Fuel Prices Affecting Your Diving?
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AbyssalPlains
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Gas prices haven't phased me in the least. I ride my bike to work and around town (yes, even in the hot Tucson summer 
) and use my car only for shopping and trips. I feel that as long as I can afford diving as such, one of the most expensive hobbies there are, I can probably afford gas, too.
) and use my car only for shopping and trips. I feel that as long as I can afford diving as such, one of the most expensive hobbies there are, I can probably afford gas, too.I would LOVE to have my bike as an option. There are no safe routes for travel between my house and work to make that feasable (20.4 miles each way). Its funny, in the last week 2 jobs have opened up with the farthest 6 miles from my house.. you bet your bottom dollar I put in for them!
Caver95
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Communism and socialism are two different things.Sounds like you have been on your sailboat too much and not noticed that there is no more socialism in Europe. In case you haven't noticed the Soviet Union collapsed, and the Berlin wall came down, too.
Socialism vs. Communism
RadRob
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gas will also start affecting scuba in other ways like price of scuba equipment. trucks and jets deliver our products from manufacturer to seller and then to us, so prices have started rising already. I spend almost $20 a day just to be able to work. Luckily I sold my ford f-250 diesel cause diesel is almost $0.80 more than regular gas. most say they expect gas to reach a national average of almost $6 by this time next year if not sooner. there have even been predictions of $10-$15 gas prices, although unlikely in my opinion. for the record, my prediction is $5.50 by Christmas and then govt will do what they do and butt in to regulate (this case I don't mind though).
Dive charters have been booked to max...It's the weather that is affecting the diving in NC....This weekend all offshore charters were totally booked, as were the afternoon charters for inshore wrecks. Both days have been blown out....
Crap - don't tell me that...
Me and two others are packing all our crap into my Toyota Prius and hypermileing to Outer Banks in about 4 weeks. This round I'm going to try to cram two sets of doubles and a couple single 95s in.
I can get 3 sets of gear and 3 bodies in my Prius and still get 50 mpg easy. Splitting the gas three ways with a car like that makes it much easier to swallow the prices. I've put 45,000 on her in a little over two years between commuting to work and travel.
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Cajuncru Diver
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Nope, hasn't affected my dive travel at all, but sure has put a damper of taking long trips in the 5th wheel pulled by that diesel F 250.
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