Lewis Osborn wrote:
>
> Tuesday, July 27, 1999, 8:36:11 AM, tcape wrote:
>
> > When we have to put gas in our oletrucks, we're probably all complaining
> > about gas prices...at least I am. This kinda gives me a little perspective.
>
> > West Texas Intermediate Crude: $14.68
> > What 'other stuff' costs by the barrel [42 gallons]:
>
> > CocaCola: $ 78.73
> > Milk: $126.00
> > Evian Water: $189.90
> > Orange Juice: $251.16
> > Snapple: $267.12
> > Perrier Water: $328.67
> > Lemon Oil: $390.88
> > Crisco Oil: $435.12
> > Scope Mouthwash: $826.65
> > Sunflower Oil: $971.04
> > Olive Oil: $1,324.38
> > Real Maple Syrup: $1,787.52
> > Sesame Oil: $2,535.61
> > Jack Daniel's Sour Mash: $4,133.26
> > Visine Eye Drops: $32,202.24
> > Flonase Prescription Nasal Spray: $238,133.21
> > These figures tend to put things into a bit of a different
> > perspective... don't they?
> > Tom Caperton
> > '47 2nd 3100
>
> Well, here's a different perspective. I still think that gasoline has gone up
> less in the past 75 years than most anything else you can find, (except, of
> course, computers, etc) but gouging is gouging. If I worked at an oil
> facility these days, I'd be looking over my shoulder. After decades with
> virtually no losses, the industry is losing one every couple of weeks - and,
> each time they loose one, the price at the pump pops at least a nickel. The
> only times that the price at the pumps has gone up in the past forty years has
> been due to various crisis - mostly created and/or unsubstantiated.
>
> Since I don't use gallons/day of anything but gasoline, I've tried to come up
> with a cost/day.
> Avg Amt
> Item Price/ Cost/ Used/Day
> Barrel Day (gal)
> West Texas Intermediate Crude: $14.68 $0.57 1.643835616 15,000 mi/yr,
>25 mpg (Inaccurate, since it takes sustancially more than a gallon of crude to
>"make" a gallon of gas)
> Major brand regular unleaded $65.10 $2.55 1.643835616 $1.55/gal
>(Since I haven't yet found an engine that would burn crude oil)
> So Oregon
>
> CocaCola: $78.73 $0.47 0.25 2 16 oz
>containers
> Milk: $126.00 $0.75 0.25 2 16 oz
>containers
> Evian Water: $189.90 What's that?
>:-)
> Orange Juice: $251.16 $0.37 0.0625 1-8 oz glass
> Snapple: $267.12 $0.40 0.0625 8 oz -
>Snapple only WISHES for this volume
> Perrier Water: $328.67 You're
>kiddin', right? :-)
> Lemon Oil: $390.88 $0.02 0.002232143 2 oz/wk (how
> much
>furniture can you polish?
> Crisco Oil: $435.12 $0.16 0.015625 2 oz
> Scope Mouthwash: $826.65 $0.31 0.015625 2 oz - Scope
>DREAMS about this kind of volume
> Sunflower Oil: $971.04 $0.36 0.015625 2 oz
> Olive Oil: $1,324.38 $0.49 0.015625 2 oz
> Real Maple Syrup: $1,787.52 $1.33 0.03125 4 oz
> Sesame Oil: $2,535.61 $0.94 0.015625 2 oz
> Jack Daniel's Sour Mash: $4,133.26 $6.15 0.0625 8 oz (yeah,
>I know - some folks drink a gallon/day <G>)
>
> Visine Eye Drops: $32,202.24 $0.00 I have no
>idea how to measure this…
> Flonase Prescription $238,133.21 $0.00 ...or this
> Nasal Spray:
>
> Oh, yeah - I don't care what they pay for gas in Europe.
>
> Lewis - K7LVO - Medford - Valley of the Rogue - OR
> The Forty - 1940 Chevy Pickup - One Owner
> http://www.teleport.com/~losborn/1940.html
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
What do you mean by "losing one every couple of weeks"? Losing one of
what? What is an oil facility? Yeah, I work in the oil industry, and
yeah, I'm looking over my shoulder, but who isnt these days. I'm not
going to defend the industry too much one way or another, at least not
right now, but from what I understand, they can get close to one barrel
of gas from one barrel of crude. But the equipment it takes to do it
costs money to buy and operate. Yeah, oil companys make alot of money,
so do car companys, construction companys, etc. Can you still buy a car
or house for the same price you could 10 years ago?
I have a hard time believing in any industry contrived or created
crisises, the guys I've seen that run these outfits cant get along well
enough to do things that are sure to benefit the industry, let alone
secretly conspire to raise the prices. What happened all those times
the price was so low, that a conspiracy too? 1-1-99 gas was $0.95 in
WY. Now it is around $1.25. We pay about $0.30 in taxes. Fairly low
compared to other states, but still!
Sorry, I know this aint ole truck related, but I had to say something!
Gene Davis
'58 GMC 100
NAPCO
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