He who goes forth with a fifth on the fourth may not go forth on the fifth.

she who drinks a fifth should not be driving, either

I spend precisely NOTHING!
Perhaps in a onth I should factor in the cost of diesel for the occasional bus journey, but even that is >$20.

This weekend is a biggie for me in terms of fuel consumption on my behalf - back home to my parents.
Bus to North Greenwich.
Tube to Finchley Road, change, then Tube to Amersham.
Then picked up by my Daddy for 20 mile trip home.

Okay I fell into living where I live, and working where I work.
But I am very pleased about it [/smug]

I drive about 500 miles a week for my commute. My vehicle gets about 22mpg. So i am buying 20 some gallons of gas a week.

But soon enough......I will have a Toyota Prius.

Combined, the Spouse and I use 5 or 6 gallons a week, he to work, me to errands and a twice weekly Meals on Wheels route, but if we go anywhere else than in town then the amount doubles or triples.

not as much since I stopped using it to mop my floors with

You use it alright, you just pay for it differently, and more cheaply and efficiently. Good on you.:)

Oh yes, I'm not being holier-than-thou
It's more luck than judgement, but I am pleased about the outcome

I'll be doing the same next fall. He has been good about taking the bus this year but next year he can drive to college. I'll have the vehicle paid off in a year so I can maybe recoup the cost of gas. :greenface

Does anyone think the price will ever go back down? Even a dollar reduction would help.

I tend to agree with this guy (from Newsweek):

(there's more at the link, above)

Hey, Newsweek stole the very arguments I was making a couple of days ago, except I recall I said $8/gal, with excess profits subsidizing mass trans, 2-wheeled vehicle lanes, work from home jobs, alt energy, and other proactive research. Yes, I would complain about the price with everyone else but take a bit of comfort believing the bucks were going to a better cause than one industry's bottom line.

I wonder how many more cars on the road from a decade ago?

I drive 750 miles per week just to go to work, I'm supposed to get a new car soon, a Toyota Yarris, supplied by the company I work for, but until then I have to ride my Jeep to work and it's costing me around $120.00 a week . That put a dent in the budget.

I think it may continue to go up and down by .25 cents with a continual average increase till it gets around $5.

So this is my fault now? Fuck that. How to: put the blame back on the American people for the intentional lack of access to alternative fuels. Spin.

So it will be my fault too when there is a food shortage to go along with the gas hikes too, I suppose.

When that happens I will say "screw that" too.

I will not accept blame for big oils greed. I don't care how you would like to spin it.