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Why aren't fuel prices dropping like expected? There is a web site that
shows a graph of fuel prices since 1995. I thought after the war we would
see a decrease, but regular gas is up 10 cents a gallon from the same time
last year. See it at www.storydata.com

Dropping? Your fuelprices are heaven compared to ours. We pay about ?1.15 a
liter, so that's about 4.35 a gallon. I guess that's about usd4.00 a gallon.
And you are complaining? What should we do? Start whinig??

Count your blessings and be happy they **** you over like here in the
Netherlands(Holland).


Gr Marc
K1500 4X4 '88
"Gordo" <statsman@excite.com> schreef in bericht
news:V4ZKa.731$Fy1.33620@localhost...
> Why aren't fuel prices dropping like expected? There is a web site that
> shows a graph of fuel prices since 1995. I thought after the war we would
> see a decrease, but regular gas is up 10 cents a gallon from the same time
> last year. See it at www.storydata.com
>
>
>
>

"Marc" <r1100gs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bdhpop$7ph$1@news4.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> Dropping? Your fuelprices are heaven compared to ours. We pay about ?1.15
a
> liter, so that's about 4.35 a gallon. I guess that's about usd4.00 a
gallon.
> And you are complaining? What should we do? Start whinig??
>
> Count your blessings and be happy they **** you over like here in the
> Netherlands(Holland).

Or the UK!

Yeah, well, the distance beteen my house and the grocery store is
probably equal to the distance across your whole country. You have to
consider scale when you compare gas prices...

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Marc wrote:

> Dropping? Your fuelprices are heaven compared to ours. We pay about ?1.15 a
> liter, so that's about 4.35 a gallon. I guess that's about usd4.00 a gallon.
> And you are complaining? What should we do? Start whinig??
>
> Count your blessings and be happy they **** you over like here in the
> Netherlands(Holland).
>
>
> Gr Marc
> K1500 4X4 '88
> "Gordo" <statsman@excite.com> schreef in bericht
> news:V4ZKa.731$Fy1.33620@localhost...
>
>>Why aren't fuel prices dropping like expected? There is a web site that
>>shows a graph of fuel prices since 1995. I thought after the war we would
>>see a decrease, but regular gas is up 10 cents a gallon from the same time
>>last year. See it at www.storydata.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

well, the US and Canada ( I'm Canadian) are somewhat caught between a rock
and a hard place. We all know burning oil is not a good thing for the world
at large but it is necessary. Our economies are so dependent on cheap oil
that it would cause immense difficulties to move to one that consumed less.
The less well off would be penalized because they would not be able to buy
new cars that use less gas. At the same time, because there is cheap gas
everyone wants an SUV whether they need it or not. Trouble is that when
these SUVs get old only the less well off will buy them as they will be
cheap. Like it or not we are caught in a bad spiral and we watch as the
environment goes down the tubes. Cheap oil also promotes disposable products
that are terrible for the environment too.
"Nobody" <none@none.inv> wrote in message
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> Yeah, well, the distance beteen my house and the grocery store is
> probably equal to the distance across your whole country. You have to
> consider scale when you compare gas prices...
>
> (X-Posting cancelled)
>
> Marc wrote:
>
> > Dropping? Your fuelprices are heaven compared to ours. We pay about
?1.15 a
> > liter, so that's about 4.35 a gallon. I guess that's about usd4.00 a
gallon.
> > And you are complaining? What should we do? Start whinig??
> >
> > Count your blessings and be happy they **** you over like here in the
> > Netherlands(Holland).
> >
> >
> > Gr Marc
> > K1500 4X4 '88
> > "Gordo" <statsman@excite.com> schreef in bericht
> > news:V4ZKa.731$Fy1.33620@localhost...
> >
> >>Why aren't fuel prices dropping like expected? There is a web site that
> >>shows a graph of fuel prices since 1995. I thought after the war we
would
> >>see a decrease, but regular gas is up 10 cents a gallon from the same
time
> >>last year. See it at www.storydata.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 11:06:05 -0400, "Gordo" <statsman@excite.com>, wrote:

>Why aren't fuel prices dropping like expected? There is a web site that
>shows a graph of fuel prices since 1995. I thought after the war we would
>see a decrease, but regular gas is up 10 cents a gallon from the same time
>last year. See it at www.storydata.com
>
You wanted a war, now you get the bill.

