Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 10:13:20 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Beattie <beattie@aracnet.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0003031009050.22409-100000@shell1.aracnet.com> In-Reply-To: <38BFEEA8.1A465CFC@softweyr.com>
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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Wes Peters wrote: > "Koster, K.J." wrote: > > > > Oh, those Americans. :-) > > > > Let's see: $1 per gallon in the US. $1.2 per litre in the Netherlands, times > > 4.5 (or thereabouts) is $5.4 per gallon in the Netherlands. > > > > Everyone in the Netherlands drives cars; everyone thinks gas is expensive. > > This means that the gas prices in the US can go up 440% and people will > > still drive cars and buy gas (and complain about gas prices, of course). > > First, this off-topic for -hackers, so I've directed replies to -chat > if you want to continue. > > Second, I know people that commute distances that would cross your > country. I suspect the average American uses a lot more gas than the > average Nederlander. > > Third, our gas prices here are held down by all sorts of weird > government intervention, bizarre market shenanigans, and a public that > doesn't understand that the price of gasoline has risen only 4x in the > same period that the price of cars has risen 10x. That's certainly > NOT a "natural occurence". > > Fourth, I'm paying $1.48/gal right now, and I want the price to go > DOWN, not UP. > Hmmm, the idea that the last "Great Gas-out" and any effect on prices, is, ... amusing ... at best. "Those Americans" may be right for different reasons. > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > Brian Beattie | The only problem with beattie@aracnet.com | winning the rat race ... www.aracnet.com/~beattie | in the end you're still a rat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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