Bemoaning high gas prices, Californians take to Twitter
As reported in the LA Times, Californians have been venting their pump-shock frustration from the recent gas prices peak on Twitter and Facebook in droves, Gordon-Bloomfield writes.
As reported in the LA Times, Californians have been venting their pump-shock frustration from the recent gas prices peak on Twitter and Facebook in droves, Gordon-Bloomfield writes.
While gas prices in the state of California are finally dropping following聽last week鈥檚 Southern California peak of more than $5 per gallon,聽the financial and social implications of such high gas prices are still being felt by its residents.聽
础蝉听The LA Times聽reported earlier this week, Californians have been venting their聽pump-shock frustration聽on social media networks like Twitter and Facebook in droves.
In addition to numerous joke-filled quips about how they plan to live life without聽cars, many tweets show the financial pain that regular Californians feel about filling up.
鈥淣ow you gotta pick. Gas or food,鈥澛爓rote one man, while another expressed the irony that he needed to sell his聽car聽in order to afford gasoline.聽
Many Californians appear to be forgoing their cars altogether, walking instead of driving.聽
Others, have started to look into all-electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid cars.聽
鈥淕as prices are insane in California. $87 to fill up. $5 a gallon. Time to look at hybrids...,鈥澛爓rote Justin Moore
For those who needed gas, but couldn鈥檛聽afford聽to change cars, another solution presented itself: driving out-of-state to buy gas.
Meanwhile, those with electric and plug-in cars have been feeling a little more than smug, especially given the number of Americans now saying they鈥檙e seriously聽considering the switch to an electric car.聽
Chris Paine, documentary film maker and electric car advocate summed up the situation nicely on hisTwitter feed, 鈥淕as prices up, electric聽car prices聽down.鈥�
But perhaps our favorite twitter comment comes from a certain聽Dwight Graham, who wrote 鈥淲ith high gas prices Electric Cars are going like HotCakes...Just put sum Butter&Syrup on one~Still tastes like regular car鈥漑sic].