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canadianpatriot
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posted 10 August 2005 03:27 AM      Profile for canadianpatriot     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I know there are some people who own cars and so who don't. I put this in Labour and Consumption, because it seems we are consuming lots and the price goes up. anyways I was filling up my Toyota and to fill the tank from Empty to Full cost me close to $50

I've seen it as low as 89.5 in Nepean and as High as 99 a litre across the river in hull.

I used to gas up at Shell because of the Air miles, but now I'll pick the cheapest, possibly added with a discount coupon.


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posted 10 August 2005 03:43 AM      Profile for Boom Boom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Was $1.10/liter before the latest increase, here. But we're in an isolated area.

CBC did a review of Govt. gasoline taxes the other night that went something like this:

USA: 29%

Canada: 40 - 60%

UK: 70%

I'd say there's room for our taxes to come down on gasoline.


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Increasing the price of gas to encourage public transport will punish those who drive because there is no public transport. Like here.

I drive between Natashuan and Sept-Iles on occasion. Sept-Iles is a city of 20,000 people - no local public transportation whatsoever other than school buses for students. Gas was 99.9 when I was there in June, it's likely higher now. There's 400 km of distance between Sept-Iles and Natashquan. Driving is the only option other than expensive air flights, and a once-weekly trip on the supply ship.

I'd love to see gas taxes go up in those cities where you have good access to subsidized public transportation; but _for the rest of us_, the taxes should come down. Here, we're getting fuck all from the taxes we pay in gasoline.

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posted 10 August 2005 05:11 AM      Profile for person     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
in vancouver as far as i've seen:

recent high - 110.5

recent low - 90.9

it fluctuates quite a bit but 'normally' it's between 97 and 103. wretched as i start a cross country drive tomorrow morning. oh well...


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posted 10 August 2005 08:24 AM      Profile for skdadl     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Can someone tell me how direct the link is between these gas prices for cars that you are discussing and the price of natural gas (for living spaces)?
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posted 10 August 2005 08:59 AM      Profile for shaolin     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I'm feeling particularly glad these days for letting my driver's license expire and having no intention of renewing! Granted, I know some folk have little choice but to drive...I guess I'm just glad I'm not one of them.
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posted 10 August 2005 02:35 PM      Profile for arborman     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I noticed 109.9 on a gas station today as I walked to work.

I get so few reasons to feel smug about walking to work in a crappy day like today, I siezed the opportunity. Nothing makes me crazier than the idea of spending the first hour of work paying for the commute.


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posted 10 August 2005 02:51 PM      Profile for Yukoner   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
109.9 here in Whitehorse for the last little bit
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posted 10 August 2005 02:57 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Holy Moses. I had no idea it had gotten so high.

My mother drove my son down to Toronto this weekend, and she told me that gas was .97 that day. I was shocked (and of course thanked her again for driving my kid down ) because for more than two years now of living in Toronto, I have barely even noticed the price of gas. I was going to say that I never even pass a gas station, but I think that might not be true since I think there's one on the nearest street corner to where I live (there wasn't one nearby in my last place) but I never even notice it. I'm just completely oblivious to gas prices now.


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posted 10 August 2005 03:01 PM      Profile for Nam     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by skdadl:
Can someone tell me how direct the link is between these gas prices for cars that you are discussing and the price of natural gas (for living spaces)?

The are two completely different products. Gas for cars is refined from crude oil, while natural gas is from, well, natural gas. One link between them is the fact they are both energy commidities in a demand-driven market.

Gas in Calgary today is 91 cents at a local Shell.


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Thank you, Nam. Next question: does any of this have any impact on hydro prices?

And why, btw, do we refer to "hydro" when the electricity (in Ontario, anyway) is mainly not coming from water power at all?


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quote:
Originally posted by skdadl:
Thank you, Nam. Next question: does any of this have any impact on hydro prices?

And why, btw, do we refer to "hydro" when the electricity (in Ontario, anyway) is mainly not coming from water power at all?


It sounds nicer to say "I am paying my Hydro Bill" than "I am paying my coal/nuke bill".


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posted 10 August 2005 03:52 PM      Profile for Boom Boom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
You could always say "I'm paying my electric bill". What's hard about that?
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quote:
Originally posted by Boom Boom:
You could always say "I'm paying my electric bill". What's hard about that?

Upper Canadians always say Hydro....I dunno why.


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posted 10 August 2005 08:31 PM      Profile for Aristotleded24   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
In Brandon, it's around 97 cents; hasn't quite cracked $1 yet.

