2006 - An Expensive Year for Gas
January 2nd, 2007 | by Brian Carr |While I’m sure I’m just preaching to the choir, 2006 was certainly a pricey year for gasoline and caused many people to dig deeper into their pockets when filling up than they ever had before.
According to a recent poll on Gasbuddy.com most people spent between one and two thousand dollars on gasoline during 2006. Here’s what the breakdown looked like at the time I put together this article:
- Less than $1,000 - 16%
- Between $1,001 and $2,000 - 36%
- Between $2,001 and $3,000 - 23%
- Between $3,001 and $4,000 - 11%
- Between $4,001 and $5,000 - 5%
- More than $5,000 - 6%
Obviously, the largest contributor to the reason so many people spent so much money on gasoline is because of the gigantic spike in oil/gas prices, which seemingly affected people from mid-spring to early fall. People were most affected during the summer months when national average gas prices hovered around $3, but were much higher in various spots around the country.
These numbers could have been a lot worse, but thanks to the popularity of hybrids, the decrease in demand for huge gas guzzling vehicles and people actually paying attention to their driving habits, many people weren’t hit as hard as they could have been.
On that note, let’s hope 2007 brings an end to hunger, world peace and low gas prices!
4 Responses to “2006 - An Expensive Year for Gas”
By Evil Conservative on Jan 3, 2007 | Reply
Is this website actually about fuel economy, or you quoting CNN.com, a known front for the Ted Turner Intellectually Bankrupt Complex?
By Des on Jan 3, 2007 | Reply
The average UK motorist doing 12,000 miles per annum would spend about $3,250 on fuel, but then our fuel costs about $8 a gallon.
By Hippy Liberal on Jan 3, 2007 | Reply
At least hes not quoting from Faux News, a known front for the Jimmybob braindead redneck neocon club.
By Brian Carr on Jan 5, 2007 | Reply
Evil Conservative - the site’s about a little bit of both.