And yet gasoline prices rise

Sailor Steve · 03-03-12, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by jumpy

Considering the price of petrol and diesel here in the UK, all of you over the pond can shut the hell up about how much 'gas' costs

Your petrol prices aren't any higher than ours. Your government, on the other hand, adds five times the amount that ours does.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_tax

jumpy · 03-03-12, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Your government, on the other hand, adds five times the amount that ours does.

ya rly

I think I already mentioned fuel duty and its place here in the UK.

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lets be clear: were it not for each and every government here adding 2/3's of the cost of every litre of fuel at the pump as tax/fuel duty, I wouldn't have half as much to lambaste as I do

I hate quoting myself.

yubba · 03-03-12, 05:12 PM

Gas Prices in California rise 25 cents this week, so how's that workin out for you ???????

Torplexed · 03-03-12, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by yubba

Gas Prices in California rise 25 cents this week, so how's that workin out for you ???????

Tchocky · 03-03-12, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by yubba

Gas Prices in California rise 25 cents this week, so how's that workin out for you ???????

Summer is coming.

Every year gas prices rise as the summer demand racks up. Now, you've got a lot else going on in the oil production world, OPEC keeping production steady as Syrian unrest gets worse and talk of military action between Israel and Iran heats up. Election season in Teheran and Washington doesn't do much to easy this kind of thing.

Also the damn stuff is running out, which means it's not going to trend cheaper.

Stealhead · 03-04-12, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Tchocky

Summer is coming.

Every year gas prices rise as the summer demand racks up. Now, you've got a lot else going on in the oil production world, OPEC keeping production steady as Syrian unrest gets worse and talk of military action between Israel and Iran heats up. Election season in Teheran and Washington doesn't do much to easy this kind of thing.

Also the damn stuff is running out, which means it's not going to trend cheaper.

I am surprised that Yubba does not mention the cost of fuel is Florida I live in FL and so does Yubba(I think he claimed to have at one point anyway) and in Florida the gas prices always go up staring in spring to so they can get all that money from the tourists.I have relatives in Louisiana an drive out a few times a year Florida no matter the time of year always has higher prices than any other Gulf Coast state more so in the summer time yet the Gulf Coast has tons of oil wells and refineries(mostly in Texas) and there is a huge port in Florida where oil is off loaded we are closer to the supply line than other states yet we pay more than we should.

Something you may also notice in the US is that the price of fuel at a gas station right off of the Interstate almost always is .2~.3 cent sometimes as much as .10 more per gallon than a gas station away from the interstate.

Torplexed · 03-04-12, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

Something you may also notice in the US is that the price of fuel at a gas station right off of the Interstate almost always is .2~.3 cent sometimes as much as .10 more per gallon than a gas station away from the interstate.

Gas is generally more expensive near the interstate because real estate prices are higher. It's what the market can bear. Conversely, visiting the "other side of the tracks" can save you money. In nicer neighborhoods, a gas station's overhead tends to be higher than in less savory sections because land is more expensive, as are property taxes. In addition, avoid buying gas near car repair shops. Those prices tend to skew upward.

Stealhead · 03-04-12, 01:48 PM

I don't think that is always the case in the area I live in there is a smaller city with 3 gas stations this city has pretty high value land yet here the fuel runs about 4 cents cheaper than the cost of fuel in another larger city about 22 miles away there the gas stations are on lower cost land yet up there the price is higher the larger city also sees alot more traffic passing through that are not local.

I agree that the cost of property taxes does have an effect but the owner also knows that many people are not gong to drive another mile or so for cheaper gas so they are also taking advantage of that fact as well.

Buddahaid · 03-04-12, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by yubba

Gas Prices in California rise 25 cents this week, so how's that workin out for you ???????

I get 41mpg so not as bad as you might expect.

Schroeder · 03-04-12, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

I get 41mpg so not as bad as you might expect.

Prius?

I get 35mpg in my 20 years old (rusty) beauty.

Sailor Steve · 03-03-12, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by jumpy

ya rly

I think I already mentioned fuel duty and its place here in the UK.

I hate quoting myself.

I was responding to a specific post, and didn't remember reading the other one. Sorry if I'm too stupid to take part in a conversation.

jumpy · 03-05-12, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I was responding to a specific post, and didn't remember reading the other one. Sorry if I'm too stupid to take part in a conversation.

sorry rough day.. acerbic response error

Catfish · 03-05-12, 07:27 AM

Why not sell oil in other currencies than dollars ?

Just trolling.
Because it's the only measure that keeps the dollar afloat at all. So some were right, the middle east wars were not about oil, but about some countries intending to sell oil in other currencies, now let's see what is Iran up to ?

MH · 03-05-12, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Why not sell oil in other currencies than dollars ?

Just trolling.
Because it's the only measure that keeps the dollar afloat at all. So some were right, the middle east wars were not about oil, but about some countries intending to sell oil in other currencies, now let's see what is Iran up to ?

Yes the Euro!......?

Wait...the gold Libyan rubel.

Jimbuna · 03-05-12, 11:54 AM

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Yes the Euro!......?

Wait...the gold Libyan rubel.

LOL

Is their still a British Pound?

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Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I don't think that is always the case in the area I live in there is a smaller city with 3 gas stations this city has pretty high value land yet here the fuel runs about 4 cents cheaper than the cost of fuel in another larger city about 22 miles away there the gas stations are on lower cost land yet up there the price is higher the larger city also sees alot more traffic passing through that are not local. I agree that the cost of property taxes does have an effect but the owner also knows that many people are not gong to drive another mile or so for cheaper gas so they are also taking advantage of that fact as well.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,799 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Why not sell oil in other currencies than dollars ? Just trolling. Because it's the only measure that keeps the dollar afloat at all. So some were right, the middle east wars were not about oil, but about some countries intending to sell oil in other currencies, now let's see what is Iran up to ?