Cannot afford gasoline.....

Widkidone · Sep 11, 2005, 08:21 AM

http://toccionline.kizash.com/films/1001/178/index.php

Falstaff · Sep 11, 2005, 10:59 AM

ha ha...is this really a political argument or humour...LOL
you know I am gonna use this one.....ROLF

Customgamer1 · Sep 11, 2005, 11:16 AM

I love it!!! And really think about all those people who have hummers OMG that really must cost a lot. At least by me the gas is under $3 again

**MIG-31** · Sep 11, 2005, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Customgamer1

I love it!!! And really think about all those people who have hummers OMG that really must cost a lot. At least by me the gas is under $3 again

Great vid

But as im in the uk i see a few humv's here....and when you pay inbetween £0.90 to £1.07 Per litre... basically £5.00 per gallon..a loan would be needed to run the thing on fuel alone..unless they are rich gets to start of with..

br00ksintexas · Sep 11, 2005, 01:40 PM

In Dallas/Ft. Worth, I'm already seeing gas in the $2.75 per gallon range.

Sandok · Sep 11, 2005, 02:06 PM

Well the hummer does 1 mile to the gallon at an average speed of 60 mph... God I hope those people are crying

Falstaff · Sep 11, 2005, 03:17 PM

I say get all the god awful land yachts off the road now..

Pompey · Sep 12, 2005, 05:12 AM

Lol,
Were paying $1.53/L for 91, $1.57/L for 96, half of its tax

We’re using our Mitsubishi a lot more than our holden now.

I personally think SUV's should be banned from cities.

SFOSOK · Sep 12, 2005, 12:17 PM

And the people who drive them also.

Starspawn · Sep 21, 2005, 04:55 PM

It's not so funny here either, 1.50€/litre which makes 7.32USD/gallon. Guess I should skip work tomorrow

Callandor · Sep 22, 2005, 02:43 AM

I was watching that "Who runs your world" special on BBC today in Hardtalk, and I thought the world's oil prices were rising like mad coz we were about to run completely out of the black stuff. But apparently the world's oil leaders who were on the show said that it's the demand that's too high and that the world's "ran out" of oil 5 times before, and that the world's resources have not been largely exploited and taken advantage of, and they said that it would be likely that thanks to countries like China and Brazil and India, that are developing so fast and requiring more and more oil, scouting for oil will be done as intensely as it was done back in 1970 and that we had nothing to worry about, they're just aren't that many refineries.

So, it's not the resource that is the problem, it's the refineries that aren't chucking out enought barrels of the stuff, and so the price is going higher and higher thanks to increasing demand, but countries like China and all that are using the stuff more and more largely aren't the bad guys in that they're willing to heavily invest in the stuff, and, in the world's economy, so them using more and more oil is a good thing as they're not just doing nothing but driving around and burning the stuff up apparently. So, the world's developing, my brother told me some filthy rich billionaire guy was so pissed off at the refineries he's planning to start his own refinery, ofcourse using embezzeled money probably, other than his own personal fortune that he's saving for his great grand kids and OPEC's blaming the refineries for not supplying enought of the stuff, the refineries are blaming environmentilists, the occasional rebel attack and hurricane and such for the low supply rates and now soon we may all be forced to park our cars and resort to walking for the most part of the rest of our near future lives.

Then some dude at the IMF says that he thinks that the increase in oil prices -will- affect the world economy, apart from what his other optimistic buddies their say, but he says he sees the growth of the worlds markets slowing down pretty badly but not completely coming to a hault. Frankly I don't really care as long as I get to drive a really nice car like pac-man sometime in the future and be able to afford fuel for it. I don't know, sometimes I think I'll end up with a pretty nice electric car or something, which is a very sad though indeed. So much for driving a really powerful muscle or dream car some day that guzzles petrol like mad.

Oh, & btw, nice vid!

CDsDontBurn · Sep 22, 2005, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by sun_walka

I was watching that "Who runs your world" special on BBC today in Hardtalk, and I thought the world's oil prices were rising like mad coz we were about to run completely out of the black stuff. But apparently the world's oil leaders who were on the show said that it's the demand that's too high and that the world's "ran out" of oil 5 times before, and that the world's resources have not been largely exploited and taken advantage of, and they said that it would be likely that thanks to countries like China and Brazil and India, that are developing so fast and requiring more and more oil, scouting for oil will be done as intensely as it was done back in 1970 and that we had nothing to worry about, they're just aren't that many refineries.

So, it's not the resource that is the problem, it's the refineries that aren't chucking out enought barrels of the stuff, and so the price is going higher and higher thanks to increasing demand, but countries like China and all that are using the stuff more and more largely aren't the bad guys in that they're willing to heavily invest in the stuff, and, in the world's economy, so them using more and more oil is a good thing as they're not just doing nothing but driving around and burning the stuff up apparently. So, the world's developing, my brother told me some filthy rich billionaire guy was so pissed off at the refineries he's planning to start his own refinery, ofcourse using embezzeled money probably, other than his own personal fortune that he's saving for his great grand kids and OPEC's blaming the refineries for not supplying enought of the stuff, the refineries are blaming environmentilists, the occasional rebel attack and hurricane and such for the low supply rates and now soon we may all be forced to park our cars and resort to walking for the most part of the rest of our near future lives.

