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Gas will be $4.00 a gallon by Monday 9-05…
This is very reliable information I got from the person who runs my local
Mobil station. Keep in mind this information is coming from St. Louis Missouri. By this coming Monday (in two days) gas everywhere (as in nation wide) will be $4.00 a gallon for regular unleaded. Within two weeks after that it will be $5.00 a gallon. I just wanted to put the word out as best I could to help as many people as I could avoid getting taken by surprise. Thank you and buy a bike. I recommend Trek personally. -- --- END OF LINE. Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Gas will be $4.00 a gallon by Monday 9-05.
This is very reliable information I got from the person who runs my local
Mobil station. Keep in mind this information is coming from St. Louis Missouri. By this coming Monday (in two days) gas everywhere (as in nation wide) will be $4.00 a gallon for regular unleaded. Within two weeks after that it will be $5.00 a gallon. While that's a believable scenario, it's not very likely. Gas at $5/gallon would cause people to seriously change their driving habits, such that demand might not only decrease short-term, but perhaps a certain number of people would actually make long-term lifestyle changes such that even with less-expensive gas down the road, they still might not use their cars nearly as much as before. The oil companies are in it for the long run, and are most-likely smart enough to avoid that situation if possible. Yes, they'll want to make money... lots of it... but they don't want to kill the goose that laid the golden egg (consumer demand for driving). Now watch me eat my words two weeks from now... --Mike Jacoubowsky Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReaction.com Redwood City & Los Altos, CA USA "ReptilesBlade" wrote in message ... This is very reliable information I got from the person who runs my local Mobil station. Keep in mind this information is coming from St. Louis Missouri. By this coming Monday (in two days) gas everywhere (as in nation wide) will be $4.00 a gallon for regular unleaded. Within two weeks after that it will be $5.00 a gallon. I just wanted to put the word out as best I could to help as many people as I could avoid getting taken by surprise. Thank you and buy a bike. I recommend Trek personally. -- --- END OF LINE. Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Gas will be $4.00 a gallon by Monday 9-05…
A shy person wrote:
This is very reliable information I got from the person who runs my local Mobil station. Keep in mind this information is coming from St. Louis Missouri. By this coming Monday (in two days) gas everywhere (as in nation wide) will be $4.00 a gallon for regular unleaded. Within two weeks after that it will be $5.00 a gallon. I just wanted to put the word out as best I could to help as many people as I could avoid getting taken by surprise. Thank you and buy a bike. I recommend Trek personally. Why? Do Treks get better gas mileage? -- Ted Bennett |
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Gas will be $4.00 a gallon by Monday 9-05…
Ted Bennett wrote in
: A shy person wrote: This is very reliable information I got from the person who runs my local Mobil station. Keep in mind this information is coming from St. Louis Missouri. By this coming Monday (in two days) gas everywhere (as in nation wide) will be $4.00 a gallon for regular unleaded. Within two weeks after that it will be $5.00 a gallon. I just wanted to put the word out as best I could to help as many people as I could avoid getting taken by surprise. Thank you and buy a bike. I recommend Trek personally. Why? Do Treks get better gas mileage? No I just have a Trek and I like it. You can buy any bike you want too, it does not really matter just as long as you ride it. -- --- END OF LINE. Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Gas will be $4.00 a gallon by Monday 9-05.
