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To: Paul Kern who wrote (66817)	5/8/2006 12:42:36 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361137

No, really. Not about repealing tax breaks. What is a reasonable profit B4 putting on windfall profits tax? Gimmie a %

To: Paul Kern who wrote (66817)	5/8/2006 12:56:34 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 361137

PS "mid-90s when they were limping along and a gallon of gas cost less than a gallon of the cheapest water in my local supermarket" Probably still is.... Ketchup is 2.5 times as expensive as gas Everyone is talking about the spike in gas prices, but how does that gallon of gas compare to what you buy in the grocery store? At lunch today, I copied down the prices of the items listed below. Converting everything to the cost per gallon (using 128 fluid ounces or 3.78 liters), I found out that only the inexpensive water and 2 liter sodas were cheaper per gallon than the corner gas station price of $3.25. Yeah, I know you won't be using a gallon worth of sunscreen anytime soon (or you better not be for your skin's sake). To be meaningful, this comparison should show how the prices change relative to gas over time. Will Ensure be more or less than 7 times the cost of gas per gallon? Well, I'll put a stake in the ground today and maybe we can update these items next year at this time. But for grins, see how things stack up per gallon versus gasoline: chreesworld.blogspot.com the table... photos1.blogger.com

To: Paul Kern who wrote (66817)	5/8/2006 8:05:44 PM
From: ThirdEye	Respond to of 361137

It might have been easy for the giant oil companies to have cultivated a 50 year history of being genuinely interested in the energy future of this country by making honest investments in alternative energy sources, thereby acting like any other smart capitalist corporation that realized it's main source of revenue was a limited resource. But no, none of the oil giants has been able to develop, let alone sell, that image to the public. They have been and continue to be no more than the sleaziest drug pushers with entree into the most inner sanctums of power. They have done nothing to cultivate trust or good will. And you wanna be nice to them?