Would $7 per gal effect your RV lifestyle?
Recently experts have predicted that gas prices could soon reach $7 per gallon. Depending where you go in northern CA, prices have been north of $5 for at least a couple of months. I just filled my Du...
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JRscooby wrote:
Everybody claims the cost of fuel will not change their travel plans. I wonder how many of the same people whine about the store clerk getting a pay raise causes prices to go up? Do you look at corporations raising prices at the same time as they have record profits, call it inflation?
You are mixing up two separate issues. There's a difference between dealing with a price rise and encouraging a price rise.
Also, no one is complaining if a store decides it makes sense to pay a clerk more. The complaints are largely about the govt forcing stores to pay the clerks more even if they pay doesn't match the value and often forces automation which takes away their jobs...and on top of that the govt mandates simply drive inflation.
Ironically, a big part of the fuel price increases are govt created. Producers are hesitant to put a lot of money into increasing output, which would lower prices, when the western govts have made it very clear they are going to undermine the industry.
But honestly, it's unlikely to stay up in that range permanently. At $2-4/gal, most commuters have little incentive to muck about with electric vehicles. At $7-10/gal, expect a lot of commuter cars to flip over to electric because it makes financial sense.
Commuter car fuel usage far outweighs the impact of RV fuel usage, so you will see fuel demand drop which in turn will force fuel prices down.
To the original question: At $3.50/gal, we are projecting around $1100-1500 in towing fuel for the upcoming year. Double that and we may not be happy about it but it's not enough to stop us from going.
