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06-23-2008, 08:37 PM
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#136 | | YF Wisdom Dept.
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Perhaps my Nigerian buddies ( I'm being sarcastic) blowing up stuff and taking another 300,000 bbl a day out of production had something to do with it.
I had to call them my buddies because out of respect for the passing of George Carlin most of the other descriptors I'd like to use are on pause for a couple of days.
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06-23-2008, 09:16 PM
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#137 | | Publisher/Administrator
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by Codger Perhaps my Nigerian buddies ( I'm being sarcastic) blowing up stuff and taking another 300,000 bbl a day out of production had something to do with it. |
Considering your "unscheduled stay" with these cannibals, you're being quite the gentleman. Quote: | Originally Posted by Codger I had to call them my buddies because out of respect for the passing of George Carlin most of the other descriptors I'd like to use are on pause for a couple of days. |
Godspeed George Carlin. You made us look at ourselves and laugh. You conveyed clarity in a clouded world and turned words into mere idiosyncrasies. Our world is one mind short of sheer brilliance today.
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06-26-2008, 10:33 AM
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06-27-2008, 12:47 PM
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Just when everything had been quiet for a while (prices around here have been hovering in the high $1.40's for the past week or two) I hear on the news this morning that a barrel of crude is trading at a record high of $140 and OPEC announced that they expect to see $150-$170 by mid-summer. 
Thanks guys, now the local filling stations will all jump up and raise their prices. It happens every time OPEN makes a statement about a possible increase... by supper everyone's added $0.10/L to whatever they were charging that morning. $5/gallon by Labour Day isn't really a stretch.
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06-27-2008, 01:12 PM
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$1.40 per liter sounds like a gift.
Since most cars only use "premium", out here it's $1.53 per liter and as of July 1st the Provincial Government is imposing a "carbon tax" of $2.4 per Liter on top of that.
This should pretty much change our social fabric to some extend, hammer the middleclass and the working man, as well as increase the price on all consumer goods by 5+%.
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06-27-2008, 01:35 PM
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#141 | | YF Moderator
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I said "high" $1.40s. This week it's been between $1.479 and $1.484 for regular. Premium is generally $0.08 above that, and 94 Octane (only at Pertro-Can) about about $0.06 above that.
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06-27-2008, 02:14 PM
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#142 | | Senior Member
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If these two segments above get you interested in what was said at the energy hearing in Washington, here are two more surprises ....can you really believe that some young fellow (Bush appointee) would come to this meeting and suggest that they are modeling their energy policy based on a forecast of $2.42 per gallon of gas in 2015 !! What kind of kool-aid are these guys passing around down there in Washington DC ?? No wonder we are in trouble.
...have a look at this posting under "Crude" and the two previous ones on that subject thread
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06-30-2008, 06:38 PM
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#143 | | YF Wisdom Dept.
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by outmywindow $1.40 per liter sounds like a gift.
Since most cars only use "premium", out here it's $1.53 per liter and as of July 1st the Provincial Government is imposing a "carbon tax" of $2.4 per Liter on top of that.
This should pretty much change our social fabric to some extend, hammer the middleclass and the working man, as well as increase the price on all consumer goods by 5+%. |
Nothing would surprise me in BC, but it's 2.4 cents a litre, not $2.4 per litre.
Too bad. Methinks it would have resulted in a change or two in the next government .
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07-01-2008, 12:32 PM
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#144 | | YF Moderator
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Just when I thought it was quiet...
Yeah right. A little too quiet!
Prices around here had settled down over the past couple of weeks, even dropped a little. My last two fill-ups were cheaper (per Liter) than they had been for the previous month.
Then this morning... wham! Up to a $0.144/L hike all over the region. The stations in higher income neighborhoods were in the mid $1.4xx range, while off-island suburban areas saw it as low as $1.364/L. I passed a $1.364 station this morning and cars were lined up all over the place. Less than 2 hours later that station was at $1.499/L like nearly every station in the Montreal area.
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07-01-2008, 01:32 PM
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| Quote: | Originally Posted by Kevin Hands up whoever wants a smart! |
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07-01-2008, 01:56 PM
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#146 | | YF Wisdom Dept.
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Premium in Calgary is 1.40/litre this morning.
I paid 4.49 in Fillmore Utah last week.
Can't get the CDi Smart in the US, just the gasser.
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07-01-2008, 02:21 PM
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#147 | | YF Moderator
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Carl... scary thing is, I'm not kidding. For a daily commuter car I'd gladly drive a smart. I'm not saying I'd give up a normal "pleasure" car, but if I could afford a 2nd car just for back-and-forth to work I'd get one. (And Konigseder makes a smokin' hot widebody conversion for them even! )
Codger, we don't have the CDi in Canada this year (MY08) either. Still, the fuel version still gets nearly double what my current ride gets when I drive "prudently".
And Premium here is $1.559 for 91, and $1.619 for 94.
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07-01-2008, 02:39 PM
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#148 | | YF Wisdom Dept.
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The Konigseder Smart looks like fun.
AMG made a rather prescient statement about fuel consumption and public perception some time back. As a friend's daughter commented the other day, "The Escalade is uncool, gas pig." Her Vantage, of course, is still ok since it doesn't look like a "gas pig". The wisdom of putting a 17 year old in an Aston Martin is a whole other subject.  | |
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07-01-2008, 02:50 PM
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#150 | | YF Moderator
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The funny thing I noticed in that article is actually the poll in the sidebar: Quote:
Q. What is the most you'd pay for petrol before switching to public transport?
£1.10 - £1.20 per litre
£1.30 - £1.40 per litre
£1.50 - £1.60 per litre
£1.70 - £1.80 per litre
£1.90 - £2.00 per litre
£2.10 - £2.20 per litre
£2.30 - £2.40 per litre
£2.50 - £2.60 per litre
£2.70 - £2.80 per litre
£2.90 - £3.00 per litre
I will never switch!
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From what I understand, the first option has already come and gone. Quote: | Originally Posted by K1W1 |
Heh... kinda' defeats the whole purpose. Mind you, parking would still be a snap.
There's a video on youtube of a smart with a Hayabusa engine squeezed into it. Again... defeating the purpose, but man does it ever sound awesome.  | |
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