Then some dude at the IMF says that he thinks that the increase in oil prices -will- affect the world economy, apart from what his other optimistic buddies their say, but he says he sees the growth of the worlds markets slowing down pretty badly but not completely coming to a hault. Frankly I don't really care as long as I get to drive a really nice car like pac-man sometime in the future and be able to afford fuel for it. I don't know, sometimes I think I'll end up with a pretty nice electric car or something, which is a very sad though indeed. So much for driving a really powerful muscle or dream car some day that guzzles petrol like mad.

Oh, & btw, nice vid!

in the blame game, it's everybody's fault

oh, and thanks for the compliment

Callandor · Sep 22, 2005, 03:43 AM

W elcome dude, anytime.

br00ksintexas · Sep 22, 2005, 07:52 AM

If you don't think it's OPEC and all other major oil companies fault that prices are skyrocketing, take this into account: It costs 4 U.S. dollars to pump 1 55gal. drum of oil from the earth. The oil producers *there are only 5 major ones* are charging around 67 dollars per barrel today. OPEC itself, produces something like 30million barrels a DAY, so, let's do the math. It costs OPEC 120 million to produce their 30 million barrels per day. They'll make an astounding 2 BILLION plus a day. That's all BEFORE it hits a single refinery to make a finished product (be it oil, gas, etc. ) That's around 95% profit. Now, tell me who it is again who's dragging down the global economy..........

CDsDontBurn · Sep 22, 2005, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by br00ksintexas

It costs 4 U.S. dollars to pump 1 55gal. drum of oil from the earth.

source?

**Vikingod** · Sep 22, 2005, 02:31 PM

All right guys, lets get to the point... its Geminiwaves fault. Get after him, that sonofabitch. Time for Zardon to put the smackdown on him and fix this awful inflation.

nice vid BTW, it gave me a chuckle.

(my 2 cents, the fault is to do with a dwindling supply and an ever growing consumption, its called supply and demand, pretty revolutionary concept, everyone should check it out.)

CDsDontBurn · Sep 22, 2005, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Vikingod

(my 2 cents, the fault is to do with a dwindling supply and an ever growing consumption, its called supply and demand, pretty revolutionary concept, everyone should check it out.)

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it looked better when i was making it

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pr0digal jenius · Sep 22, 2005, 03:51 PM

i don't even look at the sign any more...I just pump, pay, and go on my way

CDsDontBurn · Sep 22, 2005, 03:59 PM

when you fill up your civic, you don't care

. when you fill up your camaro (if you still have it and drive it), then you would care

br00ksintexas · Sep 22, 2005, 08:37 PM

CDs, the source for the 4 dollars a gallon is Fox, CNN, CBS, ABC, and anyone else who's done a report on oil production since Katrina. Aso for dwindling demand, I've heard that under Kuwait alone there's an estimated 80 billion barrels, and Saudi and Iraq have even more.

Zelig · Sep 22, 2005, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by br00ksintexas

CDs, the source for the 4 dollars a gallon is Fox, CNN, CBS, ABC, and anyone else who's done a report on oil production since Katrina. Aso for dwindling demand, I've heard that under Kuwait alone there's an estimated 80 billion barrels, and Saudi and Iraq have even more.

A number of countries have more oil reserves than Kuwait... the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran, Canada and Saudi Arabia to be specific.

Last time I checked though, the world is chugging through over 80 million barrels per day...

**Vikingod** · Sep 22, 2005, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

Supply:

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it looked better when i was making it

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Thats pretty well done. i see someone payed attention in his econ 101 class.

CDsDontBurn · Sep 22, 2005, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Vikingod

Thats pretty well done. i see someone payed attention in his econ 101 class.

lol. i have already taken 2 econ courses (intro to econ, and micro economics) and i am presently taking macro economics

Dark Lord · Sep 22, 2005, 10:56 PM

i really dont think the prices are due to supply/demand.

ok, they supply us, we demand it. got that part.

now if the demand was so high, wed be seeing gas stations saying there almost out of fuel, or haveing a hard time getting it. wed also see lines at gas stations around the country trying to get ahold of any gas available.

neither of which are happening.

on the other hand, all the oil companies are posting record breaking profits each quarter, and each quarter out doing the previous. something that shouldnt be happening if there haveing such a hard time getting oil.

the other problem i can see is Green Peace (i beleive its GP...) they havnt allowed a single refinery to be built here in the US since the 1970s. these things arnt exactly new anymore, and im sure arnt operating at optimal performance any more.

just a little comment on filling up. my vette has a 16g tank on it, it takes me about 55 dollers to fill it up, and on that full tank i get about 130 miles. trust me, it gets really damn expensive in a very short time. atleast in the last 2 weeks gas has come down about 60 cents. just saw it for 2.59 this evening.