On the lighter side, I found a song that is a satirical look at our high gas prices.


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The posted price refers to which gas? It's been posted at 94.5 cents in Calgary for a couple of weeks at least, but when I bought regular gas the other day I paid 91 cents, as Nam mentioned. So does the price advertised by each gas station always refer to the superduper special gas? If it does not, then how can anyone compare them?

94.5 cents is pretty high for Calgary; the price is usually higher in summer and should go down later.


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posted 10 August 2005 09:02 PM      Profile for al-Qa'bong   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Nam:

The are two completely different products. Gas for cars is refined from crude oil, while natural gas is from, well, natural gas. One link between them is the fact they are both energy commidities in a demand-driven market.


Another link is that the people who drill for gas also drill for oil. One of these people has just been killed in that search.

A 24-year-old man was killed and three others injured when an oil well containing sour gas exploded Tuesday near the southern Alberta community of Brooks.

I used to work on drilling rigs in the gas fields around Brooks, so I take this story somewhat personally.

There are a lot of costs involved in the price of gas.


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posted 10 August 2005 09:08 PM      Profile for Nikita     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Contrarian:
The posted price refers to which gas? It's been posted at 94.5 cents in Calgary for a couple of weeks at least, but when I bought regular gas the other day I paid 91 cents, as Nam mentioned. So does the price advertised by each gas station always refer to the superduper special gas? If it does not, then how can anyone compare them?

94.5 cents is pretty high for Calgary; the price is usually higher in summer and should go down later.


The gas stations in Saskatoon advertise the regular gas prices, the better gas is always priced higher, but they don't advertise that.

Right now regular unleaded is going for 94.9˘/litre. There is no way I could afford to live if I was still driving my car. It's sitting parked in my driveway and I'm trying to sell it, no luck thus far but we'll see.

edit: Holy shit, al-Qa'bong, that's a scary story. A good friend of mine is rigging up there and reading that gave me the shivers (coincidentally he's 24 as well). I'm going to phone a buddy to see if he's heard about it.

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posted 10 August 2005 09:42 PM      Profile for Américain Égalitaire   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
We had gotten down briefly last week to about $1.97 a gallon US.

But now we've shot up to $2.29 a gallon and we have been told to expect $2.50 a gallon US by early September (our Labor Day).

I guess $2.50 a US gallon is at about 61 cents US a liter US or about .77 cents CDN a liter by comparsion. I guess that's still a big bargain for you folks.

Down here everyone is screaming like stuck pigs.


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Dang - I just got back from dropping my sister off at the Ex, and all the gas stations are selling regular unleaded at 99.9˘/litre. The days of the dollar litre are here! Boo, I say. *hiss*
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posted 10 August 2005 11:18 PM      Profile for Boom Boom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
$1.20/liter here a few days ago; the pump owner may have raised his price since.
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posted 10 August 2005 11:25 PM      Profile for steffie     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
$1.02* a litre at a Shell station in North Bay, ON. A friend of mine in Sudbury tells me that the gas signs there are all being changed to 4 digits to accommodate the new higher price.

* Our signs haven't been changed yet, so this particular sign read, ".02."


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LOL I'm sure people are having heart attacks all over the place, overwhelmed by the sudden drop!
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posted 10 August 2005 11:39 PM      Profile for pebbles     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Boom Boom:
$1.20/liter here a few days ago; the pump owner may have raised his price since.

Of course, because the tanker truck arrived.... right?

(I know, and you know I know...)


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Actually, the gas retailer here has to load his fishing boat with plastic barrels and head over to Natashquan to get gas for our village. As I don't visit Natashquan often, I have no idea when the tanker truck arrives there. Our retialer may be picking up gas that has stood in the storage tanks all summer, but whether it's old gas or new, it all sells at the current price set by the supplier, plus the retailer's expenses and profit added on.
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posted 10 August 2005 11:52 PM      Profile for Scott Piatkowski   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
It was 98.9 in Waterloo today.
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quote:
Originally posted by skdadl:
Thank you, Nam. Next question: does any of this have any impact on hydro prices?

And why, btw, do we refer to "hydro" when the electricity (in Ontario, anyway) is mainly not coming from water power at all?


Yes, price of oil and natural gas has an impact on hydro prices because alot, most(?) of electricity is generated by burning those energy sources.


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Yes, price of oil and natural gas has an impact on hydro prices because alot, most(?) of electricity is generated by burning those energy sources.

Depends on where you are. We still have coal-fired plants here in Ontario...although they're scheduled to be phased-out by the end of the decade.

