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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:57 PM Original message |
Drivers start to cut back on gas as prices rise |
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Denninmi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, I certainly am. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Agreed |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Me too. But y'know something? It's not a problem (at least yet). |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. Drivers travel less, truckers are idled, the tourist industry slows to a crawl, |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Precisely |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Food costs continue to raise due to transportation costs |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I'll be driving less...got the old pink slip Friday...guess I'll be |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Sorry to hear that. Good luck. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I was still working at 71 and got the pink slip |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 07:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. You'd never know it at the winery I work at on weekends: |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. So, if we're buying less gas, that means profits will fall |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. So supply is up and demand is down.. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. What did you think the banks were going to do with all of that "free" money? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Mastercard only captures part of the market. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Oil is traded on the open market. Demand is way up in both china and india. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think this is positive. Don't you? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Please explain? nt |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. People cutting back on superflous trips. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. How am I discouraging you by asking you to explain? |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. Rising gas prices is a prescription for destroying any semblance of a recovery. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Article makes a mistake. We've been consuming less and less oil since 2008. |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's a hassle and a bunch of BS..... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I wrote a couple of weeks ago... |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Exactly,,,, |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-11 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. Here's an idea; lets start a war. What? We have three? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. Also "Eaters start to cut back on food as prices rise." |
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