One of the issues, as gas prices sky rocketed last summer, was the limited refining capabilities. The oil industry, as I recall, said that refining was maxxed out, and importing more crude would not have made a significant difference. There has not been a new refinery built in the US in something like thirty years. (aside - it's funny how refining increased when environmental restrictions were dropped.) Will any of this huge windfall profit be used to build new refineries??? I think it should.
I dont think our friends in the US have absorbed the actual price we pay in the UK, which is UK = £0.99 GBP per LITRE (not gallon) = $1.76 a LITRE USD, which is more than three time the price they pay in the USAOriginally Posted by optispares
We get it. And for myself, I think we would be better off if we had the same pricing. To be fair, distances in the UK are not what they are in the US (to work, school etc) and our mass transportation is inadequate in most areas.
our public transport is rediculously crap.. my partner spends 1/3 her salary on fuel to get to work. does your head in - she doesnt earn much, and has a diddly little mondeo
I still say do a bit of volunteer rationing. Ride with a friend etc. Use less and tell the Arabs to keep that black stuff in the ground!!!
:)
thats a neat idea, but she works as a 1-1 carer, all over the county, at any hour of the day. I have a LPG car, which helps
For the truly metric-illiterate: 1 Litre/Liter = 1.0566882 quart. Four quarts to a gallon, etc., etc.
Think a gallon of gas is expensive?
This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective.
Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 .. . $10.32 per gallon
Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 .... $9.52 per gallon
Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 ........... $10.17 per gallon
Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 ...... $10.00 per gallon
Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 ......... $33.60 per gallon
Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 ......... $178.13 per gallon
Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 . ... $123.20 per gallon
Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 .............. $25.42 per gallon
Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 .............. $84.48 per gallon
And this is the REAL KICKER...
Evian water 9 oz $1.49 ........... $21.19 per gallon?!
$21.19 for WATER - and the buyers don't even know the source. (Evian spelled backwards is Naive.) So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, or God forbid Pepto Bismal or Nyquil.
By the same logic, be happy a pound of sugar doesn't cost as much as a pound of gold. I seem to be missing the point?
No point intended, just a cute observation.
Oh and I suppose you're going to deny stealing my strawberries as well!!!!:shiner:
Ah, but, one American Pint = 16 fl. oz, therefore one gallon = 128 fl. oz.
one British Pint = 20 fl. oz therefore one gallon = 160 fl. oz.
so we have to put that into the equation too!!
Price around here is $2.99/gal.
Do you think that the Cheney administration is in cahoots with Big Oil to extort ANWR drilling? If they make us feel the price crunch, will the average American pressure congress into ruining the Alaskan environment? Is the price increase just a ploy?
When the 2nd quarter figures are in for Exxon! If its a question of supply and demand, there doesn't seem to be much of a shortage of 2.99 gas. I still say the best ploy will be to stop driving. I don't mean altogether, I mean those useless trips we all make. I've heard that if the driving public can reduce its usage by 3 % the message will have been sent. This situation is payback for a lot of the policies of the present administration. Don't look for any help from them.
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Watched Bush's speech today. Do I never learn? The lack of vision is truly extraordinary.
He is earmarking $1.2 billion for hydrogen power research. To put this in perspective, this is 3 times the amount of the retirement package for Exxon's CEO. Wheee.
He is still beating the ANWR deadhorse. The Energy Dept own numbers say if this were a go today, the first oil we would see would be in 2013 and output would peak in 2025. If all the Energy Dept's projections are right, the oil from ANWR would equate to .4% of foreign imports over that time period. Again, wheeee.
He is getting very tough with the oil companies. Over the next 10 years he wants to roll back $2 billion of the recently passed tax incentives. Again, to put in perspective, Exxon last year netted $36 billion profit. (Stock tip, don't go dumping any of that Exxon or Conoco stock; call me a cockeyed optimist, but I predict they will weather this blow.)
Of course no talk of mandatory fuel efficiency standands, something we know works and is relatively easy to implement.
I would make a really awful politician, I'm too much of a softie. I actually feel sorry for W. It's clear that he thinks he is doing the best he can. (I am sorry to tell you: I believe he's right.) He looks puzzled as to why people don't like him. It's just pitiful.:(
$3.73!!
Was $2.91 this morning, now $2.95
http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx
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Just paid $1.18 per liter here in Canada... HOLY! Just moved up from the states so gas prices are quite the change for me. No wonder why your transit system is so great here in Canada.
let's see. 1 liter = 0.26 gallons.... lol, you do the math...
i feel for the u.k r's....
Don't forget, here in the Fraser Valley we don't have the transit tax added on as you city people do. We're at $1.06 at most stations. At a SuperStore gas bar, even .05$ less.
I live in Hope, but work in Abbotsford, a daily round trip commute of basically 200kms. A tank of gas lasts me 3 days. At $50. a tank. And I work 5 days a week.
Does the Canadian government subsidise the oil industry the way the US government does?
This administration IS the oil industry!
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Base price represents the approximate Canadian national average before tax price for 2005.
Information obtained as of March 1, 2006. Taxes listed are for gasoline only.
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The website this is an excerpt from (PetroCanada) also states that the average amount of tax on gas is 35% in Canada, compared to 20% in the US. Therefore, it would seem conclusive that yes, the gov't DOES indeed subsidize the gas industry. And quite heavily, in fact.
I believe it was the Today show today said gas prices in the UK were $6.58 per
Gal. WOW no wonder they don't drive far or much. :drop:
they have a very efficient public transit system. I have not traveled extensively in Great Britan but when I spent some time in Wimbleton I wondered why anyone would need a car. We traveled everywhere we wanted to go by train. It was wonderful.
The problem we have in the states is that we're spread out, and largely without public transit, save the metropolitan areas. If we weren't spending so much time and money protecting existing oil resources, we could be putting together a transit system......Nawh! we'd rather fight a war. We deserve what's happening now, and we can only blame ourselves. A bitter pill.
"Always laugh when you can. It is a cheap medicine"
Lord Byron
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This administration is not about doing what's right or best; it's about making a decision (for God only knows what reasons) and then forcing it down people's throats.
And what about the 55 MPH speed limit? That's a real simple solution that works.
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