[TR] TR joys

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Tue Oct 14 08:04:39 MDT 2008


In a message dated 10/14/08 12:31:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
wbeech at 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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