time jobs.

 

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$25 would almost fill up my car. (5.00 / 1) (#117)
by vicsan on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 06:03:43 PM EST
I drive a Prius and my last fill-up was $29 with 4 gallons left in the tank. I'd take the $25. That could buy lotsa loaves of bread or boxes of mac & cheese too!

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I really wanted a Prius--when I was looking (none / 0) (#123)
by jawbone on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 06:10:12 PM EST
dealers were commanding $2-6K over list price.

I just couldn't swing one.

When did you get yours and how's it working? Someone at another blog had the battery (iirc, haven't followed up) fail just out of warranty. That kinda scared me as person said it was really pricy.

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Motor scooters! (none / 0) (#157)
by magisterludi on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 06:41:02 PM EST
80 miles to the gallon. We have two. One for the 30 min commute (the Stella can keep up in faster traffic) and one for neighborhood jaunts ( Honda Metro). Insurance is cheaper, too.

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I bought it 2 years ago. (none / 0) (#163)
by vicsan on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 06:45:15 PM EST
The battery is warranted for 80,000? or 100,000? miles. Can't remember which right now, but whichever it is, the car will be OLD before I hit 80,000 miles. I've had it for 2 years and have only 10,000 miles on it. I figure by the time I need a new battery, they will be more reasonable in price.:)

I LOVE the Prius. It's the best decision I ever made to buy that car. I was ticked off when I put gas in my old car and it cost me $50.00 (2 years ago!) I decided then and there that I was buying a Prius. I knew gas prices wouldn't be going down. I can drive, on average, 4-6 weeks on a tank of gas.

No one in my area had a Prius in stock. I called every dealer in Illinois until I lucked out in Rockford. Someone had ordered one and backed out on buying it. I put down a deposit on the phone and drove 4 hours North to pick it up...sight unseen. I've never regretted buying the car. It's not my favorite color (blue), but it's a Prius and I love it. It's a great car.

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Whoohoo! Many happy miles to you! (none / 0) (#178)
by jawbone on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 10:38:51 PM EST
Nice to hear someone really happy with a product.

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Truckers who (5.00 / 3) (#125)
by Andy08 on Tue Apr 29, 2008 at 06:11:07 PM EST
deliver your groceries need a fortune (I read about 1200) to fill up. The difference is not $25 bucks. That increase is being paid by us at the supermarket. Grocery prices have gone up quite a bit in the northeast.

(by the way the $25 bucks was Obama's laughing line in NC yesterday -- not sure what was he laughing about though)

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