Post #221,787
8/31/05 7:58:34 AM
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Pick some up when you pick up the London Bridge.
Of course, it may be $5 a gallon here by then (premium has been $3/gallon around here for a couple of weeks).
How much has the price over there increased over the last couple of years? It's roughly doubled here. Since much of the price in Europe is in taxes, I assume it hasn't doubled over there.
Cheers, Scott.
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Post #221,788
8/31/05 8:01:01 AM
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Up to \ufffd1/litre in places.
I filled up on Monday morning and paid 91p/litre.
That's $6.12 a gallon.
So shutyerwhinging.
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Post #221,791
8/31/05 8:19:32 AM
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Hey. I wasn't whynghyng. Twas a Q about the changes.
I would have expected it to be more.
Condolences.
My last fillup was Monday - $2.59/gal for diesel ($0.68/l). That was ~ $0.30 less than regular. Up until very recently diesel was more than regular, so it's a nice change (in that limited respect).
Cheers, Scott.
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Post #221,805
8/31/05 10:09:04 AM
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Just wait.
If Venezuela carries out its threat to base oil on your Euro instead of the US Dollar (as I think Russia already does) and the other large oil producing countries follow suit, we'll be begging for $9/gal here.
Aside: Gas here went to $2.79 yesterday. Today a gas station owner I know warned me, "Just got a call from xxxx oil. They're telling us to go up 50 cents at noon, to $3.29. If you need gas, you'd better get it now."
bcnu, Mikem
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Post #221,807
8/31/05 10:23:18 AM
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Atlanta has a 7 day supply left and pipelines are off
until further notice, oil compasnies are discussing raising the price to $3 per gal to cool demand, It has already jumped 22 cents since Katrina hit. thanx, bill
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Post #221,819
8/31/05 11:27:24 AM
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It's all about the local vacations now.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #221,832
8/31/05 11:56:16 AM
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Detroit, here you come..
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Post #221,862
8/31/05 12:59:07 PM
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Moved early. As of 10am it's $3.29 here.
bcnu, Mikem
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Post #222,096
8/31/05 11:37:37 PM
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I think Peter's got a point.
I'm used to thinking of Petrol in AU$ per litre. US$ per gallon simply doesn't mean anything to me. Around here, it's averaging AU$1.15/l. That's the highest Australia has ever had it - but it's been over AU$0.90/l for more than a year. That's ~US$0.88/l and US$0.69/l respectively.
Throughout the nearly 20 years I've been driving, the US has had cheaper petrol than much of the world. Often much cheaper, and always cheaper than Australia.* Not to wish you any hardship, but I personally think that US$6/gallon petrol might finally start bringing home to the J. Average US Consumer that oil is getting harder to find and like maybe we should stop using it up so fast!
Wade.
* And the UK has AFAIR had much more expensive petrol than Australia.
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Post #222,098
8/31/05 11:44:01 PM
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0.88 USD / Liter here now
$3.20/g on the sign I passed as I drove home, and I think Detroit prices are cheaper than other places by a good bit.
But yes, I agree with the rest of your points. But the problem is that since we *are* used to lower prices, huge increases like this tend to shock the economy badly.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #222,130
9/1/05 12:59:32 AM
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Yes, that's a problem.
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Post #222,164
9/1/05 9:38:26 AM
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RE: Your .sig: Hey, how'd you make the Reversed "d"?
Err... oh... nevermind.
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