As I reall, benzene (gasoline) is actually a by-product of the diesel
manufacturing process.
It seems more and more to me that the manufacturers of fuels want us to
pay by the mile rather than by the gallon.
Glenn Johnson wrote:
The bit I don't get is I would
have thought that diesel cost less to manufacturer as it's closer to
crude oil than petrol is?
Glenn
I hear ya! Just paid 1.43euro a litre here (Ireland) for Diesel this
morning..
Taxation on fuel here is high though.. lots of talk of cutting the % on
Diesel but no movement yet.
Steve
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Glenn
Johnson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
You
guys make me laugh! The cheapest regular petrol near me here in the UK:
The Highest price in this area: 119.9p
The Average price in this area: 116.3p
The Lowest price in this area: 113.9p
That's per litre, so doing the math for you, that's $8.52 per US gallon.
And everyone is still driving the same 4x4s and performance cars just as
much as they ever did...
Those 60 hp/60 mpg cars won't help you when a teenager gives you the
finger
at the lights in their 70 hp car!
:-)
Glenn
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On Behalf Of Chris
Sent: 29 May 2008 18:32
To: 'Robert McElwee'; 'Keith Tanner'
Cc: 'miatapower List'
Instead of a calculator, I have a spreadsheet. At the top I punch in
constants like weekly miles driven by me and wifey, and gas cost per
gallon.
Then I have 3 cars, my 19mpg Ranger, her 28Mpg Miata, and the ~45Mpg Geo
Metro that will prob cost me $600 all told when it's on the road
(hopefully).
I also have a column of round trip destinations, and 3 columns for the 3
cars.
Orlando = $560 $370 $230 respectively Wifes Commute = $11.00 $7.50
$4.60
Almost the same for mine.
By switching my truck for the Metro, I save $142/month.
If I sell the truck for $1700, and spend $1100 on a Dodge Neon to do my
towing, then the savings begin immediately, but only about $100/mo
because
of the insurance on 3 cars. That's still $1200 per year.
It's not huge, but our budget is fairly tight so it all helps.
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:01 PM
To: Keith Tanner
Cc: miatapower List
Subject: Re: NPC: Geez, I just bought another car. Carfax anyone???
Because people are stupid and don't know how to use a calculator
<G>.
These idiots are pissing me off because they are keeping me from buying
the
car that I want (causing the prices to go sky high).
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Keith Tanner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I don't understand why people are paying premium prices in order to
> save a few miles per gallon.
>
> Keith Tanner
> Flyin' Miata
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