Fuel Crisis

[Andy 60]

Here we go again!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4243950.stm

Petrol has already past the ?1 per litre mark here, and diesel is more than that.

And no everybody started panic-buying and caused a load of places to run out of fuel altogether! Crazy country! :roll:

[Aurelius 1]

Prices are around $1.35 to $1.40 AUD/litre.

I think some people here have done the panic-buying, lol.

My statement to the world:

"Everyone buy fuel today, and tomorrow will be twice as expensive as today!"

Edited September 14, 2005 by Aurelius

[Alexander 0]

Hooray, I don't have a car!

[Andy 60]

So, I don't have to catch the bus to work. :p

[Alexander 0]

I live on campus and don't have a job. Je ne prends pas l'autobus!

[Mara 29]

I don't have a car either, w00t.

Prices here in Michigan flucuate a lot....so somewhere between $2.99 (a gallon) at the most once and probably $2.19, I think the lowest was a while back.

[Tsl 7]

It got up to $3.09 per gallon here, but now it's around $2.90. Good thing my Civic gets good milage!

My house on the other hand, is heated by fuel oil, so I'm screwed, lol.

[Andy 60]

Your house is heated by oil?

Crazy.

My car is quite economical too, which is good because I only filled it up the day before the prices went up and all this panic-buying started. lol

[Tsl 7]

lol, oil heat is a pretty time honored way of going about it. it's not exactly a new trend. most people would rather have natural gas :p

[Drake 53]

Gas prices are going down here. A last week they were around $1.52/litre...as of yesterday they were $1.15/litre.

[Uncle Du 22]

Lets see, there's about 3.7 liters in a gallaon so that would be what, almost four pounds per gallon? And that would be...holy sith, about $7.20 a gallon! Okay, so it's a lot worse there than here. :p

[Andy 60]

One thing about this place is that when the price goes up it rarely comes back down.

[Uncle Du 22]

That seems to be the going trend nowadays. I can remember this time last year when it $1.50 a gallon. Boy do I miss those days.

[Alexander 0]

Aye, I remember when I had to walk 15 miles in the snow to get a gallon of gas. Uphill. Both ways.

[Uncle Du 22]

And do your homework on a shovel? ;)

[Bad furday 57]

No no, he rode the shovel back down the hill, carrying the gas can. :p

[Alexander 0]

Hell no, that's a ewoking luxury. We had to do our homework on the very snow we walked on!

Shovels? Pfft, what do you think I am? Norman Rockefeller?

[Uncle Du 22]

:rofl: :rofl:

[Drake 53]

Lets see, there's about 3.7 liters in a gallaon so that would be what, almost four pounds per gallon?  And that would be...holy sith, about $7.20 a gallon!  Okay, so it's a lot worse there than here.

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Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't US and UK gallons different?

[Drake 53]

Shovels? Pfft, what do you think I am? Norman Rockefeller?

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You know what? I think you are!

[Alexander 0]

You're right! *blows nose with $100 bill*