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Re: What the F*CK is Going on with Gas Prices?
[Re: MaryCas]
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03/11/10 02:13 PM
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$2.51 here in the great state of Jersey where you don't have to pump your own. Really? Gosh I miss those days. I love to be pampered. Do they clean off your windshield as well? It's been years since they had someone pump your gas for you in my area. About 15 years ago there was maybe one station I knew of that did, and I went there. Alas, but slowly they weeded that out. Isn't life a bitch? TIS
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Re: What the F*CK is Going on with Gas Prices?
[Re: olivant]
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03/12/10 06:31 PM
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$2.51 here in the great state of Jersey where you don't have to pump your own. Wait a minute. You used "great state" and "New Jersey" in the same sentence? Madonne! Oh, poop....correction - "grate state of New Jersey". I wouldn't want to put New Jersey in the same category with Tex-ass.
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Re: What the F*CK is Going on with Gas Prices?
[Re: MaryCas]
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12/22/10 03:00 AM
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afsaneh77
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We in the states most likely think that gas in the Middle East is like a drink of water over here. Those increases are insane. Good Luck. We might have oil, but as far as refinery goes, we seem to be more eager to have a frakking nuclear power plant. With sanctions, the gas we get from our refineries is very poor in quality, you can't see very far in big cities due to pollution.
"Fire cannot kill a dragon." -Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones
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Re: What the F*CK is Going on with Gas Prices?
[Re: afsaneh77]
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12/22/10 03:11 AM
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We might have oil, but as far as refinery goes, we seem to be more eager to have a frakking nuclear power plant. With sanctions, the gas we get from our refineries is very poor in quality, you can't see very far in big cities due to pollution. Didn't President Ratface just announce subsidies cuts? That'll flyover like a lead balloon, I'm sure.
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Re: What the F*CK is Going on with Gas Prices?
[Re: ronnierocketAGO]
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12/22/10 03:43 AM
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Didn't President Ratface just announce subsidies cuts?
That'll flyover like a lead balloon, I'm sure. Yeah, hence the new prices I mentioned. BTW, that subsidized $1.4 per gallon is reduced to 13 gallons per month, and here I thought it would be 16 gallons.
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Re: What the F*CK is Going on with Gas Prices?
[Re: ronnierocketAGO]
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12/22/10 04:25 AM
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Afs, get used to that and even more cuts to come since in the States, START is supposed to get passed today/tomorrow.
You know, the sad thing is we probably get used to it and more, rather than fighting it. I for one don't want to have subsidized gas. But I do want to get paid like the people of countries that pay just as much for gas, let alone for a citizen of a country that is sleeping on oil. Seems Hamas needs more and more money. Take a look at this, it is comparing the rapes with soda bottles last year at the prison and the new gas prices of these days, as the new sort of rape for everyone: http://www.mardomak.org/cartoon/#58911
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Re: What the F*CK is Going on with Gas Prices?
