Plunging gas prices!
If in Manila, they’re rolling back jeepney and bus fares, which is good, I also can’t help but be happy with gas prices in Philadelphia. But this is almost scary! That’s the oil price plunging in world market! We all complained when gas prices went over a hundred dollars per barrell. But I am really, really concerned about the plunging oil prices because it too has some severe repercussions on the economy and it is already showing in the dismal, very dismal unemployment report.
Cheap gas in Philly!
Here are some pics I took a few hours ago. I took Toby for a drive and of course, a stop at Dunkin Donuts and at a gas station. What used to be around $64 of full tank, today, I only paid about $30. Not bad. But I know that’s not really good.
See the sign? It’s $1.89 per gallon and if I drive to New Jersey, I could find a gasoline station that are even cheaper. Diwa just told me that in their neighborhood it’s even cheaper. Ok! What’s going on OPEC! I remember in the summer, it was a whopping $4 per gallon! Heck, we could not even drive anywhere because it was very expensive to leave home! If you venture out, then you pay a ridiculous amount of toll fee. What used to be $2 to cross the bridge in Jersey? It’s double the price at $4 on Betsy Ross. So I go the round about way of going back to Philly via Tacony-Palmyra at $2.
Planned gas tax!
Now, here’s the interesting part of what’s going on. While gas prices are still well below $3 a gallon, people in Washington are asking if this is now the time to pass a gas tax in an effort to keep demand down.
Gas tax?! To keep demand low? That’s increasing gas prices! For what?!
Great!
Any alternatives?
I have no problem with environmentalist. I’m a tree-hugger too in some ways. And I know that if Americans gets to be successful in cutting oil consumption, it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, help alleviate congestion and eases the burden on the country’s aging roads, bridges then World Peace.
But if we don’t buy gas, what’s the alternative?! Electric cars?! Waaa!
I honestly cannot imagine myself using a bike in the snow!
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Yes, that’s good lalo na this Christmas season. By the way, I don’t think nagbaba ng maayos pasahe dito sa Pinas. Ang tingin kasi ng marami, kulang pa e.
The bad news is, tataas naman daw ng singil ng Maynilad – sa tubig for Manila.
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reyna elena Reply:
December 6th, 2008 at 3:28 am
teka lang! nabasa ko yong request nong MWSS for a rate increase but the request was turned down di ba? sinampa ba uli ang panibagong request? mabasa nga uli yong mga padala saken nang mga friends ko hahah baka me nakalagpas na di ko nabasa! hehe
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reyna elena Reply:
December 6th, 2008 at 3:29 am
Maynilad PALA! sorry hahaha
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Mura nga ang gas kaya lang mataas parin bilhin. Kaya lang scary nga kasi marami maapektuhan.
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reyna elena Reply:
December 6th, 2008 at 4:43 am
and i don’t think there is a history Lito that commodity prices in the Philippines comes down, agree? kahit na yong mga roll back, it’s like push and pull. roll back, meya’t meya aabante nang mas mataas pa sa binagsak a few months ago hahaha
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Buti jan sa Philly, bumaba na gas sa world market, bumaba din gas jan. Dito sa Phillyphines, mahilig yata sa Sinulog mga oil companies dito. Pag nag increase world market, 3 steps agad ang increase, pero pag bumaba, 1 step lang katapat.
Ayun, the price of gas should be at a level of about 20pesos or even lower, mataas pa rin! I remembered sometime in 1999-2001, 12pesos lang gas nun at ang price sa world market ng crude tulad ng price ngayon.
Hayop noh.
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reyna elena Reply:
December 6th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
kahit na yong binaba nang pamasahe, kakarampot lang yon di ba? di mo naman ma-feel kahit man lang gas bumaba sana, because i don’t think the price of good will come down
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sa sobrang mura ng gas, imibis na magandang cellphone binili ko, umorder ako ng isang bariles. and to think, wala akong kotse.
ano ba puwedeng gawin dun?
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reyna elena Reply:
December 6th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
hahaha! basta ako, ayoko nang regalong gasolina hahaha! lensyak ka hahaha
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reyna elena Reply:
December 6th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
thank you for the invite!
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yeah, the price of gasoline really drops fast.
Pero paano na yung jeepney, bus, and taxi fare hindi bumaba.
Nkakainis isipin pero nung tumaas ang price ng gasoline, ang bilis nilang pinataas ng pamasahe. At ngayon bumaba na ang gasoline, parang ayaw nilang pababain ang pamasahe. tsk tsk tsk.. this is bad
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reyna elena Reply:
December 6th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
o baka i-igsian ang byahe hahaha
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kaya nga biglang nagbago isip kong bumili ng car last year dahil sa mahal ng gas e biglang nagmura kaso wala nakong pambili waaaa
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…wala ng pambili ng car lolz
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