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Old 06-07-2008, 05:50 PM
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Diesel here is hovering around $5.10.
Highest I've seen was $5.40 ...

my secret gas station as of yesterday was $4.95
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How I feel for you poor guys. Here in Australia I'm paying $A1.90/litre. I think that is around $US7.57 a gallon
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How I feel for you poor guys. Here in Australia I'm paying $A1.90/litre. I think that is around $US7.57 a gallon
How'd you like to pay $500+++ a month for health insurance. Our fuel prices and your Aussy social benifits would pretty nice to have...
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Prices increase as demands increase and supplies do not change.
Prices decrease when demands slump and supplies do not change.

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Prices increase when demand is the same and supplies shrink.
Prices decrease when demand is the same and supplies grow.

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The price you pay at the pump is the price it will take to buy the next load of fuel. Not that actual cost plus profit of what is in the tank.

As soon as everyone starts walking...demand will slump and as supplies are gearing up for increased demand (cause they all want in the game) the prices will really drop.
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Old 06-08-2008, 01:06 AM
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As soon as everyone starts walking...demand will slump and as supplies are gearing up for increased demand (cause they all want in the game) the prices will really drop.
In my elderly world housing/commute cost was a fixed item. Some reason or other I always preferred to pay less to commute and more on housing...especially after I bought my first house! You know I look back and I don't miss the time or the hassle on the road commmuting either. The value of my home grew more than a friends' similar home who lived further awaly from work oppertunitys.
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Old 06-08-2008, 03:46 AM
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Prices increase as demands increase and supplies do not change.
Prices decrease when demands slump and supplies do not change.

2.

Prices increase when demand is the same and supplies shrink.
Prices decrease when demand is the same and supplies grow.

3.

The price you pay at the pump is the price it will take to buy the next load of fuel. Not that actual cost plus profit of what is in the tank.

As soon as everyone starts walking...demand will slump and as supplies are gearing up for increased demand (cause they all want in the game) the prices will really drop.
Only problem with every one walking is we live in america where due to zoning ordinances and/or poor city planing 90% of the population lives too far from work to walk. Also from what i have seen demand is decreasing since most people simply can't afford the fule to drive as much yet suply is steady yet the price is going up.
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Vehicle cost as a percentage of income has also increased. The other old pharts here will remember when a three-year car note was considered absurd.

Easy credit let people overbuy vehicles as well as homes. (Thanks to listening to the Depression-era folks while I was growing up, I didn't do that.) Now, when the excrement hits the Emerson, my stuff is paid for. "Keep it small and own it all."
Being efficient doesn't mean a bad life of being a cheap bastid, but it does mean planning.

Other folks are going to learn some hard lessons.
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