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Kiien
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:07:00 -
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I cant believe gas prices in the south have caused me to cancle my eve account for atleast awhile real life sucks some times 
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Sirial Soulfly
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:12:00 -
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You dont need a car when you play eve! 
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Andrue
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:14:00 -
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Get used to it. If you're less than 60 years old then I predict you will experience higher oil prices within your lifetime. Consider the current situation to be a warning of worse to come. It's a question of when, not if.
The bottleneck will not be knowing where it is - it will be getting it out and into petrol tanks fast enough to meet demand.
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[Brackley, UK]
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Thomus
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:14:00 -
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You might not have thought of this, but 100's of people have died and many many more are without homes or food or water. Their pets probably dead, they have CAR! New Orleans is the cause of your 'problem', which, annoying as it is, you can't forget those less fortunate than you.
Just a heads up.
Tom.
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Deja Thoris
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:18:00 -
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1) Public transport
2) Walk
3) Bicycle
4) Car share
5) Smaller car
Its still a lot cheaper than many other countries. Frankly I hope it gets more expensive in the USA. Why so many people need a 4L SUV to drive one person half a mile is beyond me.
Hopefully it makes people evaluate their driving habits.
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Wrayeth
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:18:00 -
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The price for 89 Octane gasoline here in Arizona in the U.S. just hit $3.09 per gallon (3.78 liters). $40 to fill up the damned tank - I could eat for two weeks with that amount (albeit the food would suck).
-Wrayeth
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Amataras
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:22:00 -
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American petrol prices are still much cheaper than in the UK
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Ace Combat
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:24:00 -
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 Originally by: Amataras
American petrol prices are still much cheaper than in the UK
Agreed, try paying ú1.00 gbp per litre 
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Khaldorn Murino
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:24:00 -
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Originally by: Amataras
American petrol prices are still much cheaper than in the UK
Much Much Much cheaper.
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Just a simple warrior.
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voodoo
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:24:00 -
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Originally by: Deja Thoris
1) Public transport
2) Walk
3) Bicycle
4) Car share
5) Smaller car
Its still a lot cheaper than many other countries. Frankly I hope it gets more expensive in the USA. Why so many people need a 4L SUV to drive one person half a mile is beyond me.
Hopefully it makes people evaluate their driving habits.
Im sorry Im a hot head but would you be so kind as to shut your stinkin pie hole?
I love my "SUV", in fact If my "SUV" happened to make it through the storm and I lived there it would be a much better vehical to have vs your lil shiat box jap wrap. I woulda saved your life just to pound on you some once we were to safty ofc. Now get a grip on the situation and relize theres more to real life then just your liberal ways!
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voodoo
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:25:00 -
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Originally by: Amataras
American petrol prices are still much cheaper than in the UK
so?
jesus lemme take my pills
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Demarcus
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:26:00 -
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Don't worry Bush is holding back fuel as an excuse to drive up prices so he can get congress to open the Artic Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling (it will happen the only reason it didn't happen last time republicans tried was because Clinton vetoed it) once they start pumping there Bush will stop holding back the oil already coming from overseas so it will look like he was right for opening the Arctic Refuge.
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Draig Coch
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:26:00 -
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Yeah 98p a litre here, now that is what I call expensive.
$3 is like prices from the 80's here lol.
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Caeden Nicomachean
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:27:00 -
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Originally by: Deja Thoris
Why so many people need a 4L SUV to drive one person half a mile is beyond me.
Seriously. The civilian hummvees on the freeways are just wretched.
We should have been taxing gasoline into the 5-6 $ per gallon a long bloody time ago, but anything else I say will betray a certain seething hatred over the last two election results 
Guns and butter, yeehaw 
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Sveldt
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:27:00 -
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Originally by: voodoo
Im sorry Im a hot head but would you be so kind as to shut your stinkin pie hole?
I love my "SUV", in fact If my "SUV" happened to make it through the storm and I lived there it would be a much better vehical to have vs your lil shiat box jap wrap. I woulda saved your life just to pound on you some once we were to safty ofc. Now get a grip on the situation and relize theres more to real life then just your liberal ways!
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Wookie
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:27:00 -
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Are u taking the p1ss ????
try living in england, fuel prices are ú1 a litre, house prices are ridiculous, tax to live in a house is ridiculous not to mention everything else.