The U.S. generates alot of its electricity via coal-fired plants...mainly because they still have lots of it.

As for gasoline prices, they're all relative...I think the same CBC report quoted earlier mentioned that prices in the UK are the equivalent of about $1.95 Cdn. per litre...I understand prices are quite similar across Europe...about double ours.


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99.9 in the QC (Queen City)
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Last time I filled my one ton G.M.C. dually pick-up truck which uses diesel fuel, it was 89.9 per litre.
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Perhaps most telling, every gas station in town here has invested in buying a new sign with the extra digit. The psychological 1.00 barrier has been breached - next stop $2.
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quote:
Originally posted by arborman:
Perhaps most telling, every gas station in town here has invested in buying a new sign with the extra digit. The psychological 1.00 barrier has been breached - next stop $2.

That brings back a memory when the US hit the $1 a gallon mark back in the early 80s. The stations started putting out crude little "1" signs next to their prices (which were mostly metal flip boards back then) and some pasted them up where there were signs. Then they passed a Federal law about the same time that all gas stations had to prominently display their prices. When the new signs started going up with the third digit, we figured it was here to stay. Now I see more electric signs with three digits so hiking the price is a flip of the switch inside.


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I saw $2.39 a (U.S.) gallon on my way to work this morning. It's been costing me $20+ per tank to fill up my little Saturn -- gives me immense schadenfreude to think of the douchebags paying $100 a tank to fill their Hummers.
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quote:
Originally posted by The Hegemo:
I saw $2.39 a (U.S.) gallon on my way to work this morning. It's been costing me $20+ per tank to fill up my little Saturn -- gives me immense schadenfreude to think of the douchebags paying $100 a tank to fill their Hummers.

thanks for the laugh!

But then again, I think those people figure they could afford the behemoth, then its a status symbol to fill the tank.

Every time one of those things starts, the earth groans.


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97.5

Wont ever go down. China is a thirsty, thirsty country who's demands for oil will double in the next 5 years.

As a small buisness owner that relys on a vehicle to earn part of my living, I'm desperately looking for a cheaper alternative than fossil fuel.

Bring back electric trolly cars for public transport!!!!!

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Alberta appears to be doing better than most provinces for gas prices.

here is a resource that could b used to compare by region.
GasTips Communities for Canada!


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Well, it's 99.9 in Halifax, which is where I fuel up as it can be several cents higher the further you go into more rural areas.

In '97, gas was roughly .50 a liter, so its' doubled in eight years. I still have no clear idea as to why it is the case, and explanations from industry "experts" fail to convince me they even know the answer.


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It gets higher in rural areas? That's the exact opposite of Saskatchewan. Here, gas generally gets cheaper the farther out of the major centres...mm, yeah I'm calling Saskatoon and Regina "major centres, keep the giggles to a minimum.

I wonder why the situation would be different in Nova Scotia.


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I always assumed it was the extra transportation costs involved in getting the fuel further from the major distribution points in Halifax.

Just an update though, gas went up to 1.10 in Halifax today!

Time to buy that shiny new vespa I always wanted me thinks.


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quote:
Upper Canadians always say Hydro....I dunno why.

Just tradition -- when Ontario Hydro was formed in 1906 (as the Hydro-Electric Power Commission), all it did was transmit electricity generated hydro-electrically at Niagara Falls.

So "hydro" was just a convenient short form for "electricity."

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Victoria is one of the more expensive places in Canada for gas but I honestly don't know the price. I burn maybe one tank every other month so it's not a big deal.

I feel for people whose livelihood depends on fossil fuels (mine does indirectly) but it would be a big mistake to subsidize individuals or industries. We need to conserve NOW.


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I doubt the price of gas in Victoria is anywhere near as high as it is in northern Canada, or even here on the Quebec coast, where it was $1.12/liter last week.
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Just had a thought, What would happen if everyone bought an electric car, would the the Electric companies hike up the rates, as the big oil companies do now with petrol.
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Last time I checked, it was LOL cents per litre.

I love not paying for gas.


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Today it was 95.7 cents, I think, for regular; more than $1.00 for premium in Calgary.
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it JUST went over a buck over the week here in Winnipeg. Everyone in the city was stuck at 97.5 or something for weeks, then all of a sudden every station in town has a different price... Highest i've seen was about 109, lowest was 100.4. Crazy. All the economists must be pissing themselves about the price getting closer to the actual cost with the 'externalities' included... not there yet, though, not by a long shot. The funny part is, all these jackoffs are crying about it costing $150 to fill their tanks, acting like its armegeddon or something, when it probably cost $145 before. Sheesh, get some perspective.


