Just curious how many of the teams are hurting from the cost of fuel just to get to the events this year and what people are doing to re-budget travel expenses for this season

 

This past weekend at Moroso and after the drive to Key West my fuel bill topped $800 for the trip there and back home.

 

oil /gas companies are making a killing, raising the gas $0.10 cents a gallon raises profits and revenue substantially imagine raising it $1.00 or $2.00. The money is being spent just to all the wrong places.. well to the right places for BUSH. doesnt he own something that has to do with oil in texas..?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Camp1320motorsports &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oil /gas companies are making a killing, raising the gas $0.10 cents a gallon raises profits and revenue substantially imagine raising it $1.00 or $2.00. The money is being spent just to all the wrong places.. well to the right places for BUSH. doesnt he own something that has to do with oil in texas..?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yep he has oil ties in Texas...I think that is the main reason troops are in Iraq....Bush thinks that if they can control that oil it will save the nation...WRONG...man get his a** out of there November is not coming fast enough!!!

 

im sure the tri state area is gonna have alot of events... how far is it from ct to e town or reading , PA.??

the gas inflation is hurting alot of people

and all the gov people are tied too. im sure bush has enough $$$ to donate or contribute to (pay off) the next president some $$$$ to keep the gas prices high..

 

Bush just makes less than 1mil per year, taxable income. Clinton's on the other had, have made an average of 15mil per year since He's been out of office.

Stop saying Bush is the reason. All of us are the reason. LOL. You all use gas right? Most of you probably dont vote either. LOL anyways, back to the subject.


As it shows, regional races are already a good amount of money. $800-1000 on gas for you guys just going from a few states over. A few of us looked into going to some of the East Coast races this year. But from the looks of it, costs last year on gas/food/lodging is $3000-3500 round trip, which was already alot. This year, its increased a good 25-35%, which can cost $5K just to do one round trip out there. Just too much to spend on for a race. We hope the racing schedule adjust to have more major events in the West Coast next year.

 

I’m paying 1.53 euro per liter in France for 98

So that’s 6.12 euro per US Gallon or $6.30

Liters Gallons (U.S.) Gallons (U.K.)
1.00 0.26 0.22
2.00 0.53 0.44
3.00 0.79 0.66
4.00 1.06 0.88
5.00 1.32 1.10
6.00 1.59 1.32
7.00 1.85 1.54
8.00 2.11 1.76
9.00 2.38 1.98
10.00 2.64 2.20

Don't ask what I pay in the UK
What you guys paying

 

the oil companies make an average of .8 cents per gallon of oil sold anyone know what the government get per gallon of gas? blaming bush and the oil companies is the blaming the wrong people its our idea of regulating oil companies to if the have to spend more its going to cost the consumer more the government gets there .43 cents per gallon no matter what.

I already have figured up fuel for the races we plan to attend then just add an extra 1k just incase


Modified by sportfwddc2 at 3:24 PM 4/10/2008

 

EddieCRX, for a common worker, what is the usual cost for transportation to work per month? Are they usually commuting 40-80 miles roundtrip on a daily basis or are jobs usually close by?

 

Wil, public transit in the Uk makes any transit system in the US look like a joke. They have public transit to just about everywhere in the country andfor reasonable rates as well. The US and Canada have a problem that the UK doesn't, land, and lots of it. It's not economically feasible for our countries to have systems like they have in the UK.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EddieCRX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I’m paying 1.53 euro per liter in France for 98

So that’s 6.12 euro per US Gallon or $6.30

Liters Gallons (U.S.) Gallons (U.K.)
1.00 0.26 0.22
2.00 0.53 0.44
3.00 0.79 0.66
4.00 1.06 0.88
5.00 1.32 1.10
6.00 1.59 1.32
7.00 1.85 1.54
8.00 2.11 1.76
9.00 2.38 1.98
10.00 2.64 2.20

Don't ask what I pay in the UK
What you guys paying
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OH please do not even go there the UK had its chance when they found that oil off the coast of Scotland and what did we do with it UH&gt;?

as for the cost of petrol/gas in the USA yes by USA standards it is expensive and it is hurting the economics of this country

It is not about how much we use in this country but if you watch the news you will know that a report come out this week saying that china yes CHINA even has better fuel standard for transportation then we do bottom line its the cars not the drivers the government has failed to set in place tuffer gas MPG's the rest of the world has had implemented for years and years

Further more this whole iraq mess were in your right it was supose to give up cheaper gas/oil however this backfired and now the middle east is even more unstable BUT the major cause of raising prices is due to the very weak $$$ so were having to pay more per barrel thats another arguments you know exchange rates and all of that economic stuff!

also just to add some argue that the reason we invalided iraq in the first place was due to the Jewish influence...! thats one conspiricey then you also have the other one about Saudi Arabia complaining to bush about sadam and pressuring the president

once more thing are we forgetting that USA has great deposits of oil we are sitting on Alaska for one perhaps if we tell all of these damn tree hugers to jump off a bridge we can get back the cheap gas!


oh and wil the only reason bill Clinton is making so much money now is because people pay to listen to him and his ideas after all wasn't that some of be best years in the Americas when the Clinton's were in power cheap gas and a loverly surpluses of money strong $$$


Modified by Richard... at 4:16 PM 4/10/2008

 

Regardless of who is in the oval office, the gov't as a collective whole gives tax breaks to companies like exxon/mobil and stands back as they report record breaking 40 BILLION dollar NET profits in one years time. That is what we need to fix. . . .

