Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
Not this forum, but people in general. Everyone I know just b!tches non-stop about the price of gas going up. I am sick of listening to people complain. And yes, the irony of complaining about this myself is not lost on me, but oil is just a financial market, people, supply and demand, fear and greed. There is no conspiracy, no evil puppeteer behind it all.
If you don't like buying gas, get around in something that does not use much gas, like an old Honda CRX, Geo Metro, or better yet, a 250-500cc motorcycle. These vehicles cost about 5-10% the price of a new hybrid and get better mileage. Greener peoples will say to ride a bus or bicycle or walk, but that is not very practical in most of the US - given our lack of decent public transit as well as bike and pedestrian accommodations. I remember trying to be a pedestrian in the Tampa Bay area was nuts, like playing Frogger across seven lanes of traffic at every light. But even though zero gas consumption is not practical, minimalized consumption is not that hard. People just won't shell out the grand or two to buy a cheap secondhand vehicle to get around in - they'd rather complain. That is what bothers me so much about this, and that is the point of this thread:
Complaining is a waste of time. Even worse, no one wants to listen to you b!tch - not your friends, your family, your coworkers, and especially not the women in your life. An important lesson about being a man in this world is that b!tching is female behavior. STFU about the things you can't control.
btw, if the price of gas is such an issue to you, here's how to be smart about it. Budget out what you spend every month, and then project that cost over the next few years. Then look at a chart of the price of oil, and make your own prediction about where it is going over the upcoming years. "Up" is a good guess. Now calculate what that will cost you. Then you have some numbers to compare against the cost of doing something proactive, like a cheap high-mpg vehicle (not a $50k suv hybrid). Another option is to actually purchase a financial investment that pays you money as oil prices rise. I just read a wsj article about how Southwest Airlines bought commodity market positions to hedge against the rising oil prices. That's why they don't have the $10-$25 per bag baggage fee that the other carriers adopted to offset fuel costs. btw, every investment carries risk. The risk of the hedge is that oil might not go up, and the cost of buying the hedge would have been wasted. Also, there is a risk of making bad projections. But everyone is too busy complaining to do anything productive.
Like the constant making of excuses, complaining about things you can't control is loser behavior in a guy.
If you don't like buying gas, get around in something that does not use much gas, like an old Honda CRX, Geo Metro, or better yet, a 250-500cc motorcycle. These vehicles cost about 5-10% the price of a new hybrid and get better mileage. Greener peoples will say to ride a bus or bicycle or walk, but that is not very practical in most of the US - given our lack of decent public transit as well as bike and pedestrian accommodations. I remember trying to be a pedestrian in the Tampa Bay area was nuts, like playing Frogger across seven lanes of traffic at every light. But even though zero gas consumption is not practical, minimalized consumption is not that hard. People just won't shell out the grand or two to buy a cheap secondhand vehicle to get around in - they'd rather complain. That is what bothers me so much about this, and that is the point of this thread:
Complaining is a waste of time. Even worse, no one wants to listen to you b!tch - not your friends, your family, your coworkers, and especially not the women in your life. An important lesson about being a man in this world is that b!tching is female behavior. STFU about the things you can't control.
btw, if the price of gas is such an issue to you, here's how to be smart about it. Budget out what you spend every month, and then project that cost over the next few years. Then look at a chart of the price of oil, and make your own prediction about where it is going over the upcoming years. "Up" is a good guess. Now calculate what that will cost you. Then you have some numbers to compare against the cost of doing something proactive, like a cheap high-mpg vehicle (not a $50k suv hybrid). Another option is to actually purchase a financial investment that pays you money as oil prices rise. I just read a wsj article about how Southwest Airlines bought commodity market positions to hedge against the rising oil prices. That's why they don't have the $10-$25 per bag baggage fee that the other carriers adopted to offset fuel costs. btw, every investment carries risk. The risk of the hedge is that oil might not go up, and the cost of buying the hedge would have been wasted. Also, there is a risk of making bad projections. But everyone is too busy complaining to do anything productive.
Like the constant making of excuses, complaining about things you can't control is loser behavior in a guy.
