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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #75 on: December 12, 2008, 01:47:22 AM »
Quote from: PARTS on December 11, 2008, 06:11:17 PM
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But you can't use it for brave Molotov cocktails.  8)

It's fun to put in a spray bottle and spray it on fires though

That's the thing. You have to pressurize diesel and atomize it as you release it into the air to get a nice flame thrower effect.

I once adapted an air compressor hose to a long thin tube and attached an oil can to it, which operated like a venturi powered siphon as the air sprayed. I used it like a WD40 spray can from HELL when I needed to hit some of the areas out of reach when dealing with bus maintenance.

One day I had the "bright idea" to light the spray on fire. Then I tried other things besides oil to spray. A can of diesel worked great.

I am still paying for foolishly expanding my carbon footprint, needlessly.
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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #76 on: December 12, 2008, 01:50:10 AM »

So, can anyone tell me why Gasoline prices in the USA are less than half the price from the peaks which occurred four to six months ago?
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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #77 on: December 12, 2008, 03:34:22 AM »
My parents say it's the economy. Because our economy is so bad and people aren't going out and doing things because of high gas prices, they lowered them. They weren't getting enough business when they were high. That's what my parents said.
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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #78 on: December 12, 2008, 03:29:31 PM »
Apparently the oil price collapsed because China has stopped gulping quite so much, since people are buying less pointless plastic crap from them.
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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #79 on: December 12, 2008, 03:47:15 PM »
People here are still trying to conserve though which is good news for me :clap:
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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #80 on: December 12, 2008, 05:55:28 PM »
Partly because they don't dare spend anymore than they have to with the economy fucked up.
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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #81 on: December 17, 2008, 12:11:57 PM »
$1.61 at the expensive station; likely will be 4 or 5 cents lower where i usually buy it.
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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #82 on: December 17, 2008, 08:22:33 PM »
I saw $1.55 today but did not bother stopping. Still had 1/2 tank and things to do.
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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #83 on: December 17, 2008, 08:53:31 PM »
Gas here is $1.34 to $1.39.
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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #84 on: December 17, 2008, 09:03:56 PM »
It's $1.34 here too - for a litre!  >:(
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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #85 on: December 17, 2008, 10:56:17 PM »
Gas prices went up for the first time in 86 days.  :grrr:
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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #86 on: December 17, 2008, 11:10:31 PM »
I've read somewhere that petrol is expected to hit a low of AUS$0.90 a litre by year's end. It's about $0.96 at the moment.

I've also read that OPEC have decided to cut production by ~2million barrels per day so these prices won't last long. Stockpile!
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Re: Gas went down to $1.99 in my area
« Reply #87 on: December 18, 2008, 12:08:55 PM »
Seems like it's been about 10 years since gas was this cheap anywhere.

I don't know what to think . . . except that I should stop thinking twice before doing an impulsive road trip.
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