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Old 11-24-2005, 01:36 PM
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How much a gallon before you quit driving?

These are the cost per gallon for gasoline around the world...Notice Venezuela


Nation City Price in USD Regular/Gallon
Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48
Norway Oslo $6.27
Italy Milan $5.96
Denmark Copenhagen $5.93
Belgium Brussels $5.91
Sweden Stockholm $5.80
United Kingdom London $5.79
Germany Frankfurt $5.57
France Paris $5.54
Portugal Lisbon $5.35
Hungary Budapest $4.94
Luxembourg $4.82
Croatia Zagreb $4.81
Ireland Dublin $4.78
Switzerland Geneva $4.74
Spain Madrid $4.55
Japan Tokyo $4.24
Czech Republic Prague $4.19
Romania Bucharest $4.09
Andorra $4.08
Estonia Tallinn $3.62
Bulgaria Sofia $3.52
Brazil Brasilia $3.12
Cuba Havana $3.03
Taiwan Taipei $2.84
Lebanon Beirut $2.63
South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
Nicaragua Managua $2.61
Panama Panama City $2.19
Russia Moscow $2.10
Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12



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Old 11-24-2005, 01:39 PM
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I would most like pay as much as nessasary....besides buying a bicycle.
Perhaps even up to $15.00 per.(?)

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/gdu/gasdiesel.asp

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Old 11-24-2005, 01:45 PM
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I thought we were evil because we used to have relatively cheap gasoline. That was interesting.

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Old 11-24-2005, 01:57 PM
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gotta love how the oil companies gouge on diesel prices. lower the gas because their are far more gas users than diesel so .. less people complaining wont really be noticed unlike a whole lot of people complaining
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Old 11-24-2005, 02:30 PM
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Old 11-24-2005, 04:34 PM
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I probably wouldn't quit, because I'm only 4.5 miles from work.
$6 or $7 would make me more eager to get into alternative fuels...
but I suppose the competition for WVO would increase proportionally, as prices rose?
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Old 11-24-2005, 04:59 PM
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I'll never quit driving, I guess I'll just drive less
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Old 11-24-2005, 06:44 PM
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WHY the disparity of oil prices?someone PULEEZE offer me a cogent and well reasoned argument about this,I mean,we're supposed to be a global economy,right?so what gives?
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Old 11-24-2005, 08:21 PM
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I only drive 8,000 miles a year. I would have to give up dogs to cut down miles.
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Old 11-24-2005, 08:24 PM
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When gas prices get around $4/gallon, then I'll just buy something more fuel efficent that I can drive year round. My aunt just bought a Prius, so I might consider one of those someday, if her's holds up well...
My 2003 Prius gave me 60,700 miles of flawless operation before I traded it in on a Ford Escape Hybrid. They are a great car, and all I can do is hope that the FEH is as well engineered.
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Old 11-24-2005, 08:28 PM
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I probably wouldn't quit, because I'm only 4.5 miles from work.
$6 or $7 would make me more eager to get into alternative fuels...
but I suppose the competition for WVO would increase proportionally, as prices rose?
Like he said.

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Old 11-24-2005, 08:30 PM
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WHY the disparity of oil prices?someone PULEEZE offer me a cogent and well reasoned argument about this,I mean,we're supposed to be a global economy,right?so what gives?
What do you mean? If you make your question clear then people far more knowledgeable will bring you the answer. I suspect we'll find it far more mundane than we expect.

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Old 11-24-2005, 08:32 PM
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Does it make much sense to buy a Prius? If you just bought a civic or a corolla with a stick shift it would be a lot cheaper than the Prius, which seems like it would take a long time for you to recover the difference between the small economy car and the Prius through fuel savings.
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Old 11-24-2005, 08:40 PM
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What do you mean? If you make your question clear then people far more knowledgeable will bring you the answer. I suspect we'll find it far more mundane than we expect.

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How much more clear could it be,my Cajun state dwelling friend? why the disparity in global pricing,seems a simple enough question posed by an ignorant shut in like myself? let's have some answers,or replies that pretend to be!!
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Old 11-24-2005, 08:48 PM
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WHY the disparity of oil prices?someone PULEEZE offer me a cogent and well reasoned argument about this,I mean,we're supposed to be a global economy,right?so what gives?
1. Cost of discovery, drilling and extraction and delivery of raw materials.
2. Cost of production, both capital and labor, to produce the finished product.
3. Cost and distance of transportation of finished product.
4. Federal, State and Local taxes.

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