Will $4.00 Gas Put RVing On Hold?
The sad fact is that gas is headed to $4.00 a gallon and perhaps higher. Most oil industry analysts have already warned us, claiming lack of refinery capacity as the culprit. There is some truth to this because no oil company has built a new refinery in the US in the last 30 years. There is also the issue of profit playing a role in this price increase. Most of the time I feel like I’m being “gouged” at the pump, but then I remember that when I was living in Europe folks regularly paid $5.00 per gallon and were happy to do it. It’s all relative. 
Will I slow down my RVing? No!
Will I slow down? Yes!
Do I care if people honk at me for going 55mph in the slow lane? No!
Will I buy oil stocks to make me feel better when I fill my tank? Yes!
OK, so there you have it. What do you plan to do? Please leave us your thoughts by clicking on the “comments” section (written in pale blue letters) below this article. Drive safe out there! Jim
Will I slow down my RVing? No!Will I slow down? Yes!
Do I care if people honk at me for going 55mph in the slow lane? No!
Will I buy oil stocks to make me feel better when I fill my tank? Yes!
OK, so there you have it. What do you plan to do? Please leave us your thoughts by clicking on the “comments” section (written in pale blue letters) below this article. Drive safe out there! JimLabels: Driving
posted by Jim Twamley at
4/25/2007 08:27:00 AM
5 Comments:
I've got too much money invested in the RV to park it. Between the payment, insurance and storage, we're looking at $800 a month. Every month. I'm not happy about the gouge at the pump, but the gas bill is not the biggest cost of any trip. I am camping closer to home, my last couple of week long trips were under 1200 miles, and this summer I'll keep it under 2000. There's a nice spot for a weekend about 30 miles from the house, they'll see me much more this summer as the gas gouge continues.
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Joe, at April 24, 2007 10:01:00 PM PDT
Traveled most of the eastern USA and Penn. and LA are the worst. Tenn and Maryland have great roads and N.C., too.
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robt6299@aol.com, at May 1, 2007 12:51:00 PM PDT
I will stay much closer to home and will look for a nice park where I could possibly set it up permanently instead of traveling to different parks.
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Anonymous, at May 2, 2007 7:56:00 AM PDT
This summer plan to travel to Alaska. Probably will drive a lot slower and spend more time in the parks along the way. We have friends in Palmer, so will probably stay there for a while and visit on day and even overnight trips around the area. No definite plans for the future, but even if the gas cost for the trip doubles it isn't a killer to traveling.
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Anonymous, at May 12, 2007 8:37:00 AM PDT
Guess I'm like the guys before me.
When we retired we planned on traveling and have done so. But the noose is getting tighter.
We Americans are use to going any time and until we stop buying that high priced gas they are going to continue to raise it.
So we are trying to pick states where we find has the more reasonable price of gas and head that way.
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Anonymous, at May 12, 2007 9:41:00 AM PDT
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