Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread redghost
Shows up in the mess down south. " Ain't gonna happen here, or to me" then the poor fool is trapped in his attic sucking air through fiberglass, scratching his fingers to the bone to get out. Darwin rules, and the slow pay the price On Friday, September 2, 2005, at 08:51 AM, Mike Canfield wr

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread redghost
More refineries to handle the market forces demanding more fuel be processed. Somebody's processor/refiner is down for weeks on end, and if there were some elasticity, there would be no massive fluctuations in supply when jim bob dork pokes a hole in the pipeline, or a slight breeze closes dow

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread redghost
Biggest issue I see is the one use theory of everything. Stuff should be used, reused, washed and used again. Until there is nothing left of it. Smelt the CRT into bullets of some other useful thing. Take the devastated homes in the Gulf and turn them into compost or salvage them in some ma

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread Mike Canfield
From: andrew strasfogel To: Mercedes mailing list Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices More refineries to take care of a diminishing supply of oil?? On 9/2/05, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, the pea

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread andrew strasfogel
More refineries to take care of a diminishing supply of oil?? On 9/2/05, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, the peak oil problem is real. In the mean time though, we still > need more refineries, more nukes, less BS with fuel regulations etc. > > OK Don wrote: > > > I thou

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Yes, the peak oil problem is real. In the mean time though, we still need more refineries, more nukes, less BS with fuel regulations etc. OK Don wrote: I thought you were in on the peak oil theory - there isn't anything you can do other than use less of the stuff so it doesn't run out so fast

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread OK Don
I thought you were in on the peak oil theory - there isn't anything you can do other than use less of the stuff so it doesn't run out so fast. We're still arguing over what to do with the nuke waste we've already generated - and you want more? Bury the waste in your backyard??? Nope - we've got t

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread redghost
Must be somebody left behind who knows how to kick start the darn things. Scrounge a couple of those rampaging looters and get them a job, a shack and large screen TV. Have the rest of them make a bucket brigade to move the crude by hand from NOLA to OK On Thursday, September 1, 2005, at 06:

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
oh well, not much of a contribution from that contengent anyways. LT Don wrote: I said something about the women getting cheaper as you driver south. Guess she is even more of a feminist than I am. Oh well, ... On 9/1/05, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrot

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread LT Don
I said something about the women getting cheaper as you driver south. Guess she is even more of a feminist than I am. Oh well, ... On 9/1/05, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess she cant handle you. I guess I missed what the deal was with > that anyways., > > LT Don wrote:

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I guess she cant handle you. I guess I missed what the deal was with that anyways., LT Don wrote: I'd reply appropriately if I was on Banned. As it is, I've already driven Jan away so I shall stop for the night. On 9/1/05, Kaleb C. Striplin < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > w

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
We have 2 of them right in Tulsa. OK Don wrote: We used to have refineries here in OK, all but a few of them have been closed when the oil companies moved to NOLA and Houston. We'd have rather kept the jobs here -- -- we already had the refineries. On 9/1/05, redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread LT Don
I'd reply appropriately if I was on Banned. As it is, I've already driven Jan away so I shall stop for the night. On 9/1/05, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yes, these neurotic leftest environmentalists are whats causing our > major energy problems today. Without that crap we w

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
yes, these neurotic leftest environmentalists are whats causing our major energy problems today. Without that crap we would be building more nukes, more refineries, drilling for more oil, then we wouldnt be in this mess. Potter, Tom E wrote: That reminds me; last year on a job in NJ it cost

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
speaking of taxes, OK is now looking at suspending fuel taxes till the end of the year. Funny thing is we are voting on a fuel tax increase in a couple of weeks. Fat chance of that passing. Kevin wrote: On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 10:30:50AM -0400, TimothyPilgrim wrote: For those of you down

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Whats really sad is that we have 2 refineries within 20 miles of here yet we are still getting hammered by the prices. Gas just went to 3.05 here today. redghost wrote: Anybody get the idea that maybe resources like refining and such should be a bit more distributed so that when stuff like K

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread LT Don
Bye On 9/1/05, Jan Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > bye > > Jan > > LT Don wrote: > > Still the same situation, except it is just the women rather than the gas > prices. > > No, Jan, don't say it. > On 9/1/05, *David Brodbeck* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Kevin wrote: > >

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread Jan Guthrie
bye Jan LT Don wrote: > Still the same situation, except it is just the women rather than the > gas prices. > > No, Jan, don't say it. > On 9/1/05, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kevin wrote: > > Georgia's fuel prices, OTOH, are artificially high to make > every l

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread LT Don
Still the same situation, except it is just the women rather than the gas prices. No, Jan, don't say it. On 9/1/05, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kevin wrote: > > Georgia's fuel prices, OTOH, are artificially high to make every last > cent > > out of customers. > > Wow, how

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread David Brodbeck
Kevin wrote: > Georgia's fuel prices, OTOH, are artificially high to make every last cent > out of customers. Wow, how things have changed. About eight years ago I drove from northern Michigan to just south of Atlanta. Georgia had the cheapest gas prices of any state I went through. The farther

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread LT Don
Hope the infrastructure was retained ... might be needed. On 9/1/05, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We used to have refineries here in OK, all but a few of them have been > closed when the oil companies moved to NOLA and Houston. We'd have > rather kept the jobs here -- -- we already had

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-02 Thread OK Don
We used to have refineries here in OK, all but a few of them have been closed when the oil companies moved to NOLA and Houston. We'd have rather kept the jobs here -- -- we already had the refineries. On 9/1/05, redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, maybe they should get charged more for being

