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American Gas Boycott?; Do it or not.
Topic Started: May 12 2007, 04:45 AM (1,126 Views)
Will the Spellcaster
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My sentiments exactly. :P
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figjam88au
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I have been boycotting Gas for the last week, my car is broken.....

I dunno what Americans are complaining about at $3.00 a gallon it's still half the price of most other countries.
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LupisJusticia
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Urgh, Australians are getting shafted when it comes to petrol. I mean, $1.50 a litre? That's like $6.80 a gallon.
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Grash
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Here, it's 3 liras a liter. That would be 2.23464 USD for 0.264172051 gallons, or roughly 8.46 dollars a gallon.
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Damn, intresting figures here. Makes it sound like we (Americans) are just whining left and right. Basically we are!
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Eliza Jane
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It isn't that others pay more for gas than Americans, it is that we are used to paying much less than we are paying now. As a percentage, it has gone up a LOT. I don't drive much at all...so...it doesn't really affect me.... Interesting note, gas, or petrol :) makes up only about 3% of an average household budget in America...so...the increases we are seeing here really don't have an impact on the average household budget. It sure makes for good media though. :)
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The increases HERE however, DO make an impact.
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Olivia LaVigilante
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May 13 2007, 03:44 PM
gas, or petrol makes up only about 3% of an average household budget in America...so...the increases we are seeing here really don't have an impact on the average household budget.

I dunno...I reluctantly pay about $30.00-40.00 a week for gas, and I can tell you that it's way more than 3% of my household budget...who did they poll for that figure, anyway? Dentists and plumbers? :P
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LOL...it was an average. I can tell you, gas makes up about .0001% of my budget...since I very rarely drive...so I guess we even it out. :)
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It may be more per week for you, but I think that 3% is out of a household's yearly budget.

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For the very poor people around here it makes up about 20% of my budget,
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May 13 2007, 08:13 PM
I dunno...I reluctantly pay about $30.00-40.00 a week for gas, and I can tell you that it's way more than 3% of my household budget...who did they poll for that figure, anyway? Dentists and plumbers?  :P

Let's see... According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average household income last year was $46,326.

Three percent of that is $1389.78 a year.

Divide that by 52 and you get about $26.73 a week.

If you average $35 a week for gas, you're spending about $1820 a year, or about 4% of the last years median household income.

How far do you drive, and what kind of gas mileage does your car get?
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For the very poor people around here it makes up about 20% of my budget



Well, if you read my post I said it was an average. That means....oh c'mon, you people understand what 'average' means..right? Some people would spend way more and some people (yours truly) would spend way less, but the AVERAGE is 3% per household. Any fluctuation in consumer goods is invariably going to affect some people a lot and others very little. Gas is an easy target because we (americans) traditionally haven't paid too much per gallon and most adult americans use it in some form. My biggest concern with rising gas prices is not what it costs me, as an individual consumer of gas, but what it will inevitably do to the cost of goods that I buy. Interesting note, because flexfuel cars are becoming so popular as a result of people looking for alternatives to higher fuel costs, the price of corn (used in ethanol) has gone WAY up. That is causing the price of milk to go up because the cost of corn used to feed milk cows has risen. One way or another, we (the consumers) are getting got but good. :)
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The 20% figure figjam88au gives depends on the cost of gasoline where he lives, the amount he uses, and the money he makes.

That does seem a little high though...

Let's say you spend $2,000 a year on gas ($38.46 a week).
You would have to make $10,000 a year, to spend 20% of your income on gas.

That would only leave $8000 a year for everything else (food, clothing, shelter, etc.). At that point, I'd seriously consider getting rid of the car and use a bicycle or take the bus.
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Let's talk about the car that I wished I had: the electric EV-1 (for an excellent commentary on just how thoroughly the fuel companies control US government policies and innovative fuel ideas, check out the film "Who Killed the Electric Car?" I found a copy in my local library.)

The oil companies know that the moment someone comes up with a feasible electric car fueled by solar-powered chargers, they are going to lose us all as customers...

...in the meantime, I've got a full tank of gas, and I plan to walk into town, so you won't see me at the pumps tomorrow.
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