The last time I was reading about it, the price of a gallon of gas in Iraq
is $0.05.  Yep, five cents.  That was a year ago.  Now it could be ten cent
a gallon.  (let's go to Iraq?)
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Keezer" <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: gasoline price time capsule

> It doesn't matter what type of energy we are
> talking about. All energy is expensive.
>
> If we switch to another form, that will become
> expensive.
>
> Diesel here already costs more than  premium gas
> in Seattle.
>
> Biodiesel will be taxed, raising it above the
> price of Diesel ,and growing crops to produce the
> vegetable oil costs more to produce than
> petroleum.
>
> Any fuel that becomes popular ends up with a high
> demand.
>
> Why are'nt the Asians in Kyoto and elsewhere
> running on rice-ohol?
>
> Diesel engines are noisy and smelly.
> My neighbors would scorn me if I ran one  here.
> When a Diesel pick-up goes up the street , it
> sounds like a fire-truck.
>
> I don't like the noise either. I would switch to
> alcohol fuel like they have in the midwest,
> called E-85, 100 octane, more  clean burning than
> diesel or SVO, and you can run it in your Accord
> without having to sign one.
>
> Then we all don't have to rip out our gas engines
> for Diesel replacements.
>
> The local utility used to sell only electricity
> locally when it was first created.  Cheap
> Northwest power.
>
> Now it's on sale to the highest bidder, thru the
> grid, to California.
>
> Fuel is the same way- where more consumers are,
> more demand, and a higher percentage of people
> who can afford higher prices.
>
> (I saw a Flex-fuel Honda Civic on the freeway the
> other day)
>
> Robert
>
> 1982 Westfalia
>
> If we someday run on corn fuel, do we call it
> Cornfalia, or Westcornia?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
> wrote:
>
>> This really is all a blessing on disguise... no
>> fuel shortages here in BC,
>> just higher prices.  In the last two weeks we
>> went from 97.9 to 109.9 to
>> 118.9 per liter.  Diesel is now 104.9, was
>> 89.9.   These higher prices are
>> going to get the masses thinking about the
>> environment and what driving
>> their H2 or other ugly sport utility really
>> means.  People don't give a
>> rat's ass about the environment as a whole,
>> just the tree hugging "weirdos",
>> US politicians don't care either or else they
>> would have signed the Kyoto
>> Accord and not make tax breaks for people to
>> buy big gas guzzlers like the
>> H2.  As it becomes more costly to drive these
>> planet killing machines, they
>> [the machines] will die as people won't be able
>> to afford to drive them.
>> Cars like the VW TDI and the MB Smart will gain
>> even more market share as
>> they are cheaper to drive and less harmful to
>> the environment.  Darwin is
>> hard at work and that is a good thing.
>>
>> I really hope gas goes to 150.0 per liter - the
>> planet will be a much better
>> place to live in.  My TriStar is a TDI, my
>> camper is getting a TDI installed
>> in it as well as my Golf Country Syncro.  These
>> can all run on BioDiesel or
>> SVO so the price of gasoline and ultimately
>> petroleum Diesel doesn't bother
>> me.
>>
>> Something to think about!
>>
>> David Marshall
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List
>> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>> Of roger sisler
>> Sent: September 3, 2005 10:24 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: gasoline price time capsuel
>>
>>
>>  I thought these prices  might be of interest 5
>> years from now when someone
>> accidently pulls them up in the archives. Will
>> they seem low or high to the
>> future listees? These are from  my 7-11 gas
>> station. Monday $2.63/gallon
>> Tuesday $$2.69   Wednesday $2.79/gallon
>> Thursday  $2.97/gallon  Friday
>> $3.29/gallon  Satuerday $3.49/gallon(out of
>> regular so gas is $3.59). Many
>> gas stations are out of gas in the Washington
>> DC area today. It seems Sunday
>> prices will be about 20 cents higher. The roads
>> carry far fewer vehicles
>> lately.I have been seeing lots of bicycles and
>> people walking, so please be
>> careful when driving.There is probably lots of
>> gas at resorts and the
>> beach,as many will not want to risk driving
>> there. When Tuesday comes,and
>> the new work week begins, it is going to get
>> very interesting.I remember
>> during the last gas shortage laws were changed
>> where only vehicles with
>> licence plates ending with an even number could
>> fill up on an even day , and
>> plates ending with an odd
>>  number could fill up on days ending with an
>> odd number.Resort destinations
>> advertised "come on out, we have plenty of gas
>> out here".Few went. The local
>> news station says  dont drive your car this
>> holiday-- just wash it instead .
>>
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