Twiggyish | Tuesday, June 12, 2001 - 09:49 am   "The Democratic inquiries appear to have touched a nerve. "Within two days of having this 50-49 majority, they said, 'We're going to begin investigations,' " Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.)" YES!! This is what we were hoping would happen! |
Grooch | Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 07:30 am   Calif. to Borrow $5B for Power SACRAMENTO (AP) -- California will borrow up to $5 billion from Wall Street to keep its lights on in coming months, state treasurer Phil Angelides said Tuesday. Angelides called the loan a short-term strategy to buy power until the state sells up to $13.4 billion in bonds this fall. Those bonds will pay off both the short-term loan announced Tuesday and about $8 billion the state has spent for power since January. Customers of the state's three major embattled utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric, will pay off this fall's loan by charging more for electricity. ''This interim financing takes the pressure off the general fund and hopefully will avert a cash crisis here at the state,'' Angelides said. The state's government has watched its one-time budget surplus, propelled by a booming late 1990s economy, evaporate all through 2001 to buy electricity at up to $70 million a day. The money would otherwise be spent on schools, law enforcement and highways. Gov. Gray Davis authorized the short-term borrowing plan with an executive order late Monday. |
Bijoux | Wednesday, June 27, 2001 - 10:03 am   For anyone who is interested, an on-line chat has just started with Bob McNally, special assistant to the president for economic policy http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/zforum/01/freemedia_mcnally062701.htm |
Bijoux | Wednesday, June 27, 2001 - 10:35 am   Well that was highly uninformative. |
Gail | Friday, August 03, 2001 - 07:45 pm   Last week, I paid $1.39 for gas yesterday, I paid $1.27. Will this nightmare never end??
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Nancy | Friday, August 03, 2001 - 07:49 pm   its going down here too--but two weeks ago it was 1.65 now its 1.58 or so..but at least its going in the right direction.. |
Ketchuplover | Saturday, September 29, 2001 - 11:43 pm   $10.00/gal here |
Johnlvs2run | Sunday, September 30, 2001 - 10:26 am   July... "The scare tactics that some environmentalists use really pisses me off! ... " Bush/Cheney... "We need to drill for oil in Alaska, the National Forests, off the coast of California, and everywhere else because............. (insert scare tactic here) ............... " |
Grooch | Monday, October 01, 2001 - 05:30 pm   Ketchuplover, are you serious that it's $10/gallon where you live? Are you in Canada and you are giving us the price in Canadian $$? If my truck has a 30 gallon tank, it would cost me $300 to fill up! |
Grooch | Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 09:55 am   $1.11 today. Yippee! |
Carigsby | Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 10:57 am   It's been under a dollar for over 3 weeks now where I live. Some places are down to 88¢ but the average is 93¢ |
Angelnikki | Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 05:26 pm   here its 1.13 |
Weinermr | Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 06:05 pm   I paid $.99 today. First time that I can remember in a long time that gas is under a dollar. |
Pcakes2 | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 07:40 am   I'm still paying between $1.65- $1.89...that's the price you pay for living in Northern California |
Weinermr | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 08:47 am   Pcakes2 - I can't believe the difference between Southern and Northern California! Yesterday I paid $.99 at a station about 15 miles from where I live. But at the stations about a mile to two miles from where I live, the price was in the $1.13 to $1.15 range! And the prices are still so high in Northern California? Wow, that's really terrible. |
Pcakes2 | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 08:50 am   I know..it s*cks! They even refine the oil here. You would think it would be cheaper! Oh well, that why I drive my VW Cabriolet to and from work (approx 100 miles), instead of the Chevy Blazer (Gas sucking pig). |
Grooch | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 09:14 am   I want to know when those blended electric/gas cars will be available that are supposed to get around 300 miles a gallon. |
Sunshinemiss | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 09:26 am   Central California is $1.18 today Grooch isn't there one on the market already by Honda, I think? My less-than-reliable memory seems to think I heard about it on the news last year. Certainly not well promoted, though! |
Grooch | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 09:34 am   That's the thing, I heard they were coming out, but then I never heard another word about it. I need them to become popular first, so they will drop in price by the next time I buy a new car. |
Dahli | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 11:34 am   Is there not a huge lobby preventing these alternative forms of transportation and energy from ever reaching the point at which they are available for Joe Public...? I have heard it is so difficult and non profitable for any company to try and go up against these guys and that is why we continue to pay through the nose and hear little about environmental and fiscally responsible options - anybody else?? |
Sunshinemiss | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 12:54 pm   Grooch I did a little searching, here's your car (my memory IS still functional, hooray) http://www.honda2001.com/models/insight/index.html Here in California they have such stringent clean air requirements that you actually see some of these on the road... plus I think the state government has some. |
Grooch | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 01:10 pm   Thanks Sunshinemiss. For an automatic transmission and A/C, it's about $22,000. A little high, but not bad. But the automatic transmission brings the gas mileage down to about 57 mpg. For some reason, I thought they got much higher mileage. But 57 isn't bad. I just wish it was a little bit bigger and a 4 door. |
Solidsnake | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 01:55 pm   Im paying around $1.03 - $1.05 for gas. Depends on how much of a price drop your local gas station owner wants to drop and for competative purposes also. |
Weinermr | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 01:56 pm   Yes, those cars are here in Southern California. Some parking lots even have special parking spots allocated for them, and there are Recharging Stations at various places throughout the L.A. area. |
Llkoolaid | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 02:10 pm   On the East coast of Canada which is the most expensive in the country gas is on average 65c a litre which is about $2.60 per gal. I am pretty sure Ketchuplover is kidding.But who knows, maybe not. |