"Pain at the Pump"...

DeepIron · 05-23-08, 04:56 PM

A bit of humor while the price of oil puts the whammy on us...

Stealth Hunter · 05-23-08, 05:55 PM

Exactly $135.09 per barrel.

We're doomed.

DeepIron · 05-23-08, 05:59 PM

I got 200 gals of diesel in Winnemucca, Nevada yesterday and it set me back $985...

Stealth Hunter · 05-23-08, 06:08 PM

Shall we break out our songbooks and begin singing "Nearer My God To Thee"? The RMS America is sinking, and we're going to have to choose to either abandon ship or go down with her.

jumpy · 05-23-08, 07:27 PM

Price of diesel per litre in may 2007: 96.8ppl*

Price of diesel per litre in may 2008: 126.7ppl*

So 89 litres to fill my 300tdi landrover cost £86.15 in may last year. Now it costs £112.7
That's a 26 quid difference.

I've not had a full tank in one go for 6 months now.

If I was filling up 2 or 3 tanks a month to travel to work and the like, that's nearly an extra 100 quid a month. Robbing swine's.

Fortunately I've not been stung too badly on the road tax hikes - £200 per year now; if I owned a td5 from 2001 it would be £455.00! in 2010

I don't do many miles anyway and if I can walk to get where I need to go then I will. I do even less miles now.
I even used public transport to get from leic to bham last week (not having been on a train since before 1995, I was sort of looking forward to it). We paid for a return train ticket, about 9 quid, and ended up on a bus because there were no trains running on that saturday.

Public transport - I can't say what I really think of it on here.

*figures from AA fuel price archive and petrolprices.com (average prices)

DeepIron · 05-23-08, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Shall we break out our songbooks and begin singing "Nearer My God To Thee"? The RMS America is sinking, and we're going to have to choose to either abandon ship or go down with her.

Nah... that'll just get the ACLU on our as*...

HunterICX · 05-24-08, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Exactly $135.09 per barrel.

We're doomed.

We're not doomed,
we are beeing screwed by the oil companies.

HunterICX

Von Tonner · 05-24-08, 04:44 AM

sunvalleyslim · 05-24-08, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HunterICX

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

Exactly $135.09 per barrel.

We're doomed.

We're not doomed,
we are beeing screwed by the oil companies.

HunterICX

Come on Hunter, The oil companies can only charge what the market will bear. The real reason is world supply demand. We have made China and India consumers. They are building all the worlds commodities. With work comes money, with money comes desires, and everyone in these third world countries wants a car just like you and me. So they go out buy that car cause they don't want to ride that damn bike anymore. And they got to put gas in that thing. So now it's not just you and me that wants gas. It's countries that have Billions of people that want some of the action, so it's time WE stop wanting what everyone else wants and go with something new. It will take them time to catch up....

05-23-08, 04:56 PM	#1
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05-23-08, 05:59 PM	#3
DeepIron Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Too far from the Pacific right now... Posts: 1,634 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I got 200 gals of diesel in Winnemucca, Nevada yesterday and it set me back $985... __________________ RFB / RSRDC Beta Tester RFB / RSRDC Modding Forum: http://forum.kickinbak.com/index.php RFB Top Post link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=125529 RFB Loadout: RFB_V1.52_102408: RFB_V1.52_Patch_111608: RSRDC_RFBv15_V396

05-23-08, 07:27 PM	#5
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	fuel in the UK... Price of diesel per litre in may 2007: 96.8ppl* Price of diesel per litre in may 2008: 126.7ppl* So 89 litres to fill my 300tdi landrover cost £86.15 in may last year. Now it costs £112.7 That's a 26 quid difference. I've not had a full tank in one go for 6 months now. If I was filling up 2 or 3 tanks a month to travel to work and the like, that's nearly an extra 100 quid a month. Robbing swine's. Fortunately I've not been stung too badly on the road tax hikes - £200 per year now; if I owned a td5 from 2001 it would be £455.00! in 2010 I don't do many miles anyway and if I can walk to get where I need to go then I will. I do even less miles now. I even used public transport to get from leic to bham last week (not having been on a train since before 1995, I was sort of looking forward to it). We paid for a return train ticket, about 9 quid, and ended up on a bus because there were no trains running on that saturday. Public transport - I can't say what I really think of it on here. *figures from AA fuel price archive and petrolprices.com (average prices) __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

05-23-08, 05:55 PM	#2
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Exactly $135.09 per barrel. We're doomed.

05-23-08, 06:08 PM	#4
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Shall we break out our songbooks and begin singing "Nearer My God To Thee"? The RMS America is sinking, and we're going to have to choose to either abandon ship or go down with her.

05-24-08, 04:44 AM	#8
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