Explanation Of Higher Gas Prices

[The Volusianator]

A lot of folks can't understand how we came to have an oil shortage here in our country. Well, there's a very simple answer, nobody bothered to check the oil. We just didn't know we were getting low, the reason for that is purely geographical.


Our OIL is located in

ALASKA
California
Coastal Florida
Coastal Louisiana
Kansas
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
and
Texas




Our
DIPSTICKS
are located in
Washington, DC!!!

 

[Bargogirl]

LOL! :laugh:

 

[CoventryCat86]

The environuts will scream bloody murder if we drill in the "sacred" areas of Alaska. If we did that, the problem would be solved.

 

[The Volusianator]

The environuts will scream bloody murder if we drill in the "sacred" areas of Alaska. If we did that, the problem would be solved.

I'm not a tree hugger by any means, and I've never been to Alaska, but just by watching some documentaries and such on TV, I'd have to agree that those lands need to stay in tact. However, solving the problem would be nice as well.

 

[Eshaw99]

After paying $3.39 /gallon this morning, I'm hopping on the next plane to Alaska with a hammer and a long flathead screwdriver. I'll get the damn oil myself :angry:

 

[AVB]

As of April 1st, 2007

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

 

[Eshaw99]

I'm moving to Russia

 

[The Volusianator]

I'm moving to Russia

Wanna be roomies?!

 

[CigarStone]

And our real problem isn't having the gas, it's refining the gas!

 

[AngryFishH]

Everyone just hang on a little longer. I am working on a car that runs on bullsheet. Once a week you can drive it to your local bulsheet-o-rama, fill 'er up and go. Order fast, be the first on your block...

 

[BobbyRitz]

You forgot a couple Ray:

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

 

[AVB]

I didn't forget, I just left out the subsidized countries. Puerto Rico is low tax but I don't know why is isn't higher then what is listed.

You forgot a couple Ray:

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

 

[H311oLHD]

Gas prices make me sick. I used to be able to fill up my car (Saturn SC2) for $19! I paid 32, almost 33 fuc*ing dollars yesterday. :angry: :angry: :angry:

 

[Zeebra]

Solution: solar power cars. :thumbs:

 

[KayakinBoy]

Gas prices make me sick. I used to be able to fill up my car (Saturn SC2) for $19! I paid 32, almost 33 fuc*ing dollars yesterday. :angry: :angry: :angry:

Wow, $32... My 2 Door Blazer is $60 (I get 14 mpg in the city) and my girlfriends 8 Passenger Honda Pilot is $55 (she gets 18 in the city). I've been car shopping the past two weekends. We are currently looking at a Saab 9-3. Anyone have one?

Does anyone know the pros/cons of E-85?

 

[CigarStone]

Gas prices make me sick. I used to be able to fill up my car (Saturn SC2) for $19! I paid 32, almost 33 fuc*ing dollars yesterday. :angry: :angry: :angry:

Wow, $32... My 2 Door Blazer is $60 (I get 14 mpg in the city) and my girlfriends 8 Passenger Honda Pilot is $55 (she gets 18 in the city). I've been car shopping the past two weekends. We are currently looking at a Saab 9-3. Anyone have one?

Does anyone know the pros/cons of E-85?

I put $167.00 in my pick-up truck last week.

It's the big one........

Edited to insert pick-up..................

 

[CigarStone]

Gas prices make me sick. I used to be able to fill up my car (Saturn SC2) for $19! I paid 32, almost 33 fuc*ing dollars yesterday. :angry: :angry: :angry:

Wow, $32... My 2 Door Blazer is $60 (I get 14 mpg in the city) and my girlfriends 8 Passenger Honda Pilot is $55 (she gets 18 in the city). I've been car shopping the past two weekends. We are currently looking at a Saab 9-3. Anyone have one?

Does anyone know the pros/cons of E-85?

I know people who were very early investors and they are not doing as well as planned. It seems big oil industry is squashing the farming & development I guess.

 

[LilBastage]

Gas prices make me sick. I used to be able to fill up my car (Saturn SC2) for $19! I paid 32, almost 33 fuc*ing dollars yesterday. :angry: :angry: :angry:

Wow, $32... My 2 Door Blazer is $60 (I get 14 mpg in the city) and my girlfriends 8 Passenger Honda Pilot is $55 (she gets 18 in the city). I've been car shopping the past two weekends. We are currently looking at a Saab 9-3. Anyone have one?

Does anyone know the pros/cons of E-85?

I know people who were very early investors and they are not doing as well as planned. It seems big oil industry is squashing the farming & development I guess.

It could also be the fact that E85 is expensive to produce, expensive to transport (cannot be run through a pipeline due to degradation), less efficient than regular gas (25% less energy density), and virtually unavailable (even here in MN where we have more E85 pumps than most other states).

Economic viability would require E85 to be priced about 25% less than gas due to the mileage drop and more maintenance costs (more frequent oil changes and spark plug changes). Right now in MN (where we have more E85 pumps than about anywhere else) it is about 12% less. As corn prices increase (and they are increasing), this gap will tighten even more.

We did a lot of research into this before buying our latest vehicle. E85 isn't an answer to high gas prices. If you want to say it reduces foreign oil dependence, I'll grant you that. It is not, however, cheaper or "greener" than regular gas.

Some of these problems can be overcome through technological advances, but some cannot.

If we want lower gas prices we simply have to reduce our demand for gas or increase the supply. No refineries built in the last 29 years or so and ever increasing demand is not a recipe for low prices. Even with the record high prices in MN right now, demand for gas has actually increased almost 3% in the last year.

 

[DePasta]

E85= Higher corn prices=Higher Beef, Chicken,Pork, dairy...... prices=people more pissed than with gas prices. You can get more fuel efficient with cars but you can't get too much more efficient with what you eat (OK maybe some people can).

 

[Fatken]

I don't like high gas prices any more than you guys, but just to put it in perspective, would you walk 15 miles (if that is what your current milage on your vehicle is) for $3? Just consider what we pay for everything; bottled drinking water, beer, scotch and God forbid cigars. Most people on this site have no problem with dropping $10 -$15 on a decent cigar and many will smoke one after another. Gas prices for the U.S. is not that bad, considering that most parts of Europe have been paying more for the past 10 -15 years (we do happen to drive more in the U.S.).

I also agree that we can solve much of this by drilling in Alaska. Drilling is not that distructive; there have not been that many mishaps in the Gulf of Mexico or damage to that environment that I have seen or heard of. Look at the states we have and still do drill in, they are not a wreck, well maybe Texas is (not because of drilling) :laugh:.

Ken