High Gas Prices in California...
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That looks a little expensive 
On a more serious note - Don't think prices in general will be falling any time soon. I work for Shell (energy cosultant) and see those prices for crude oils staying up high for quite a while.
On a more serious note - Don't think prices in general will be falling any time soon. I work for Shell (energy cosultant) and see those prices for crude oils staying up high for quite a while.
Bout time your prices on the mainland have come up to what we have been paying for a few years now 
Ha ha - I used to live about a block away from that station. The local media had a field day with that back when our gas prices were really high.
However, prices are now $.20-$.30 lower than they were at the beginning of the summer. I can buy 87 octane for about $2.05 now. I'm sure they'll mysteriously go up again soon...just in time for Labor Day
However, prices are now $.20-$.30 lower than they were at the beginning of the summer. I can buy 87 octane for about $2.05 now. I'm sure they'll mysteriously go up again soon...just in time for Labor Day
Tim Bo said:That looks a little expensive
I work for Shell (energy cosultant) and see those prices for crude oils staying up high for quite a while.
er... good. :idea2:
Great pic, Joe.
I used to think our gas prices were high (currently at 79.2 cents per Litre) until I heard what my floaty pen trade friend is paying in Germany. Their gas prices are Euro 1.21. That equals 1.92 Canadian or 1.46 U.S. per Litre! It would cost me about $100 (Canadian) to fill our car up over there.
I used to think our gas prices were high (currently at 79.2 cents per Litre) until I heard what my floaty pen trade friend is paying in Germany. Their gas prices are Euro 1.21. That equals 1.92 Canadian or 1.46 U.S. per Litre! It would cost me about $100 (Canadian) to fill our car up over there.
I feel for you Californians, and you may get a break (if only for a little while). 'Bout a month ago, both a Saud Prince and GWB admitted that they were working on lowering the gas prices here in the States before the election to ensure GWB's re-election.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58189-2004Aug11.html
"The question of the Saudis' sway in world oil markets has assumed a role in the U.S. presidential election this year. Author and Washington Post assistant managing editor Bob Woodward stirred a political controversy several months ago when he reported in a book that the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, told Bush that the Saudis would 'fine tune' oil prices to boost the U.S. economy before the presidential election."
p.s. I live in Bush country and I pay $1.80/g tops. However, 25% of my fellow Texans also don't have health insurance, the highest rate in the country, so.... go figure.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58189-2004Aug11.html
"The question of the Saudis' sway in world oil markets has assumed a role in the U.S. presidential election this year. Author and Washington Post assistant managing editor Bob Woodward stirred a political controversy several months ago when he reported in a book that the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, told Bush that the Saudis would 'fine tune' oil prices to boost the U.S. economy before the presidential election."
p.s. I live in Bush country and I pay $1.80/g tops. However, 25% of my fellow Texans also don't have health insurance, the highest rate in the country, so.... go figure.
Now the problem with these gas prices and such for us is this: When gas prices go up on the mainland, our gas price goes right with it. At present I pay about 2.69pg for premium which is about the high point that you guys payed at the peak. Your prices fluctuate. Ours don't. Ours goes up with yours but never comes down. The oil companies make 3 times the amount on our gas here than anywhere on the mainland (this was proven through studies). Now I am talking about wholesale profits which average about .13 pg on the mainland vs .33 pg here in the Islands. This is figured in after all the shipping cost and everything. Man, this just twists my flip flop.
Reefscape said:
Time for a new vehicle, my man. I'm giving the Missus the Jeep GC when I can afford one of those.