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Offline Chairboy

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« Reply #30 on: August 19, 2005, 12:38:16 PM »
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abit more... 11,30
Ok then, $6.40 a gallon.  Pretty close to my earlier guess.

Long story short, I don't begrudge my $2.50+ per gallon.  I consider myself fortunate to live where it is so cheap, comparitively, yet look forward to any drops that may come.

Complaining about gas prices is a lot like tilting at windmills.  You don't really get anything done.  If you really want to give the petrol industry the finger, find an alternative.  You probably won't save any money, but there's something to be said for the satisfaction of actually doing something.  

Got a diesel?  Convert it to run on vegetable oil and hope some other hippy hasn't already wrangled an exclusive deal to take all the waste grease from the various fast food places around town.  

Got a bicycle?  Ride it to work once in a while.  You'll arrive sweaty, and the growth of unaccustomed muscle next to your fat may cause consternation, but it'll save cash.

Got an electric car?  No you don't.

Got a Hybrid?  You'll be able to flip the gas station off with maybe your ring finger, but high efficiency gas use is still gas use, so the full middle finger isn't quite eligible.

Got a siphon?  Errm....

Got a mass transit system?  See 'Got a hybrid?'

Best regards and good luck,

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« Reply #31 on: August 19, 2005, 12:40:35 PM »
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Sure, because the tank isn't 400ccs, it's closer to 4 gallons.

BTW, 1975 CB-750K owner, plus had a 1982 CB900F.  .

Turning mine into a "cafe racer" styled bike.

I think my tank is like 3.4 gallons...I'm waiting for a set of carb rebuild kits..Right now I'm a 3 cyclinder that leaks gas like crazy, not to mention the wasted gas that doesn't burrn in the cylinder that won't fire (think I've lost compression in that cyclinder either to the valves not closing all the way or bad rings). Right now I only get 25 mpg.

Oh and I used to own a 74 Kawasaki S3 400cc Triple...a 3 cylinder chainsaw street bike.


Chairboy, funny you mention hybrids in your other post...These idiots don't realize that you get less car for more money. And with the extra cost are you saving anything in gas? Can't wait to see the articles come out when people's electric motors fail and have to spend 10 grand to replace them.

Hybrids are a SCAM.
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« Reply #32 on: August 19, 2005, 01:01:02 PM »
Become a Reformed Amish. Ride a horse and still play AH! :aok
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« Reply #33 on: August 19, 2005, 01:04:53 PM »
I live literally a couple miles from the refinery that supplies most of the petrolium for the West (not just the coast) and we have the highest gas prices around here, give or take a few cities.
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« Reply #34 on: August 19, 2005, 01:08:19 PM »
My car runs on diesel tho. Those that complain most about our prices are tourists from lower-income countries. Alot of them come in RV's tho with large tanks that they fill up before entering Norway, or they use public/tour transportation.

When comparing to income i belive we have the second lowest gas prices in Europe. (cant remember who has the cheapest atm)

Yours is prolly alot cheaper even considering average income so you are alot better of.

The goverment takes most of the money, but they have to im afraid. Its not possible for them to lower the tax too much.
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« Reply #35 on: August 19, 2005, 01:11:27 PM »
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Yes, but it exposed your troll now didn't it?
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« Reply #36 on: August 19, 2005, 01:24:24 PM »
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What the hell happened to that guy... we had one here for awile..
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« Reply #37 on: August 19, 2005, 01:35:42 PM »
That is the way Mr Bush wants it!  His oil buddies love him!
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« Reply #38 on: August 19, 2005, 01:36:11 PM »
But it's getting there.



The price of gas in 1080 hit a lot harder on the average Joe's wallet than it does today. The economy was no where near as good as it is now.

CA and HW Premium average has not crossed $3.00

Note: This chart does no take into account the summer of 2005 so you can extrapolate the chart for that time.
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« Reply #39 on: August 19, 2005, 02:12:54 PM »
1. The raw cost of crude is at record highs. In spite of minor *****ing we still go out of our way to buy SUVs. Prices do not impact demand at this level, no reason to lower prices. Stop buying SUVs and change commuting habits (take the train) decrease demand and prices will drop. We ceased to be a notable oil producing country years ago, and all the new drilling in Alaska ain't gonna change that.

2. Refining capacity is strained at peak periods (summer). No excess capacity around now. Shut down a refinery for a week or have a pipeleine problem and prices skyrocket short term. Building new refineries is a problem environmentally, BUT - the industry has about as many refineries as it needs and about as much capacity as it wants. Overcapacity is not good for the stockholders and it isn't a regulated industry.

3. Just wait until the diesel sulfur regs hit in a 2006 :) Oh mama!

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« Reply #40 on: August 19, 2005, 02:24:18 PM »
Goes back to 1950.  However it does not tshow that the average m.p.g for US auto's in 1955, for example, was 15mpg and it is now 29mpg.  Essentiall one would have to pay twice as much for fuel back in 1955 as they would now to travel the same distance.

 Wish I could find the equivalent chart for Oil Corp profits as well as one that shows the history of government oil subsidies/tax breaks.

 IMO those billions in recent tax breaks/subsidies would have been far better used for developing alternate energy.  Especially after the oil corporations massive, record breaking profits over the past couple of years.
  IMO oil prices are not going to go down much, if again, for there is more and more demand for that dwindling, finite supply.

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« Reply #41 on: August 19, 2005, 05:31:16 PM »
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« Reply #42 on: August 19, 2005, 06:42:19 PM »
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Like hundreds of millions of other followers of the Church of the Internet, he performed the daily prayer rituals (please don't let me have a virus or worm...) before being sucked into the wormhole of checking email, checking news and currency rates and other passages from the "Book of Favorites."

The first cup of Starbucks French Roast was just starting to kick in as he stepped outside to stand around and gaze - a habit that curmudgeons develop when they hit 50 years-old - with the second cup in hand.

He thought to himself, "I'm sure glad cars don't run on bottled water. Now that would be expensive..."
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« Reply #43 on: August 19, 2005, 06:47:45 PM »
Yeah, great sleuthing there on exposing that troll. Whats next, inventing sunlight?
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« Reply #44 on: August 19, 2005, 10:37:07 PM »
Its 2.66 over here..
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