Cloudy's Cafe, a conversation zone- September 20,2005

[T-D-C]

Hey Lady Blue,

Good to see you poking in for a visit!

Hope everything is well!

[Melcheor]

Originally posted by canadianvixen: quote: Originally posted by Melcheor: Regarding fuel Cloudy, you have it good. Fuel here can be as much as £1 a litre. 1 gallon = 3.8 litres UK price = £3.80 a gallon In dollars at the moment this is about 6.90$ for 1 US gallon. (These statistics were obtained at speed from the internet, calculated very innacurately and rounded up for maximum effect...)

It's just has bad here Melcheor. $1.o1 per litre. $4.04 us gallon. The really sad bit is that we drill for it right here in our own back yards. [/QUOTE]Yeah but there are 2.12 canadian dollars to the pound. And we drill for it in the north sea, the coast of which is a couple of hours drive from where i live. 70% of our petrol prices are tax, thats the difference...

[Cloudbringer]

Hey Lady Blue! Good to see you're still out there! Have a good day, busy as it seems to be!

I'm working on a document that we've got to change all the formatting on as well as the fonts....ahh... tedium!

[Ilander]

Dron_Cah really needs to get the internet at his apartment instead of mooching off of the school library...then he might post more on here.

Anyway, good to see you, LB. I empathize with the work load...between Physics lab and Physics lab, this week has been horrible.

This is probably an idea time for me to be a student, what with the soaring price of gas.

On that note, however, it must be mentioned that many Americans commute a long ways for work, especially in the poorer parts. The Canadians, I'm sure, can empathize with this, though I'm not sure the same thing is really true of our European brethren.

Anyway, basically what I'm saying is the price scales out. Our gasoline prices are indeed cheaper, but economically, we have to use a LOT in order for our businesses and industries to function.

At the current stage, anyway. Personally, I like the idea of tele-commuting, as it requires the use of significantly less energy.

[Sir Goulum]

Originally posted by Melcheor: quote: Originally posted by canadianvixen: quote: Originally posted by Melcheor: Regarding fuel Cloudy, you have it good. Fuel here can be as much as £1 a litre. 1 gallon = 3.8 litres UK price = £3.80 a gallon In dollars at the moment this is about 6.90$ for 1 US gallon. (These statistics were obtained at speed from the internet, calculated very innacurately and rounded up for maximum effect...)

It's just has bad here Melcheor. $1.o1 per litre. $4.04 us gallon. The really sad bit is that we drill for it right here in our own back yards. [/QUOTE]Yeah but there are 2.12 canadian dollars to the pound. And we drill for it in the north sea, the coast of which is a couple of hours drive from where i live. 70% of our petrol prices are tax, thats the difference... [/QUOTE]Our oil here in Alberta is just a 7 hours drive from Edmonton, so one would think that it would be at least a little cheaper than other places.
Hi, LadyB! [img]graemlins/wavey.gif[/img]
Edit- Still sick today. Missed 3 days of work and school now. This is unheard of for me! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 09-21-2005, 11:49 AM: Message edited by: Sir Goulum ]

[Melcheor]

*Just* 7 hours. Illander makes a good point. 7 hours would be enough to cover the length of the uk. We have rather different perceptions of distance. 7 hours drive to me is not my back yard [img]smile.gif[/img]

Edit - ok maybe not the length, Land's End to John O'Groats is 1000 odd miles. You could just about reach anywhere you want from yorkshire on a good day...

[ 09-21-2005, 03:22 PM: Message edited by: Melcheor ]

[Sir Goulum]

7 hours drive doesn't get you very far in Canada.

The black line is how one would get from Edmonton to Ft. Mac, where all the oil is. Someone can correct me, but I think that that's a 6-7 hour drive.
Edit- Actually, that estimate might even be a bit conservative... I remember driving to Cold Lake (near the right edge, and a bit north of edmonton) took about 6 hours... the Ft. McMurray drive might take 10...

[ 09-21-2005, 09:54 PM: Message edited by: Sir Goulum ]

[Q'alooaith]

Never been kissed

[canadianvixen]

Originally posted by Sir Goulum: quote: Originally posted by canadianvixen: quote: Originally posted by Melcheor: Regarding fuel Cloudy, you have it good. Fuel here can be as much as £1 a litre. 1 gallon = 3.8 litres UK price = £3.80 a gallon In dollars at the moment this is about 6.90$ for 1 US gallon. (These statistics were obtained at speed from the internet, calculated very innacurately and rounded up for maximum effect...)

It's just has bad her Melcheor. $1.o1 per litre. $4.04 us gallon. The really sad bit is that we drill for it right here in our own back yards. [/QUOTE]Yeah, I don't quite get that. I did see a gas station over by Southgate that was at 98.4 cents a liter. All the other ones I saw were at 101.8 or something.
Did you hear about that $400 check going out to residents in the province? Is it just homeowners/taxpayers or everybody? [/QUOTE]Ralph's exact words were "every man, woman and child." So $400 for every person in your home. Unfortunately pets don't count.
As for the oil...actually we drill as close as Leduc/Nisku to edmonton and the major oil refinery is on the outskirts of the city towards Sherwood Park, so it's literally in our backyard. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Melechor - you're right I forgot about the conversion....what can I say, it sucks even worse to be you. Time to buy a little smart car running a hybrid has got to be a lot less expensive.

[ 09-21-2005, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: canadianvixen ]

[Bungleau]

Hey, LB! Good to see you again! Hope everything's working well!

And Q'alooaith, sounds like you've found some joy in life! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] I'm happy for you [img]smile.gif[/img]

Sitting in my hotel in Clemson, SC tonight. Here until Friday, taking care of customers... I love this part of my job! And they pay me for it too!