--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- On Fri, 11/21/08, shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Checking the price of oil > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 10:51 AM > > http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CLZ08.NYM > > > > I use the above link 2 or 3 times a day because I need > > SOMETHING to > > cheer about. > > > > It's a Yahoo! link to the price of oil. > > > > Last time I checked (10 minutes ago) it was at about $48.00 > > which is > > pretty incredible considering that it was $147.00 not too > > long ago! > > I just filled up my car for $29.00 last night. It wasn't too long ago that it cost over $60 to fill my tank.
Filling up the gas tank is quite the micro-economic experience. I filled up the other day for $23.00 (Toyota Corolla) when, at its peak, it was costing me around $46.00. I refer to this as a micro-economic experience because that $23.00 difference meant, acccording to my economic habits, that I would go to one additional restaurant that week. Mulitiply that experience by about 200 million Americans -- or whatever the number that owns cars - - and we can see how the price of gas REALLY affects the economy. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
