Is the cost of energy (gasoline, electricity, natural gas, etc) affecting you?

Is the cost of energy (gasoline, electricity, natural gas, etc) affecting you?

  • No, I make so much money it really doesn't matter to me and my Hummers.

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Marc

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Is the cost of energy (gasoline, electricity, natural gas, propane, etc.) affecting you?

Just curious. My house is all electric. Recently Cincinnati Gas and Electric became 'Duke Energy' and prices shot up about 30% almost immediately. Now, that said, there hasn't been a significant increase in the price of electricity here in the last 10 years, so I'm not really complaining.

Note that I'm asking this of everyone here - NOT just people in the US.
 
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Marc said:
Is the cost of energy (gasoline, electricity, natural gas, propane, etc.) affecting you?

Just curious. My house is all electric. Recently Cincinnati Gas and Electric became 'Duke Energy' and prices shot up about 30% almost immediately. Now, that said, there hasn't been a significant increase in the price of electricity here in the last 10 years, so I'm not really complaining.

Note that I'm asking this of everyone here - NOT just people in the US.
Electricity

When I was living in Southeast Florida, and the only energy you could get (at least in my case) was Electric. I ran the A/C 24-7 at 75 Degrees and it was running about $110.00 per month for a 2 + 2 approx 1200 Sq Feet Condo.

Now living in Georgia, I haven't seen any utility bills yet but I have talked to other people and they say it runs about $50.00-$75.00 for electric per month for a 2 + 2.

I just talked with my sister this past Saturday and she lives in Riverside County in California and she said her electric is running around $400.00 per month for 4 +2.5 two story house about 1500 Sq Feet.

Gasoline

Gasoline prices haven't really affected me because I currently live about 1.1 miles from work.

Natural Gas

Living in Florida you didn't have much of a choice, since approx 85% of the households, everything is electric
 
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Wesley Richardson

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Hi Marc,

My house is also all electric, as were my two prior houses, going back to 1978. I felt for many years that overall electricity would have more stable pricing than natural gas or oil for home heating. The greatest impact on electric cost seems to be location. Places like Hawaii have high electric rates.

I do use gasoline, but commute only about 25 miles round trip to work, and drive a car that gets around 28 mpg. I do take longer trips about four times a year, and that is when the cost of gasoline seems rather important, but it doesn't prevent me from taking the trips.

For your survey, I guess my response would be no, but it isn't significantly affecting my budget.

Wes R.
 
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ralphsulser

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I cancelled my vacation plans to Michigan due the the increased cost of gas for round trip from South Carolina. Also my increased costs of living expenses such as utilities, house payment went up due to increased property taxes, insurance costs for cars and house increased, increased medical insurance costs and copays, etc. Wages.....not increased
Maybe can make it next year.
 
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JerryStem

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My house is natural gas & electric, and living around Marc I get the same ^ in costs. Just bought that S10 Blazer in April (already discussed as a lemon here) for trips for photo related stuff, and the extra gas $ is showing now.

I voted yes but not significantly, the extra $ shows but I'm not destitute just yet... (Got behind on my electric bill earlier this year & just getting caught up, the winter $ was killing me).

Jerry
 

Marc

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ralphsulser said:
I cancelled my vacation plans to Michigan due the the increased cost of gas
A friend of mine recently almost cancelled his vacation to visit a friend in Florida - Ft. Meyers - Sanibel area - Because of gas prices. He ended up flying with some frequent flier miles, but said if he couldn't have used those he wasn't going to go. I know him and he could afford it - It was a matter of priorities - He HATES to pay for gasoline and he commutes several hundred miles a week to his business. He was complaining that his gasoline bill was almost twice as much in the last year as it was the year before. He DOES get to take it off on income taxes (business car), but he's still paying for it because he owns the company so it's still $ out of his pocket.

JerryStem said:
(Got behind on my electric bill earlier this year & just getting caught up, the winter $ was killing me).
Check the usage graph on the bill. I'm almost afraid of what it will cost me this coming winter.

I don't take a 'home office' deduction, because of the complications if I sell the house at some time and all that, but this year I will be claiming some of my electric costs which I never did before. I've got over 5000 watts of backup power supplies running, 3 computers around the desk, routers, etc.
 

SteelMaiden

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I've made quite a few changes in the last two years to conserve energy.

An energy efficient house in 2004 that is over half again the square footage that cut my electricity costs (all electric to all electric) by half, and now it is costing me about 90% of what the old house did. Theoretically, I'm still ahead in the game.

In 2005 I bought a new car that gets 28-30mpg vs my truck that gets 18-20. I'm paying the same or a little more to fill up a 15 gallon tank vs. the 24 gallon tank. So, I'm breaking even there as far as dollars spent per week, but now I have car payments and two sets of tax and tags, insurance etc.

We scaled back on our vacation plans this year to stay within five hours of home instead of the planned trip back home to see relatives (28 hours). And, we try to plan our big shopping trips to the "cities" to combine errands where we used to run up every 2-3 weeks. We turned the air conditioner on a little later this year, and will probably do the same with the furnace this fall. It's not killing us, but we definitely have less spending cash than we did last year.
 

gpainter

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I had seen an article predicting that electric would increase 100-150%. We bought three Paul Harvey Edenpure heaters and it cut our total utilities by about $100+ a month. Thru the years I replaced lights with the efficient ones, did new windows, new storm doors,bought more efficient appliances and tried to reduce, reuse and recycle. At work we have lost several people who drove distances many went to local restaurantes because they ended up with more $ in their pocket by not driving. We bought more efficient cars and I just bought a motorcycle to drive to work. Prices for items have started increasing due to petro prices, so as it deepens into our pockets it will only get worse.
 
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qualityboi

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Living in Idaho I don't feel that I pay that much for my all electric home. $170 w central air in the summer and $220 in the winter for a 2500sqft, which includes a 400sqft standalone studio. I also use a wood stove that heats 2000sqft for really cold days. I sat down and had a good chat with my builder. He stated that electric (U.S.) is the most stable. He has seen many a homeowner really angry after they purchased either oil or gas heating. I vanpool 70miles a day and pay $90 / month for a seat. But I drive in at least once a week for early meetings. I hope to someday ride mass transit on an electric vehicle powered by solar, wind and hydro or something other than fossil. Now I do 75% of my work on the computer but the company culture is not good about telecommuting even though we are 14001. :confused:
 

howste

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I know it's a sacrifice, but I haven't turned on the heat all summer long, and I don't plan to turn on the air conditioner at all this winter...
 
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