The price of a bbl of oil last night.

Average retail price for a gallon of unleaded regular, in this state,
is now $3.35. That's up 85-cents from the same time last year. Premium
typically runs about 30 cents more. The annual spring price gouge we
have endured each of the last several years should be getting underway
very soon, as the
refiners all claim to be passing along the costs of converting from
winter to summer formulations.

The challenge for boaters who don't care and say, "We can afford to
pay for fuel, regardless of the cost", will be the disappearing
infrastructure.

When the working man has to give up boating because he can't afford to
fuel up for a weekend's outing, it guts the infrastructure that
everybody depends on. Without the critical mass of the small boaters,
many of the service businesses and retailers upon which the entire
boating community relies cannot remain in business. There is less
justification for the state to set aside marine parks or otherwise
prioritize boating recreation.

I wish I had a solution. I don't. But when poor families are facing a
"heat or eat" decision every week while BIGOILCO makes $40-billion
profits
it's possible to see the human tragedy in play, even without being
able to identify a solution.

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
...
The price of a bbl of oil last night.

Average retail price for a gallon of unleaded regular, in this state,
is now $3.35. That's up 85-cents from the same time last year. Premium
typically runs about 30 cents more. The annual spring price gouge we
have endured each of the last several years should be getting underway
very soon, as the
refiners all claim to be passing along the costs of converting from
winter to summer formulations.
snip..

Wow...wish I could buy regular self serve for that price.
At 1.18 per liter... we pay at the rate of $4.46 per US gallon

On Feb 27, 11:36*am, "Don White" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

... The price of a bbl of oil last night.

Average retail price for a gallon of unleaded regular, in this state,
is now $3.35. That's up 85-cents from the same time last year. Premium
typically runs about 30 cents more. The annual spring price gouge we
have endured each of the last several years should be getting underway
very soon, as the
refiners all claim to be passing along the costs of converting from
winter to summer formulations.

snip..

Wow...wish I could buy regular self serve for that price.
At 1.18 per liter... we pay at the rate of $4.46 per US gallon

Hi there!
Been gone from rec boats for about 5 yrs. Moved from central IL to the
west coast of FL. Hard to believe... same old crew is still bitching
about the same old.
And they say you can't go home again.

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:30:42 -0800 (PST), rhutton
wrote:

On Feb 27, 11:36*am, "Don White" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

... The price of a bbl of oil last night.

Average retail price for a gallon of unleaded regular, in this state,
is now $3.35. That's up 85-cents from the same time last year. Premium
typically runs about 30 cents more. The annual spring price gouge we
have endured each of the last several years should be getting underway
very soon, as the
refiners all claim to be passing along the costs of converting from
winter to summer formulations.

snip..

Wow...wish I could buy regular self serve for that price.
At 1.18 per liter... we pay at the rate of $4.46 per US gallon

Hi there!
Been gone from rec boats for about 5 yrs. Moved from central IL to the
west coast of FL. Hard to believe... same old crew is still bitching
about the same old.
And they say you can't go home again.


Welcome back. Whereabouts in Florida?
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:12:53 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould
wrote:

I wish I had a solution. I don't. But when poor families are facing a
"heat or eat" decision every week while BIGOILCO makes $40-billion
profits it's possible to see the human tragedy in play, even without
being able to identify a solution.

Don't think there is a "solution". There is a built in speculation
factor which is based on too much free cash looking for a profit which
has migrated out of normal channels and moved into commodities.

It's a bubble and like all bubbles, it has to work itself out.

It will, but it will take time.

Chuck Gould wrote:

I wish I had a solution. I don't. But when poor families are facing a
"heat or eat" decision every week while BIGOILCO makes $40-billion
profits
40 Bil.

is That all?????

Tim wrote:

Chuck Gould wrote:
I wish I had a solution. I don't. But when poor families are facing a
"heat or eat" decision every week while BIGOILCO makes $40-billion
profits
40 Bil.

is That all?????