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread Kevin
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 04:44:01PM -0500, Potter, Tom E wrote: > That reminds me; last year on a job in NJ it cost us over $100,000.00 to > put camouflage netting over our work site because there was an eagle's > nest less than a mile away. Your are trying to CAMOUFLAGE something from > an EAGLE,

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread Mike Canfield
Last I knew Georgia was in the USAThat price is in US figures. Mike - Original Message - From: ned kleinhenz To: Mercedes Diesel List Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices That price is high. But it sounds worse

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread Potter, Tom E
ED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of redghost > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:20 PM > To: Mercedes mailing list > Subject: Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices > > > Anybody get the idea that maybe resources like refining and such should > be a bit more dis

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread redghost
mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices Anybody get the idea that maybe resources like refining and such should be a bit more distributed so that when stuff like Katrina happens we are all not bound to take it in the shorts? Great idea for power generation as well. Why have

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread Potter, Tom E
, 2005 3:20 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices Anybody get the idea that maybe resources like refining and such should be a bit more distributed so that when stuff like Katrina happens we are all not bound to take it in the shorts? Great idea for power

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread Kevin
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 10:30:50AM -0400, TimothyPilgrim wrote: > For those of you down south who think that you're paying too much for > gas, see how you compare to Canada. I hope this chart link works, and > it reflects yesterday's prices. BZT. Canada to some extent, and Europe to a large

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread redghost
Anybody get the idea that maybe resources like refining and such should be a bit more distributed so that when stuff like Katrina happens we are all not bound to take it in the shorts? Great idea for power generation as well. Why have it all concentrated? Just makes it easier for terrorists

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread LT Don
I think I'd prefer to just brew my own biodiesel, at least until winter. And yes, I will pay road taxes, Marshall. Don On 9/1/05, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > LT Don wrote: > > Yea, but per CNN yesterday the governor down there said that price > > gouging would not be tolerated

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread andrew strasfogel
There has to be price gouging if gas doubles in price overnight, but not necessarily by the service stations. On 9/1/05, Jan Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They have been showing pictures of stations in Georgia with Premium at > $6.07 and > Regular at > $5.89. scary > > Jan > > T

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread Jan Guthrie
They have been showing pictures of stations in Georgia with Premium at $6.07 and Regular at $5.89. scary Jan TimothyPilgrim wrote: > You sure about that? This says the maximum today is $3.99 / G > > http://www.georgiagasprices.com > > And we've got our fair share of SUVs, just probably have

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread redghost
Saw BP had a place with 92 octane going for $6.09 in GA yesterday. news last night had fuel price in BC up $0.12/liter since Tuesday On Thursday, September 1, 2005, at 09:45 AM, TimothyPilgrim wrote: You sure about that? This says the maximum today is $3.99 / G http://www.georgiagasprices.co

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread Marshall Booth
LT Don wrote: Yea, but per CNN yesterday the governor down there said that price gouging would not be tolerated, etc. It's NOT price gouging to charge replacement cost plus a reasonable markup. Yesterday, the replacement cost in many locations along the Gulf coast exceeded $5/gallon. Tomorrow

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread LT Don
Yea, but per CNN yesterday the governor down there said that price gouging would not be tolerated, etc. Gas in our small central Iowa town hit $2.999 for the stuff with 10% ethanol and $3.099 for regular gas. Diesel jumped from $2.639 to $2.749. This all happened between when I drove home for l

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread 72benz250
State. -- Original message -- Was that the State of Georgia (as in USA) or the country of Georgia (as in ex-USSR)? Thomas E. Potter Telephone: (713) 215-2877 Fax: (713) 215-2551 Mobile: (832) 794-0536--- Begin Message --- ___ For used

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread Potter, Tom E
, September 01, 2005 11:40 AM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices $5.49 HOLY SHIT! Mike - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 12:10 PM Subje

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread 72benz250
Hey Ned, No need to calculate. The price was $5.49 US / 128 oz gallon. The price was verified at $5.87 US / 128 oz gallon. or $1.831 Cdn / Liter -- Original message -- That price is high. But it sounds worse than it is. I calculate $5.49 CDN / Imperial gallon = $3.

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread ned kleinhenz
That price is high. But it sounds worse than it is. I calculate $5.49 CDN / Imperial gallon = $3.71 US / 128 oz gallon. Ned

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread 72benz250
Sorry, I was wrong. It's actualy $5.87 the www.*gasprices.com are setup so that people can report the lowest price they see. CNN actualy reported it about 30 mintues before I emailed it. Here is something from the washington post about it. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread TimothyPilgrim
You sure about that? This says the maximum today is $3.99 / G http://www.georgiagasprices.com And we've got our fair share of SUVs, just probably have a larger number or smaller cars, especially in the city. But go out of the city and it's pickups galore. Tim 1982 300TD Moby On 9/1/05, [EMAIL P

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread Mike Canfield
$5.49 HOLY SHIT! Mike - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 12:10 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices It's US$5.49 / G in Georgia right now. But typicaly Canada has a h

Re: [MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread 72benz250
It's US$5.49 / G in Georgia right now. But typicaly Canada has a higher cost for fuel than the US. that's why you don't see many large US SUV's up there. -- Original message -- > For those of you down south who think that you're paying too much for > gas, see how you c

[MBZ] US vs. Canada Gasoline Prices

2005-09-01 Thread TimothyPilgrim
For those of you down south who think that you're paying too much for gas, see how you compare to Canada. I hope this chart link works, and it reflects yesterday's prices. http://www.torontogasprices.com/images/charts/xchart88.png?ii=72969 Today prices in Toronto were at a record $1.28 / L versus