OT: Katrina a Pain in the Gas

Getting my evening cup of coffee (see another thread) the girl at the
counter at the convenience store said; "people must have heard about the
price of gas, cause the pumps have been running non-stop for hours." Of
course, I said, "What about the price" and the manager said she had gotten
a call after noon that she would be raising the price ten cents by 11 PM,
and to expect another increase of ten cents by Wed AM, preferrably Tues
before Midnight!

So, according to her, gas here will be $2.85 for reg. unld. Wed AM!!!

--
It doesn't take a genius
to know the difference
between chicken shit
and chicken salad...

HachiRoku <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in news:3UMQe.2371$LK.1248@trndny09:
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> Getting my evening cup of coffee (see another thread) the girl at the
> counter at the convenience store said; "people must have heard about
> the price of gas, cause the pumps have been running non-stop for
> hours." Of course, I said, "What about the price" and the manager said
> she had gotten a call after noon that she would be raising the price
> ten cents by 11 PM, and to expect another increase of ten cents by Wed
> AM, preferrably Tues before Midnight!
>
> So, according to her, gas here will be $2.85 for reg. unld. Wed AM!!!
>[/color]


Yep. I've been reading today that about 11% of US production disappeared
overnight with the evacuation and shuttering of the gulf refineries.

That's 11% we can't lose without a serious price impact. The spot market is
taking a beating right now; everybody's in panic mode.

--
TeGGeR®

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> So, according to her, gas here will be $2.85 for reg. unld. Wed AM!!![/color]

Do you think the value of big used SUV's will go down?

I was watching Fox News and saw the gas station marquee that show 2.45
for both unleaded and diesel. Here in No. California yesterday it was
2.80 at 76 for regular and 3.15 for diesel.

I am sure its higher today.

Ron

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:20:43 +0000, Bassplayer12 wrote:
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>> So, according to her, gas here will be $2.85 for reg. unld. Wed AM!!![/color]
>
> Do you think the value of big used SUV's will go down?[/color]

Do you think the value of your Toyota went up?

--
It doesn't take a genius
to know the difference
between chicken shit
and chicken salad...

"HachiRoku" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
news:3UMQe.2371$LK.1248@trndny09...[color=blue]
> Getting my evening cup of coffee (see another thread) the girl at the
> counter at the convenience store said; "people must have heard about the
> price of gas, cause the pumps have been running non-stop for hours." Of
> course, I said, "What about the price" and the manager said she had gotten
> a call after noon that she would be raising the price ten cents by 11 PM,
> and to expect another increase of ten cents by Wed AM, preferrably Tues
> before Midnight!
>
> So, according to her, gas here will be $2.85 for reg. unld. Wed AM!!!
>[/color]

Welcome to Europe's hell

Natalie

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:01:22 -0400, Wickeddoll® wrote:
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> "HachiRoku" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
> news:3UMQe.2371$LK.1248@trndny09...[color=green]
>> Getting my evening cup of coffee (see another thread) the girl at the
>> counter at the convenience store said; "people must have heard about the
>> price of gas, cause the pumps have been running non-stop for hours." Of
>> course, I said, "What about the price" and the manager said she had gotten
>> a call after noon that she would be raising the price ten cents by 11 PM,
>> and to expect another increase of ten cents by Wed AM, preferrably Tues
>> before Midnight!
>>
>> So, according to her, gas here will be $2.85 for reg. unld. Wed AM!!!
>>[/color]
>
> Welcome to Europe's hell
>
> Natalie[/color]

Well, it could be worse. Japan is the equivalent of $5.00 a gallon. Or 553
Yen per gallon.

Corolla Boy, morphing yet again...

