Regular gasoline (87 octane) is down to as low as $2.94USD in the Detroit burbs from recent highs of $3.20.
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Ford claims ownership of images > Antti, > > Gasoline prices in the middle of the USA are $3.15 per gallon right > now. Premium octain and diesel are higher. I know this is cheap by > comparison to your prices, but we are complaining as prices were $2.00 > to $2.50 a short time ago. > > Automobiles and cheap gasoline over the past 100 years have fostered a > very low density development pattern. Home densities do not support > economical public transit, so everyone drives a car. The demand for > gasoline is very in-elastic. We buy gas whatever the price because we > must have it to drive to work. The only changes come when we buy new > vehicles that are more efficient. > > Studded snow tires are excellent when the road is covered with snow > and ice. They were banned here over 30 years ago. We were living in > Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the time (population 1,000,000+) and the 6 > lane super highways began to have tire ruts down the lanes, not in the > snow - in the concrete! > > Regards, Bob S. > > On Jan 17, 2008 3:22 AM, Antti-Pekka Virjonen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > I hope they are enjoying the high gas prices. >> > >> > Regards, Bob S. >> >> This makes me wonder, how much does gas or diesel fuel cost in the US >> (or other parts of the world) these days? >> >> Today the price for diesel fuel is around 1.20 euros per litre here in >> Finland. That translates to roughly 6.72 USD per gallon. 95 octane gas >> is about 1.40 euros per litre. And then we pay additional tax for diesel >> engine vehicles. I have Landrover Disco II Td5 which uses over 10 litres >> of diesel for 100km drive... >> >> Regarding the tyres, here about 80% of the cars use studded winter tyres >> (instead of only friction based M+S). It's a huge difference in >> performance (studs vs. friction) when the roads are flat planes of ice >> ;-). >> >> BTW to get back to the topic: Yet another example how companies alienate >> themselves from their customers. I would have thought the calendar (or >> any other such publication by a loyal customer group) would have been >> thought as free (and positive) marketing to the manufacturer. They >> should have volunteered to pay part or all of the publication costs >> instead of whine about copyrights or such. >> >> Antti-Pekka -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
