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protest rising gas prices for one weekend by not driving?

i would.

I'm thinking particularly during a normal busy drive-time weekend like the thanksgiving day sales weekend. I know it's way more expensive in Europe, but i'm used to seeing gas pirces in the 1$ range, and this bs of going to 3 dollars sucks.

i think that if alot of ppl did it, perhaps the gov't would get the msg.

I can't. I work at my regular job on Saturdays, and on Sundays sometimes I repair swimming pools.

If I could, I wouldn't drive at all, but unfortunately I live a good seven klicks outside of the nearest town.

I don't think not buying gas for a weekend (no matter how many did it) would send any kind of message for the government to understand, except that we don't like high gas prices. They really don't have that much control. But then again, I could be wrong.

I don't drive that much at all. We are blessed with a good public mass transit system, so this would be no problem for me.

I would do it if only just because it would be great to hang out at the house for a weekend.

I have no car so that'll be easy to accomplish. :D

Protest against who? Oil prices go up when demand goes up. By not driving for a weekend, demand would go down and as a result prices would drop accordingly. I guess the protest would do what you wanted, but not in the way you had intended. The downside is that you don't get to enjoy those low prices for more then a couple days because when demand shoots back up on Monday then the price of oil will again rise.

No.. its stupid and pointless. They know we'll come back.

Not driving for a weekend to protest gas prices is like not eating for a weekend to protest food prices. Ultimately we need to buy their product.

I don’t drive on the weekends anyway. The only place I go on weekends is to church, and I carpool with family for that.
Having said that, I wouldn’t boycott driving for a weekend because it would have absolutely no effect on anything.

Wanna protest gas prices? Buy a hybrid car and blow up the offices of Exxon/Mobil.

I would do it, but unfortunately I agree that it wouldn't accomplish much. We need better mass transit in the U.S. and thats it. They were suppose to build those bullet trains, they were gonna start with one from Pittsburgh to D.C. I believe, but instead we went to war with Iraq. We need a real solution to our dependence on oil...

Wanna protest gas prices? Buy a hybrid car and blow up the offices of Exxon/Mobil.

Don't blow them up, but DO toilet bomb (http://formen.ign.com/news/21425.html) their bathrooms!

I wouldnt but anyone who drives a hummer should die in pain....

Wanna protest gas prices? Buy a hybrid car and blow up the offices of Exxon/Mobil.
Isn't it Lexus that is selling the first commercial hybrid car?

Yes, in theory I would, If I thought it was change anything which is doubtful

You Yanks have not got it too bad with fuel prices wait tillit gets as high as the UK

protest rising gas prices for one weekend by not driving?

How about protesting about wars in Iraq? I think you may find the source of rising gas prices......

How about protesting about wars in Iraq? I think you may find the source of rising gas prices......

They did deserve it though........

Since weekends are the only time I get to drive a car (I ride my bike every other time...) it would be kinda stupid to do that. Drive less? Maybe - But then again, how much less can I drive than that?!? Besides, I don't even have a car myself and fill up my family's car out of curtesy whenever I drive, therefore: No.

And since you're from Texas - Compare these to your gas prices:

$ 5,93 per gallon regular
$ 6,01 per gallon premium
$ 6,31 per gallon premium plus
$ 5,22 per gallon diesel

(These prices are from today where I live) and then stop whining & shut the hell up!!!

Edit: Okay - make this "Please stop complaining and hush!"

Since weekends are the only time I get to drive a car (I ride my bike every other time...) it would be kinda stupid to do that. Drive less? Maybe - But then again, how much less can I drive than that?!? Besides, I don't even have a car myself and fill up my family's car out of curtesy whenever I drive, therefore: No.

And since you're from Texas - Compare these to your gas prices:

$ 5,93 per gallon regular
$ 6,01 per gallon premium
$ 6,31 per gallon premium plus
$ 5,22 per gallon diesel

(These prices are from today where I live) and then stop whining & shut the hell up!!!Europeans don't commute to work over the same distances as Americans.

I don't drive.

Since weekends are the only time I get to drive a car (I ride my bike every other time...) it would be kinda stupid to do that. Drive less? Maybe - But then again, how much less can I drive than that?!? Besides, I don't even have a car myself and fill up my family's car out of curtesy whenever I drive, therefore: No.

And since you're from Texas - Compare these to your gas prices:

$ 5,93 per gallon regular
$ 6,01 per gallon premium
$ 6,31 per gallon premium plus
$ 5,22 per gallon diesel

(These prices are from today where I live) and then stop whining & shut the hell up!!!