SupraGenius <supraman@ma70.gts> wrote:
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>Well, it could be worse. Japan is the equivalent of $5.00 a gallon. Or 553
>Yen per gallon.
>[/color]
Well, that's likely an Imperial gallon I suppose (thank God for
(very) small mercies) :)
--

-Gord.
(use gordon in email)

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:01:22 -0400, "Wickeddoll®"
<wickeddoll1958DieSpammersDie@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>"HachiRoku" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
>news:3UMQe.2371$LK.1248@trndny09...[color=green]
>> Getting my evening cup of coffee (see another thread) the girl at the
>> counter at the convenience store said; "people must have heard about the
>> price of gas, cause the pumps have been running non-stop for hours." Of
>> course, I said, "What about the price" and the manager said she had gotten
>> a call after noon that she would be raising the price ten cents by 11 PM,
>> and to expect another increase of ten cents by Wed AM, preferrably Tues
>> before Midnight!
>>
>> So, according to her, gas here will be $2.85 for reg. unld. Wed AM!!!
>>[/color]
>
>Welcome to Europe's hell[/color]

See what happens when the US Government allows the US refineries to
deliberately restrict overall capacity, making them run almost flat
out to barely produce the fuel the nation needs, and has almost NO
refined product stocks on hand following the 'Just in time' model?

One hiccup in the system, and the prices spike for weeks or months -
and gee, isn't it a co-inky-dink that the Oil Companies always manage
to make more money when it happens...? ;-P

Maybe instead of a Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the US Government
should build a good sized Strategic Refined Products Reserve. Then
when the oil companies think they can push their profit margins even
higher this quarter with a conveniently timed hurricane or refinery
fire, the Feds at the SRPR releases a few million barrels of refined
products to the retail market (from the few billion on hand) and push
the prices right back down.

There ARE solutions to this mess, we just have to figure out how to
get the US Govt's collective balls in a wringer tight enough to force
them to write, enact and enforce them.

Federal Initiative Process, anyone?

--<< Bruce >>--

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Electrician for Westend Electric - CA726700
5737 Kanan Rd. #359, Agoura CA 91301 (818) 889-9545
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"SupraGenius" <supraman@ma70.gts> wrote in message
news:OLOQe.8305$fP.4440@trndny08...[color=blue]
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:01:22 -0400, Wickeddoll® wrote:
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>> "HachiRoku" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
>> news:3UMQe.2371$LK.1248@trndny09...[color=darkred]
>>> Getting my evening cup of coffee (see another thread) the girl at the
>>> counter at the convenience store said; "people must have heard about the
>>> price of gas, cause the pumps have been running non-stop for hours." Of
>>> course, I said, "What about the price" and the manager said she had
>>> gotten
>>> a call after noon that she would be raising the price ten cents by 11 PM,
>>> and to expect another increase of ten cents by Wed AM, preferrably Tues
>>> before Midnight!
>>>
>>> So, according to her, gas here will be $2.85 for reg. unld. Wed AM!!!
>>>[/color]
>>
>> Welcome to Europe's hell
>>
>> Natalie[/color]
>
> Well, it could be worse. Japan is the equivalent of $5.00 a gallon. Or 553
> Yen per gallon.
>[/color]
Wile E. Coyote... *supra* genius?

Nah

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> Corolla Boy, morphing yet again...
>[/color]
There are programs that can help you with that

Natalie

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:54:38 GMT, Bruce L. Bergman
<blPYTHONbergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote:
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> There ARE solutions to this mess, we just have to figure out how to
>get the US Govt's collective balls in a wringer tight enough to force
>them to write, enact and enforce them.[/color]

There is NOTHING that the US Government can/should do.

If the US Government wants to do something worthwhile....it would be
to take the damned stupid regulations off the industry and let them
build plants...

The Government is NEVER the answer...IMHO

--

Scott in Florida

"A Democratic shift to the right risks inflaming the party's Angry
Left base, while a shift to the left would surely cost the party
whatever support it has left from normal people."

