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Posted By dailynewsus 1 year, 6 months ago in StyleThe current average of $3.94 gallon price have pushed many Americans who lives near the Mexican boarders to travel to Mexico for fuel, in especial companies that depends exclusively of fuel, such as trucking businesses and cab companies.
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mesodude1 year, 6 months ago
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I seem to recall there is a good 10 cents or more difference between the price in NYC and New Jersey (a big refinery state) and I think that this phenomenon is occurring across the country to some extent or another. I'm in DC but I skank over to VA to save the 4-5 cents per gallon difference in prices. Granted, I don't make a special trip for that purpose and I always feel a sense of guilt (for not filling up at the station two blocks from where I live). I know this hurts local stations because fewer visitors means unsold coffee, donuts, candy bars, or cokes, lottery tickets, oil changes, and vehicle inspection services (the misc goods and services that help small station owners break even, at least).
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vandee1 year, 6 months ago
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How are they getting this fuel across the border without paying huge customs tariffs? Are they getting it one tank at a time? I can't imagine that's worth the cost of driving and time it takes. Anyone who's seen the lines at the Mexican borders going back into the U.S. knows how long that wait is. You burn off half your tank just waiting to get through.
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CaptainLucid1 year, 6 months ago
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I wish I understood why oil prices vary depending on where you get it. I live in the SF bay area. We have the major terminals and refineries about 10 minutes away from my house. And we always have the highest prices except maybe Hawaii. How come it is cheaper in Wyoming where you have to truck it much farther. It is a fix that W and Co have no will defend to their death.
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mesodude1 year, 6 months ago
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You might find the article linked below an interesting read. I believe gas in CA is more expensive partly due to stricter environmental standards there.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2008/05/29/pr...
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Coatl1 year, 6 months ago
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Because the price is of Gasoline and other products derived from oil are imposed by the state( because they used to make and now buy the gasoline trough PEMEX), wich means that sometimes we have expensive gasoline and sometimes we have cheaper gasoline (like now) than the US, because here the prices are not directed by freemarket. Also our gasoline is being subsidized by the excedents that give the actual prices of oil in order to try to stop the increment of prices derived of the worldwide food crisis.
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saintetienne1 year, 6 months ago
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"who killed the electric car??"
Who killed the spirit of the American citizen to solve their own problems, budget their own money and "pull themselves up by their bootstraps" instead of sitting around whining, complaining and blaming Bush for everything from the high price of gas to the weather? My guess is that it's the American citizens themselves. Malcontented, sniveling, overly-dependent crybabies who refuse to take an ounce of responsibility for anything that happens to them, nor show an ounce of gumption to analyze and solve their own problems.
This country needs more than electric cars. It needs a good, swift kick in the ass.
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dailynewsus1 year, 6 months ago
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The average price in mexico is $2 a gallon, which is almost half of the national average. The problem is concerning, the airlines are crashing as well due to the oil bills. I guess the solution might be the biodiesel, but again there is the food problem. A real mess!!
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ecotourusa1 year, 6 months ago
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how about new technology the petrol companies have stifled???
http://www.kunstler.com/mags_diary13.html
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texangelwings1 year, 6 months ago
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Sure, everyone would do same thing, if they lived near the border! I believe that Mexico pumps and uses their own oil. America is pumping it's own oil, as the government dictates. A friend of mine from Odessa, Tx., where oil rigs are everywhere, told me that the government tells the owners of the oil rigs, when and how much to pump.
On the news the other night, they interviewed a couple who owns a trucking business. The company owner built a tank on a trailer, that holds 500 gallons of diesel. They haul the tank to Mexico and fill it up, at $2.00 a gallon. They said that they will do anything to keep from losing their business.
Thanks dailynews!
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texangelwings1 year, 6 months ago
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Google Mexico oil depletion. There are several websites that discuss the reality that Mexico will run out of oil in the near future. Here is one of several sites;
http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/7/12/10421...
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canadianrancher571 year, 6 months ago
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Although the high price of fuel isn't funny I sort of got a chuckle out of this story.We were down in North Dakota yesterday and the first thing we noticed was the cheap price of fuel, gas was at about 3.87 so we considered that cheap with our dollar at par right now we are paying right at the five dollars per US gallon. The government up here says that there is nothing they can do about the high price but we have heard lately that 28 percent of our gas price is taxes, it makes me wonder at times who is making the most from fuel the oil industry or our government.
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nostalgia1 year, 6 months ago
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I did found this info on the taxes on gas in Canada:
Fuel taxes in Canada can vary greatly between locales. On average, about one-third of the total price of gas at the pump is tax
Excise taxes on gasoline and diesel are collected both federal and provincial governments, as well as by some select municipalities
As well, the federal government and some provincial governments (Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Quebec) collect sales tax (GST and PST) on top of the retail price and the excise taxes.
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CaptainLucid1 year, 6 months ago
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Yep, last time I lived near Mexico they had just dropped the monthly limits on how much booze and smokes someone could bring in. Most people were as surprised as a new stop sign in the middle of no where. Two choices, either surrender the extra or let them seize it all and face a big ass legal hassle. And we all know that stuff they tequilla and smokes they seize are not getting thrown away. Damn racketeers. If you ever come back to the US and have nothing illegal it is fun to turn to turn around right after you pass the questioner and say loudly "See, I told you they wouldn't search me for weed." They will ask you a bunch of questions and tell you it is not funny but it really is, trust me.
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Charlson1 year, 6 months ago
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I'm always shopping for the cheapest gas price and have become quite knowledgeable about which side of town has the cheapest and plan my trips accordingly. Get it as cheap as you can, it is, as everyone says, a free market system. Yeah, right! The market's not free, only in our delusions.
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oneironaut4201 year, 6 months ago
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I find it incredibly disconcerting that with gas prices rising to record highs, I can still drive past a car dealership and see unnecessarily enormous, gas-guzzling SUVs sitting in the front row, while smaller, gas-conserving cars are in the 2nd row back. If those buying the SUVs can afford the gas, good for them...but I just wonder why, as a nation, we care so damn little about even remotely -trying- to conserve a limited resource that the entire world has to share.
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CaptainLucid1 year, 6 months ago
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Play a game called count the number of W stickers you see driving down the road attatched to big gas guzzlers compared to the number of impeach bush stickers on efficient cars. Its their fault the gas rose so much so hope they enjoy filling up their $100 tanks.
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richmcl1 year, 6 months ago
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I live in France. I filled up the gas tank. I have a 50 liter tank and I put in 50 liters, so that looks like their tank is bigger than the book says.
50 liters at 1.467 euro per liter and 73.35 euro for a full tank.
3.78541178 liters = 1 US gallon
5.55 euro a gallon OR 8.70 US Dollar per gallon
So a full tank cast
$114.99.
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