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Glen_B
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Only $3.94? Are you kidding? Mail me some gas.
I'm paying close to $5.00/gal for premium. $4.69/gal for the tankful I got last week. Pricing toulene against premium, it looks like it may soon make sense to build my own premium again. Before you ask, do a google search for toulene and octane. Interesting eh?
Glen
I'm paying close to $5.00/gal for premium. $4.69/gal for the tankful I got last week. Pricing toulene against premium, it looks like it may soon make sense to build my own premium again. Before you ask, do a google search for toulene and octane. Interesting eh?
Glen
RickB
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Different local taxes would be my guess.
A close examination of gas (oil) revenue shows the ugly truth that it is taxed when the oil is found, taxed again when it's pulled out of the ground, taxed when it's stored, transported, unloaded, stored again, refined, stored, transported, bought by the local station, stored, and finally pumped. Then there's a tax on the "profit" made by the station (a whopping penny a gallon in many cases).
I've probably left out a few of the taxes.
It's a really ugly mess that many are not aware of. Add in the taxes charged on the income that everyone incurs along the way, add that to the price of the gas (the money has to come from somewhere). Hopefully you can see the general drift.
A close examination of gas (oil) revenue shows the ugly truth that it is taxed when the oil is found, taxed again when it's pulled out of the ground, taxed when it's stored, transported, unloaded, stored again, refined, stored, transported, bought by the local station, stored, and finally pumped. Then there's a tax on the "profit" made by the station (a whopping penny a gallon in many cases).
I've probably left out a few of the taxes.
It's a really ugly mess that many are not aware of. Add in the taxes charged on the income that everyone incurs along the way, add that to the price of the gas (the money has to come from somewhere). Hopefully you can see the general drift.
tony barnhill
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Florida taxes, Jack!
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RonMacPherson
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Talked to a friend in Annapolis.
Diesel for $6.45 a gallon!
Which to me makes no sense as it costs less to make....
Diesel for $6.45 a gallon!
Which to me makes no sense as it costs less to make....
blkcorvair
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4.15 for regular
5.09 for diesel
6.29 for avgas
9.60 for 110 race fuel.
So far here on Long Island. I heard the barrel just jumped $11 last friday because of teh weak US Dollar totaling $138 something. Expect to hit $150 a barrel by July 4.
I know I get fuel discounted by 12 cents a gallon at the station we hold our work acct at. Gotta wonder how much profit there is when they can discount it that much. Although they have switched owners now 3-4 times over the past years.
5.09 for diesel
6.29 for avgas
9.60 for 110 race fuel.
So far here on Long Island. I heard the barrel just jumped $11 last friday because of teh weak US Dollar totaling $138 something. Expect to hit $150 a barrel by July 4.
I know I get fuel discounted by 12 cents a gallon at the station we hold our work acct at. Gotta wonder how much profit there is when they can discount it that much. Although they have switched owners now 3-4 times over the past years.
Dadandson
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Watching CBS Evening news and they reported that in Germany the average price price for gas is $8.96 per gallon but the Germans spend less on gas! It goes like this; the average price for a US gallon of gas at the time of the report was $4.28 and the number one selling vehicle in the US is the Ford F-150 pickup which gets between 16 and 22 MPG. That's about $.26 per mile. The number one selling vehicle in Germany is the Ford Focus which gets between 35 and 60 MPG. That puts the cost of driving in Germany approx at $.20 per mile. The Germans spend $.06, on average, per mile less to drive than us Americans. We don't need rocket science to figure this out.
RickB
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Let me ask those here in the USA one question:
How many gallons of gas per month would your health insurance premium buy?
For my family that's about $1000 / month.
This offsets the price of gasoline in countries where the price per gallon may be more than in the US but where their Government 'provides' the health care.
Of course you are right about them driving more fuel efficient cars. If our gas was $8+ / gallon you would see a lot of good old American inventiveness in the arena.
Heck, people are already talking about how you can adapt one of these to a standard normal (small) car.
(That's a Jet Engine Starter Motor)
How many gallons of gas per month would your health insurance premium buy?
For my family that's about $1000 / month.
This offsets the price of gasoline in countries where the price per gallon may be more than in the US but where their Government 'provides' the health care.
Of course you are right about them driving more fuel efficient cars. If our gas was $8+ / gallon you would see a lot of good old American inventiveness in the arena.
Heck, people are already talking about how you can adapt one of these to a standard normal (small) car.
(That's a Jet Engine Starter Motor)
Sopwith_Camel
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ok here in norway its 12 kona a liter at 5 krona to the dollar and 3.8liters to the gallon
tosoutherncars
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I'll risk the firing squad, and say... if $5 or $10 / gallon gas is what it takes to force Americans out of their pickups and SUVs, and into smaller, more fuel-efficient cars, it can't come soon enough. One of the most striking things I noticed in driving across the entire country (CA to Ontario) was the proliferation of large, gas-guzzling trucks. The trend, of course, started when the auto lobby succeeded in forcing the government to exclude most "light-duty" trucks from fleet fuel economy targets back in the 70s.
Without speaking to the circumstances of any particular individual... a 250HP 8-cylinder, 5+ litre vehicle is not a valid form of personal transportation, in today's day and age. It's just the logical conclusion in our consumer society.
I think recent developments are an undeniable sign that the era of cheap energy is over, and that the US love affair with certain types of vehicles is simply no longer possible.
Without speaking to the circumstances of any particular individual... a 250HP 8-cylinder, 5+ litre vehicle is not a valid form of personal transportation, in today's day and age. It's just the logical conclusion in our consumer society.
I think recent developments are an undeniable sign that the era of cheap energy is over, and that the US love affair with certain types of vehicles is simply no longer possible.
tosoutherncars
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I don't see why, Jack. A discussion of gas prices, taxation, cause & effect? I wasn't casting aspersions at anyone...