And try using a car thats fuel efficient and better for the environment like most people do in Europe do to counter the high fuel prices.
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Wrayeth
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:27:00 -
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Originally by: Deja Thoris
1) Public transport
...sucks in Arizona. Multiply the time it takes to get anywhere by a factor of at least three, if not five.
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2) Walk
My college is 10 miles away. I don't have that kind of time. And it's 110 degress farenheit in the shade in the summer, here, sometimes higher.
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3) Bicycle
Takes longer than public transportation. And the latter objection to walking applies here, too - heatstroke ftw.
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4) Car share
Nice one. Now if only I could find someone else with the exact same class schedule... :P
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5) Smaller car
Another good one...except I can't move large objects with a car the way I can with a pickup (my pickup's only a 4-cylinder, btw).
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Its still a lot cheaper than many other countries. Frankly I hope it gets more expensive in the USA. Why so many people need a 4L SUV to drive one person half a mile is beyond me. Hopefully it makes people evaluate their driving habits.
You don't own a car or live in the U.S., do you? Granted, I don't know why a lot of people with no children buy SUVs, but it's already hard enough to make ends meet as it is. For those close to the breadline, increased gas prices can push them across.
-Wrayeth
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Xelios
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:27:00 -
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Edited by: Xelios on 01/09/2005 16:29:52
Fuel efficient cars 4tw =)
My CRX has a 35 litre tank, and that's enough for 500 highway km's (~400 in town). Costs me about $30 CDN to fill it up.
Like Andrue said it's not going to get any better, only worse. The best thing people can do is sell their gas guzzlers and get more fuel efficient cars, it keeps money in your pocket and helps reduce the demand for oil (which will help lower prices obviously).
I personally believe the high prices are OPEC's way of trying to wean the world off of oil. They know a shortage is coming, and they know oil is a non-renewable resource. By driving up the price for oil they make a penny and force people to lessen their consumption. After all, lower consumption means their precious oil will last longer, which puts them in business longer...
Of course if you want to keep your SUV or truck you can also keep whining about oil prices to yourself. No one is going to fix this situation for you, if you want to drive a gas guzzler then you'll have to suck up the prices. Some people are ok with that and that's fine, I have nothing against it.
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Brisi
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:28:00 -
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Originally by: Wrayeth
The price for 89 Octane gasoline here in Arizona in the U.S. just hit $3.09 per gallon (3.78 liters). $40 to fill up the damned tank - I could eat for two weeks with that amount (albeit the food would suck).
Awww, I feel for you, I really do. That price equals to about 18.6 Danish Crowns for a gallon. Our gas prices has just hit 11kr per liter, that's 41.58kr (6.9 US$) per gallon, or about 2.24 times what you pay for it.
So I feel for you, I really do  . And since this seems like the time to mention it, I would like to point out that our base-tax is 42% of our income. But if you're a doctor, you're likely to pay about 70% of your income in taxes alone.
On the other hand, we do get free education and hospitals etc. Guess it's a trade-off.
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Wrayeth
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:30:00 -
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Originally by: Ace Combat
Originally by: Amataras
American petrol prices are still much cheaper than in the UK
Agreed, try paying ú1.00 gbp per litre
Alrighty...but what's the purchasing power of the pound, these days? I'd truly like to know what you can buy in terms of non-gasoline items with a pound compared to a dollar.
-Wrayeth
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voodoo
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:31:00 -
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Originally by: Demarcus
Don't worry Bush is holding back fuel as an excuse to drive up prices so he can get congress to open the Artic Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling (it will happen the only reason it didn't happen last time republicans tried was because Clinton vetoed it) once they start pumping there Bush will stop holding back the oil already coming from overseas so it will look like he was right for opening the Arctic Refuge.
why wouldnt we want to get more of our own oil vs paying the oil terrorists of the middle east? seems to me creating our own wells would put americans to work, lower oil costs and be better all around. ofc I would, like most people want to make sure as much care could be takin with the least possible effect on the enviroment. But I would rather have our own vs relying on foreign oil.
but i think i must leave this post now as my pills our kicking in..
:P
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Amataras
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:32:00 -
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Originally by: voodoo
Originally by: Deja Thoris
1) Public transport
2) Walk
3) Bicycle
4) Car share
5) Smaller car
Its still a lot cheaper than many other countries. Frankly I hope it gets more expensive in the USA. Why so many people need a 4L SUV to drive one person half a mile is beyond me.