The comparison of water prices vs. gas prices was fantastic, btw.


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gas was at $1.02 this morning. I am really glad that Mrs. Miles drives a hybred. The Ford Escape Hybred is now our car and mine will stay in the driveway as long as possible.
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I rode my bike to the Co-op (Grosvenor, for Nikita) a couple of days ago to pick up some groceries. Jane at the checkout said that leap in the price of gas was kind of a shock. I said I didn't think it was so bad, as the price had been steadily climbing to 99.9/litre.

Then she said it was 1.05/litre (She even went over to look out the door to see what the gas station was charging, just to verify). That was a surprise.


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Just filled up my ATV - at $1.21/liter. Yikes!
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posted 14 August 2005 06:31 PM      Profile for Américain Égalitaire   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
On Saturday morning it shot up to the next psychological benchmark - $2.50 a gallon. Its up 53 cents in less than 3 weeks and 33 cents in the last four days.

Further sharp increases like this will start the dominoes rolling on the supply chains of companies like Wal-Mart. You have got to believe people are starting to get really nervous now. We weren't supposed to hit $2.50 until the first week of September.


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2.50 a gallon is still a bargain for me,

We must be paying over $ 4.00 a gallon.


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$1.40 a litre over two years ago. Now I don't even notice ($1.60 last time I looked)
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posted 15 August 2005 01:10 AM      Profile for johnvosh     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Here in Radium, BC, the gas prices went up to $1.099 per litre. Although the Petro Canada and Husky gas stations are having a bit of a gas war and thier price for gas is 97.9 cents per litre. Supreme is about $1.199 per litre.
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iN our area strategies were tried to target specific gas stations from which to purchase fuel.

Getting people active to fuel some kind of action seem to be the same dribble over and over again. People just seem to content to pay any price and there is no one listening to you, becuase it's all been heard before.

Are you ready for social change in this marketing system. I know I am.


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I drove by an esso station today in the Toronto area that was selling for about 93 cents a litre. Unfor. I do not and will not buy Esso gas since Imperial Oil that owns Esso in Canada is a subsiduary of Exxon Mobil.
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posted 15 August 2005 01:41 PM      Profile for Papal Bull   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
102.9/litre in the 'Shwa.

Guess what doesn't cost a buck and change a litre to move? My legs! (it probably costs substantially more in food, though...)


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posted 15 August 2005 01:44 PM      Profile for Gir Draxon     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Papal Bull:

Guess what doesn't cost a buck and change a litre to move? My legs! (it probably costs substantially more in food, though...)

But you're eating the food anyways


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I hear gas can be very cheap indeed in Edmonton.
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Gas Buddy

For all your gas prices in towns across North America.


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Well over a canuck buck here in Delhi (India)... I can't remember exactly the last price I saw but I think it's about $1.30. Meanwhile, they say about 200 new cars hit Delhi roads everyday. The slice of India that's getting rich wants to ride in style.
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quote:
Further sharp increases like this will start the dominoes rolling on the supply chains of companies like Wal-Mart. You have got to believe people are starting to get really nervous now. We weren't supposed to hit $2.50 until the first week of September.


What will happen if Mal wart collapses?


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BUMP

So, gas was 80.4 cents this weekend. What is it like where you are from?


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78 cents at Stupid Store once a got my store rebate.
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Still $1.51 a liter here, because the pump owner brought it near that price in early October, and can't afford to reduce his price until such time as the remaining gas is sold, and he is able to purchase a new supply at a reduced price.
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Seems to have levelled off around 90 cents here in Vancouver.

I say this with a smug expression - I haven't bought gas in months.


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81 cents in Calgary NW
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chester the prairie shark
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generally 89.9 here. unfortunately for me, diesel is stuck at about 1.05
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Prizes here in Holland, for regular unleaded: 1,30 euro/liter, which comes down to about 1,50 USD/liter
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quote:
Originally posted by Clog-boy:
Prizes here in Holland, for regular unleaded: 1,30 euro/liter, which comes down to about 1,50 USD/liter

Holy smokes. That's, what, about US$5.25 per gallon? Yikes. I'm paying about $2 a gallon right now (down from nearly $3 per gallon a couple of months ago).

Edited to Add: The differential between what you pay and what I pay is basically taxes, no?

[ 24 November 2005: Message edited by: Sven ]


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Yups, mostly taxes, if not all...
And still the government sees no reason to compensate for the high gasprices...
A shake-down by my own government...

"Damn you, Keyser Soze!"

