GAS PRICE

[Electra-fire]

Not to sound like one of the hysterical masses, BUT if ya need GAS do it soon, cause reports are going round that its going to go up to $2/L. :(

Just a heads up!

[SABIO]

i just came back from my station.... with 4 gas can in tow... 102.5/L 40 L for the car and 50 litres in the can... If it goes up to 1.30 agian or higher I just saved $27... or gulp.. if it does go to $2 I saved $90 Man thats scary...

I think your a fear monger ;)

[dioxviad]

its my fault for gas prices, sorry guys

[FLIPDADY]

Originally posted by dioxviad


its my fault for gas prices, sorry guys
Were you told to evacuate?

[dioxviad]

no, but they are turning off the refineries. and you need them on to make gas.

[MajesticBlueNTO]

here\'s what i don\'t get:

1) Canada has the world\'s larget oil supply in the oil sands in Alberta
2) China\'s 2 biggest petrol companies have invested BILLIONS in oil sands extraction
3) Granted the cost of crude extraction from sand is pricey, but the cost/barrel of crude is damn near the price of crude from the sands
4) Venezuela, a country smaller in size than Canada with practically the same population, charges the equivalent of $0.04CAN/0.03US FOUR CENTS per LITRE of gas. Here is a country, a small part of OPEC, that doesn\'t believe in the \"futures trading\" market that determines North Americas oil prices.
- source: CNN Global Gas Prices (http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/global_gasprices/)

and here\'s what irks me even more:

5) Ontario has refineries for each of the major oil companies that supply gas here
6) Most of these refineries get their oil from Alberta, across the pipeline that extends across Canada and into the USA
7) Petro-Canada was created with Canadian taxpayer money to provide a LOW COST ALTERNATIVE during the \"oil crisis\" of the 70s. they aren\'t low-cost anymore since they\'re the SAME price as the other oil companies
8) Oil prices are determined by FUTURES traders...people who GUESS what the price of oil will be in the FUTURE and trade based on that price. and who gets rich from this? the traders, the governments that are making money from the taxes imposed on the fuel we buy
9) The government will never lift the GST in the fuel tax (a tax on a tax) since it brings them too much money.

aside from that, hope you come out alright after Rita passes diox.

[TheProfessor]

Originally posted by dioxviad


its my fault for gas prices, sorry guys

You should be sorry....now get out there and flip the switch to turn those back on :p

[Tuned_Mag]

one person made a mistake for all this to happen actually...

here is the news link


http://www.pulse24.com/Business/Top_Story/20050922-002/page.asp

[billyfo]

have you ever seen ppl lining up when gas price is 104.3/L, today is the day:sarc

AM680 said somewhere in Kingston selling around $2/L

[Junior]

Originally posted by MajesticBlueN


7) Petro-Canada was created with Canadian taxpayer money to provide a LOW COST ALTERNATIVE during the \"oil crisis\" of the 70s. they aren\'t low-cost anymore since they\'re the SAME price as the other oil companies.

petro-canada was created by taxpayers and sold shortly after.

[MAZDA Kitten]

Stoooopid; all that chaos last night! It was UN-****IN-BELIEVABLE! And this morning in Hamilton gas was at 99 cents. Pure scare tactics and price gauging at its finest http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/sauer/angry-smiley-055.gif

[swales]

Originally posted by Junior



Originally posted by MajesticBlueN


7) Petro-Canada was created with Canadian taxpayer money to provide a LOW COST ALTERNATIVE during the \"oil crisis\" of the 70s. they aren\'t low-cost anymore since they\'re the SAME price as the other oil companies.

petro-canada was created by taxpayers and sold shortly after.

Actually the Cdn gov\'t only sold their last remaining part of Petro-Canada a couple of years ago.

[Zaku_4]

umm,
we dont buy our own ga<period> ANDDDD <question mark>

if u get what im saying :D

[Electra-fire]

Originally posted by MAZDA Kitten


Stoooopid; all that chaos last night! It was UN-****IN-BELIEVABLE! And this morning in Hamilton gas was at 99 cents. Pure scare tactics and price gauging at its finest http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/sauer/angry-smiley-055.gif


I totally agree!!!!

BUT what can ya do?? It could have gone either way. :sarc
I was not about to pay out $96ish to fill my tank at $2.35/liter (heard that one on the radio).. Really there would be no point.
It would have been 2 feet and a heart beat for me for a while. :D

SIDE NOTE -- dioxviad how are ya doing today????? hehe how are the windows holding out?

[dioxviad]

lol im doing fine thanks for askin!!! ;)

[MAZDA Kitten]

Who ever started that rumour should be punched in the balls LOL!
Even people at my work were freaking out and I couldnt even get on the elevator at 5pm because everyone was running to their cars to get gas!!!! HAHAHAHAH and then all debit and credit card machines stopped working. I had such drama bauahahahhaha

[Broli]

Originally posted by MAZDA Kitten


Who ever started that rumour should be punched in the balls LOL!

haha

damn, don\'t piss u off i guess. . .


yeah i heard this stuff was a rumour
but i filled up anyways,
why risk it!!

[Jeff-TheBiz]

Canadian Tire and Walmarts across the GTA sold out of Gas cans by 6:00pm!!!!

[TheProfessor]

I filled up at lunch today just cause I was passing and noticed that it was completely empty (the station, not my tank ;) )

104.3 :sarc