OT: Gas Prices

[jdelpi]

First I got the gas e-mail, then I got this an e-mail with this article.


http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0517gasoline-price17-ON.html

Excerpts:

President Bush allowed an increase in oil refinery mergers to go unchecked since he took office and may have contributed to the highest gasoline prices in 20 years as the November election approaches.

The Bush administration approved 33 takeovers totaling $19.5 billion, on top of 21 deals worth $7.3 billion under President Clinton, Bloomberg data shows. Reduced supplies were already pushing up gas prices in Clinton's term, according to a Federal Trade Commission study conducted after pump prices rose to more than $2 a gallon in Milwaukee and Chicago in 2000.

The rise in gasoline prices helped refiners generate the highest margins from refining crude oil into gasoline and other fuels in the first quarter since at least 1990.

I think it has more to do with....the laws of demand and supply. GO MICROECONOMICS!

 

[DarbysDad]

I think it has more to do with....the laws of demand and supply. GO MICROECONOMICS!

jdelpi - lets see the supply and demand curves

 

[Profanity]

This thread can be found on nearly every forum i've been to today.

 

[TD]

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



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.

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 Bismol or Nyquil.

******Just a little humor to help ease the pain of your next trip
to the pump...

*

 

[Inside Out]

yes but if you buy the stuff in a larger amount the price does go down a little bit, btw im lazy how much is it for a gallon of coca cola?

 

[jdelpi]

Think a gallon of gas is expensive?

This is great, Ty.

Howver, those things taste better and come with fancy packaging.

 

[Metal Maiden]

This is great, Ty.

Howver, those things taste better and come with fancy packaging.

I disagree. I'd drink gasoline over Nyquil. (And thank you!!)

 

[Inside Out]

im going to try and make a vehicle that runs on coca cola.

 

[Metal Maiden]

While your at it why not just make it run on piss. Then you'd have a reason to drink more beer.

 

[jdelpi]

yes but if you buy the stuff in a larger amount the price does go down a little bit, btw im lazy how much is it for a gallon of coca cola?

A two-liter is approximately half of a gallon (a slight bit more, actually), so in the words of Daniel Spitz, "do the math."

 

[SCott308]

While your at it why not just make it run on piss. Then you'd have a reason to drink more beer.

You, my dear, are a genius.

Scott