On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:13:42 GMT, "Jim Hackett"
wrote:

I was watching this British car show last night called Top Gear. On the
show one of the hosts mentioned that "petrol" was between $8 and $9 U.S. a
gallon in England...

$2.06 in SOMO this afternoon.


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"Being diabetic is alot like having an un-invited
guest at a picnic, who keeps pointing out the potato
salad may have gone bad."--W.B. Willis

About three years ago when I was listening to the Roger Fredinburg radio
talk show www.regularguy.com a guy in either Texas or New Mexico
phoned into Roger's show and he said he retired from working at an oil
refinery.He explained how gasoline is a waste byproduct of the oil
refineries.Of course the gasoline at the oil refineries is cleaned up
and certain kinds of chemicals are added to the gasoline to make it burn
cleaner and perform better and there is the infrastructure and cost of
delivering the gasoliine (and diesel fuel too) to the gas stations.Los
Angeles (and many other cities in U.S.A.) used to have a very good
trolley car system many years ago untill the crooked Rockefella's had
the trolley system torn down in favor of oil and automobiles.Yesterday
or the day before,I read an article about the mayor of Los Angeles wants
to wean the people of Los Angeles away from their vehicles and on to
public transportation.The price of gasoline is very costly in many more
ways than one.I once read somewhere that most of the people in Europe
drive diesel engine powered vehicles.Jackson used to have a trolley car
system too,I wish the old fashioned trolley cars would come back.Most of
the trolley cars in U.S.A.were sold to South American countries where
many of them are still being used today.Some of the old trolley cars in
U.S.A.many years ago had a platform on the back of them and the trolley
cars were pulled along by horse's.When they got to the top of a
hill,they would let the horse ride on the platform on the down hill
runs.
cuhulin

www.mindfully.org Click on the Energy link and then scroll down and
click on where it says,A Turkey in your Tank.
cuhulin

wrote in message
...
About three years ago when I was listening to the Roger Fredinburg
radio
talk show www.regularguy.com a guy in either Texas or New
Mexico
phoned into Roger's show and he said he retired from working at an
oil
refinery.He explained how gasoline is a waste byproduct of the oil
refineries.Of course the gasoline at the oil refineries is cleaned
up
and certain kinds of chemicals are added to the gasoline to make it
burn
cleaner and perform better and there is the infrastructure and cost
of
delivering the gasoliine (and diesel fuel too) to the gas
stations.Los
Angeles (and many other cities in U.S.A.) used to have a very good
trolley car system many years ago untill the crooked Rockefella's
had
the trolley system torn down in favor of oil and
automobiles.Yesterday
or the day before,I read an article about the mayor of Los Angeles
wants
to wean the people of Los Angeles away from their vehicles and on to
public transportation.The price of gasoline is very costly in many
more
ways than one.I once read somewhere that most of the people in
Europe
drive diesel engine powered vehicles.Jackson used to have a trolley
car
system too,I wish the old fashioned trolley cars would come
back.Most of
the trolley cars in U.S.A.were sold to South American countries
where
many of them are still being used today.Some of the old trolley cars
in
U.S.A.many years ago had a platform on the back of them and the
trolley
cars were pulled along by horse's.When they got to the top of a
hill,they would let the horse ride on the platform on the down hill
runs.
cuhulin

All you guys have to do, over there in the USA, is make your
vehicles more fuel-efficient. Then you don't have to rely on
middle-eastern dictatorships/colonies to supply the oil. Over here in
Scotland, it's not perfect by a long way, but at least we have cars
which do decent miles-per-gallon (40+). A necessity, with gasoline
over $5/gallon.

regards,

Ian, Clydebank, Scotland.

You don't get it,Scotland boy,girl,Minnie Pearl.This is America and we
like BIG vehicles.I own some vehicles bigger than all of Scotland.
cuhulin

wrote in message
...
You don't get it,Scotland boy,girl,Minnie Pearl.This is America and
we
like BIG vehicles.I own some vehicles bigger than all of Scotland.
cuhulin

Oh, I get it alright. You have the right to waste gas with your
big, inefficient vehicles, no matter how much imported oil it takes to
fill them up. That's ok then.

"AussieSeek.com Political Messageboards" wrote:

Islam like Christianity has many versions

And We must be careful not to brand all Muslims as the root
cause................ but focus on
Wahhabi Islam.

The continuing American support to Saudi Arabia is
puzzling

Not only do we have to watch the Americans do nothing about Saudi
Arabia the home of Wahhabi Islam we also have to put up with their
allowing Wahhabi Islam
Preachers to travel to Australia to promote ****

Gee, are the Australians doing anything about Saudi Arabia?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

-=jd=- wrote:

On Fri 29 Jul 2005 09:16:04p, "Ian Smith"
wrote in message :

{Snipped}

All you guys have to do, over there in the USA, is make your
vehicles more fuel-efficient. Then you don't have to rely on
middle-eastern dictatorships/colonies to supply the oil. Over here in
Scotland, it's not perfect by a long way, but at least we have cars
which do decent miles-per-gallon (40+). A necessity, with gasoline
over $5/gallon.

regards,

Ian, Clydebank, Scotland.



Out of curiosity, I wonder how much of your per-gallon price is the actual
cost of product and how much is taxes or fees?

Most of it would be taxes or fees. The world price of crude is pretty much just
that, the world price of crude. The UK is paying pretty much the same price for
crude as we are.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Our Culture IS Multicultural.




Our Australian soldiers in Iraq, have a military role to play, and that

is to protect other Coalition Forces, Iraqi Public Assets, and the
lives of Iraqi civilians.


The Muslim Community in Australia has been very well treated, and
strongly supported by the Australian people.eg. 500,000 people turned
out to protest against a War in Iraq, before that war broke out. The
activism of individual Australians at their own expense to get a better

deal for asylum seekers has been an awesome expression of our aussie
ideal of 'a fair go for all'. This last can't have gone unnoticed by
our nearest Muslim country, Indonesia.


We have many faults in our national character, however, being perpetual

*******s to the powerless isn't one of them.


Tall Poppies could do with a steel vase though..

AussieSeek.com Political Messageboards wrote:
Our Culture IS Multicultural.




Our Australian soldiers in Iraq, have a military role to play, and that

is to protect other Coalition Forces, Iraqi Public Assets, and the
lives of Iraqi civilians.


The Muslim Community in Australia has been very well treated, and
strongly supported by the Australian people.eg. 500,000 people turned
out to protest against a War in Iraq, before that war broke out. The
activism of individual Australians at their own expense to get a better

deal for asylum seekers has been an awesome expression of our aussie
ideal of 'a fair go for all'. This last can't have gone unnoticed by
our nearest Muslim country, Indonesia.

Sir you underestimate the abilty of various people in the world to
remain willfuly Blind


We have many faults in our national character, however, being perpetual

*******s to the powerless isn't one of them.


Tall Poppies could do with a steel vase though..