Gas prices

[Shadow]

Let's hear your views.

[Inquiring Mind]

Re: Gas prices

I'm sure glad I bought lots of oil stocks back when the price first started going up...

[couchspud]

Re: Gas prices

I think we should start a pool for the correct gas price/litre for Friday September 1st ; the last long weekend of summer and COINCIDENTALLY a weekend when pump prices always go up.....
Put me down for $1.38 a litre.
Winner gets a siphon hose?

[Esks4ever]

Re: Gas prices

Let's hear your views.

they ****ing suck

[Inquiring Mind]

Re: Gas prices

I think we should start a pool for the correct gas price/litre for Friday September 1st ; the last long weekend of summer and COINCIDENTALLY a weekend when pump prices always go up.....
Put me down for $1.38 a litre.
Winner gets a siphon hose?

... and a locking gas cap

[Nanookster]

Re: Gas prices

Ralph Klein is a genius for paying off our debt (due to outrageously high oil prices).

Allot of good it has done us.

[Party Time]

Re: Gas prices

... and a locking gas cap

don't forget the breath mint for after

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: Gas prices

I just bought a 4 cyl car. Gas prices will continue to grow long term. China and India have massive GDP growth and their economies are putting huge pressure on the global market.

[Deathsdoorstep]

Re: Gas prices

Ralph Klein is a genius for paying off our debt (due to outrageously high oil prices).

Allot of good it has done us.

Most of it was paid off before Oil prices went so nutso.

[Thrust]

Re: Gas prices

Thank God for my Civic!
Oh, and 1.18 per Litre
I will even throw in a Bus ticket for the winner!

[esks4life]

Re: Gas prices

Gas will always be needed. No sense in boycotting or trying to get around it. If you drive you're going to fork over the extra cash. My 20 bucks of gas at 1.14/L is only 3L more then when it was 85.9/L. In the end it's not a huge increase. Pain in the ass sure but it's not breaking the bank.

[TurfToe]

Re: Gas prices

so all of a sudden a 1967 GTO with a huge 6.5litre v8 making an inefficient - but sweet sounding - 385 ponies becomes a status symbol only because you have to have the coin just to fill the thing up!

[Muley69]

Re: Gas prices

People are buying SUVs and vehicles with 8 cylinder motors like it's going out of style...and then complain about the price of gas.

I just don't get them.

Gas prices in the $1.00 per litre range are here to stay. We may as well get used to it.

[Diesel]

Re: Gas prices

Oil companies have been creating artificial supply shortages of gasoline because they haven't increased refining capacities since the 70's. THAT is what's spiking gas. Crude levels always fluctuate but when you put a sqeeze in refinement that outside inflences can play like a puppet on a string, it let's big oil laugh all the way to the bank.

[Nanookster]

Re: Gas prices

Most of it was paid off before Oil prices went so nutso.

It was paid off 8 years earlier than scheduled due to high oil prices.

http://www.finance.gov.ab.ca/whatsne...0/n000613.html

http://www.finance.gov.ab.ca/whatsne...1/n010205.html

The Alberta Government based their debt repayment schedule on $30.00 US per barrel. In the last few years that amount jumped to $40.00 US.

It is now $85.00 US! Alberta politicians are not geniuses. They are benefiting from the high price of oil.

While Mayor of Calgary, Ralphy ran up a 100 Million dollar debt! The Alberta government spends $8500.00 /person a year on every man, woman, and child in the Province. That is more than the Federal government can spread around after collecting income tax! In fact, there is not another government within Canada who even comes close to spending as much as we do.

We are fortunate to have the oil. Credit should go to the dinosaurs, for picking this place to live (and die).