NewMexiKen set a new personal best at the gasoline pump today: 16.029 gallons at $3.359 a gallon.
Gasoline is a utility. It costs what it costs, like electricity or cable internet. If it hadn’t been priced so low most of my life — I once paid 179 cents a gallon — we wouldn’t be as upset.
The thing to do, of course, is drive less, turn down the thermostat in the winter and up in the summer, replace incandescent bulbs. I believe it’s a good thing that cost is finally making us conserve.
A 15 gallon tank indicates that you drive a gas guzzler, probably not an SUV. I figured you for a Prius.
Lexus RX. Gets about 19 around town; 21-22 on the highway. Fuel capacity is 19.8 gallons 87 octane or better.
Don’t you feel guilty?
A civic would immediately reduce your carbon footprint by at least 35%.
Get with the program!
My sister gets about 38 mpg in her Civic. I feel between us, she and I have a suitable carbon footprint. 🙂
The last time I was on empty and completely filled-up, it cost me just under $100… 34 gallon tank @ just about the same gas mileage as your Lexus.
My other car is a bicycle. My footprint is pedal to the metal… in both rides.
😉
At the same Chevron station where I paid $3.359, gas is now $3.499. A 14 cent increase in less than three days.
Ken reports from east of Oakland Saturday afternoon that he paid $4.059 for 91 octane at a Shell station.
Lee, official brother of NewMexiKen, reports that he doubled the value of his truck.
He filled the tank.