Thanks Drunk Commies, but i'll say this....

i stated in my original post about european gas prices. It's not the US's fault that you guys don't have as much oil as we do. However, I agree w/ Drunk Commies. I drive 40 miles a day to work, and 40 miles a day to home. That's not including the additional 20 miles to get to school and 20 miles to get back from school on Tues. & Thurs (which is going to change next semester w/ me going 4 times a week).

the most i've driven to work however is probably around 50 miles. it took me an hour and a half to get there (including traffic).

i would be all more willing to ride a mass transit system, which we don't have.

and do you use the euro? or the germany equivalent of the dollar?

if it's the DMark, you'd be paying 4.12 (which equates to the 2.59 i saw earlier this week) a gallon here, if it's the Euro, it'd be cheaper at 2.11 :p

please quit trolling.

I don't drive.

must be nice. i wish i didn't hafta drive.

My job is 20 miles from here, so I couldn't really go with that option lol.

My job is 20 miles from here, so I couldn't really go with that option lol.

you work 7 days a week?

you work 7 days a week?



Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and, while unofficial, I get called in nearly every Saturday for a 12 hour shift and Sunday for a 4-hour shift between church services.

I wouldn't if I had a car, because I'm actually in favor of the prices rising (yes, damnit, someone actually is). But this is because I live in Germany and there is an environmental tax on gasoline to make it more expensive and to fund environmental government projects.

Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and, while unofficial, I get called in nearly every Saturday for a 12 hour shift and Sunday for a 4-hour shift between church services.

you get overtime pay? :P

you get overtime pay? :P



Nope :mad:


I only get overtime pay if I exceed like 60 hours a week.

Nope :mad:


I only get overtime pay if I exceed like 60 hours a week.

robbery. what do you do?

robbery. what do you do?



Security guard, but I'm more of a scribe since I spend hours on end transferring numbers onto the proper forms :D

i would be all more willing to ride a mass transit system, which we don't have.Easy. Put a tax on gasoline to fund mass transit systems. Might take a while for it to work properly, but you gotta start sometime

and do you use the euro? or the germany equivalent of the dollar?
You don't know?

if it's the DMark, you'd be paying 4.12 (which equates to the 2.59 i saw earlier this week) a gallon here, if it's the Euro, it'd be cheaper at 2.11 :pHe made the effort of translating European prices into dollars per gallon (we use € per liter, btw. It CAN be calculated into $ per gallon, in which case GN's results would have come out) and that's how you thank him?

Before you nab me for trolling to, I don't want to start a debate on this, I just want to point out some fallacies in your post...

Thanks Drunk Commies, but i'll say this....

i stated in my original post about european gas prices. It's not the US's fault that you guys don't have as much oil as we do. However, I agree w/ Drunk Commies. I drive 40 miles a day to work, and 40 miles a day to home. That's not including the additional 20 miles to get to school and 20 miles to get back from school on Tues. & Thurs (which is going to change next semester w/ me going 4 times a week).

the most i've driven to work however is probably around 50 miles. it took me an hour and a half to get there (including traffic).

i would be all more willing to ride a mass transit system, which we don't have.

and do you use the euro? or the germany equivalent of the dollar?

if it's the DMark, you'd be paying 4.12 (which equates to the 2.59 i saw earlier this week) a gallon here, if it's the Euro, it'd be cheaper at 2.11 :p

please quit trolling.
More likely, it is your fault that you're driving less efficient automobiles and thus use more gas while commuting. It's not like people here don't drive an hour to work and another one back.

Secondly, I've already done all the math for you - didn't think you'd like me posting non-comparable prices in Euros per liter, or would you? So the numbers stand.

Third: There is a world outside your borders that uses the same ressources that some might say the average U.S. Joe is more than happy to use abundandly and then wonder why the supply is getting scarcier. It's not like you're using your own oil.

Fourth and last: I'm not trolling. I'm giving you facts. Even on topic. After I answered the poll and the question.

I go weeks at a time without driving. But then when hockey starts again (which is next week :) ) I drive about three times a week. Some of the rinks are over 30 minutes away, in a car. I don't know about you but I would not want to have to start a hour bike ride home at 11:30pm-12:30am Sunday Night/Monday Morning while carrying 50lb bag.

For the 2010 Olympics, the government is going to build a "hydrogen highway". They are going to build a bunch of hydrogen fill-up stations for hydrogen powered cars. I hopefully wanna buy a hydrogen car by 2012. That'll be my protest.

Easy. Put a tax on gasoline to fund mass transit systems. Might take a while for it to work properly, but you gotta start sometime
tell that the to gov't, not me. however, i don't think that the tax would be approved.
You don't know?
no i didn't.

He made the effort of translating European prices into dollars per gallon (we use € per liter, btw. It CAN be calculated into $ per gallon, in which case GN's results would have come out) and that's how you thank him?
what do you mean how i thank him? he asked what our prices are, and i told him. it's 2.59 US a gallon here. that's 4 something in DM and 2.11 a gallon in Euro. He did his math, i did mine. (he asked how much it was here)

Before you nab me for trolling to, I don't want to start a debate on this, I just want to point out some fallacies in your post...
no need to nab you on trolling. you didn't tell me to stop whining and shut the hell up.

