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Old 03-09-11, 01:19 AM   #1
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I took these photo's just 20 minutes ago.


Monthly expenditures are definately going up. What worries me in the long term is what the new gas price will be fixed at after Big Oil runs out of excuses. Gas prices will probably drop in the future, but they'll be higher then what they were before. Im guessing it will probably go down to 3.50 or 3.75 after all's said and done. I HIGHLY doublt we'll see it go back down to the 3.20 to 3.30 it was before. Why do i expect that? cause its what the big oil exec's did to everybody before. no reason to not expect them to dick us over again. Yeah I realize that oil production has peaked, but i cannot see how prices are justfied so long as Oil is turning BILLIONS in pure unadulterated profit.

edit: Oh and BTW, this is the cheap station in my area. The other stations usually charge 5 to 10 cents more.


More important then unleaded, is Diesal! Cost of foods, goods, and services should be going up soon.

I wonder where it will peak at. In an odd way, i hope its 5 dollars, or more!. Maybe that will get enough people bitching at the politicians to reign in those greedy bastards.


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Oh here's a fun fact. Of my 8 hour work day today, 3 of them just went into my gas tank.

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Old 03-09-11, 05:38 AM   #2
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€1.593 Unlead 95; €1.725 Unlead 98; €1.443 Diesel; €1.515 Diesel+; €0.826 GPL (gas) per litre.
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Old 03-09-11, 08:48 AM   #3
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The taxes on Diesel are very high.

Would people be in favour of a separate tax for commercial use of diesel and a separate tax on Passenger car diesel?

Diesel technology has many advantages. Personally, I like the idea of a passenger car that has a Diesel-electric series powertrain.

I wonder how many people would buy a diesel car if the taxes were more aligned with what people bay for MoGas?
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Old 04-14-11, 08:11 PM   #4
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Not in my area, but in my state.

5.40, yup, thats five dollars and fourty cents.
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-590490

In my area, last i looked, it was 4.20, though I paid 4.30 in Orange.
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Old 04-14-11, 08:25 PM   #5
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Well there's always worse. Here in Holland you pay €1,74 per liter which comes down to $9,50 per gallon..
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Old 04-17-11, 10:26 AM   #6
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~$3.80

I miss my .99 cent gas from the mid 90s.
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Old 04-17-11, 01:49 PM   #7
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~$3.80

I miss my .99 cent gas from the mid 90s.
Yeah but that's per gallon not per litre
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Old 04-17-11, 02:00 PM   #8
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€1.65 a litre

How many litres is a gallon anyway? Wikipedia gives 2 different types of US gallons.
Crazy Americans with all your strange units... miles, feet, gallons, ounces...
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I miss my .99 cent gas from the mid 90s.
And I miss my .25 cent gas from the mid '60s. On the other hand I recall once seeing a cartoon in a very old book on the Ford Model T. A guy is staring at a pump and saying "Fifteen cents a gallon? That's highway robbery!"

I saw $3.55 at a station yesterday.
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And I miss my .25 cent gas from the mid '60s. On the other hand I recall once seeing a cartoon in a very old book on the Ford Model T. A guy is staring at a pump and saying "Fifteen cents a gallon? That's highway robbery!"

I saw $3.55 at a station yesterday.
Pump it direct to the Buna estate Steve and I'll pay you double what you paid...how's that for a cool business arrangemment?
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Old 04-17-11, 02:45 PM   #11
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A consumer pumps gasoline at a gas station in Sandy Springs, Ga. Already tumbling due to increased production and a boost in imports, gas prices could dip more as refiners start selling less-expensive winter fuel blends.


The remnants of an old car and gas pump at Bob Audette's place, east of Edgewood.
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Old 04-15-11, 03:59 PM   #12
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In the UK we are now averaging over £1.30 a litre...absolutely disgraceful and nothing short of legalised robbery
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Average is AU$1.45/L at the moment. About AU$0.10 more for premium 98 Octane.
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$1.56 litre diesel . Brisbane = $5.90 a gallon .
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Old 04-15-11, 06:58 PM   #15
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I wonder how many people would buy a diesel car if the taxes were more aligned with what people bay for MoGas?
MoGas = LPG? (lpg used to be about 30-40ppl it's now around twice that much)

Well, here in blighty diesel used to be cheaper than petrol, this, encouraged by the government, led to many people buying diesel cars. Over time diesel became more expensive with the addition of higher fuel duty. dutylolz. I'd expect your model to follow the same lines.... be afraid, be very afraid.

Currently 1 litre of diesel can be as much as £1.41.9 (indeed higher in some places), with petrol being about 5ppl cheaper.

in real terms it means filling up from empty will cost about £130.00 per tank (89L).
This is with the bog-standard economy diesel fuel, never mind about your V-power from shell or whatever.
It makes me rage every time I get rapped at the pump.
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