Hopefully it makes people evaluate their driving habits.
Im sorry Im a hot head but would you be so kind as to shut your stinkin pie hole?
I love my "SUV", in fact If my "SUV" happened to make it through the storm and I lived there it would be a much better vehical to have vs your lil shiat box jap wrap. I woulda saved your life just to pound on you some once we were to safty ofc. Now get a grip on the situation and relize theres more to real life then just your liberal ways!
Quick, stop those liberal conspirators before they cause another storm in order to drive up oil prices!
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Danton Marcellus
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:32:00 -
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What is this gallon?
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Andrue
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:33:00 -
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Originally by: Wookie
Are u taking the p1ss ????
try living in england, fuel prices are ú1 a litre, house prices are ridiculous, tax to live in a house is ridiculous not to mention everything else.
And try using a car thats fuel efficient and better for the environment like most people do in Europe do to counter the high fuel prices.
Actually the tax has a big advantage. When the crap hits the fan and fuel production gets bottlenecked permanently and prices skyrocket the government can cushion the blow by reducing the taxation. It also means that there is a break of sorts on UK oil usage. We are just about avoiding getting fatally addicted to it like the US.
Everyone in the UK is already aware of the cost of fuel and will be less shocked and less panicked when prices really take off. We might () even get tax breaks from the government to cushion the blow.
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(Battle hardened miner)
[Brackley, UK]
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Caeden Nicomachean
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:33:00 -
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Originally by: Wrayeth
...sucks in Arizona. Multiply the time it takes to get anywhere by a factor of at least three, if not five.
My college is 10 miles away. I don't have that kind of time. And it's 110 degress farenheit in the shade in the summer, here, sometimes higher.
Takes longer than public transportation. And the latter objection to walking applies here, too - heatstroke ftw.
Nice one. Now if only I could find someone else with the exact same class schedule... :P
Another good one...except I can't move large objects with a car the way I can with a pickup (my pickup's only a 4-cylinder, btw).
You don't own a car or live in the U.S., do you? Granted, I don't know why a lot of people with no children buy SUVs, but it's already hard enough to make ends meet as it is. For those close to the breadline, increased gas prices can push them across.
Get yourself to campus very early, leave very late. Spend the interim hours in the libary. If you have idle time, read Thoreau and Emerson in the (likely) gorgeous setting that is a college campus :) Work in the evenings if you have to make ends meet.
*shrug*
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Demarcus
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:34:00 -
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Stop trying to compare the Europe to the US. The county I live in is bigger than most of your countries. You come here and bike/walk your a$$ 35 miles each way to work.
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You are all worthless, and weak.
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Draig Coch
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:34:00 -
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Edited by: Draig Coch on 01/09/2005 16:37:23
Stop whining on forums about VERY CHEAP prices please....!!
No one cares that you cancel your account of $20 a month because prices for fuel in your area have gone up a few cents when most others are paying over double that anyway.
Walk for a week or be quiet about it, or (shock, horror) get a more fuel efficient vehicle like the rest of the world has to.
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Wookie
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:34:00 -
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Andrue, i used to live just down the road from u, in Hook Norton :) small world eh.
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Ace Combat
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:35:00 -
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Originally by: Wrayeth
Originally by: Ace Combat
Originally by: Amataras
American petrol prices are still much cheaper than in the UK
Agreed, try paying ú1.00 gbp per litre
Alrighty...but what's the purchasing power of the pound, these days? I'd truly like to know what you can buy in terms of non-gasoline items with a pound compared to a dollar.
Well a pound will buy you like a 500ml bottle of pepsi if that helps :/ good grief Pepsi is more expensive than petrol :/ lol
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Rafein
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Posted - 2005.09.01 16:35:00 -
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Edited by: Rafein on 01/09/2005 16:39:29
The oil from the Wildlife reserve will do nothing. The problem isn't oil right now, it's refined oil.
Many refineries have been knocked off line, so the oil is not getting processed.
And if you drive an SUV, we don't want to hear you complain about gas prices. Since your a lot of the cause. If everyone was driving more fuel efficent vechiles, people would need to fill up less, which would save them money, and decrease demand, which would lower prices. Basically, don;t poke your eyes out, and complain your blind
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