[ 24 November 2005: Message edited by: Clog-boy ]


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quote:
Originally posted by Clog-boy:
A shake-down by my own overnment...

Nothing like the out rage of the anti-environmental right.

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posted 24 November 2005 11:39 AM      Profile for lagatta     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Nobody needs a car in the Netherlands. The public transport system within and between towns is excellent, and at least in the parts of Holland I've seen, there are few days with too much ice, snow or severe cold to ride a bicycle.

The trams in Amsterdam (poem?) are lovely things.

And tram tickets (Strippenkart - or is that Strippenkaart? - sorry) are very cheap. That requires taxation.


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Gee, nobody needs a car here in NL? Then what the hell are those 7 million cars doing on the roads each day (9.3 million if you count trucks, tractors and vans)..?!
This adds up to about 450 cars per 1000 capita, 21% of the households have 2 or more cars.

The public tranportation (PT) is pretty good indeed. The coverage is quite ok, although not perfect (if you live in the north of NL, you're kinda screwed). You harldy ever step out of PT right in front of your goal. Also, reliability of the PT varies a lot.

As for my own situation: Drving to work and to my parents (who live in a nearby village) are my most common car-trips. Drving to my parents by car takse me 20mins, if I go by PT it'll take met 1,5hrs.
My company is located at an industrial zone, which is only visited by PT each morning and afternoon (between 8 and 9 and between 16 and 17). We got 5 shifts at work, of which none coincide with the PT-schedule.
I could take my bike (40 min. drive) instead of my car (8 min. drive), but although we don't have too much cold, snow or ice, we (I)do[/I] have plenty of rain (which often comes unannounced). I'd rather take cold, snow or ice over getting soaked anyday...
I know there are things called rain-suits, but wearing those often makes you sweat like a pig (do pigs sweat?), causing you to arrive soaked (and smelly) afterall.

Or maybe I'm just lazy


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And a "Strippenkaart" isn't too expensive indeed, although prized have been going up last few years (government has steadily withdrawn from PT in order to make it commercial/[Edit: privatized])

[ 24 November 2005: Message edited by: Clog-boy ]


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Hmm. We got up to 122.5 between Hurricane Katrina and Rita, but that leveled to about 103.9, now we dropped to 97.9. At safeway, if you play your cards right, you can get gas for 90.9.

I'm getting a car that gets 40 miles a gallon.


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"I could take my bike (40 min. drive) instead of my car (8 min. drive), "

you either ride really slow or drive very fast.


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Or potentially the car route allows use of an expressway.
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I paid $0.849/L today, in a small town in the "Peoples' Republic of Saskatchewan." During the hurricanes we were up to about $1.05/L. If I didn't have 3 kids I would definitely be driving a small car instead of a mini-van!

No one should plan on gas prices going down. The demand for oil is so high and the supply really isn't going to increase that much. With economies like India and China thirsting for oil, we won't see a drop in oil prices before a new alternative energy source becomes conventional.

I say keep the gas taxes where they are and use the money to fund more public transportation and infrastructure. Put some more money into alternative fuels, or even more conventional fuels like increasing production of ethanol-blended gasoline.


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quote:
"I could take my bike (40 min. drive) instead of my car (8 min. drive), "
you either ride really slow or drive very fast.


Almost seems that way, but going by car is amlost a straight line (8-9km) on a highway (allowing 100km/h), while riding my bike forces me to take the scenic route (13-14km).
And I probably could get to work within 40min. by bike, but I'm not exaclty anxious to walk around the office smelling like I just done the Ironman...

[Edit: Or maybe I just should've read one post further, seeing R.B.'s reply, thus making my current post obsolete.. D'oh! ]

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quote:
Originally posted by Clog-boy:

[Edit: Or maybe I just should've read one post further, seeing R.B.'s reply, thus making my current post obsolete.. D'oh! ]

But then we wouldn't have been able to picture you dripping with sweat.


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I just came back from meetings in Peterborough, Ontario and the gas was only 78.4 cents/litre.

That's probably the real market price when the big oil companies aren't colluding on the prices.
That's the issue not the taxes (which I think should be higher as in Europe).


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Here on the island, gas and oil prices are regulated by a commitee (arg!) and are only supposed to change once per month. This past summer and early fall have been exceptions that once-per-month rule, of course.

It went to $1.25ish in Aug-Sept, back down to $.96 cents today. This is pretty much where it was exactly a year ago here.

Heating oil is still about 25-30% higher than last year, and since most homes are oil heated here, that is the bigger problem.


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