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synergy12
Since 31 May 2007
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 Wed Mar 26, 08 4:22 pm Here Comes $4 a Gallon |
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Or convert to Straight Vegetable Oil in a Diesel vehicle.
My '84 Benz. http://rides.webshots.com/album/551646400cLdXHc 40K on Vegetable Oil, since November of 2006. "Cheap Easy Conversion"
My 2004 Sprinter Veg Van
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23K on Vegetable Oil since November '07.
Nothing like filling up on Free waste fryer oil, yee ha!
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| Or you could go with a Waste Vegetable Oil Powered Diesel vehicle like my 2004 Sprinter Van. 23,000 happy veg miles since November of '07 at close to 25mpg. |
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| 1984 300CD Turbo Diesel Mercedes Benz Veg Car. Current Odometer 140K |
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Diggy
Since 25 Nov 2006
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| Wed Mar 26, 08 4:39 pm Re: Here Comes $4 a Gallon |
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Damn thats a lot of miles!
Nice work on the SVO!!! 
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synergy12
Since 31 May 2007
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| Wed Mar 26, 08 4:56 pm Here Comes $4 a Gallon |
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| Yes it is, and my wife and I are headed to the Bay Area to visit friends and family.......and kite of course. Should be on the road for about a month. Interestingly enough I have found numerous places to buy filtered veg oil on the way and in the Bay Area for $1.50-$2.00 a gallon. Way Way better than gas or diesel.
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
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| Tue May 27, 08 7:58 am |
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Did everyone enjoy the weekend gas prices?
Since $4 a gallon is here, I should change the topic name to "Here comes $5 a gallon" ... sounds like that's what's coming for us in July. 
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tonyb
Since 09 Oct 2006
973 Posts
Stevenson in the summer & SPI in the winter
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| Tue May 27, 08 11:09 am |
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Just made the drive back from SPI to Stevie over the weekend. Gas prices climbed steadily from 3.65 in SPI to 3.89 in El Paso, to 4.27 in Los Angeles. Somewhere along the way I think we paid 4.33 or something ridiculous.
I've driven up and down I-5 from WA to CA many many times and this was the emptiest I've ever seen. Had to be less than a dozen motor homes on the road from Bakersfield to Medford on Sunday. Only passed one between Redding and Ashland. Looks like it's getting too expensive to move the big rigs around as much as people used to.
Also the first time I haven't gone as fast as the speed limit allowed! Out in west Texas the speed limit is 80 which means you're usually 82 to 85. But the gas gauge was dropping so fast I slowed it down to about 73.
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tinyE
Since 21 Jan 2006
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| Tue May 27, 08 11:13 am |
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sigh...
i broke down and bought an enemy of the oil men this weekend for my commute to work and back. time to start decreasing my 'carbon footprint' even more...
this is going to make kiting during the week pretty tough.
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genek
Since 21 Jul 2006
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| Tue May 27, 08 11:13 am |
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| tonyb wrote: |
Also the first time I haven't gone as fast as the speed limit allowed! Out in west Texas the speed limit is 80 which means you're usually 82 to 85. But the gas gauge was dropping so fast I slowed it down to about 73.
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Ouch! That's how you know we've lost all of our freedom.
Welcome back though. Not quite SPI weather yet, but we're hoping it'll warm up by August.
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
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| Tue May 27, 08 11:39 am |
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| pdxmonkeyboy wrote: | ooops, I guess I shouldn't have bought that man hood enhancement SUV for my 86 mile a day commute.
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$120 a week on gas, dude! That is $6,000 a year. $6,000!!! i could take a month off and live in the caribean for $6,000. |
Ha putting a huge carpool sign on the back of your huge SUV... as far as enhancement goes, that's like punching yourself in the groin after a handfull of viagra. 
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
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| Tue May 27, 08 12:07 pm |
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The car pool sign is definitely a good idea. It is still amazing to me that people thought the price of gas wasn't going to escalate to what it is know when they were buying all those SUV's. They say stupidity should be painful, and I guess it is going to be painfull on the pocketbook for some. The funniest thing is that SUV's are know essentially worthless. Some car delaers won't even take them back on trade in. And to those people who are contemplating taking advantage of the gas supplements offered by car dealers..what are you going to do when thesuplplemtn period is over and gas is $7.00/ gallon. OUCH!!!
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genek
Since 21 Jul 2006
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| Tue May 27, 08 12:11 pm |
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| pdxmonkeyboy wrote: | | And to those people who are contemplating taking advantage of the gas supplements offered by car dealers..what are you going to do when thesuplplemtn period is over and gas is $7.00/ gallon. OUCH!!! |
Take a handful of Viagra and punch themselves in the groin???
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pjc
Since 06 Mar 2005
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| Tue May 27, 08 1:22 pm |
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| tonyb wrote: |
I've driven up and down I-5 from WA to CA many many times and this was the emptiest I've ever seen. Had to be less than a dozen motor homes on the road from Bakersfield to Medford on Sunday. Only passed one between Redding and Ashland. Looks like it's getting too expensive to move the big rigs around as much as people used to.
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Interesting report. Assuming this keeps up, the other thing you might notice is fewer semi's on the road. Rail is much more fuel efficient - apparently, steel on steel can roll at 400 ton-miles per gallon of diesel. Heavy trucks are nowhere near that. Warren Buffet bought a bunch of rail stocks recently...
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tautologies
Since 24 Aug 2006
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| Tue May 27, 08 9:26 pm |
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there is still a lot of latitude in terms of disposable income for the middle income America. Sorry to say this, but prices will keep on going up.
The gas price in Norway is expected to reach about $3.50 this summer...and that is per liter (of course depending on the political climate in the middle east).
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h2olm
Since 07 Jun 2006
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Matt E.
Since 22 May 2008
318 Posts
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| Wed May 28, 08 3:20 pm |
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| i say we all move to Venezuela good kiting and gas is a dollar to fill you tank.
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Mark
Since 20 Jun 2005
3678 Posts
I need my fix because I'm a
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| Wed May 28, 08 3:33 pm |
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Prices are in US gallons:
Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48
Norway Oslo $6.27
Italy Milan $5.96
Denmark Copenhagen $5.93
Belgium Brussels $5.91
Sweden Stockholm $5.80
United Kingdom London $5.79
Germany Frankfurt $5.57
France Paris $5.54
Portugal Lisbon $5.35
Hungary Budapest $4.94
Luxembourg $4.82
Croatia Zagreb $4.81
Ireland Dublin $4.78
Switzerland Geneva $4.74
Spain Madrid $4.55
Japan Tokyo $4.24
Czech Republic Prague $4.19
Romania Bucharest $4.09
Andorra $4.08
Estonia Tallinn $3.62
Bulgaria Sofia $3.52
Brazil Brasilia $3.12
Cuba Havana $3.03
Taiwan Taipei $2.84
Lebanon Beirut $2.63
South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
Nicaragua Managua $2.61
Panama Panama City $2.19
Russia Moscow $2.10
Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12
Source: air-inc.com
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genek
Since 21 Jul 2006
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| Wed May 28, 08 3:45 pm |
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Living at a kite beach will solve all of your problems (except maybe having an income). No need for gas if you don't need to drive.
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