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Business, Community, Featured 10:05 am May 28th 2008

Snap o’ the day: Pump faster

by Lisa Provence

One week ago, we caught the Citgo on Ivy Road at $3.74 (pictured right). Today, that seems so 20-cents-a-gallon ago.

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  • Sick Of The Local Rambos May 28th, 2008 | 10:19 am

    5.1 more cents and I win $50.

    I bet a friend gas would be $4.00 a gallon by August 1, 2008.

    The fool took the bet.

  • zombie_hands May 28th, 2008 | 10:32 am

    It will be $6 by the end of summer…

  • Outskirts Guy May 28th, 2008 | 5:16 pm

    Who uses gas? I hope it is $10 by the end of summer.

  • susan May 28th, 2008 | 5:41 pm

    I think if everyone would stop complaining and stop driving a day or two, it would crush the gas business forcing the prices back down. We are allowing them to do this to us!!

  • rod May 28th, 2008 | 6:22 pm

    “Raise and raise and raise the gas prices and “Let `er flicker” -

    Our do-nothing Congress (on vacation during what they term as a national crisis) has sat upon their hands for thirty years or more, refusing to take the action required to relieve our dependence upon oil. Now they squall and blame everybody but themselves.

    Of course, we have re-elected them and not held them accountable because they feed us some pork sometimes. Now we go “oint, oint”
    all the way to the pumps.

    This penchant we have for continuing to reelect politicians who can`t do the job is beyond belief-especially since we have the power of the vote and refuse to use it to throw them out.

  • Sick Of The Local Rambos May 28th, 2008 | 9:03 pm

    quote: “I hope it is $10 by the end of summer.”

    As sad as it may seem to a lot of people, I agree with you! $10 a gallon will keep all the young reckless kids off the road, those who race up and down the main drag of Seminole Trial in their little fart can cars!

  • David C. May 29th, 2008 | 12:02 am

    Poor Susan, in for a life of pain with “stop driving a day or two”

    Trouble is, this situation is not repairable in a day or two.

    I do however tend to agree with her statement “We are allowing them to do this to us!!” Particulary by continuing to consume and not drilling domestic sources. We have large reserves off the coast of Florida and in Alaska not being explored due to NIMBY concerns. Lets start SELLING oil and stop BUYING oil.

  • Government’s not going to do it - so why not Google? | Real Central VA June 5th, 2008 | 9:26 am

    [...] gas prices going up faster than we can keep track, what would it take for the Charlottesville region to duplicate some of these lifestyle decisions? [...]

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