More likely, it is your fault that you're driving less efficient automobiles and thus use more gas while commuting. It's not like people here don't drive an hour to work and another one back.
yes, it's my fault for driving less efficient autos. Sorry i don't want an ugly ass looking hybrid and can't afford the good looking ones. right now i drive a 4 cylinder truck. As far ppl there driving an hour to work... well, i think more ppl do it here.

Secondly, I've already done all the math for you - didn't think you'd like me posting non-comparable prices in Euros per liter, or would you? So the numbers stand.
i didn't know your #'s were in euros. and you asked how much gas was here, so i replied. why are you jumping on me for this?

Third: There is a world outside your borders that uses the same ressources that some might say the average U.S. Joe is more than happy to use abundandly and then wonder why the supply is getting scarcier. It's not like you're using your own oil.
again not my fault. i'd rather they drill in alaska to lower our gas prices.

Fourth and last: I'm not trolling. I'm giving you facts. Even on topic. After I answered the poll and the question.

you're not trolling? after telling me to stop whining and shut the hell up? then please tell me what trolling is.

I go weeks at a time without driving. But then when hockey starts again (which is next week :) ) I drive about three times a week. Some of the rinks are over 30 minutes away, in a car. I don't know about you but I would not want to have to start a hour bike ride home at 11:30pm-12:30am Sunday Night/Monday Morning while carrying 50lb bag.

For the 2010 Olympics, the government is going to build a "hydrogen highway". They are going to build a bunch of hydrogen fill-up stations for hydrogen powered cars. I hopefully wanna buy a hydrogen car by 2012. That'll be my protest.

i heard that they have developed a safe version of the hydrogen car (from someone at work) and that'd be cool if they made those cars look normal.

@ Mirchaz: I officially apoligize for my last way too harsh sentence in my original post. That went a little over the line. Sorry for that.

But you could definitely be worse off if you lived in California, or, for that matter, Europe. My numbers were meant to emphasize that.

Peace? :rolleyes:

(BTW: First sentence on the NS definition on trolling reads "Posts that are made with the aim of angering people." I didn't intend to upset you. That regrettably just happened.)

tell that the to gov't, not me. however, i don't think that the tax would be approved.I've noticed that my other government doesn't care as much if you don't have dollars to support your opinion. If I can get enough voters convinced, though...

no i didn't.We've been using the Euro for a couple years now. I'm sorry if this comes across as rude, but I'd hoped that news of which countries were involved in it would have come across the Atlantic...

what do you mean how i thank him? he asked what our prices are, and i told him. it's 2.59 US a gallon here. that's 4 something in DM and 2.11 a gallon in Euro. He did his math, i did mine. (he asked how much it was here)It sounded more like you were correcting his calculations. Sorry for misinterpreting that.

i heard that they have developed a safe version of the hydrogen car (from someone at work) and that'd be cool if they made those cars look normal.
They do look normal, its just a slightly different engine and another feul tank. Mercedes is testing a high-performance model now. According to the engineers, their hydrogen system is safer than the standard gasoline system. The engine is also capable of running on gasoline, for if hydrogen is now available.

Before someone says "but the government will burn more fossil feuls to seperate hydrogen from oxygen," this province's power comes from hydro-electric dams. No fossil feuls will be to create the hydrogen.

@ Mirchaz: I officially apoligize for my last way too harsh sentence in my original post. That went a little over the line. Sorry for that.
np.

But you could definitely be worse off if you lived in California, or, for that matter, Europe. My numbers were meant to emphasize that.
sure i would be. But i attempted to emphasize that gas prices in Europe were already high, while gas prices here seems to have skyrocketed in the past few months. Hell, it would be nice if everyone paid the equivalent of 1 dollar to the gallon.

Peace? :rolleyes:
don't know if the roll eyes emote is supposed to make this comment sarcastic or not :P either way. yah.

(BTW: First sentence on the NS definition on trolling reads "Posts that are made with the aim of angering people." I didn't intend to upset you.)

that's funny, you may not have intended to upset me :P but it did.

...We've been using the Euro for a couple years now. I'm sorry if this comes across as rude, but I'd hoped that news of which countries were involved in it would have come across the Atlantic...

yah, my bad. i had heard it in the news at one point in time, but it has slipped my mind.

:rolleyes: = shy, hopeful smile!!!

:rolleyes: = shy, hopeful smile!!!Yeah, they really need a lot more smilies to properly show some expressions. What's the point of having about 5 ways of showing anger or disagreement when there's no puppy-face, stern, or lecherous smiley? :p

:rolleyes: = shy, hopeful smile!!!

yah, their more button doesn't show much more. I can see that one being hopeful looking as well as eye rolling.

either way :P peace. i'm heading home.