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Yeouch!

We're headed to The Netherlands in September to visit the in-laws. We did some checking on gas prices and figured out that gas, per gallon, with the dollar-to-euro exchange rate will cost us about $10 gallon.

:(

Let's see, $4 x 18 gallons= $72
$10 x 18 gallons=$180 :eek:


This makes $4 seem like a sweet deal! *sigh* :rolleyes:
 
But to put it into perspective, how many miles would you drive there? In the US, I have driven over 100 miles for a good meal.
 
cheerful_deviant said:
One word: bicycle. ;)
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Which will be great for getting around town, unfortunately... (read below)

The_Fool said:
But to put it into perspective, how many miles would you drive there? In the US, I have driven over 100 miles for a good meal.
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My in-laws are spread out on near-opposite ends of the country. We will have to travel to and fro (about 180 miles one way). We had planned on a side excursion to Germany. I think not, now. :(
 
McKenna said:
Yeouch!

We're headed to The Netherlands in September to visit the in-laws. We did some checking on gas prices and figured out that gas, per gallon, with the dollar-to-euro exchange rate will cost us about $10 gallon.

:(

Let's see, $4 x 18 gallons= $72
$10 x 18 gallons=$180 :eek:


This makes $4 seem like a sweet deal! *sigh* :rolleyes:
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Mmmm plus what will the price of gas be in Sept? After all...still two more months to go. And whilst the growth of price has slowed a bit...its still very slowly rising.
 
McKenna said:
Which will be great for getting around town, unfortunately... (read below)

My in-laws are spread out on near-opposite ends of the country. We will have to travel to and fro (about 180 miles one way). We had planned on a side excursion to Germany. I think not, now. :(
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Ok, two words: small car. ;)
 
In The U S, we'll get to 10 bucks a gallon by 2021???
 
McKenna said:
Yeouch!

We're headed to The Netherlands in September to visit the in-laws. We did some checking on gas prices and figured out that gas, per gallon, with the dollar-to-euro exchange rate will cost us about $10 gallon.

:(

Let's see, $4 x 18 gallons= $72
$10 x 18 gallons=$180 :eek:


This makes $4 seem like a sweet deal! *sigh* :rolleyes:
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Rent a car with a diesel engine. They are much more prevalent in Europe and the UK because of high gas prices. The fuel costs more but the mileage is much better.
 
JagFarlane said:
Mmmm plus what will the price of gas be in Sept? After all...still two more months to go. And whilst the growth of price has slowed a bit...its still very slowly rising.
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Dude, you're not helping. :(


cheerful_deviant said:
Ok, two words: small car. ;)
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Smart car!


cpk50 said:
In The U S, we'll get to 10 bucks a gallon by 2021???
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I hope not. Or do I? Maybe when guess gets that high, we'll do more for public transport and alternate forms of transportation.


TE999 said:
Rent a car with a diesel engine. They are much more prevalent in Europe and the UK because of high gas prices. The fuel costs more but the mileage is much better.
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Diesel is even more expensive, unfortunately. We owned a diesel Mondeo (Ford) before we moved to the U.S. Great car, but then, gas was only $4 a gallon then. :D
 
When adjusted for inflation and improvements in mileage gas in the US is still not as high as it was back in - either 1973 or 1980, I forget which.
 
McKenna said:
Which will be great for getting around town, unfortunately... (read below)



My in-laws are spread out on near-opposite ends of the country. We will have to travel to and fro (about 180 miles one way). We had planned on a side excursion to Germany. I think not, now. :(
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One word: Train

Less expensive than $10/gallon for gas plus rental fees, and in Europe, trains go everywhere with decent schedules. You can find an English language fare calculator and schedule for the Netherlands here. For Germany, you can find English information here, and save money if you book early. The train station is usually also the hub for public transportation. You can easily go just about anywhere a tourist would want to visit.
 
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McKenna said:
Yeouch!

We're headed to The Netherlands in September to visit the in-laws. We did some checking on gas prices and figured out that gas, per gallon, with the dollar-to-euro exchange rate will cost us about $10 gallon.

:(

Let's see, $4 x 18 gallons= $72
$10 x 18 gallons=$180 :eek:


This makes $4 seem like a sweet deal! *sigh* :rolleyes:
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Well... I was just there. If it makes you feel any better (and it will) the grass is still quite reasonable at 4-10 euro's a gram.

