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I can't afford my gasoline
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Anubis
No Lifer
where do these morons come from :roll:
its a supply and demand issue
when demand is > then supply prices go up, just about every refinery is operating at 100%, the issue is they just cant make it fast enough
you say make more refineries, ok fine however that wont solve anything now, 5 years from now maybe nut not now
the real solution to all this is to just nuke china, it is their industrial revolution that is putting the squeeze on oil
why the fsck do you live so far away from where you need to be? if you're living that far away you should move! and you know what? people do that when gas prices go higher. people do change their behavior. so while gas prices are inelastic in the short run, when it comes time to move or time to buy a new car, people will conform their behavior, making gas prices elastic over the long run. we learned that lesson in the 70s.
and oil companies make the same % profit that they always did. back in 1998 when they were damn near bankrupt did you want to give them an extra $0.20 a gallon or were you gloating about having $0.75 per gallon gas?
I average about 5 posts a day. I come on and might stay for an hour. He comes on and stays on for literally HOURS!
Get a god damn job.
I worked 2 jobs this summer. 88 hours a week. This is because I have a dream. I'm not some lazy god damn bum like this guy. I don't spend untold hours on the computer. How old is this guy? 12?
He makes hard working Americans look bad.
MartyMcFly3
Lifer
How about those that can't help driving so much (parents of 3 children involved in different extra-curricular activities, people who commute at least an hour to work and others)?
DrPizza
Administrator Elite Member Goat Whisperer
How about some more examples of price controls to show they don't work??
I was just reading the other day about Niagara Mohawk asking for permission to raise the price of electricity the other day (western NY newspaper). Hmmm... I don't see a shortage of electricity here, yet there are price controls. Was your point that they didn't work in the 70's, therefore there possibly couldn't exist any system of price controls for gasoline that would work?
Watch the price of gasoline in the area devastated by the hurricane. I guarantee that if any gas station decided to sell people gas for $10 a gallon, there'd be plenty of people who would be willing to pay it. I think the government calls that "gouging" and we have some laws to curtail it. That is a form of price control.
otispunkmeyer
Lifer
good job you lot dont live here
lets say $3 for a gallon of petrol .....3.8litres
now thats £1.68247 for 3.8litres
which equals 44pence a litre.....which for us is BLOODY cheep!
at the moment, the safeway up the road is selling 95ron (our regular) unleaded for 90pence a litre. if you lived here thats £3.42 for 1 american gallon
which is about $6 a gallon
lets say $3 for a gallon of petrol .....3.8litres
now thats £1.68247 for 3.8litres
which equals 44pence a litre.....which for us is BLOODY cheep!
at the moment, the safeway up the road is selling 95ron (our regular) unleaded for 90pence a litre. if you lived here thats £3.42 for 1 american gallon
which is about $6 a gallon
Queasy
Moderator<br>Console Gaming
Gouging is a different story. Keeping prices artificially low to the point where the cost of production is more than the cost of selling leads to shortages. The California blackouts a few years ago is another example. California had tried some half-assed free market system that still had centralized price controls for energy. That resulted in shortages.
mugs
Lifer
You should have seen my school. Less than a half mile from end to end, and people would drive to class from the dorms even though because of the way the parking lots were arranged they had to walk farther to get from dorm to car and from car to class than if they just walked from dorm to class in the first place.
DrPizza
Administrator Elite Member Goat Whisperer
Per living 30 miles away from work, "so you should move!"
Don't be such a dumbass. Ever considered "I work for firm X and my wife works for firm Y, and they're not across the street from each other."???
My wife has a 25 minute commute to work each day. Maybe she should quit and find a closer job? Let's see... she's a nurse at a hospital... Oh wait! That *is* the closest hospital. Oh, and that's where most of the doctors offices are located as well. Meanwhile, I have either a long walk or a short bike ride to work. I know! Maybe you're suggesting we get divorced and re-marry someone who works at the same place??
/end sarcasm
Don't be such a dumbass. Ever considered "I work for firm X and my wife works for firm Y, and they're not across the street from each other."???
My wife has a 25 minute commute to work each day. Maybe she should quit and find a closer job? Let's see... she's a nurse at a hospital... Oh wait! That *is* the closest hospital. Oh, and that's where most of the doctors offices are located as well. Meanwhile, I have either a long walk or a short bike ride to work. I know! Maybe you're suggesting we get divorced and re-marry someone who works at the same place??
/end sarcasm
DrPizza
Administrator Elite Member Goat Whisperer
Another per living 30 miles away from work, "so you should move!"
How much can housing prices differ over a geographic range of 30 miles??? (which often far more than makes up for the costs of fuel)
Oh, I know...
"I live in a more inexpensive area. My company should close down their headquarters and move them closer to my house."
How much can housing prices differ over a geographic range of 30 miles??? (which often far more than makes up for the costs of fuel)
Oh, I know...
"I live in a more inexpensive area. My company should close down their headquarters and move them closer to my house."
otispunkmeyer
Lifer
i know fine well its all taxes....but its still more expensive here than there, but then again we dont use as much as the US.
the vast majority of european cars weigh in under 2.0litres, and alot of them are quickly becoming diesel engines (common rail diesel) the two cars on our drive right now are capable of over 40Mpg on a bad day.
ones a ford Ka, the others a Renault Scienic RX-4 with a 1.9 CDi engine
but i hate the government for whacing a 80% tax thats right 80% is the number for Tax on petrol, then they want us to pay road tax, and now theyre trying charge us for actually driving on certain roads.....and i believe there was plans to introduce a pay as you drive scheme, the can go BOLLOCKS the lot of them!
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