10% profit is 10% profit regardless of the business.

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
...
The price of a bbl of oil last night.

Average retail price for a gallon of unleaded regular, in this state,
is now $3.35. That's up 85-cents from the same time last year. Premium
typically runs about 30 cents more. The annual spring price gouge we
have endured each of the last several years should be getting underway
very soon, as the
refiners all claim to be passing along the costs of converting from
winter to summer formulations.

The challenge for boaters who don't care and say, "We can afford to
pay for fuel, regardless of the cost", will be the disappearing
infrastructure.

When the working man has to give up boating because he can't afford to
fuel up for a weekend's outing, it guts the infrastructure that
everybody depends on. Without the critical mass of the small boaters,
many of the service businesses and retailers upon which the entire
boating community relies cannot remain in business. There is less
justification for the state to set aside marine parks or otherwise
prioritize boating recreation.

I wish I had a solution. I don't. But when poor families are facing a
"heat or eat" decision every week while BIGOILCO makes $40-billion
profits
it's possible to see the human tragedy in play, even without being
able to identify a solution.


And this is with a gasoline surplus.. Just wait till supplies run low.

Ouch.


db

D-unit wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
...
The price of a bbl of oil last night.

Average retail price for a gallon of unleaded regular, in this state,
is now $3.35. That's up 85-cents from the same time last year. Premium
typically runs about 30 cents more. The annual spring price gouge we
have endured each of the last several years should be getting underway
very soon, as the
refiners all claim to be passing along the costs of converting from
winter to summer formulations.

The challenge for boaters who don't care and say, "We can afford to
pay for fuel, regardless of the cost", will be the disappearing
infrastructure.

When the working man has to give up boating because he can't afford to
fuel up for a weekend's outing, it guts the infrastructure that
everybody depends on. Without the critical mass of the small boaters,
many of the service businesses and retailers upon which the entire
boating community relies cannot remain in business. There is less
justification for the state to set aside marine parks or otherwise
prioritize boating recreation.

I wish I had a solution. I don't. But when poor families are facing a
"heat or eat" decision every week while BIGOILCO makes $40-billion
profits
it's possible to see the human tragedy in play, even without being
able to identify a solution.


And this is with a gasoline surplus.. Just wait till supplies run low.

Ouch.


db





No mystery here...just bend over for Big Oil and its facilitators in the
Bush Administration.

On Feb 27, 1:00*pm, hkrause wrote:
D-unit wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
...
The price of a bbl of oil last night.

Average retail price for a gallon of unleaded regular, in this state,
is now $3.35. That's up 85-cents from the same time last year. Premium
typically runs about 30 cents more. The annual spring price gouge we
have endured each of the last several years should be getting underway
very soon, as the
refiners all claim to be passing along the costs of converting from
winter to summer formulations.

The challenge for boaters who don't care and say, "We can afford to
pay for fuel, regardless of the cost", will be the disappearing
infrastructure.

When the working man has to give up boating because he can't afford to
fuel up for a weekend's outing, it guts the infrastructure that
everybody depends on. Without the critical mass of the small boaters,
many of the service businesses and retailers upon which the entire
boating community relies cannot remain in business. There is less
justification *for the state to set aside marine parks or otherwise
prioritize boating recreation.

I wish I had a solution. I don't. But when poor families are facing a
"heat or eat" decision every week while BIGOILCO makes *$40-billion
profits
it's possible to see the human tragedy in play, even without being
able to identify a solution.

And this is with a gasoline surplus.. *Just wait till supplies run low..

Ouch.

db

No mystery here...just bend over for Big Oil and its facilitators in the
Bush Administration.- Hide quoted text -

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Did you ever think our enemies who seem to control the oil and
terrorism have nothing to do with this? It is a fact that you can not
dispute that these terrorist regimes want to raise the prices and make
the repubs look bad and get voted out of office. After all, repubs
shoot back when we are attacked, dems talk....