This will not help with the price of gas, but then you won't give a shit either.

:cool:

-KC
 
Other Retail Prices per gallon

UK $10.45
Italy $10.86
Denmark $10.95

USA is still the cheapest first world economy with Japan next at $5.32
 
Egads, the refrains of the mud patch of Woodstock...will they never stop?

It isn't gasoline or diesel that the worldwide hippie commune wants to eliminate, it is the economic freedom of the common man to come and go without restriction and at his whim that the left wants to curtail.

They want you incapacitated on a two wheeler or confined by the gendarmes of trains and bus's where they can count and manage your peasant asses.

Don't you get it even yet? It isn't fossil fuels, it isn't the environment, it is that the 'elite' don't like all the herd types having the freedom to travel and even settle where they choose, spoiling all that pristine swamp land, gotta protect them fucking mosquito's!

If there was a scientific breakthrough on Monday morning following the celebration of American Independence (which will only be mentioned by a few here), it wouldn't make a smidgen of belly button lint's difference, the hippies would still find a way to tax and limit free movement of peeps.

They just don't like modern industrial societies where people live in relative luxury compared to the socialist planned societies.

Please note that I present this with certainty, in absolute terms, in forlorn hopes you will overcome your timidity and actually admit, for the first time, dear, just how much you hate modern society.

You love your computers and blenders and tv's but hate the electricity from dams and coal fired plants and natural gas and nukes.

You hate the emergence of a global, 'fast food, mobile, quick paced society' that disturbs your pastoral musings. (you can't keep up)

You hate that someone invests a buck and gets a buck fifteen back without lifting a finger, (capitalism, stocks & bonds, the 'market).

Of course, you don't have a clue as to what you 'would' like, you are far too occupied criticizing freedom to ever consider the alternatives.

It is amusing to think of the methane bubbling up under the seabeds and the plate techtonics that recycle the petroleum in an endless cycle whether humans consume a few barrels or not.

Thas right folks, the 'subductance' of earth's crust sends all that unused petroleum right back to the furnace in the mantle regardless.

Such a joke the left really is.

Amicus...
 
Everyone is always free to walk, unless it's on a busy freeway, or a toll bridge or... well, you get my drift, I'm sure.

p.s. If you're travelling internationally, the gendarmes already have you counted, surveyed, and pigeon-holed no matter what mode of transportation you're using.
 
amicus said:
You hate that someone invests a buck and gets a buck fifteen back without lifting a finger, (capitalism, stocks & bonds, the 'market).
.
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-quirks a brow- You really should tell people how to do this. Or at least understand how investing really works. There is often, quite a bit of research involved.

Day traders, the ones whom are the most active, will often adopt extreme hours in order to do this, waking up when the Nikkei opens, taking a quick nap towards the end of that market until the London markets open, then being up until the US markets close, sleeping till the Nikkei opens.

Other investors, often more long-term investors, will spend days sometimes weeks researching out a stock, reviewing its potential. Some will call the company to make inquiries, and make it a point to review not only the company, but the sector that the company is in.

And you have to factor in that the vast majority of stocks won't return the way you seem to think. There are, of course, a few exceptions [Microsoft and Google come to mind] but in the thousands of stocks traded, they are rare. You'd have to time it right, research them before the IPO, then purchase during the IPO to just shortly afterwards.

Bonds, are more secure, which is why they're popular now. But, due to the relative security, you'll make less of a return on them.

It should also be noted that it takes a larger sum of money to make-up the loss of funds for the trade and then make a profit quickly. Want proof? Find a stock market "game" which allows you to pretend you're investing. Then trade $1,000 of stock vice $25,000 of the same stock.

Anyways, this is way off target for this thread.

End threadjack.....now.
 
Ami -

Woodstock generation??? :confused:

(I had barely been born, okay?)

People fighting for left causes are not necessarily hippies. (To quote a line from Heartbreak Ridge, "There ain't been any hippies around for centuries!" )

You need to update your insults.

:rose:
 
Since ami regards sunrises and sunsets as signs of the spread of Communism because the sky is red at those times, I don't take him seriously. ;)
 
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