What life style changes have you made due to high gas prices?

Question

What life style changes have you made due to high gas prices?

Answer 1

I drive less.  I wish I could ride the bus, but Gilbert, AZ is too cheap for that!  It's too hot to ride my bike.  So I waste tons on gas, and now my truck is broken, and I have to waste more money on fixing it.

I am stressed out, and sick of it.

Answer 2

Actually don't have a car anymore - moved into the city and do public transportation everywhere...subway, bus, and oh yeah - walk...lol  I realize that is not feasable for those who live out in the never-lands but for a city dweller - do-able.  Even whole families are getting rid of their cars around here.

Answer 3

None I don't own a car.. And have not for 20 years

And I ride my bike to work which is only five minutes away from my home..

Answer 4

Stoped going to Starbucks,

just go to work & home

go shopping

not!

tying to get my hubbie to stop smoking

io io so off to we go  lololo

Answer 5

to be honest,it hasnt changed my lifestyle that much.I drive a 2003 chevy silverado(8 cyl vortec engine) and its about a $104.00 to fill up my 24 gallon tank,but my gas mileage is about 24-27 miles to the gallon in the city.It usually lasts me about 2 weeks and I work about 20 miles from my home(40 miles round trip)

Answer 6

I bought a scooter and I try to use it in place of my car whenever possible.

Answer 7

Trying to shop for a diesel jetta. 50mpg

Parked the expedition.

Bought all neon lamps

Added insulation

Answer 8

My life is mostly to work, to home to work again. It has slowed down anything I enjoy going out and doing, such as camping. I have been debating letting the bank take my truck, as I can't afford to drive it anymore, and make payments, so it sits in the driveway, and collects dust. If I lose it, my replacement is not a Prius, but a '73 Olds Delta 98 with a 455" engine (granny's old car)...just what I can then afford to buy with future wrecked credit. Yeah... this is forcing me to be green...not so much! This is not good either, as it just makes me bitter, and hate environmentalists that much more for locking up all of our resources, and making my personal fun time, and life in general suck!

If the greenies want to just sit at home, and breathe as little as possible to not make a carbon footprint, then that is their freedom to do so. When they force me to do that it is imposing Communism!

All of the reasons for high fuel prices are political...ALL OF THEM, and we have the resources to fix this whole crazy mess!!! We don't need the 'world market's prices' as we have the ability to be totally self sufficent! Kuwait's, and Venuzula's gas is pennies a gallon. Why??? Because they use their own resources, and don't buy from other countries!

I believe our economy is based more on the price of fuel than gold. Everything made takes fuel in some form to manufacture, and deliver to market. Wild, and rampant inflation is coming, as it has to to keep up with manufacturing costs. Even electricity is price based on fuel prices. Our country is in big trouble, and if they don't start taking steps to fix it. We will soon be using Amero's, and saluting the UN flag, as America can't afford this. Forclosures are the proof.

I had a truck driver tell me today that Wal Mart is planning a 2 week shipping boycott where they won't ship, or recieve any merchandise when the national average for diesel hits $5 a gallon. I think it's just truck driver BS, but what a great idea, and example it would set. Wal Mart would earn my respect if they have the guts to pull that off.

Answer 9

I commute on my motorcycle more than I used to.

Answer 10

alot....camping,less vactions,less money spent on food,more game, music,bigger computer, new car,bigger sterio...alot more

Answer 11

absolutely nothing yet..!!

Answer 12

A lot.  I stay in more and read more books.  I do not have enough money to go to my hang out places like bars, restaurants, or even go to a sporting event. Prices have also increased the price food and other goods, thus I am consuming less.

I also became a big supporter of Ron Paul and try to spread his word for a free market that works along with advocating the importance to be politically aware of the corruption that is within Washington and advocating change for the better by supporting politicians like Ron Paul and others who want change for the better unlike Barack Obama and John McCain who advocate change for the worse.

