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Re: O/T Gas Prices - GAS IS CHEAP

To: datsunmike <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: O/T Gas Prices - GAS IS CHEAP
From: Thomas the Swede <csp311@telia.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 01:27:50 +0100
Our elections are so simple that it would even work in Palm Beach.


datsunmike wrote:

> Do they teach them how to read a ballot too ;-)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas the Swede" <csp311@telia.com>
> To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 10:51 AM
> Subject: Re: O/T Gas Prices - GAS IS CHEAP
>
> > Gas isn't expensive, tax is. Low octane (95) is US$ 3.65/US gallon
> > in Sweden and it's probably another 15% more in Norway. The
> > gasoline without tax is US$ 1.35/US-gallon and the rest goes to
> > school to teach the next generation how to count when they run
> > out of fingers ;-)
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > Mark Dent wrote:
> >
> > > I have kept quiet the last few times this has come up but... Please.  My
> > > opinion is that gas is one of the best values for your money.  I can not
> go
> > > anywhere without it and for a few bucks I get go wherever I want to go.
> A
> > > 20 oz. Coke is $1.00 and gets you nothing.  Coffee is cheap yet no one
> > > complains that the morning cup cost $2.  The markup on just about
> > > everything is higher than the profit is on gas.  That is why most gas
> > > stations are becoming mini marts.  Here in Maryland the tax alone is 60
> > > cents a gallon.  If you can figure a way to find the oil, refine it,
> > > transport it, store it and dispense it, without blowing anyone up for
> less
> > > than it cost now,  good luck.  Don't forget some people on this list
> work
> > > for ExxonMobil (not me, this just is a pet peeve of mine) and many more
> > > work in some aspect of the Oil Industry.  Be careful of who you send
> this
> > > stuff too.. it might piss some of them off.  I don't criticize what
> anybody
> > > else on this list does for a living, don't criticize what I do. (But I
> > > don't work in that field..I just know people who do)
> > >
> > > Off the box for now......
> > > Mark
> > > Baltimore
> > > 1964 1500
> > > 1967 2000
> > > 1968 1600
> > > http://www.datsunroadsters.com
> > > http://www.roadster.org

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