Pete
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156 2.0 TS (2001) - Proteo Rosso (his)
147 2.0 TS (2002) - Gem Green (her's)
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"theoriginalpj" <theoriginalpj@onetel.net.uk> wrote in message
news:3efcb660@212.67.96.135...
> Marc <r1100gs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bdhpop$7ph$1@news4.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> > Dropping? Your fuelprices are heaven compared to ours. We pay about
?1.15
> a
> > liter, so that's about 4.35 a gallon. I guess that's about usd4.00 a
> gallon.
> > And you are complaining? What should we do? Start whinig??
> >
> > Count your blessings and be happy they **** you over like here in the
> > Netherlands(Holland).
> >
> >
> > Gr Marc
> > K1500 4X4 '88
> > "Gordo" <statsman@excite.com> schreef in bericht
> > news:V4ZKa.731$Fy1.33620@localhost...
> > > Why aren't fuel prices dropping like expected? There is a web site
that
> > > shows a graph of fuel prices since 1995. I thought after the war we
> would
> > > see a decrease, but regular gas is up 10 cents a gallon from the same
> time
> > > last year. See it at www.storydata.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> Come to good old Britain then you will know what high fuel costs are !!!
>
> We pay around 75p / litre (100p in one of our £, sorry I can't convert to
> $$$ etc.). I think about three quarters of what we pay is tax, TOO DAMN
> MUCH.
>
>

At least when you crash you don't have to pay the hospital bills....

-Dropping??? why should they drop? you really believe that once the oil
companies raise the price that they will drop it? that is like that 'the
check is in mail' joke that Bush just told...

Here in Tucson AZ, the price of diesel is about 1.50 to 1.65 per gal at the
chain pumps. I go to a truck stop, TTT, where it is 1.32 a gal, so somebody
is making big profits....


"Gordo" <statsman@excite.com> wrote in message
news:V4ZKa.731$Fy1.33620@localhost...
> Why aren't fuel prices dropping like expected? There is a web site that
> shows a graph of fuel prices since 1995. I thought after the war we would
> see a decrease, but regular gas is up 10 cents a gallon from the same time
> last year. See it at www.storydata.com
>
>
>
>

"The Incredible Swearing Man©" wrote:
>
> "Marc" <r1100gs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bdhpop$7ph$1@news4.tilbu1.nb.home.nl...
> > Dropping? Your fuelprices are heaven compared to ours. We pay about ?1.15
> a
> > liter, so that's about 4.35 a gallon. I guess that's about usd4.00 a
> gallon.
> > And you are complaining? What should we do? Start whinig??
> >
> > Count your blessings and be happy they **** you over like here in the
> > Netherlands(Holland).
>
> Or the UK!



But you see... That's why we revolted way back then....

<G>



--
Regards,

JT (Residing in Austin, Texas)

Just Tooling Down The Internet Superhighway With my G4.......

Hey Tom,

Prostitution may be legal over there, but that don't make it FREE, and drugs
instead of "Green Stamps"?

If it's so I'm there!

Al


"Tom" <Tom@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:3efcc9ac.15240134@news.chesapeake.net...
> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 18:01:31 +0200, "Marc" <r1100gs@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Dropping? Your fuelprices are heaven compared to ours. We pay about
?1.15 a
> >liter, so that's about 4.35 a gallon. I guess that's about usd4.00 a
gallon.
> >And you are complaining? What should we do? Start whinig??
> >
> >Count your blessings and be happy they **** you over like here in the
> >Netherlands(Holland).
> >
> >
>
> **** you over in Holland???? Geez...I thought prostitution is
> legalized and drugs can be bought on every street corner over there
> without fear the police will haul your ass to jail. Talk about a
> little piece of heaven. I'll gladly pay $4.00/gallon if I can get free
> sex and drugs in return.