High gas prices have kept me out of trouble and into learning about the problems occurring in America by staying in more.

Answer 13

Don't go out as often.  Clip coupons more.  Small things, but not much.

Answer 14

Is this serious?  Last year gas was about $1.00 per gallon less than today.  That means an extra $15 a week, or $60 a month.

Does that require a lifestyle change?

Answer 15

i started ridin my bike more often, when goin short distances....

Answer 16

I live 2.8 miles from campus, and my job (I work on campus.)  I've started biking to work for one.  And I've been looking for a Vespa-esq scooter to replace my car for the time being.

Answer 17

I walk anywhere I can within an hour. I also wait til I can hit a series of errands at once and then take care of them in a cluster. Park once and walk between the errands.

Answer 18

None. I'm not poor.

Answer 19

I made several changes.

I bought a Chrysler Sebring.  It gets 31 MPG without costing me the extra money for an import.  That saves me about $3000/year.

I moved to the town I work in.  That saves me about $1500/year.

  

I quit renting and bought a house.  It cost me an extra $55 per month, but I get a tax credit that more than makes up for it.

I quit drinking.  A case of beer is a half tank of gas.  A bottle of wine or bourbon is a whole tank of gas.

Answer 20

I've increased my level of bitching at people who want me to drive them around for free.

Answer 21

Switched my kids to a closer school.  Don't go out as often unless I have to.  Don't shop for frivolous items much.  I'm gardening now... to save on food.

Answer 22

We have been blessed is all I can say.  I am worried about something.  The republicans goofed up and allowed the democrats to take the senate and house and that was two years ago.  Now look at what is going on.  Gas more than doubled and really nothing else taht I know of.  Thing is, could the country stand having a democratic president also and for four more years

Also don't drag race as much and changed the ports from 92s to 77s.

We really need someone to step up to the plate.  Too bad others don't have the power, but that's the way it is.  Hat's off to the democrats, keep it up and make sure no one drills for oil or anything and tax the heck out of oil stock and all those rich people that have to drive cars.  take care.

Answer 23

My boyfriend and I work at the

same place.  We used to

take separate cars cause we

would both run errands before

work.  Now we just take his

car and get up a little earlier

to run errands.  [My car is

a gas guzzler and it's 2 years old].

We also used to stop and

grab fast-food for lunch at work.

On my day off, I'll make food for the week

for lunch. throw them in the freezer,

then we have food for the whole

week.  It actually has helped us

to eat a little healthier.

Answer 24

quit driving, save up for an electric car

Answer 25

I've been staying home more and cutting back on spending.

Answer 26

Nothing , I always lived under my means.

Answer 27

My style of living was always impacted by my abidiing "love" for having to rely on a manipulable resource. I just love wondering if a sheik suffering the loss of his beloved pet scorpion would send oil prices doubling.

"A stitch in time saves nine" applies very well to fuel costs. Unfortunately, it seems (erroneously) that everybody BUT the U.S. seems to be stitching. Fact is, there are political conservatives like myself who realize that, just because oil and coal have been dandy for a hundred years or so, it's been untrue before and is VERY questionable now.

We're stitchin' to beat the band and several I'm aware of have - with little or no govt assistance - hit it big.

Consider this: if gasoline contains 20% more heating potential that alternative-B, but costs more than 8 times as much, where are we better off using that crud? I'd go with alt-B.

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Answer 28

Going hungry a lot  more

Answer 29

I don't drive ANYWHERE unless I absolutely have to.  And when I run errands, I do everything I have to do for the week.  I don't go out anymore and I visit only when I go to do errands.  I have been keeping the air down and opening the windows more.

Answer 30

Ive not been keeping my house as cold as it usually was to save money on the electric bill.

Ive not been frivioulously driving across the city.

Ive walked more places.

Ive stopped buying my starbucks everyday, now its everyother day.

The money i save goes to...GAS.