Can cheap gas save the holidays?

re: Can cheap gas save the holidays?

michel — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:41:01 GMT

it will help people to feel less the pain of the economy disaster bu it wont help the banking industry, it wont help the car makers and it wont help the real estate market. it is like being slapped on the face instead of being knocked out by a direct hit from the fist.

re: Can cheap gas save the holidays?

Blue Xmas in Chi-town — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:52:53 GMT

Though fuel charges for personal conveyance may be (for the time being) low, transportation charges for goods and services (read: 'food') were contracted back when the price was $4+/gal. We will not feel the lower fuel prices for awhile, nor has anybody been fooled by a temporary lowering of those prices.--We will never take fuel for granted again and will never return to using low-mpg vehicles. The moratorium on high prices will only allow us to put more $ in the bank rather than the pump.

re: Can cheap gas save the holidays?

BILL TEMPLEMAN — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:17:31 GMT

YES...and YES..... NOT only the gasoline prices that went down....BUT ALSO DIESEL..... which affects all products that require deivery..... that includes the cho-cho trains, the tow boats on the Mississippi,... the over the road trucks....and so on. The diesel fuel so used FAR exceeds auto usage...... With the cost coming down more than 50%, it is bound to make a difference...FINALLY.... but still needs to come down further

re: Can cheap gas save the holidays?

SK — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:36:23 GMT

I don't think lower gas prices will save the holidays but it certainly doesn't hurt. I feel like most people are just scared right now and don't want to overextend themselves at all. I think this christmas and thanksgiving more than ever, people will be thankful for what they have and not take anything for granted. www.generationyinvestor.com

re: Can cheap gas save the holidays?

Just a dumb middle class worker — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:57:55 GMT

Lets see, I'm still paying off my credit card from the $500 extra I spent in fuel over the summer. Reality is gas prices will continue to jump up and down until the US decides that we should use our own resources.

I know all the rich environmentalists want us to buy smaller cars, use alternative energy, etc. However I am just a regular guy who works 2 jobs to support my family. I own 2 paid off cars that work just fine for my wife and I. I will not be in the position to buy one of these futureistic cars that gets a million miles to the gallon and runs only on my own human waste for at least 5 years after its produced. Until then I guess I will just have to use Gasoline in my car, but now I put away a little extra so next time I dont have to borrow when I fill up my tank for $70.

re: Can cheap gas save the holidays?

AQEEL — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:04:09 GMT

yea it will.

re: Can cheap gas save the holidays?

dd — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:09:22 GMT

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