Farging gas prices

Started by PhillyGirl, August 12, 2005, 02:46:59 PM

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Geowhizzer

#345
April 08, 2007, 12:21:35 AM
Quote from: MDS on April 08, 2007, 12:09:15 AM
I hate Republicans.

Wouldn't be much different under Democrats, either.

MDS

#346
April 08, 2007, 12:27:57 AM
No shtein. But these iceholes are Republican. So they get the formitable wag of the finger.
Zero hour, Michael. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. I'm sick of playing second fiddle. I'm always third in line for everything. I'm tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel. There are six things I'm mad about, and I'm taking over.

Feva

#347
April 08, 2007, 02:50:05 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on April 07, 2007, 11:01:25 PM
Quote from: Zanshin on April 07, 2007, 10:35:57 PM
This is a farging crime....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070407/bs_nm/occidentalpetroleum_pay_dc_4

$2.94 at the closest gas station to my house.  Was $2.69 a week ago.

$2.67 closest to me.  I believe up from $2.39 a few days ago.
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Cerevant

#348
April 09, 2007, 08:45:20 AM
CAD $1.01/L today - that's US $3.29/G.  And this country exports oil...
An ad hominem fallacy consists of asserting that someone's argument is wrong and/or he is wrong to argue at all purely because of something discreditable/not-authoritative about the person or those persons cited by him rather than addressing the soundness of the argument itself.

Seabiscuit36

#349
April 09, 2007, 08:46:38 AM
Cerevant, your prices up there are always higher right?  I went up to Houlton, ME last year and i couldnt believe how many people with Ontario tags were filling up in the US
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Cerevant

#350
April 09, 2007, 08:56:59 AM
For the most part - last summer when the exchange rate was closer to US$0.90, gas prices were within 10-20 cents.  What blows is that Canada lets the world market set oil prices in Canada, so we have to pay through the nose even though there is a huge oil surplus.  Alberta makes so much money off of Oil that they don't need a provincial sales tax (I pay 8% PST in addition to the 6% federal sales tax).  So, even though Canada never imports oil, we have to pay when there is a hurricane in the gulf of Mexico, or something gets blown up in the middle east.

So yes, when I come up here I make sure to fill up when I hit Watertown, NY - just before I cross the border at the 1000 islands.
An ad hominem fallacy consists of asserting that someone's argument is wrong and/or he is wrong to argue at all purely because of something discreditable/not-authoritative about the person or those persons cited by him rather than addressing the soundness of the argument itself.

Diomedes

#351
April 17, 2007, 07:33:48 AM
Quote1. Exxon Mobil
The oil giant racked up $39.5 billion in earnings last year, the largest-ever profit in U.S. history. That figure topped the previous record of $36.1 billion, also set by Exxon Mobil, in 2005. Profits were up 9.3% from the previous year, while sales rose 2.2%.

I love it when the super rich get super richer.  Proof that the system is working as designed.
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MDS

#352
April 17, 2007, 08:12:42 AM
No seriously, oil costs a lot.
Zero hour, Michael. It's the end of the line. I'm the firstborn. I'm sick of playing second fiddle. I'm always third in line for everything. I'm tired of finishing fourth. Being the fifth wheel. There are six things I'm mad about, and I'm taking over.

Rome

#353
April 17, 2007, 08:25:00 AM
The oil companies are like the fictional crime families in the Godfather who went to Cuba to get away from the U.S. Govt. to be free to make unlimited profits. 

Only difference is Bush = Batista so there's no reason for them to move offshore.  They have the single greatest ally they've ever had in the White House even more so than Bush I.

January 20, 2009 can't get here soon enough.



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