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MineralMan

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7. Drive less. That's the answer.

Reply to Freddie (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 9, 2022, 11:22 AM

Jun 2022

Carpool. Shop on a route that never backtracks. Stay home. Use whatever car you have that gets the best mileage and leave the other one parked. Take the bus. Ride your bike, scooter, or motorcycle. Walk, if possible. Order stuff online instead of shopping at multiple stores. Going out to dinner? Choose a nearby restaurant, rather than one a long way away. Order delivery meals.

Slow down and go light on the accelerator pedal. Drive like there's a raw egg under your foot. Take streets or roads with the least amount of traffic and go out in non rush-hour time periods if you can. Work from home if you can.

There are many ways to reduce costs. They're worth doing.

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Having just filled up my car with gas, I'm thinking about prices, so [View all] MineralMan Jun 2022 OP

I paid 5.89 yesterday. onecaliberal Jun 2022 #1

Yes, California is very high. MineralMan Jun 2022 #14

I blame the oil companies record profits. onecaliberal Jun 2022 #20

Yes, exactly. MineralMan Jun 2022 #22

The oil companies know the rubes are blaming Biden.That's how they are able to get away with gouging Walleye Jun 2022 #26

California inthewind21 Jun 2022 #34

Great deal! Don't fill it up underpants Jun 2022 #2

Typically, I fill up our cars once a month. MineralMan Jun 2022 #4

Once I retire and eliminate my approximately 25 mile commute, Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2022 #5

Yes. That helps. Both my wife and I have always MineralMan Jun 2022 #12

which supermarket is that for? iemanja Jun 2022 #10

Cub supermarkets in Minnesota have an arrangement with MineralMan Jun 2022 #11

I've never gotten a Cub card iemanja Jun 2022 #13

Yeah. That's why I shop at Cub, frankly. MineralMan Jun 2022 #18

I get produce at Fresh Thyme iemanja Jun 2022 #31

Corporations across the spectrum are making record profit tells me it is not all about LizBeth Jun 2022 #3

The problem is most of us just can't stop buying gas Freddie Jun 2022 #6

Drive less. That's the answer. MineralMan Jun 2022 #7

I try Freddie Jun 2022 #15

Remember when gas stations would give Prof. Toru Tanaka Jun 2022 #17

Yes Freddie Jun 2022 #19

We have to buy gas, yes moose65 Jun 2022 #27

Is there no windfall profits tax on the books? Picaro Jun 2022 #8

There is not. MineralMan Jun 2022 #9

We just paid $5.85 in San Diego using my Star Card on base. haele Jun 2022 #16

My brother-in-law lives in California. MineralMan Jun 2022 #21

I'm pretty disabled right now, and spouse can't drive so we get grocery deliveries. haele Jun 2022 #29

They are high because a barrel of oil is 122 dollars (yesterday) jimfields33 Jun 2022 #23

Except For The Fact That When A Barrel Was $127, Gas Was About $3.80 A Gallon ChoppinBroccoli Jun 2022 #24

at $127.00 per barrel of crude oil gladium et scutum Jun 2022 #33

Bingo...it has always been supply and demand. With non-regulated capitalism, this is what happens. unitedwethrive Jun 2022 #25

Europe is not capitalistic but yet their prices are high as well jimfields33 Jun 2022 #28

Most European countries tax gasoline highly. MineralMan Jun 2022 #30

Even socialist countries have capitalistic industries. Any good or service that does not have unitedwethrive Jun 2022 #32