James Taranto - Wall Street Journal

"SupraGenius" <supraman@ma70.gts> wrote in message
news:OLOQe.8305$fP.4440@trndny08...[color=blue]
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:01:22 -0400, Wickeddoll® wrote:
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>>
>> "HachiRoku" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
>> news:3UMQe.2371$LK.1248@trndny09...[color=darkred]
>>> Getting my evening cup of coffee (see another thread) the girl at the
>>> counter at the convenience store said; "people must have heard about the
>>> price of gas, cause the pumps have been running non-stop for hours." Of
>>> course, I said, "What about the price" and the manager said she had
>>> gotten
>>> a call after noon that she would be raising the price ten cents by 11
>>> PM,
>>> and to expect another increase of ten cents by Wed AM, preferrably Tues
>>> before Midnight!
>>>
>>> So, according to her, gas here will be $2.85 for reg. unld. Wed AM!!!
>>>[/color]
>>
>> Welcome to Europe's hell
>>
>> Natalie[/color]
>
> Well, it could be worse. Japan is the equivalent of $5.00 a gallon. Or 553
> Yen per gallon.
>
> Corolla Boy, morphing yet again...
>[/color]
Paying NZ$1.42 per litre (US$3.70 per US gallon) here in NZ, for 91 (low
octane). The highest it's ever been.
Greg.

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:58:37 -0400, Wickeddoll® wrote:
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> "SupraGenius" <supraman@ma70.gts> wrote in message
> news:OLOQe.8305$fP.4440@trndny08...[color=green]
>> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:01:22 -0400, Wickeddoll® wrote:
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>>>
>>> "HachiRoku" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
>>> news:3UMQe.2371$LK.1248@trndny09...
>>>> Getting my evening cup of coffee (see another thread) the girl at the
>>>> counter at the convenience store said; "people must have heard about the
>>>> price of gas, cause the pumps have been running non-stop for hours." Of
>>>> course, I said, "What about the price" and the manager said she had
>>>> gotten
>>>> a call after noon that she would be raising the price ten cents by 11 PM,
>>>> and to expect another increase of ten cents by Wed AM, preferrably Tues
>>>> before Midnight!
>>>>
>>>> So, according to her, gas here will be $2.85 for reg. unld. Wed AM!!!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Welcome to Europe's hell
>>>
>>> Natalie[/color]
>>
>> Well, it could be worse. Japan is the equivalent of $5.00 a gallon. Or 553
>> Yen per gallon.
>>[/color]
> Wile E. Coyote... *supra* genius?
>
> Nah
>
>[color=green]
>> Corolla Boy, morphing yet again...
>>[/color]
> There are programs that can help you with that
>
> Natalie[/color]


Nat, of all people, should know...


I'm beyond help...

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:06:27 +1200, Greg wrote:
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> "SupraGenius" <supraman@ma70.gts> wrote in message
> news:OLOQe.8305$fP.4440@trndny08...[color=green]
>> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:01:22 -0400, Wickeddoll® wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> "HachiRoku" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
>>> news:3UMQe.2371$LK.1248@trndny09...
>>>> Getting my evening cup of coffee (see another thread) the girl at the
>>>> counter at the convenience store said; "people must have heard about the
>>>> price of gas, cause the pumps have been running non-stop for hours." Of
>>>> course, I said, "What about the price" and the manager said she had
>>>> gotten
>>>> a call after noon that she would be raising the price ten cents by 11
>>>> PM,
>>>> and to expect another increase of ten cents by Wed AM, preferrably Tues
>>>> before Midnight!
>>>>
>>>> So, according to her, gas here will be $2.85 for reg. unld. Wed AM!!!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Welcome to Europe's hell
>>>
>>> Natalie[/color]
>>
>> Well, it could be worse. Japan is the equivalent of $5.00 a gallon. Or 553
>> Yen per gallon.
>>
>> Corolla Boy, morphing yet again...
>>[/color]
> Paying NZ$1.42 per litre (US$3.70 per US gallon) here in NZ, for 91 (low
> octane). The highest it's ever been.
> Greg.[/color]

$1.42NZD is worth $3.70USD? Is it still based on the Pound? (Or tied to
the Pound?)

SupraGenius <supraman@ma70.gts> wrote:
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>> Paying NZ$1.42 per litre (US$3.70 per US gallon) here in NZ, for 91 (low
>> octane). The highest it's ever been.
>> Greg.[/color]
>
>$1.42NZD is worth $3.70USD? Is it still based on the Pound? (Or tied to
>the Pound?)[/color]

I don't think he said that...
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-Gord.
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