Good to hear from you, Vball24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :kiss:  /insert cyberhug emoticon here!

So glad you're safe!!!

Quote from: Vball24Since the oil rigs in the Gulf are going to be knocked off line for at least a week and have been down since probably Fri-Sat last week I don't think it is very surprising that the prices are so high.  Just be grateful for now you can still get it.  People are lined up for miles here.   Hopefully now people will get to work on alternate methods of fuel.   :dunno:

$3.29 for the cheap stuff here in Central Illinois, $3.45 for the good stuff.

Be thankful that most of us here have an efficient little GS500 to get us around!  That 50-60mpg is awfully nice when gas hits $4/gallon, like it will within a few weeks.  Kind of amusing that my GS500F now costs as much to fill up as my car did 5 years ago.

Living in the middle of farm country, I've got friends who own big pickups and SUV's that literally get 9,10, 12 mpg. They're starting to wonder if they can afford to run them.  

On the other hand.  None of us here really have anything to complain about.  There are hundreds of thousands of people who would love to have a house to live in, let alone a vehicle of any sort to put gas in right now, let alone the computer, electricity, and an internet connection that we're all using to complain about gas prices.  Yeah, it sucks that gas is $3+, moving to $4/gallon, but honestly, it's a wake-up call to all of us Americans that we use too much gas.  Prices, even at $4/gallon, are just barely coming up to the level that most of the rest of the world pays.  Yeah, it hurts me too, but it's a lesson that's been coming for a long time.

Somtimes I drive my v8 powered vehicle around by choice and most of the time I drive my turbo volvo's that get about 18-20mpg . I drive the gs here and though inbetween but I never complain about gas. business is business if you want to drive you pay for it. people arent stupid because they drive cars or have big motors in them that eat up gas. I wish people would stop saying "haha I ride a motorcycle i get great gas mielage" well when it rains people in cars are saying " haha I drive a car and look at that stupid motorcycle rider all wet" .   gas prices are high deal with it.

Thank you PANDY!!!  :mrgreen:   Lucky overall here.

Quote from: 71buickfreakHaliburton is the ONLY company in the WORLD that can perform the tasks needed in Iraq

Certainly, the only one that can gouge as well.  They subcontract everything out.  So it would be far more efficient to skip them and go right to the subcontractees.  There's always a leap in price for subcontracting, but they line their pockets like you wouldn't believe.

My dad is an economist and business developer who was in Iraq last year (lived in the kevlar-skivvies area of Baghdad).  He tells stories of corruption (on the US management side) that are just appaling.  He dropped a few dimes, but in this political climate, those tend to die a quiet death.

Quoteif me maths is correct, british pound notes works out at $7.21 a gallon

I think you worked out the cost in dollars of an Imperial Gallon which is 4.55 litres.
A US gallon is only 3.79 Litres

SO (7.21/4.55)3.79 = $6.006 per US gallon.
Looks like I misplaced that second 6 by one place, or perhaps Fuel costs a smidge more up here in Scotland.

Quote from: RoadstergalThey subcontract everything out.  So it would be far more efficient to skip them and go right to the subcontractees.  

It appears that they are not the only ones in the world that can do it if they have other people do it for them. They are the only ones that get a chance to do it be cause they are awarded the "no-bid" contracts.

This is headed to the Tard Farm. Or Odds N Ends. Or my mom's house.  

Dave  

I used to be very conscientious about keeping politics out of non-political venues, not hijacking threads, etc.  These days, I just don't give as much of a crap anymore.  

I think of the saying, "Money makes the world go round". But on second thought: money, politics, oil, money, oil, politics, oil, money, oil, oil, oil.
DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, We have a winner-----OIL!

well no one is forcing us to use petrol based products or fuels. ive said it more than once on here about the used vegitable oil. its basically free!! and what about the deisel bikes out there. you could run them on used veggie oil.
I think we are all just lazy and dont want to use the alternatives.  

But I do agree everything is based off of some time of oil at the least!

we run the money machines and they use lubricants.

I still have 100 miles left on my tank...  I'll worry about gas prices in a few days.  

Yea see No one is forcing you to buy their oil ... BTW it was stupid of us (as a country and a civilisation) to build our entire economy on something that we had no control over. Now we have people that commute 100's of miles a day, in huge cars that are safe and ooooh so comfortable ... and what powers it is entirely subject to the whims and fancies of a few people who hever had a cot to sleep on nor a bicycle to ride on ever. If Some clown invented the IC engine that ran on gasoline and we discovered no gasoline in our backyard ... I'd say Yea keep discovering till you find one that runs on corn syrup. But no ... Oil is in the middle east, but its refined by American companies. Good way to cut out foreign entities ... as much as possible. But still not enough. Russia is going to be the next Saudi Arabia, and they will more than likely not go that same way ... hope ...
Cool.
Srinath.

