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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 10:09 AM
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I'm in NE Ohio and Diesel is 3.99 a gallon. I've only owned my Ex for six months but I definitely think its worth the trade off
 
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 10:25 AM
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Wow!! it is $5.02/us gal here in Vancouver BC for 87. It has been at least $4.25 since January.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by EXCURSIONATOR1
I had a isuzu p'up in 1991 4cyl 5 speed.It got really good gas mileage if driven slow. It's soo low on power it's hard not to floor it off every stop.

The newer isuzu trucks are chevy s10's.

3.76 here for regular.

ya its a 92 so i hope she gets some good mileage
 
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Old Mar 15, 2011 | 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Richard2212
Voting has conseqences - just read the following about the availability of OIL.

About 6 months ago a news program on oil and one of
the Forbes Bros. was the guest. The host said to Forbes, "I am going to ask
you a direct question and I would like a direct answer; how much oil does
the U.S. have in the ground?" Forbes did not miss a beat, he said, "more
than all the Middle East put together." Please read below.

The U. S. Geological Service issued a report in April 2008 that only
scientists and oil men knew was coming, but man was it big. It was a
revised report (hadn't been updated since 1995) on how much oil was in this
area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota, western South Dakota, and extreme
eastern Montana ..... check THIS out:

The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska 's Prudhoe Bay
, and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at 503 billion
barrels. Even if just 10% of the oil is recoverable... at $107 a barrel,
we're looking at a resource base worth more than $5...3 trillion.

"When I first briefed legislators on this, you could practically see their
jaws hit the floor. They had no idea.." says Terry Johnson, the Montana
Legislature's financial analyst.

"This sizable find is now the highest-producing onshore oil field found in
the past 56 years," reportsThe Pittsburgh Post Gazette. It's a formation
known as the Williston Basin , but is more commonly referred to as the
'Bakken.' It stretches from Northern Montana , through North Dakota and
into Canada . For years, U. S. oil exploration has been considered a dead
end. Even the 'Big Oil' companies gave up searching for major oil wells
decades ago. However, a recent technological breakthrough has opened up the
Bakken's massive reserves..... and we now have access of up to 500 billion
barrels. And because this is light, sweet oil, those billions of barrels
will cost Americans just $16 PER BARREL!

That's enough crude to fully fuel the American economy for 2041 years
straight. And if THAT didn't throw you on the floor, then this next one
should - because it's from 2006!

U.. S. Oil Discovery- Largest Reserve in the World

Stansberry Report Online - 4/20/2006

Hidden 1,000 feet beneath the surface of the Rocky Mountains lies the
largest untapped oil reserve in the world. It is more than 2 TRILLION
barrels. On August 8, 2005 President Bush mandated its extraction. In three
and a half years of high oil prices none has been extracted. With this
motherload of oil why are we still fighting over off-shore drilling?

They reported this stunning news: We have more oil inside our borders, than
all the other proven reserves on earth.. Here are the official estimates:

- 8-times as much oil as Saudi Arabia
- 18-times as much oil as Iraq
- 21-times as much oil as Kuwait
- 22-times as much oil as Iran
- 500-times as much oil as Yemen
- and it's all right here in the Western United States .

HOW can this BE? HOW can we NOT BE extracting this? Because the
environmentalists and others have blocked all efforts to help America become
independent of foreign oil! Again, we are letting a small group of people
dictate our lives and our economy.....WHY?

James Bartis, lead researcher with the study says we've got more oil in this
very compact area than the entire Middle East -more than 2 TRILLION barrels
untapped. That's more than all the proven oil reserves of crude oil in the
world today, reports The Denver Post.
Don't think 'OPEC' will drop its price - even with this find? Think again!
It's all about the competitive marketplace, - it has to. Think OPEC just
might be funding the environmentalists?

Got your attention yet? Now, while you're thinking about it, do this:

Pass this along. If you don't take a little time to do this, then you
should stifle yourself the next time you complain about gas prices - by
doing NOTHING, you forfeit your right to complain.


Check it out at the link below, this is a government US Geological website!!!
<http: www.usgs.gov="" newsroom="" article.asp?id="1911">;

The Moderator may wish to remove this comment if it is considered to be out of line with the Forum Rules. No harm intended.
I cant believe that in 4 pages of posts after this one, that there was only one comment about it. This is unbelievable. Where is the link to the USGS website????
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:15 AM
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I hope this link works
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 09:19 AM
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did some research on that post by Richard, that was actually a copy and paste of an email that went around. Some of the figures are inflated, but there is, no doubt, a lot of oil up there.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 04:29 PM
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Not any reason to comment on that post because there's nothing anybody can do about the price of gas except the speculators and the government and neither of them will do anything about it. Politicians could do something but they are totally useless, that's why I never registered to vote in my life, all you get to choose between are liars and cheats, it almost makes you sick to your stomach.
 
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Old Mar 16, 2011 | 10:53 PM
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Paul I completly agree with you. There's theifs and bigger theifs. I never get in the democrat and republican argument. I always walk away. Both parties SUCK and gas prices SUCK right now.

I have a 1972 mustang semi-race car the excursion and a garage full of atv's. Prices make me really consider what I'm going to do on the weekends.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 02:02 PM
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4.13$ here when filled it up last night.. man im glad i got a diesel, i dont think we could afford to drive a gas excursion!
 
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 03:44 PM
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Nothing will change unless we strart drilling like crazy right now. And Obama is pushy-footing around and saying; I don't know, maybe, do you think so, I guess, give it some time, etc.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by b-uno
4.13$ here when filled it up last night.. man im glad i got a diesel, i dont think we could afford to drive a gas excursion!
What is your 7.3 average per tank(44 gallons)?? Mixed driving.. Just wondering.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 03:55 PM
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Would yall rather have a dictator?

(that question was asked to paultv and Excursionator)
 

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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by LivingLarge
What is your 7.3 average per tank(44 gallons)?? Mixed driving.. Just wondering.
I get 700+ miles, 70% city driving.
 
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Studawg
I get 700+ miles, 70% city driving.
Thank for the reply, that's a good number 16+ mpg!
 
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Paultv
Not any reason to comment on that post because there's nothing anybody can do about the price of gas except the speculators and the government and neither of them will do anything about it. Politicians could do something but they are totally useless, that's why I never registered to vote in my life, all you get to choose between are liars and cheats, it almost makes you sick to your stomach.
Never voted!.......me too , they all say what sounds good at the time and then do whatever they want later when they get in and then they almost get impeached.........big joke. Just a little better than a dictater.
 
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