In a message dated 10/14/08 12:31:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
wbeech@flash.net writes:
<< .50 gal in 1974 >>
$ 2.22 today. http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
The recent spike not withstanding, fuel is still pretty low considering the
expense to produce, transport. New regs dictate changing formulas, 2x hulled
tankers / tanks, fire systems at gas stations, 2% + station $ loss when using a
credit card.
Time to blame Canada. . . .
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/ask/crudeoil_faqs.asp#foreign_oil
The top five source countries and their percent share of U.S. total net
petroleum imports were:
Canada (18%)
Saudia Arabia (12%)
Venezuela (11%)
Mexico (10%)
Nigeria (9%)
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