Which is why I always buy two cakes. :P

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US prices were once the envy of many around the world
the USA have had a policy of cheap gas for Industry and Transport

but now there is economic trouble, and the Middle east seems a mess and some of those corrupt Arab nations are taking the US for a ride with their Opec nonsense, hikes in minerals and the sudden rise in the price of petroleum and Crude Oil

Canada, Japan and Spain also once had near-enough cheap Prices
but the cost of Fuel has skyrocketed

Italy is a total rip-off
that's why they all drive economical cars
Germans have also paid a lot


as Industry in places like India, Brazil and China continue to grow prices will continue to soar
Plus a number of Oil people tell me that we may see the Oil-resources dry-up
power stations may have to look to other sources of Energy like Nuclear but its needs to have good safety

Here are some tips
http://www.timemanagement4u.com/gas.chtml
how to save cost
here are some examples

I hate this "Americans should stop snivelling." Sugar Honey Ice Tea. Just because the other guys have a bad deal doesn't mean we should too. :roll:

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$2.50 a gallon, that's cheap compared to what I'm going to have to pay to fill up the tanks on the Cessna a few times in about a month. I'll be coughing up at the minimum, $3.50 a gallon for 100LL (100 octane low lead) avgas. I dread to see what the prices are going to be in the Dominican Republic, Provo, and the Bahamas. I'll think I'm in heaven once I get to the states.

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I'll admit, Americans are finally paying near the true cost for gasoline. Maybe it will change our driving habits (finally). In the morning on my way to work, I see literally hundreds of cars in traffic heading toward the George Bush (yes, we have a toll road named after George I). Each of those cars has a single occupant. Mind you, my commute is against traffic, not with it.

I'm starting to regret that I bought that Nissan truck - it gets, at most, 28 MPG and I have a 90 mile round trip commute every morning (I'm trying to change jobs to reduce my commute to a most 30 miles per day). I have, however, stopped driving the old Benz - she only gets at the most 20 mpg. Time to start riding the bike more - that get's at least 40 mpg (it's a BMW K-bike so it doesn't have the best fuel economy).

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Quite apart from the fact that it's up to them how much they charge for a product, not the US, you really, really don't want to cast the first stone when it comes to trade restriction arguments. Steel, anyone?

With inflation adjustment I'm surprised oil has remained as cheap as it has for so long. This webpage does discuss the $100/barrel issue but I linked it because it has a chart showing inflation-adjusted historical oil prices. In the late 70s and early 80s oil was the 2003 equivalent of $60-85 per barrel. $100/barrel is not an unrealistic price in the future but I don't think it will reach that in the next few years. It will have an impact on the economy as the cost of goods will increase but I don't think it will cause economic chaos. It should inspire people to save energy, much like during the energy crisis a few decades ago.

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Official? Hardly. There are no moderators but Phil.

That said, in the nature of a friendly caution, Phil has in the past warned people for masking profanity. I will admit, the acronym is creative, but it almost certainly will draw a warning if Phil chooses to take official notice. History shows you'll only get one of those.

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people are taking advantage of the Katrina disaster and now there is panic buying

$3.29 near Oklahoma

Illinois area $2.75 per gallon

Needles Cal it was $3.30 a gallon

Gasoline prices were climbing out of control Wednesday in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Gasoline in Atlanta, Georgia was selling for nearly $6 a gallon.


$ SIX DOLLARS PRICE spotted at Georgia

storm already forced the shutdown of an estimated 1 million barrels of refining capacity along the nation's Gulf Coast.
One third of the USA's oil production and petrol refinery could be damaged
Prices jumped by more than 50 cents a gallon overnight in Ohio
At Northlake Boulevard and Military Trail in Palm Beach Gardens, the Rev. Greg Stevenson was pumping regular Wednesday at a Marathon station that was selling the fuel for $3.09 a gallon.
"I'm topping off before it goes to $3.20 or $3.50," said Stevenson, a minister at a church in West Palm Beach. "It's not going to get better. It's going to get worse."
Matt McKenzie, spokesman for from AAA-Northern New England, predicted gas prices would hit $3.70 to $3.80 by month's end in that region of the country
Analysts said price increases nationwide probably wouldn’t stop until gas hit $4 per gallon.

About 3$ a gallon here in Houston.

See, it's all panic and rumor. According to this chart, the gulf cost (excluding Texas is about 3M barrels of about 16M) so even if ALL of this refining capacity is damaged, it still is nohwere near 1/3 (a little above half that).
What are the real numbers? It will probably take a little time to get it sorted out.

Old Greenbelt Citgo (just down the road from Goddard):

Monday: $2.70/gal.
Wednesday: $2.90/gal.
Thursday: $3.20/gal.

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The jump in gas prices due to Katrina is already being discussed over there.

Why didn't people top off before the storm hit?
I mean, whatever happens, the price was bound to go up.

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Not just gas... how about coffee and cotton.
I got a kick out of "Arabica futures at the NYBOT was up"

But still, according to this article, Gasoline futures trading was stopped when it hit a 25 cent limit. Good that there is some limit in place, but if that was stopped at 25, and the average went up 50, what does that tell you.