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#38218 05/19/04 02:48 PM
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i have to agree with nesparky about the greed and excessive taxes angle.wait till memorial day weekend when the opec ministers and the oil companies and politicians really empty out your pockets at the pumps.the little man is getting screwed here.our representatives don't give a rat's arse about those they represent.
what ever happened to all those inventions you read about in the 1940's and 50' that promised to increase your m.p.g.'s five fold?rumours were that the oil companies bought them off and any other attempt to get better gas mileage.sure could use a technology boost at this time but don't hold your breathe.i think the oil maggots got the working man right where they want us;under their thumb!what are you going to do?make your own fuel?i don't think so!to quote a comic strip"grin and bear it"sorry for the rant,but i commute 100 miles a day [Linked Image]

#38219 05/20/04 05:36 PM
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Stopped by today and the prices have gone up again.

Unleaded 81.9p = $5.58 per gallon
Diesel 84.9p = $5.78 per gallon

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#38220 05/20/04 08:29 PM
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Wall Street Journal had a graph today: The country's oil and natural gas outlays in terms of the GDP have been going down since 1972.

An idea well past its best time: If the government placed a $4/gal tax on gas and got rid of the deductions for auto usage, mass transit might have a chance.

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Eveything is inflating in price. Did the price of milk double for you? Fuel is just something we notice more.

I hate paying high prices at the pump but that is not hurt me too much.

28 Gallons of fuel a week at $2 a gal is $56 a week or $11.20 a day.

If the price doubles to $4 a gal it's $112 a week. That would cost me $11.20 a day more than $2 a gal.

What scares me is the price of material. I thought $3 a stick of 1/2" EMT was outragous until I saw at a home center sold out of 1/2" at $3.39 a stick (with a 100' per customer limet). With tax I'm looking at $3.64 a stick. For a small 500' EMT job it costs me more than $100 more in pipe.

If I break it down box to box. I have 1 rec connecting to another. The way it's built I have to pipe up and over and down. That's at least 25 feet of pipe with no waste. At the above price it's $9.10 for that 25'.

14 solid is $21.50 with tax or $0.04 per foot. Three wires run in that pipe with no waste 26' is $ 3.12 ($1.04x3).

I'm up to $12.22 for that run in material with out the box, ring, fittings, nuts, device, or trim plate.

I figure a few months ago the same material would cost me $5.52.

Overall pipe and wire for this run cost me $6.70 more (even more with waste). Multiply this times the number of runs like this you do in a day.

How much more can I charge before my accounts go shopping fo a new EC?

I would rather pay $4 a gallon than $4 a stick of 1/2".

Tom
BTW I drive a diesel too.

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