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Gas just went up 12 cents. It is just the start?

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TwiceOver said:
OP was bitching about that exact situation. Didn't know it was such a big deal. I guess 99% of americans stive to clip their nails on a plane?
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Many people like to clip their nails regularly. Not on the plane, but while they're on vacation. A lot of people, myself included, do not check any baggage. What's so hard to understand?
 
TwiceOver said:
OP was bitching about that exact situation. Didn't know it was such a big deal. I guess 99% of americans stive to clip their nails on a plane?
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Well if you don't want to check a bag but do want to take nail clippers or a cork screw with you...however in reality nail clippers are a non-issue now, I keep a pair in my toiletry bag and have made 40+ flights in the last year without so much as a peep from security anywhere, pretty sure cork screws are still a big no-no though. Many people have problems now since most every airline wants to charge for checked bags so people just do carry ons, but you can't take just anything in a carry on now
 
Texashiker said:
I look for the price of fuel in America to match that in Europe.

How much does fuel cost in England, Germany, Italy, France,,,,,,,, its going to cost the same in America sometime soon.




What is P&N?
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Since the biggest portion of the European gas prices are taxes, do you still really expect US prices to match theirs?

Take out the added taxes, and their gas prices are very similar to ours.
 
"Brent crude futures for June traded down $10.28 to $110.91 a barrel at 2:10 p.m. EDT, the fourth straight day of losses, smashing below the 50-day moving average as the sell-off picked up steam after prices dropped below $120 a barrel. Brent was headed for its biggest one-day drop in dollar terms since shortly after the collapse."
 
It's about $5.24 US/gal in Toronto, and we're an oil producing nation. There are no legitimate reasons for it to be so high. But with the government making tax dollars hand over fist, they have no reason to even discuss the matter.

I always fill my Civic up when it gets to 1/4. Last week was the first time in six years I've owned it that a fill-up cost over $50.
 
I just filled my gas tank yesterday and it was $71. The needle weren't even close on the E mark, and a few weeks back it cost me $64 a tank.

Price was $5.17 USD for a US gallon of regular gas.
 
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the people that work further than "around the corner" that make minimum wage will be affected more than those of us that dont even bother to ever look at gas prices... especially so in places with lack of mass transit.
 
RelaxTheMind said:
the people that work further than "around the corner" that make minimum wage will be affected more than those of us that dont even bother to ever look at gas prices... especially so in places with lack of mass transit.
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It will also affect goods transportation and production.
 
BoomerD said:
Since the biggest portion of the European gas prices are taxes, do you still really expect US prices to match theirs?

Take out the added taxes, and their gas prices are very similar to ours.
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Congratulations on your grasp of basic commodities market concepts. You may bask in your own superiority, as it is shocking how little the rest of this thread understands what you just pointed out.
 
Mr. Pedantic said:
lol

Our petrol is $2.22 a litre. That's about, what, $9 a gallon?
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Yup. About the same as here. $2.29/liter or $9 a gallon.

It's funny watching Americans complain about fuel prices and being forced to take public transport or stop working, when gas still costs half as much there as the rest of the world. Yet we still have cars. Traffic congestion even.
 
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lol

Our petrol is $2.22 a litre. That's about, what, $9 a gallon?
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JimmiG said:
Yup. About the same as here. $2.29/liter or $9 a gallon.

It's funny watching Americans complain about fuel prices and being forced to take public transport or stop working, when gas still costs half as much there as the rest of the world. Yet we still have cars. Traffic congestion even.
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What's funny is the high taxes you're paying for your fuel. (among other taxes on other goods/services)

We bitch about the high cost of oil because we know that the high price is caused by speculators playing the market...not the actual price of the oil.
 
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