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Re: Fwd: GASOLINE PRICES
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 25 Apr 2001 14:05:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremiah VanderMark writes:
> In lugnet.robotics, "kristin fullenwider" <rudies2piecesuit@hotmail.com> writes:
> <snip>
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> Well, I haven't posted in a long time, and I'd hate to think that
> something like this (rather than something cool in .mecha :c) ) would get me
> to do so, but here goes:
>
> Normally, I don't get into .debates, but this is one of the few things
> that really gets to me. "I HAPPEN TO THINK THAT $1.28 IS STILL TOO HIGH FOR
> A GALLON OF GAS!!!!"? Consider yourself lucky to have such low prices! The
> US, second only possibly to rich, oil-producing countries (I'm not sure on
> that, we may be number one), has the lowest fuel prices on the planet! I
> spent the summer in Europe two years ago, and I found myself looking for gas
> for less than (what converts to) six or seven dollars per gallon. From what
> I've seen, prices elsewhere are slightly to enormously worse than that.
In Scotland, I pay around US$5.50 for a UK gallon (8 pints). It is not the
end of the world to be honest, I would not mind paying a little more if the
tax was well spent or if it helped (directly or indirectly) reduce pollution.
Scott A
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> Don't get me wrong; the idea proposed isn't a bad thing. I must admit I'd
> be ecstatic to see prices below a dollar again, but I don't plan on it and I
> don't really see it as something to go out of my way to fight for. I live in
> Detroit, one of the most expensive fuel areas in the country, and I still
> consider myself lucky to pay only $1.78 a gallon.
>
> -jeremiah-
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> PS- x-fut'ed to .debate, wondering why this was in .robotics... I'm not
> usually this nitpicky, I swear! :c)
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