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Default Gas prices - 09-22-2005, 10:05 AM

Here are some funny cartoons I came across biggrin:

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Default 09-22-2005, 12:58 PM

Perfect timing considering gas is up to 2.00$ a litre in ontario thanks to good ol' Rita annoy:
  
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Default 09-22-2005, 01:00 PM

The government is controlling the weather, so they can screw us over the gas.
  
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Default 09-22-2005, 01:24 PM

im an xfiles fan ... i was thinking the same thing about the weather ... seems like a perfect time for such a thing to happen. i dont think i ve heard one fuking thing about the war in pyraq since.
  
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Default 09-22-2005, 01:50 PM

Gas is 2.41 a gallon by my work rock:


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Default 09-22-2005, 01:52 PM

[quote="Jonsey_":82bf2]Perfect timing considering gas is up to 2.00$ a litre in ontario thanks to good ol' Rita annoy:[/quote:82bf2]there are 4 gas stations in my town and the price is at $1.05/litre but there are at least 20 cars lined up at all the stations, i didnt know what was going on untill i listen to the radio and they said that gas prices were going to go up alot in the next few hours.

these gas companys are only hurting then selves in the long run
  
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Default 09-22-2005, 01:57 PM

Filled up yesterday because I knew this shite was going to happen, Texas holds 30% of the oil refineries in America...obviously when it gets hit it'll rise even more...gg
  
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Default 09-22-2005, 01:58 PM

the refineries in that area were shut down


  
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Default 09-22-2005, 02:05 PM

[quote="Jonsey_":0a037]Perfect timing considering gas is up to 2.00$ a litre in ontario thanks to good ol' Rita annoy:[/quote:0a037]
Hopefully they haven't jacked the price here in Ottawa until later. I'm gonna fill it to the brim on the way home.


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Default 09-22-2005, 02:07 PM

going to fill the car and fill the 20L gas can as well. Both cars can last 1 weeks on a tank so hopefully prices will drop by then. I filled my car tuesday night at .98/L ed:
  
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Default 09-22-2005, 02:15 PM

[quote="Jonsey_":4e70e]Perfect timing considering gas is up to 2.00$ a litre in ontario thanks to good ol' Rita annoy:[/quote:4e70e]

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Default 09-22-2005, 02:20 PM

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Default 09-22-2005, 02:29 PM

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The government is controlling the weather
  
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Default 09-22-2005, 02:30 PM

I heard this on the radio 2 or 3 weeks ago after Katrina:

[url:609be]http://weatherwars.info/[/url:609be]

this guy claims the weather of late has been created by the russians and the japanese mafia...


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Default 09-22-2005, 05:21 PM

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the refineries in that area were shut down
But the demand of gas is so high now that shutting down 30% of the refineries increases demand for other companies, that is why they raise the price...supply and demand.
  
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