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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 4 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: they have us over the barrel #128556 05/20/04 09:48 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 That's how many gallons of oil in a barrel of oil. How much of that is gasoline (petrol)? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: they have us over the barrel #128557 05/20/04 12:02 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York How much of that is gasoline (petrol)? According to the second chart on this page, about half: http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/analysis_publications/oil_market_basics/Ref_image_Simple.htm That seems a little high to me, though. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: they have us over the barrel #128558 05/20/04 12:17 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont well(pun intended), we're up over $2.00 now... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: they have us over the barrel #128559 05/20/04 12:57 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >That's how many gallons of oil in a barrel of oil. and how about the infamous 55-gallon drum, then? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gas prices in the U.S. and Canada #128560 05/20/04 01:06 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Didn't know about the "day off" for buying gas - so I did. Half a tank for my Saab, $21 !!!! Just 19 days ago it was $12 for a half tank full. Now, over a year ago I said I wouldn't mention it again but. The posts have gone wide again. Makes me dizzy whipping back and forth with the scroll bar. If I fall off my chair and spill the coffee I'm suing somebody! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gas prices in the U.S. and Canada #128561 05/20/04 02:46 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK My guess is that we in the US may be paying a bit more for the product itself than the people on the left bank, because our government is pretty much in the hands of big oil. ~ Ted R. Currently, in London, the price of a gallon (US) of gasoline (petrol, we would say) has reached $5.60 or thereabouts. Just over 75% of that is tax, so we on the left bank are paying $1.40 for the petrol which has to cover all the refining and distribution costs and profit before you get back to the actual cost of a barrel of oil. I don’t know what the US tax rate is on gasoline so I don’t know how that compares. Any offers? Of course, as AnnaS’s charts show, from that barrel of oil there are various other fractions cracked off for uses many and varied, a lot of which pay better per volume than gasoline. But that’s a whole other story. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gas prices in the U.S. and Canada #128562 05/20/04 03:23 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York It's said we're facing record fuel prices, but I don't think that's true. Does anybody know what recent prices have been, adjusted for inflation? IIRC, 1981 was when we had the highest prices, but I don't have anything handy to back me up. Edit: Here's one gas station operator with a sense of humor: http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040517/capt.caps10105171823.gas_prices_caps101.jpg Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gas prices in the U.S. and Canada #128563 05/20/04 09:25 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok How about 1985? Here was my take on it way back then when I was cartooning for a living ... http://www.bacchus-marsh.com/Files/petrol.jpg Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gas prices in the U.S. and Canada #128564 05/21/04 03:48 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Nice, Phranz. What made you stop... errr... other than the cost of living? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Gas prices in the U.S. and Canada #128565 05/21/04 09:35 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Editorial restrictions. And the high cost of living and the low price of cartoons ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 4 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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