Thread: Gas $9 a gallon

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Rick b -

Thanks for the heads up, now I am really depressed. A few years back we were paying less than $2 and you were paying about $5. Now we are at $4 and you are at $9. Based on that info, when we hit $9 you will be at $20.

When it gets to be $9 here, my sedan will be stripped of it's wheels, and powertrain and converted into a driving simulator for neighborhood kids who otherwise will never see or own a hot rod. Might as well get some use out of it; won't be able to afford to drive it.

Originally Posted by mopar34

Rick b -

Thanks for the heads up, now I am really depressed. A few years back we were paying less than $2 and you were paying about $5. Now we are at $4 and you are at $9. Based on that info, when we hit $9 you will be at $20.

When it gets to be $9 here, my sedan will be stripped of it's wheels, and powertrain and converted into a driving simulator for neighborhood kids who otherwise will never see or own a hot rod. Might as well get some use out of it; won't be able to afford to drive it.

I'm with you on that one, like when cigarettes hit 50 cents I said I was going to quit but for real when they hit $1.00 I said it again. Then my back, Dr. opened me up and said I had black spots on my lung that was enough. If gas goes that high here the mice can have plenty of homes I will quit driving.

If anyone one watched nightline last night they would have seen Oil City, Pa. that's where it all started. Almost 150 years ago they said oil was $20 a barrel that would be the equivalent too $600 today. The bottom fell out and went too 10cents a barrel they stopped drilling. I believe this Country still has plenty of oil.

Richard

Originally Posted by ford2custom

I believe this Country still has plenty of oil.

Richard

North Dakota: The new Saudi Arabia?

Originally Posted by TooMany2count

North Dakota: The new Saudi Arabia?

That is interesting, I wish some one on this site had seen Nightline last night on NBC. In the mid to late 1800's Oil City, sprung up like a gold town in the old west. There were so many oil rig's set up you couldn’t go 20 feet in any direction by the looks of the pictures. I did a search on Oil City, Pa. but they didn't have the picture I wanted to see. When the price fell to 10 cents a barrel it was no longer worth it. A guy in that area is getting two barrels a day at $140 a barrel from a set up his grandfather used 100 years ago. The oil still has to be there and they will probably start when the price is so high or levels off to the point that the oil companies would see the benefit of setting up.

Richard