Friggin oil at 117.00!

[Tom_Willis]

Metro link trains here in the crumbling city of Los Angeles are DEFINITELY more crowded these days. The early morning inbound five-car trains that arrive at Union Station about every 20 minutes carry 120 people (seated) per car. The first train, which leaves San Bernardino at 4.20 am, is absolutely FULL with Postal workers, MTA bus drivers and officers from all the police agencies. That works out to around 1800 commuters an hour that didn't have to drive all the way in from as far as San Bernardino.

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[baja stu]

Gas prices just made me buy a new CBR600RR. It was cheaper to buy a bike than to drive my HD2500.

[dan200]

Gas prices just made me buy a new CBR600RR. It was cheaper to buy a bike than to drive my HD2500.

I just switched to a 4 cyl daily driver myself. Would I prefer a bigger car? Of course! But when the guy at the stoplight in the big v8 truck sticks his foot in it off the line I cringe at how much fuel he uses and I am glad I am not him. This way I have more $$$ for lap dances.

[pjc]

My wife fills the Escalade 5-6 times a month (Ouch). We are shopping for a used Honda car now and will stay on path to wit for the Toyota ABAT which we will plug into our Grid-tied PV house in 2010.

[dan200]

My wife fills the Escalade 5-6 times a month (Ouch). We are shopping for a used Honda car now and will stay on path to wit for the Toyota ABAT which we will plug into our Grid-tied PV house in 2010.

I like that toyota. The A-Batmobile.

http://www.news.com/2300-11389_3-622...tag=ne.gall.pg

[Vtr_Racing]

Oil at a new record high, again.....3rd day in a row. Someone FARTED, again!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080422/...kets_oil_dc_19

[Vtr_Racing]

Ok, lets make it 4 days in a row.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080422/oil_prices.html

Gas prices rise further above $3.50, while oil nears $120
Tuesday April 22, 10:45 pm ET
By John Wilen, AP Business Writer
Gas prices push further above $3.50 a gallon, while oil nears $120 on weaker dollar


NEW YORK (AP) -- Gas and oil prices pushed further into record high territory Tuesday, with retail gas reaching a national average of $3.51 for the first time and crude nearing $120 as the dollar fell to a new low against the euro.
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At the pump, the national average price of a gallon of regular gas rose 0.8 cent Tuesday to $3.511, according to a survey of stations by AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. Prices for diesel -- used to transport most food, industrial and commercial goods -- also rose overnight to a new record of $4.204 a gallon.

Gas prices are nearly 66 cents higher than last year, when they peaked at a then-record of $3.23 in late May, and have prompted many analysts to raise their estimates of where gas is going to go.

"I wouldn't rule out the possibility that we could get to $4," said Antoine Halff, an analyst at Newedge USA LLC.

Other analysts are less certain. Fred Rozell, retail pricing director at the Oil Price Information Service, thinks gas prices will rise only another 10 cents to 20 cents nationally. That would mean they would peak near $4.15 a gallon in California, where prices are typically highest, and around $3.50 in New Jersey, where they're typically lowest.

Gas prices are rising for many reasons, including oil's record run. Light, sweet crude for May delivery rose to a new trading record of $119.90 before retreating to settle up $1.89 at a record $119.37 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract expired after the Nymex closed, which contributed to its spike higher as investors scrambled to square bets. June crude futures, which now become the focus of trading, rose $1.44 to settle at $118.07 a barrel, nearly $2 shy of the $120 level.

On Capitol Hill, some lawmakers attempted to escalate scrutiny of oil and gas companies.

"People deserve a more scrupulous cop on the beat in these markets," said Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., who along with Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., called for the Justice Department to investigate possible market manipulation.

Meantime, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., praised the Bush administration's proposal to increase the average fuel economy for new cars and trucks to 31.6 miles per gallon by 2015.

Soaring gasoline prices show "that we have to move much more aggressively toward improving fuel efficiency and help bring relief to American consumers," she said in a statement.

Many investors see commodities such as oil as a hedge against inflation and a falling dollar. Also, a weaker greenback makes oil cheaper for investors overseas.

The dollar fell Tuesday after the National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes dropped in March while the median home price declined, raising prospects that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates further this year to try to shore up the ailing economy. Fed interest rate cuts tend to further weaken the dollar.

Oil also rose on concerns about supply constraints overseas. A Royal Dutch Shell PLC joint venture declared what's known as force majeure on April and May oil delivery contracts from a 400,000-barrel-a-day Nigerian oil field due to a pipeline attack last week. The move protects the company from litigation if it fails to deliver on contractual obligations to buyers.

In Mexico, oil production slipped 7.8 percent in the first quarter to 2.91 million barrels a day as output at the country's oil fields waned, state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos said. In Scotland, workers at Ineos PLC's 196,000 barrel-a-day Grangemouth refinery and petrochemical plant threatened to strike over changes to an employee pension plan.

While gas prices are following oil futures higher, they're also rising because supplies are falling. Refiners are in the process of switching over from making winter grade gasoline to the more-expensive, less-polluting, form of the fuel they're required to sell in summer. That's pushing supplies down as producers try to sell off all of their winter gas.

Gasoline supplies are also being hurt by low profit margins. Refiners have to buy the crude they turn into fuel, but falling demand for gasoline has hurt their ability to raise gas prices as much as they would like. While the average profit margin on gasoline hovers above $10, analysts say margins have gone negative in some parts of the country in recent weeks. In those cases, refiners were actually losing money on every gallon of gas they made. Many refiners have reacting by producing less gas.

"Very high crude prices can constrain gasoline supplies as it hurts the margins," Halff said.

In other Nymex trading Tuesday, May gasoline futures rose 3.73 cents to settle at $3.0164 a gallon after earlier rising to a trading record of $3.025, while May heating oil futures rose 0.55 cent to settle at $3.3169 a gallon after earlier rising to their own trading record of $3.35. May natural gas futures fell 12.6 cents to settle at $10.607 per 1,000 cubic feet.

In London, June Brent crude rose $1.52 to settle at $115.95 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.

Associated Press writers Pablo Gorondi in Budapest and Gillian Wong in Singapore contributed to this report.

[ikikazz73]

OMG when will this end. Im glad that i dont drive as much these days.

Im going to buy a bicycle, or just walk. 4+ for diesel is crazy. i remember a couple years ago when i would buy race gas for cheaper

[Chris Tobin]

I am riding my motorcycle to work and back once again. 40+ MPG = GOOD!

[SunsetCliffsMocos]

My wife fills the Escalade 5-6 times a month (Ouch). We are shopping for a used Honda car now and will stay on path to wit for the Toyota ABAT which we will plug into our Grid-tied PV house in 2010.

For what it's worth my fiance bought a Honda Civic Hybrid manual tranny. Pretty cool little commuter car but mileage is nowhere near what they claim.

Avg. mileage around town: 32mpg

On a road trip I can get it up to 44mpg if I don't drive over 75mph.

Her mom has the Lexus SUV Hybrid, WAJ. 20mpg??? WTF?