On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 20:41:33 GMT, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
wrote: While that's a believable scenario, it's not very likely. Gas at $5/gallon would cause people to seriously change their driving habits, such that demand might not only decrease short-term, but perhaps a certain number of people would actually make long-term lifestyle changes such that even with less-expensive gas down the road, they still might not use their cars nearly as much as before. The oil companies are in it for the long run, and are most-likely smart enough to avoid that situation if possible. Yes, they'll want to make money... lots of it... but they don't want to kill the goose that laid the golden egg (consumer demand for driving). Kill the goose that laid the golden egg? Crude prices are simple supply and demand, and pump prices are simply crude prices plus costs plus a fairly small margin. If crude goes up, the oil companies don't have much choice but to raise pump prices even further, unless you imply that they should take it as a loss leader -- but even big oil can't do that for very long. Jasper |
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Gas will be $4.00 a gallon by Monday 9-05…
ReptilesBlade wrote:
This is very reliable information I got from the person who runs my local Mobil station. Keep in mind this information is coming from St. Louis Missouri. By this coming Monday (in two days) gas everywhere (as in nation wide) will be $4.00 a gallon for regular unleaded. Within two weeks after that it will be $5.00 a gallon. I just wanted to put the word out as best I could to help as many people as I could avoid getting taken by surprise. Thank you and buy a bike. I recommend Trek personally. Good! It's what needs to happen. Expensive oil is the only way we are going to move towards different energy sources and more efficient cars. Nobody needs a 2 ton SUV that gets 10 miles a gallon!!! -N -- Llatikcuf-at-gmail-dot-com Eat the meek! |
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Gas will be $4.00 a gallon by Monday 9-05
On 3-Sep-2005, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote: Sit in your own car. Now slide the seat forward until your shins are pressed against the dashboard hard enough to be a little sore right away and raise the seat until your head is leaving a grease spot in the headliner. That's precisely my situation sitting in my wife's Chevy Lumina with the seat all the way down and back. buy a chevy aveo, remove the front seat, and drive from the back seat! -- Sock Puppet |
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Gas will be $4.00 a gallon by Monday 9-05…
Per Llatikcuf:
Nobody needs a 2 ton SUV that gets 10 miles a gallon!!! Actually, more like 4 tons/14 mpg. But some people do need such things - some for load carrying capacity... but some large people just for egnomics/safety. Sit in your own car. Now slide the seat forward until your shins are pressed against the dashboard hard enough to be a little sore right away and raise the seat until your head is leaving a grease spot in the headliner. That's precisely my situation sitting in my wife's Chevy Lumina with the seat all the way down and back. Now, bearing in mind that your body will still slam about eight inches forward against the seat belts and six inches upward in a minor collision, tell me how safe you feel. -- PeteCresswell |
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Gas will be $4.00 a gallon by Monday 9-05.
Jasper Janssen wrote:
On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 20:41:33 GMT, "Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote: While that's a believable scenario, it's not very likely. Gas at $5/gallon would cause people to seriously change their driving habits, such that demand might not only decrease short-term, but perhaps a certain number of people would actually make long-term lifestyle changes such that even with less-expensive gas down the road, they still might not use their cars nearly as much as before. The oil companies are in it for the long run, and are most-likely smart enough to avoid that situation if possible. Yes, they'll want to make money... lots of it... but they don't want to kill the goose that laid the golden egg (consumer demand for driving). Kill the goose that laid the golden egg? Crude prices are simple supply and demand, and pump prices are simply crude prices plus costs plus a fairly small margin. If crude goes up, the oil companies don't have much choice but to raise pump prices even further, unless you imply that they should take it as a loss leader -- but even big oil can't do that for very long. OPEC (the only oil companies/producers that matter) would increase production to cut prices, but the problem is that refineries here in the US are bonked and fears run rampant. -- Phil, Squid-in-Training |
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Gas will be $4.00 a gallon by Monday 9-05.
(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Llatikcuf: Nobody needs a 2 ton SUV that gets 10 miles a gallon!!! Actually, more like 4 tons/14 mpg. But some people do need such things - some for load carrying capacity... but some large people just for egnomics/safety. Sit in your own car. Now slide the seat forward until your shins are pressed against the dashboard hard enough to be a little sore right away and raise the seat until your head is leaving a grease spot in the headliner. That's precisely my situation sitting in my wife's Chevy Lumina with the seat all the way down and back. Now, bearing in mind that your body will still slam about eight inches forward against the seat belts and six inches upward in a minor collision, tell me how safe you feel. But Pete, you are 6'5". I'm a full foot shorter than you, and IIRC, the national average is 5'8." I doubt most of us would have a problem. I'm pretty sure the OP meant "most don't" instead of "nobody." -- Phil, Squid-in-Training |
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