We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:55:03 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification With this kicker: "Having just spent your inheritance for a couple of squirts of printer ink, I can relate to this." Seen some like this before but they are always fun to read again. Enjoy and feel better about the price of gas. I guess the next time I spend $9.00 for an 8oz. bottle of shampoo, I won't feel so guilty! The price of Gas versus Printer Ink All these examples do NOT imply that gasoline is cheap; it just illustrates how outrageous some prices are.... You will be really shocked by the last one! (At least, I was...)... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html Fri, 02 May 2008 15:53:01 -0600 I am paying $US5.24 per Gallon in Australia. I see here US paying just below $4.00/Gal, Canada $4.91/Gal and the Netherlands $9.83/Gal It would be interesting to see it compared with incomes and the amount of driving needed. Here the amount needed is high for the locations like shops, schools, work are far apart and poorly connected by public transport. I hope very much we start using less so it does last more like bottles of shampoo. Public transport, better car efficiency etc. We also need to examine these fuel substitutes and non petrol cars as well as how to get the most out of the oil the earth has to offer. I suspect many in the world cannot even touch the idea of consuming petrol. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72728 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72728 Sun, 04 May 2008 02:18:50 -0600 I saw essentially this same story back in the eighties. IIRC the final item was red ink - at twice the cost of black ink. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72723 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72723 Sat, 03 May 2008 15:13:53 -0600 Buying gas in Austria the other day, the Hubster reached for the lower octance pump automatically, as we are accustomed to it being cheaper than the higher octanes. The attendant pointed out (with a little language juggling, since we don't speak German), that the price for the available selections of unleaded were all the same price, so why not use the higher octane?! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72719 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72719 Sat, 03 May 2008 08:14:55 -0600 In The Netherlands a gallon wil cost you 9,83 dollar! That is why we use euros and liters for measurement, because it will only cost 1,56 euro a liter! Feels a lot better. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72717 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72717 Sat, 03 May 2008 03:57:26 -0600 It cost me $1.296 CDN/ litre for regular 87 octane today, that works out to $4.905 per U.S. gallon. That was a drop from $1.334/l ($5.05/G)on Thursday. Pat http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72712 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72712 Fri, 02 May 2008 22:57:30 -0600 Now, if only a tank of gas would last as long as a printer cartridge or bottle of shampoo! -- Especially when a unit (tank) of gas costs upwards of of $50 compared to a $25 printer cartridge or $8 for a bottle of shampoo. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72709 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72709 Fri, 02 May 2008 21:10:53 -0600 I just got a motorcycle endorsement on my DL, and am gonna buy an Asian-made scooter next week. I may still have to pay a LOT for a gallon of gas like everyone else, but I'm not gonna buy any more than I have to! LOL It's the start of my own small protest against Detroit, the UAW, Big Oil, OPEC, and the Feds. Ha! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72708 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72708 Fri, 02 May 2008 20:14:31 -0600 Just six years ago I was paying $.84 a gallon for gas in Indiana. *sigh* And like da Goddess, I feel lucky that I'm still under $4/gallon. *waves to da Goddess* Long time, no see! :) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72704 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72704 Fri, 02 May 2008 17:38:22 -0600 And bread was a nickle. Just think of all the Tata autos being built in India for $2500. Or all the cars and trucks being built in China. The demand for oil will not come down any time soon. The other big problem is that we were always blessed with cheap food compared to percentage of income for other contries. I just bought a box of Wheaties and it wasn't even a pound. I almost couldn't afford the bananas. This could get very complicated. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72703 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72703 Fri, 02 May 2008 16:45:20 -0600 Having narrowly escaped paying $4 a gallon for gas yesterday, I did stop and think about how cheap it is compared to a lot of other stuff we buy. Still, I miss the days of paying under a dollar. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72702 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/sent_along_by_t.html#comment-72702 Fri, 02 May 2008 16:20:45 -0600