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Me!!!!!!!!
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 Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject: Gas prices |
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| Where in Franklin County are the cheaperst gas prices??? |
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hanginout
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Coppy
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| Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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Seriously; at least we don't live in California... or Europe. Just drive less or trade in your Super, Extended-Cab, F-You-Mobile for something practical.
I haven't felt a pinch yet in my sporty, yet economical sedan.  |
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Dave
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Listen to Hardball last night. The guy from "Mad Money" was on - he is a stock market & financial analyst.
He said that we should expect $100+ oil for a long time. He said gasoline prices could reach $10.00 or more a gallon in 5 years.
A news report two days ago prediced $4 gasoline by may - last night I heard $4 by Christmas.
This should be a wake up call for those that evidently think this is some type of joke as they make absolutely no effort to conserve and continue to support an administration that has not done a single meaningful thing to conserve oil.
Can we survive at $5/gal let along $10. |
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.45chel
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:10 am Post subject: |
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| Dave wrote: | Listen to Hardball last night. The guy from "Mad Money" was on - he is a stock market & financial analyst.
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I like Jim Cramer, he's one of the few that I can understand without trying.
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Mavis
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:12 am Post subject: |
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Unfortunately it will be difficult for many people to conserve gas.
Our communities and highway system have been designed around travel by gas-powered vehicle. Now we have the results of a couple of decades of Shuster philosophy: Build highways and you'll boost econonmic development. So we have "developed" a dependence on highways for the basics of daily living -- shopping for groceries, going to the doctor, going to school and work etc. all requires travel by car.
The Shusters always scoffed at funding mass transit and alternative transportation, other than when Bud tried to save the Conrail jobs in Altoona back in the late 70s. |
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Dave
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:00 am Post subject: |
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We continue to design our communities around the remote shopping areas. There may be a time when we will need neighborhood stores to return. They still are marketing Franklin Country homes to DC & VA. Just think how driving 160 miles a day will dig into the ole' budget.
Right now, the best way to make a major conservation is the choice of your next vehicle. We went Prius - fill up only half as often and spend $20/25 instead $50/$60.
If you are building a home or have some money to invest - switch to geothermal heating & cooling. It typically has a 7/8 year payback but at today's heating oil prices and the future of electric for cooling, payback time will be less & less. I switched when it started to cost $500 a top off.
Maybe a windmill is next.
Now is the time before we get slammed. |
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Me!!!!!!!!
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I have an uncle that when he is done remodeling he is going to do the wind mill thing for his whole house. I can't wait to see what he says about it and to see how it works. Maybe someday we will all be doing what they did years ago.
It is getting CRAZY out there! |
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Coppy
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| The shopping centers make sense when the vast majority of people live around them. Having a centralized shopping location actually conserves gas for most people. Living out in the sticks shouldn't give you a license to complain about shopping centers that are actually a convenience for people will to live around other people. |
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.45chel
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| Coppy wrote: | | The shopping centers make sense when the vast majority of people live around them. Having a centralized shopping location actually conserves gas for most people. |
Not only have I enjoyed walking to and from the shopping centers at Norland, I've noticed others doing the same. Some are quite obviously, going to work, but others just for small shopping purchases. There are even a few people I've seen putting along in their Rascals or whatever they call their geriatric carts...
...I wish just one of them would trick their cart out.
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Coppy
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:11 am Post subject: |
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| .45chel wrote: |
...I wish just one of them would trick their cart out. |
Pimp My Rascal |
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lynnosler
Joined: 08 Dec 2007
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Location: Chambersburg, PA
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| Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Cheapest place in CHAMBERSBURG to get gas is the Sheetz or Walmart on Route 30. Walmart definitely sets the gas price on that strip. |
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Brian
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Location: Chambersburg, PA
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| Seems steady around $2.99 recently pretty much everywhere. |
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