Time To Fix My Bike

[Killer91]

Cause gas is getting to be ridiculous again. I know that my car doesn't cost near as much to fill up as pickups and SUV's but I put the first $50 fillup in it yesterday, $51.32 to be exact. It's usually around $30 - $35 to fill it up.


Oh and for a little humor one of my friends posted this on facebook a few hours ago.

I walked in Wal Mart to get a gift card so I could save $0.03 a gallon off $3.38 a gallon. I walked right back out and it's now $3.48 a gallon. I'm airing up the Huffy tomorrow...


  at least he can get it for $3.45 now

[xxIENAxx]

Cause gas is getting to be ridiculous again. I know that my car doesn't cost near as much to fill up as pickups and SUV's but I put the first $50 fillup in it yesterday, $51.32 to be exact. It's usually around $30 - $35 to fill it up.


Oh and for a little humor one of my friends posted this on facebook a few hours ago.

I walked in Wal Mart to get a gift card so I could save $0.03 a gallon off $3.38 a gallon. I walked right back out and it's now $3.48 a gallon. I'm airing up the Huffy tomorrow...


  at least he can get it for $3.45 now

Ridiculous you say? Let me tell you, "how ridiculous" is in Denmark.
1 US gallon is around 3,74 liters
1 US dollar  is around 5,37 Danish kroner
1 liter gas costs 12,37 DKK
So for 1 US gallon around $8,61 and it keeps going up   

[68ZooM]

No kidding, gas in our area has risen by over 50 cents in the last month or so, it's now at $3.69 diesel is $4.01 and thats at the cheapest station in town, i keep my truck at no less than 1/2 a tank, no way i'll let it run low before i fill it. With a 38 gallon tank at current prices it would cost $ 140.22 to fill if it was bone dry 

[SAJ73]

Here in Norway it costs me about $160 to fill up my car, and it is no SUV. Its a normal Mercedes sedan.. (16 gal tank)
If the Norwegian State did not take over 2/3 in taxes the price would be a whole lot better, but we have to pay for repairing roads.. Roads that never get fixed, and if they fix something you be sure to have to pay extra just for driving there.. They just make it a toll road.  

[Killer91]

Ridiculous you say? Let me tell you, "how ridiculous" is in Denmark.
1 US gallon is around 3,74 liters
1 US dollar  is around 5,37 Danish kroner
1 liter gas costs 12,37 DKK
So for 1 US gallon around $8,61 and it keeps going up   

Now that is ridiculous!

No kidding, gas in our area has risen by over 50 cents in the last month or so, it's now at $3.69 diesel is $4.01 and thats at the cheapest station in town, i keep my truck at no less than 1/2 a tank, no way i'll let it run low before i fill it. With a 38 gallon tank at current prices it would cost $ 140.22 to fill if it was bone dry  

See thats why i say i can't complain to much. i know i'm a little better of with my 28mpg car (2000 Honda Accord) and a small 15 gallon tank (i think its a 15 gallon, i ran it down past E one day and put 14.7 gallons in it lol). But i'm still not gonna be happy paying $3.48 a gallon. Sometimes that $50+ fillup is a whole days worth of pay.

[gyrene81]

personally, even though it would not be a popular idea...i'd like to see the oil companies go back under the "gummint thumb" and be regulated. there is no reason for a company to make billions, screw up the environment, not improve their production facilities, and pay for it on the backs of the consumer.

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personally, even though it would not be a popular idea...i'd like to see the oil companies go back under the "gummint thumb" and be regulated. there is no reason for a company to make billions, screw up the environment, not improve their production facilities, and pay for it on the backs of the consumer.

that's the American way        they make billions in "Months"   makes me 

[AAJagerX]

that's the American way        they make billions in "Months"   makes me 

Then, every fiscal year they whine about how their profits are down. 

[gyrene81]

Then, every fiscal year they whine about how their profits are down. 

oh yeah...and this is the beauty of modern economics...if there isn't x% of profit from last fiscal quarter...it's a net loss, even though there was an actual net profit.

we have to keep those big bonuses, yachts, mansions and cuban cigars going...

[Motherland]

Ridiculous you say? Let me tell you, "how ridiculous" is in Denmark.
1 US gallon is around 3,74 liters
1 US dollar  is around 5,37 Danish kroner
1 liter gas costs 12,37 DKK
So for 1 US gallon around $8,61 and it keeps going up   

Here in Norway it costs me about $160 to fill up my car, and it is no SUV. Its a normal Mercedes sedan.. (16 gal tank)
If the Norwegian State did not take over 2/3 in taxes the price would be a whole lot better, but we have to pay for repairing roads.. Roads that never get fixed, and if they fix something you be sure to have to pay extra just for driving there.. They just make it a toll road. 

You guys have public transportation. We have pretty much no choice other than to use our cars, there's no rail system to speak of here.

[Spikes]

3.67 here.

[Belial]

3.50$ here too..I just bought a tacoma and it costs 60$ to fill...was driving a escort that was 25$ to fill...ah well this countries on a fritz and were all going down with it.

Thing's keep getting more expensive...gas, groceries, metals, etc...but are wages going up at the same rate? NO

[AAJagerX]

oh yeah...and this is the beauty of modern economics...if there isn't x% of profit from last fiscal quarter...it's a net loss, even though there was an actual net profit.

we have to keep those big bonuses, yachts, mansions and cuban cigars going...

The trick of it is...  they don't WANT to profit.  If they post a profit, they have to pay taxes on their gains.  I worked for a company that did the same thing on a smaller scale.  At the end of the year we'd buy up tons of product for the plant, pay out huge bonuses, and generally spend like women at the mall.  The theory was that it'd be better to pay it out rather than be taxed...  I liked working there.  

[Motherland]

The trick of it is...  they don't WANT to profit.  If they post a profit, they have to pay taxes on their gains.  I worked for a company that did the same thing on a smaller scale.  At the end of the year we'd buy up tons of product for the plant, pay out huge bonuses, and generally spend like women at the mall.  Their theory was that it'd be better to pay it out rather than be taxed...  I liked working there.   

That company probably didn't have lawyers to get out of paying virtually all tax, either

[Shuffler]

It's the smart thing to do and helps the economy. More money in circulation..


If my truck is not empty it takes around $70 to fill it. I never run it too low.

It's just the cost of doing business.