[Re: afsaneh77]
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12/28/10 04:12 PM
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Iraqi Kurds push for recognition of oil dealsPublished: Tuesday, 28 Dec 2010 BAGHDAD - Iraq's Kurds said Tuesday they won't resume oil exports from their self-ruled territory unless the central government recognizes the contracts they have already signed on their own with international energy companies. The Kurds' condition could foil ambitious Iraqi plans to raise daily oil exports to 2.25 million barrels in 2011 from the current 1.9 million. Oil revenues account for nearly 95 percent of Iraq's budget as the energy-rich nation tries to rebuild the country after decades of wars and international sanctions. Since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein, the Kurds have sought greater control over oil in their autonomous region in northern Iraq while Baghdad has argued that oil is a national resource under the central government's control. Ali Hussein Balo, an adviser to the Kurdish Ministry of Natural Resources said the crude-rich region can significantly contribute to the nation's target of raising oil exports next year by shipping 150,000 barrels a day out of the country, but only if all "our deals are recognized officially in a signed paper by Baghdad," he told the Associated Press. Iraqi Kurds have signed more than two dozen production sharing agreements with mid-sized companies from Turkey, U.K., Austria, U.S., Canada, Korea and China. Under those deals, the companies are entitled to a share of the profits from the oil produced. The deals are deemed illegal by the Baghdad central government that has only awarded 15 oil and gas service contracts to international companies since 2008. Baghdad managed to negotiate more attractive terms in its deals, paying developers just a flat fee for each barrel produced, rather than surrendering a share of the profits. They do not recognize the Kurdish deals and refuse to honor the production sharing agreements. The Kurds started exports in June 2009. They were halted few months later amid disagreements with Baghdad over payments. Iraq's new oil minister, Abdul-Karim Elaibi, last week declared the dispute over how private companies accounted for equipment costs and other expenses for reimbursement has been settled, clearing the way for the exports to resume. Elaibi said Baghdad would receive all the oil produced for export and would pay only the costs incurred by the developers. "Baghdad wants everything free of charge," Balo said by phone from Irbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. "We can't do that since we are committed to the companies to have a share in the produced oil," he said. In 2004, the Oslo-based DNO became the first independent Western oil company to secure an oil deal in Iraq after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion by signing a production sharing contract with the Kurds to develop the Tawke field in Dahouk province. http://www.cnbc.com/id/40826811
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Re: What the F*CK is Going on with Gas Prices?
[Re: SC]
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01/17/11 07:29 PM
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Gas price hikes could hamper Big 3 But Detroit carmakers are better prepared for $3 fuel than in past Christine Tierneyand David Shepardson / The Detroit News Auto executives were upbeat at this year's Detroit auto show, buoyed by a sales recovery that's gaining momentum, rising profits and renewed consumer interest in American cars and trucks. But a rise in gas prices is casting a shadow across the industry's otherwise sunny outlook. Prices at the pump have climbed above the $3-a-gallon level that catches drivers' notice, and Detroit's automakers are more exposed to rising gas prices than most of their rivals. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC displayed an impressive lineup of small and fuel-efficient cars at the North American International Auto Show. But they still generate their biggest profits from light truck sales. The U.S. automakers benefited last year from a rebound in truck and SUV sales, underpinned by stable gas prices. Two years earlier, truck sales had collapsed when gas prices surged above $4 a gallon. Gas prices fell back during the recession, but now they're rising again. Since late August, nationwide prices have risen 15 percent to $3.09 a gallon for regular gasoline. In Michigan, regular gas retails for $3.12 a gallon, on average. "As fuel prices go up, people put more emphasis on fuel economy," said Ford Chief Executive Alan Mulally. "We saw previously that as gas prices get above $3, people start making different decisions." Ford's business plan assumes gas prices will be in a range above current prices, said Mark Fields, president of the Dearborn automaker's North and Latin American operations. http://detnews.com/article/20110117/AUTO...3#ixzz1BL29cqC8
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Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: What the F*CK is Going on with Gas Prices?
[Re: olivant]
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02/09/11 06:57 PM
02/09/11 06:57 PM
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I just paid $2.99 for gas. And ya'll? That's pretty high for your area, isn't it?? It's $3.33 here in my area.
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Re: What the F*CK is Going on with Gas Prices?
[Re: SC]
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02/09/11 07:02 PM
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Since I retired, I don't drive nearly as much as I use to. I sort of forget to see what gas is going for since I don't travel that far. However, I did hear that it will surpass the $3.00 mark at least here in CA. I'll see if it did and check back. Edit: Ok I just check gas buddy for my zip code. Damn, it is high with $3.21 being the lowest and $3.45 being the highest. What a ripoff!!!! TIS
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Re: What the F*CK is Going on with Gas Prices?
[Re: SC]
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02/09/11 09:26 PM
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I just paid $2.99 for gas. And ya'll? That's pretty high for your area, isn't it?? It's $3.33 here in my area. Yes, it is.
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