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Offline Terry in Australia

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Re: Bio Gasoline
« Reply #25 on: April 25, 2008, 06:39:08 AM »
Geez, have you got any good news Raul? You're bumming me out man...................  :P
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Re: Bio Gasoline
« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2008, 06:43:47 AM »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on April 25, 2008, 06:39:08 AM
Geez, have you got any good news Raul? You're bumming me out man...................  :P

Come on terry, look around..... One servo puts the price to $1.56 per litre because theres a long weekend looming and they all do it, one puts the price down a few cents and they all do that too. Its all a damned conspiracy, i dont care what the ACCC says, the price goes up as soon as the price of oil goes up, they dont buy it that day, its already here for gods sake
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Re: Bio Gasoline
« Reply #27 on: April 25, 2008, 06:49:58 AM »
Quote from: troppo on April 25, 2008, 06:43:47 AM
Quote from: Terry in Australia on April 25, 2008, 06:39:08 AM
Geez, have you got any good news Raul? You're bumming me out man...................  :P

Come on terry, look around..... One servo puts the price to $1.56 per litre because theres a long weekend looming and they all do it, one puts the price down a few cents and they all do that too. Its all a damned conspiracy, i dont care what the ACCC says, the price goes up as soon as the price of oil goes up, they dont buy it that day, its already here for gods sake

I worked for Mobil for 15 years mate, and I could tell you how it really works, but I don't want to get thrown off the Kingfisher oil rig, wearing nothing but a pair of concrete booties................  :o
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: Bio Gasoline
« Reply #28 on: April 25, 2008, 06:59:10 AM »
Terry, your comment on funding terrorists reminded me of a sticker I saw about 4-5 weeks ago.
it said: Go ahead, do 75, you can fund the terrorists that much faster.

Mind you the person driving was doing 50-55mph....

As for the use of biofuels, I could see massive profits for some new companies.
And possibly a farmer or two(thousand?) that could ACTUALLY AFFORD to run the farm, and not have to sell due to having not made enough off his/her crops..
The US in particular I think would greatly benefit in many ways from this.


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Re: Bio Gasoline
« Reply #29 on: April 25, 2008, 07:10:34 AM »
Very true mate, it'd be nice to be growing fuel crops now, rather than relying on diminishing pools of crude oil, but I can see people arguing the pros and cons right up until the day before we run out of "black gold".  :P 
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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Re: Bio Gasoline
« Reply #30 on: April 25, 2008, 08:47:00 AM »
just heard yesterday that gas will cost over 2 dollars a litre in Canada buy 2012.
at the moment it is $1.21 a litre.
a mere 10 years ago it was 40 cents a litre.now that they know we will pay $1.00 and like it we are screwed.
people always say that the goverment should step in and reduce the costs....but the goverment taxes every litre or gallon,so with every increase they make more money in taxes.good luck trying to convince a goverment to help out the little guy.
Bill Gates gets #$%*ed over his monopoly on Windows...but OPEC gets nothing but pure profit....check out the record profits the oil companies have had over the last few years.
before every long weekend gas prices rise and then drop when the weekend is over.it's a f#$king joke.
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Re: Bio Gasoline
« Reply #31 on: April 25, 2008, 08:56:05 AM »
Neil, so in Canada the gas tax is a percentage of the total price? Here, in Mich. anyway, it's so many cents per gallon so it doesn't change with the price of a gallon charged.
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Re: Bio Gasoline
« Reply #32 on: April 25, 2008, 09:37:07 AM »
Quote from: neil young on April 25, 2008, 08:47:00 AM
just heard yesterday that gas will cost over 2 dollars a litre in Canada buy 2012.
at the moment it is $1.21 a litre.
a mere 10 years ago it was 40 cents a litre.now that they know we will pay $1.00 and like it we are screwed.
people always say that the goverment should step in and reduce the costs....but the goverment taxes every litre or gallon,so with every increase they make more money in taxes.good luck trying to convince a goverment to help out the little guy.
Bill Gates gets #$%*ed over his monopoly on Windows...but OPEC gets nothing but pure profit....check out the record profits the oil companies have had over the last few years.
before every long weekend gas prices rise and then drop when the weekend is over.it's a f#$king joke.

Since OPEC isn't based in the United States, our government can't force them to comply with anti-trust laws.  The best way to get them to change is to find a substitute product.
« Last Edit: April 25, 2008, 02:45:17 PM by Joel C »
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Re: Bio Gasoline
« Reply #33 on: April 25, 2008, 09:37:51 AM »
Quote from: neil young on April 25, 2008, 08:47:00 AM

people always say that the goverment should step in and reduce the costs....but the goverment taxes every litre or gallon,so with every increase they make more money in taxes.good luck trying to convince a goverment to help out the little guy.
Bill Gates gets #$%*ed over his monopoly on Windows...but OPEC gets nothing but pure profit....check out the record profits the oil companies have had over the last few years.
before every long weekend gas prices rise and then drop when the weekend is over.it's a f#$king joke.

We live in a capitalistic society.  The oil companies are running a very profitable business.  There is no monopoly as there are several large oil companies in the US.  As to OPEC, that is in no way a US entity and is not subject to the laws of the US.  Just because we don't like something does not mean that we can subject them to our rules.

Government regulation is certainly not the answer.  Did it work when the government got involved in healthcare?  Not at all.  In fact, government regulation is the largest contributing factor to the high cost of healthcare in the US.  Just imagine what they could do to gas prices if they tried to help...

Edit:  Joel types faster (and more concisely than I do)  :)
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