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Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 23 Aug 1999 23:50:07 GMT
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:37c15dc5.5818575@lugnet.com...
> On Sat, 21 Aug 1999 04:27:35 GMT, "Tom McDonald"
> <radiotitan@yanospamhoo.com> wrote:
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> > BTW, everyone tries to rip off Californians, including other Californians.
> > Need anyone mention the evil oil companies? Okay, I will. The price of gas in
> > the states is averages somewhere $1.15 - $1.25 a gallon but here in the SF Bay
> > Area is around $1.80 per gallon of 89 octane, cheap by European standards
> > though.
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> It's nothing to do with ripping people off, it's the overall local prices.
> IIRC The Bay Area has the *highest* cost of living in the entire 48
> contiguous states.
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> Right now, gas prices are sucking in MI--they're hanging around $1.25/gal
> for 87 octane (that's 'bout 0.33USD/liter for the cheap stuff, if anyone
> cares).
It also has to do with the type of gasoline you use. California passed a law a few years back that requires a special kind of
'environmentally' friendly gasoline. It's debatable whether it's really environmentally friendly or not (mainly because the mpg is
a lot less than gasoline used in the rest of the country.) This 'environmentally' friendly gasoline costs a whole lot more to make,
a whole lot more. And that is one reason it costs more at the pump.
Adam
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| (...) a few years back that requires a special kind of (...) environmentally friendly or not (mainly because the mpg is (...) 'environmentally' friendly gasoline costs a whole lot more to make, (...) The additive added was MTBE, an oxygenating (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep
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| (...) It also has a lot to do with the local gasoline taxes. It amazes me how much gas prices change when I cross state lines. Once I actually turned around and headed back across the border to fill up because of the difference in price (hint: if (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) It's nothing to do with ripping people off, it's the overall local prices. IIRC The Bay Area has the *highest* cost of living in the entire 48 contiguous states. Right now, gas prices are sucking in MI--they're hanging around $1.25/gal for 87 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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