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Offline weasel4

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« on: August 19, 2005, 08:09:02 AM »
Why am I paying $2.70 a Gallon for gas....?:confused:
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Offline whistlin

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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2005, 08:26:35 AM »
Because our oil refineries are over loaded and can't produce enough oil. In turn we are buying more oil. We aren't building anymore refineries because no one wants an oil refinery in their back yard.
« Last Edit: August 19, 2005, 08:40:36 AM by whistlin »
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Offline weasel4

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« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2005, 08:29:54 AM »
1  point for opinion
-2 points for grammar


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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2005, 08:34:17 AM »
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Because our Oil Refineries are over loaded and can't produce enough oil. So we are buying more. We aren't building anymore refineries because no oil wants an Oil Refinery in their back yard.


hmm.. something odd here :D
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« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2005, 08:37:15 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2005, 08:39:21 AM »
lol, excuse my typing, I was in a hurry.
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Offline Hawklore

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« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2005, 10:08:20 AM »
Well.. lets just say you have it good..
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« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2005, 10:11:43 AM »
You have to pay for a war for oil somehow.
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Offline Masherbrum

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« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2005, 10:12:31 AM »
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Originally posted by weasel4
Why am I paying $2.70 a Gallon for gas....?:confused:


Wow, did you just wake up in your father's 1970 Plymouth Satellite realizing the OPEC Gasoline Crisis has stepped into the 21st Century?!!!!  Hurry, buy one of them there Motorcycles!  They ARE the answer! :aok

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« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2005, 10:20:21 AM »
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You have to pay for a war for oil somehow.
-SW
Okay, I'll nibble, (tosses bait)
If thats the case, then how come my gas isn't cheaper if we have access to more oil?:rofl Oh, I get it, the war cost itself checks the price of cheaper oil coming in....right. Got it.
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Offline Chairboy

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« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2005, 10:23:16 AM »
What is it in Norway right now?  $6.50 a gallon?

I'm driving a 2003 Suburban, and I just spent $75 on a tank of gas.  I have some real perspective on this:  I've decided that the benefits of the vehicle (considering lifestyle, business use, carrying passengers, etc) outweigh the (significant) costs.  In addition to that, I could be spending ever so much more if I were in another country.

End result:  I'm light on the gas pedal, plan my driving appropriately, and save my pennies.
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Offline AKS\/\/ulfe

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« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2005, 10:43:29 AM »
You didn't nibble, you bit hard.
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Offline vorticon

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« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2005, 11:09:03 AM »
taxes, and scaredy cats on wall street now becoming rich, and oil companies enjoy making record profits.

as well as the lack of refining capacity...as far as oil goes, in north and south america we have about 400 billion barrels worth of oil that can be recovered now, at far less than current prices so we dont have to let the middle east situation factor in...

'no one wants an oil refinery in their back yard."

good thing with a continent this size, there are places where your in nobodys back yard...and places where the locals are willing to put up with it for the money it will generate
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Offline JimBear

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« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2005, 11:16:07 AM »
I'll bite. IF oil refinery capacity is to low, that could cause the cost of gas to go up.
BUT Oil production is at all time highs.  Since when does the price of  a raw material go up when the finished product is the bottle neck?
seems a bit like the cart before the horse.
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Offline Hangtime

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« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2005, 11:18:05 AM »
I was living in Maine about 20 years ago, a guy up the road bought an old gas tanker trailer, had it dismounted and buried on his property. He then had it filled up at wholesale prices, put a cheap obsolete generator powered pump above it disguised as an outhouse and kept his mouth shut.

For what it's worth..

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