Price of gas [message #55169] |
Wed, 26 April 2006 08:40 |
Bill Martinelli
Messages: 677 Registered: May 2009
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Whats everyone doing with the affects of gas price on the rise.Any one have an idea for people to contact to help out to control cost or let let is go as is. Time to knock off a spotted owl and drill in the refuge maybe? Alcohol from sugar or grain? we have lots of farm land
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Re: Price of gas [message #55171 is a reply to message #55169] |
Wed, 26 April 2006 12:09 |
Damir
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The last time we talked about this, September 19th 2005., the price of gas here in Croatia was $1,23-1,42 / l, or about $5 per gallon. Today, the price is $1,3-1,48 / l - not much larger (following $), but on the August 24. 2004. (I found on Web) - the prices were about $1,07-1,33. The rise of the price for diesel fuel (summer `84.- today) is 21,5%!
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Re: Price of gas [message #55175 is a reply to message #55173] |
Thu, 27 April 2006 12:49 |
Bill Martinelli
Messages: 677 Registered: May 2009
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Ah, ya like that eh! I thought that was a bit of a parody myself. I cant see how a special windfall tax would do any good. First off as long as it's not gouging, that would be putting a limitation on how much a company can earn. kinda defeats a lot of dreams. If it's price gouging there are different laws that should apply. not a tax. Second if it was a tax it's very unlikely any money would get back into a consumers pocket, where it should have stade in the first place. Whats wrong with drilling in alaskan refuge? I'm not saying desimate the place. but I dont agree with hard core activist who would say any disturbance is wrong. If ethonal cost as much to make as gas that would be just fine. Why not give thousands of farmers some income, in America, for a renuable energy source? We use around 167 billion gallons of gas a year. If mobil and and others made 50 billion in profits it doesnt work out to a lot per gallon. Although it's hard to stomach not only record setting, but larger than life profits 'and' pay record prices at the pump. these guys have a lot on the line in investment and risk to get product out. I guess you could get a refund if you bought some mobil stock and you got an increas in your dividend? Maybe the fastest way to reduce price at the pump is to lower the demand. If we drove a little less and a little slower; across the country those numbers add up fast to significant reduction in demands.
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