Gas is hurting everyone. I didnt realize how much it was going to cost for me to travel to Georgia with my car. I severely under estimated it. It is the main reason i left my car home for the Florida race and just drove down with a friend to help him.

I also cancelled a few other events like BOTI NH just because the 8 hour drive and $XXX in gas would cut into my day to day well being.

Its ashame when some people in our once prosperous country may have to make such decisions like - should i put $5 in gas in the car to get to work or give their child lunch money that day.

 

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Its ashame when some people in our once prosperous country may have to make such decisions like - should i put $5 in gas in the car to get to work or give their child lunch money that day. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I told my 3yr old daughter, she couldnt get a Happy Meal at McD, just water and a $1 4pc Chx nuggets with BBQ sauce.

Please stop lowballing us shop owners, we're just trying to make a living.

 

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I told my 3yr old daughter, she couldnt get a Happy Meal at McD, just water and a $1 4pc Chx nuggets with BBQ sauce.

Please stop lowballing us shop owners, we're just trying to make a living. </TD></TR></TABLE>

not fries? (cheap)

 

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not fries? (cheap) </TD></TR></TABLE>

no just extra sauce if she's still hungry. JK I KID!!

 

What do you want to eat Frankenstein ?

20 packets of ketchup please ! ! ! !

 

I just started using public transportation and riding my bike everywhere! If I didnt work so late I would use it to come to work.

 

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So how are those legs now. You got 50lbs calves now or what. hehe.

 

how many people have diesel vehicles for DD or tow rigs? how many have considered trying to make them run on used cooking oil? all of the crazy things that we spend sooo much money on just to make us spend more money, its amazing that there isnt a huge wave of people doing this. it seems so simple to convert a diesel vehicle to do this, why wouldnt you!?!?

i highly doubt bush doesnt have anything to do with the gas prices. he and his entire family are deep in the oil biz and no matter what his yearly income says he has alot more than people imagine in stocks in the large oil companies that he does so much to protect and give benefit to. like was already stated, how can they make such a huge amount of profit AND get bigger tax breaks? i wont be surprised to see gas prices fall rapidly (almost as rapidly as they rose during bushes term in the house) as soon as hes gone, but just before they do he will sell his stocks for a premium and make billions, once the prices are nice and low again he will buy back twice as many for a fraction of the price and guarantee his families well being for generations to come. i hope to never see another bush in office ever again!!! just seems kinda odd that we only have things going on in the middle east when senior and now junior are prez.

sorry for the rant, GO GREEN!

 

and another thing.....why is it that fuel in a simpler form, less processing necessary, lower octane, etc., etc., DIESEL costs more than high test?

supply and demand! if people would tell these major corporations to go eff them selves with a rubber duckie and use alternatives like riding bicycles, hybrids, public transportation, they would have no choice but to drop prices to entice people to purchase again. too many ignorant people driving 10mpg suv's as DD or just to go to the grocery store and take the kids to soccer practice.

whyd you guys do this to me? now im all in a frenzy

 

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Yes and no. The east coast could easily build high speed rail lines due to the proximity of the cities. West coast? Doubtful. What is "economically feasible" changes every time gas goes up too.

What it boils down to though is as a nation, we have increasingly used oil in stupid ways and increased demand for no reason. It is now biting us and is only going to get worse. Thank god the prices are already to the point where truck freight is not economically possible because one of the principle things we need to do is switch about 1/2 of our trucking miles to rail (would result in around a 6% reduction in oil usage as a nation).

 

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So how are those legs now. You got 50lbs calves now or what. hehe.</TD></TR></TABLE>
No, with all that cardio I've lost weight! booo

 

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No, with all that cardio I've lost weight! booo</TD></TR></TABLE>

hey, it could help you break in the 9s. jk art.

 

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Yes and no. The east coast could easily build high speed rail lines due to the proximity of the cities. West coast? Doubtful. What is "economically feasible" changes every time gas goes up too.

What it boils down to though is as a nation, we have increasingly used oil in stupid ways and increased demand for no reason. It is now biting us and is only going to get worse. Thank god the prices are already to the point where truck freight is not economically possible because one of the principle things we need to do is switch about 1/2 of our trucking miles to rail (would result in around a 6% reduction in oil usage as a nation).</TD></TR></TABLE>


i see 2 problems with that

1. peoples jobs

2. everyone knows the trains have a crash at least twice a month LMAO! with more rail traffic that would make more more crashes LMAO

seriously though peoples jobs is an important aspect here!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2fastGSR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What do you want to eat Frankenstein ?

20 packets of ketchup please ! ! ! !</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL