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Pip!2008-06-12 19:58:58We're just under .00 in MN - I guess lucky compared to CA. If there's a bright cloud to be found at all, my company is looking at adding a telecommuting policy to help employees cope. We've been gathering information and meeting on it tomorrow and hopefully, our VP will get approval to look seriously at implementing. I think high gas prices may be here to stay for quite awhile, so businesses need to start thinking outside the box a little more. Last I checked we were at 4.36 in Connecticut - but it could have changed in the last few hours!

Cathy, I saw a story on the news where more and more companies are looking at telecommuting as an option. Another option was allowing employees to work their 40 hours in 3 or 4 days to have fewer commutes. I think everyone is going to have to get flexible and creative in dealing with our new economy.

Oops - my bad. Meant to post the link so you guys can put in your zip and get the best choices.

I saw .09 for premium today and went - damn, I could do fast food lunch for that!

Pip

Fixed now!It's crazy! My hubby has to drive about 40 miles round trip. Gas is about .18. He has been car pooling with a co worker that lives 3 miles away. I try to make a trip into town and do several errands but most of the time I am too worn out and hurting too bad to get it all done at once. I now just use the local store about 3 miles away and pay higher prices just to save money on gas. I remember when .98 cents was considered a high price to pay. LOLPip, thank you for that. I book marked it so I can go to the cheapest place. Our petrol tankers are going on strike so there is panic buying over here. We are paying £1.17 a litre here a few weeks ago it was on 98pence. It seems to be an all round thing at the moment.Lots of gas-guzzling SUVs for sale around these parts. Even the Hummer owned by the drug dealer down the street is gone. be careful about depending on websites to give you the lowest pices. CNN did a story shwoing that many of the websites were incomplete or out of date with their prices. You are better off checking with a local news source that has better local connectionsAlso if the difference in price is only 10 or 20 cents, is it really worth it to drive out of your way to save a couple dollars? My gas tank only holds 11 gallons (and that's when I run it all the way down to the fumes). I'm not going to drive out of my way to save .10. It's a waste of gas and a waste of my time. [QUOTE=buckeye]be careful about depending on websites to give you the lowest pices. CNN did a story shwoing that many of the websites were incomplete or out of date with their prices. You are better off checking with a local news source that has better local connections[/QUOTE]

Our paper said those sites use credit card receipts to get the data, so it is a few days old before they can compile it. They said it might not be accurate the day you go. I think it would be helpful to know the places that are generally lower, just don't get mad if the price is not what you expected. If you knew, you can plan to fill up when you are in the area, not make a special trip.
we are at .65 a litre almost 4 litres to the gallon somewhere around 6.20 a gallon

it toally sucks

[QUOTE=JasmineRain]Also if the difference in price is only 10 or 20 cents, is it really worth it to drive out of your way to save a couple dollars? My gas tank only holds 11 gallons (and that's when I run it all the way down to the fumes). I'm not going to drive out of my way to save .10. It's a waste of gas and a waste of my time. [/QUOTE]

Yesterday I heard this lady on the radio, kind of a "man on the street" interview. She waits a half hour in line to buy gas at Costco to save 10 cents on the gallon. At most she probably saves, what, .50? I wouldn't wait that long for .50.

Not to mention the fact that she probably burned at least .50 worth of gas while waiting in line! And the hits just keep on coming:

Reuters
Ethanol plants shut on record corn price: Citi
Friday June 13, 10:34 am ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Record corn prices pushed up by flooding in the Midwest have forced five small to mid-sized U.S. ethanol plants to shut and output of the biofuel could be slowed for months, a Citi research note said on Friday.

Storms this week have dumped rain on crop fields across the Midwest, where much of the world's food is grown. Corn prices have shot to a record near per bushel, nearly double last year's price.

As much as 2 billion to 5 billion gallons of ethanol "could go offline in the next few months due to high corn prices," the note said. The United States has an ethanol production capacity of about 8.8 billion gallons per year from 154 distilleries.

"Corn prices have witnessed a structural shift, and are now confronted with near-term supply concerns associated with flooding in the Corn Belt," said Ron Oster, an analyst at Broadpoint Capital in St. Louis.

The Citi report did not say which companies had shut plants.

Citi has downgraded investment ratings on pure ethanol producers VeraSun (NYSE:VSE - News) and BioFuel Energy (NasdaqGM:BIOF - News) to "sell" from "buy."