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Blue|Fusion · Rated XXX

I'm sure all of you are pissed about the rising gas prices. Last week the local news reported it will hit $4.00 by this weekend in our region. It sure has. Last week cost me $58.00 for just under 15 gallons of gas at $3.95/gal. The last two days it was up to $3.99 at my corner, and up to $4.05 at nearby stations. Luckily it went down a few cents to $3.92 today so I filled up from a quarter tank which still cost me $54.00. So what's it like around you?

Man, I can't afford $50 a week. Doesn't help I drive around a boat (2000 Grand Marquis).

I did the math the other day out of curiosity and found that if I had my own plane with one of the new turbo-diesel engines that burn jet-fuel which is cheaper than aviation 100 octane gasoline and even road gasoline, it would be cheaper for me to fly between my campus and home. A 4 hour round-trip in my car which gets about 30mpg on the road costs me $50 in gas. To get to the nearest airport around my house, it would be a 2 hour round-trip, burning 4 gallons an hour, for a total of around $30. Heh.
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