QuoteSusuki_Jah
people arent stupid because they drive cars or have big motors in them that eat up gas. I wish people would stop saying "haha I ride a motorcycle i get great gas mielage" well when it rains people in cars are saying " haha I drive a car and look at that stupid motorcycle rider all wet" .

If driving around by yourself in a gas guzzler isn't stupid, especially these days, I don't know what is. the point is that over consumption is a major part of the problem. not trying to case on anyone, but that is a fact.

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QuoteSusuki_Jah
people arent stupid because they drive cars or have big motors in them that eat up gas. I wish people would stop saying "haha I ride a motorcycle i get great gas mielage" well when it rains people in cars are saying " haha I drive a car and look at that stupid motorcycle rider all wet" .

If driving around by yourself in a gas guzzler isn't stupid, especially these days, I don't know what is. the point is that over consumption is a major part of the problem. not trying to case on anyone, but that is a fact.

well some of us actually need the cars we use. its not so practical to tow things with a 4 cylender car and a week transmission. its not practical to tow things with a motorcycle. some of us need big cars . I use cars to transport alot of my band equipment and on top of it. when did American become a nazi society. wait it NEVER DID> so that means we can drive whatever we want to . hey we pay for it no one said you had to.  but again you cant automatically think the person driving the SUV is stupid becaue they have a v8. maybe the lady has 4 kids and they all play soccer or are in the band. maybe that suv is safer because it has awd and they have a boat they need to tow .  

consumption is not a problem because there are many alternatives fuels out there. if it bothers people that much, then choose an alternative fuel. you cant blame people for doing what they want. just because the guy next store feels he is too poor to afford gas or the college student doesnt want to walk 2 miles to school and is pissed at gas prices is that anyone elses problem? nope. i pay for my gas whats the big deal?

Suzuki_Jah always seems to get flamed for whatever he does. It's his choice, so I don't see what the problem is.

Anyway, On to the gas prices. I work at Sams, and we have a gas station out front. The price WE pay  for our gas has gone up about 80 cents in two days. Every tanker of gas we have gotten in the past few days, the price has gone up 20 or 30 cents per gallon, and we pay the same price for each gallon in the tanker.  So, for every tanker of gas we get, the price goes up. We sell ALOT more gas than most stations, especially the smaller ones, so they have the cheaper gas in their tanks longer as they have not had to replenish their tanks by buying newer, more expensive gas, therefore their price can stay lower longer. But we have to match this price, or our customers get mad, so our price, even though we are paying 80 cents more per gallon, has to stay the same as the other, smaller stations. Therefore we are LOSING about 60 cents a gallon, or about $15,000 a day until about monday when the other stations will have to refill their tanks with the more expensive gas. I hope that's not too complicated. So, it's not the gas stations that are getting rich, it's the oil companies that are rocking our faces off with crazy prices. Here's proof:
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/gasprices.html
That's NUTS.

Waaaaaave to the NaviHummers as you ride by them! They will claim that if they can afford the gas beast, that they can afford the gas, but:

A co-worker's Silverado SS gets 14 MPG, I am averaging 51 MPG on my GS. We both have a 25 mile commute.

At 50 miles per day, and $3 per gallon

6500 miles per year

My VW Golf would use 216 gallons  $648

My GS500 will use 127 gallons at $381

He will use 464 gallons and spend $1392


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Quote from: BlingmastaSuzuki_Jah always seems to get flamed for whatever he does.

Well, since the primary thing he does is to be a homophobic jackass, this shouldn't surprise you.

Quote from: BlingmastaSuzuki_Jah always seems to get flamed for whatever he does. It's his choice, so I don't see what the problem is.

I don't think he gets roasted for what his opinions are as much as how he expresses them. When someone often starts posts out with, "People are stupid because...," and sprinkles that with a liberal helping of "stupid bikers," there's bound to be some tension caused. People tend to respond better to respect, though Suzuki_Jah thinks of those who respect each other and safety as being weak and...darn...what was the phrase? Oh yeah...a bunch of suckups!  :lol: So...where was your confusion again???  :mrgreen:

Quote from: RoadstergalWell, since the primary thing he does is to be a homophobic jackass, this shouldn't surprise you.

You always get to the point so much better than I do. I admire your pithiness.  :lol: