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    Default Re: So Why Is Gas So Expensive?

    One gallon is around 4 liter (US 3.7l, UK 4.5l ).

    We have different measurements for a gallon ?... thats odd...
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    Default Re: So Why Is Gas So Expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by LittleGrizzly View Post
    One gallon is around 4 liter (US 3.7l, UK 4.5l ).

    We have different measurements for a gallon ?... thats odd...
    That is not the only units of measurement that you have different...
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    Well us brits like to be different :)

    Seems like a bad idea though, wasn't there a recent mistake on one of the space missions because of difference in measurements ?
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    It's the Octosquids. They're taking out all the Offshore rigs and refineries, so we'll be fighting amongst ourselves and won't be prepared when they begin Operation Calamari. That, and our stuff, uh won't work, cause our tanks won't have no gas.
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    Operation Calamari? Then this fuel crisis must be Operation Appetizer. It will all end with Operation Just Deserts...oh dear - I'm hungry now.
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    Sounds like its time to give a kick in the pants to mother nature with some a-bombs in the ocean. Like dynamite fishing, but even better.

    Of course, others have mentioned supply and demand, and that is having the biggest effect in the recent price increases. But the stranglehold on new refineries is hurting, though those effects will take longer.

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    I just wish we could flash forward technologically 20 years when we won't need gas for cars anymore.
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