Let's blow up Europe!!!
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06-03-2007, 03:58 PM
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That’s pure net on delivery. The retailer on avg. makes 0.03 per. The tax package alone for state, fed & any local needs to be added yet. Then their is carrier/ transport charges not in that price. There is also enviromental/recovery/reclaime and other fees to be paid as well as tariffs placed by middlemen. services. BTW, I use to sell gas at my fathers station in 1970 @ 0.169. Diesel was @ 0.089. Smokes where 0.45 a pack. My 68 Hemi charger ate all the liquid food I could feed it. Pure fun.
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06-03-2007, 07:48 PM
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Ohh, Eric just brought up a good point on AIM, that 29.24 gallons of gas, was averaged over two fill ups... I put 33 dollars in when I had 3 miles left on my DTE (which I found out, when it hits 0 DTE, you still have 8% of your tank left, go me and reading my owners manual while driving)...
So ya, I didn't put it all in at once..
Ohh, Eric just brought up a good point on AIM, that 29.24 gallons of gas, was averaged over two fill ups... I put 33 dollars in when I had 3 miles left on my DTE (which I found out, when it hits 0 DTE, you still have 8% of your tank left, go me and reading my owners manual while driving)...
So ya, I didn't put it all in at once..
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06-04-2007, 02:02 AM
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well, since we cant relly decide on this... here is a clip straight from the AP.
DALLAS (AP) - High prices for oil and natural gas propelled Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC to their best quarterly results ever on Thursday, with Exxon becoming the first U.S. company ever to ring up quarterly sales of $100 billion. To put Exxon's performance into perspective, its third quarter revenue was greater than the annual gross domestic product of some of the largest oil producing nations, including the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. The world's largest publicly traded oil company also set a profit record for U.S. companies by posting net income of almost $10 billion, according to Standard & Poor's equity market analyst Howard Silverblatt. Both Exxon and Shell said their performances were buoyed by higher crude-oil and natural-gas prices, even as output suffered due to a busy hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico. The companies noticed slight decreases in fuel demand. Exxon's net income ballooned 75 percent to $9.92 billion, compared with $5.68 billion a year ago. The previous oil-industry earnings record was Exxon's 2004 fourth-quarter profit of $8.42 billion. Revenue grew to $100.72 billion from $76.38 billion in the prior-year period. At Shell, third-quarter net income grew 68 percent to $9.03 billion, compared with $5.37 billion a year earlier. Revenue at the Anglo-Dutch company rose 8 percent to $76.44 billion. "We are capturing the benefits of high oil and gas prices and refining margins," Shell Chief Financial Officer Peter Voser said, referring to the profit margin on each barrel of crude that is refined into gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Shares of Exxon rose 3 cents to $56.23 on the New York Stock Exchange, where U.S.-traded shares of Shell rose $1.30, or 2 percent, to $60.80. Excluding certain items, Exxon's profit was $8.3 billion, or $1.32 per share, or slightly below the $1.38 per share expected by analysts polled by Thomson Financial. With oil futures above $60 a barrel for much of the third quarter, Exxon's profits from petroleum exploration and production increased by $1.8 billion to $5.7 billion. Soaring prices for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel lifted refining and marketing profits by $727 million to $2.13 billion. However, income at the company's chemicals unit declined by $537 million to $472 million, a reflection of the higher prices for raw materials. Exxon said the hurricanes slashed U.S. production volumes by 5 percent from a year ago, while global daily production slipped to 2.45 million barrels of oil equivalent from 2.51 million barrels. By the end of the year, it will cost the company about $100 million after taxes, the company estimated. Shell said its adjusted earnings, arrived at by stripping out the fluctuating value of petroleum, was $7.37 billion, sharply higher than analysts' forecasts. Shells profits from exploration and production increased by $2.6 billion to $5 billion in spite of an 11 percent decline in oil and natural-gas output. Its refining and marketing profit climbed by $201 million to $1.7 billion. Its chemicals business saw profits decline by $251 million to $321 million. Shell said hurricane damage would cost it about $350 million, although much of the expense would be covered by insurance. Also on Thursday, Marathon Oil Corp. said third-quarter profit more than tripled to $770 million, up from $222 million a year earlier. Most of the profit came from its oil and natural-gas production unit. However, the results fell short of Wall Street's aggressive estimates and Marathon's stock dropped $2.23, or 3.7 percent, to $58.85 on the NYSE.
proper credit is due to:STEVE QUINN
Associated Press Writerhttp://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8DGH2JGE&show_article=1
DALLAS (AP) - High prices for oil and natural gas propelled Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC to their best quarterly results ever on Thursday, with Exxon becoming the first U.S. company ever to ring up quarterly sales of $100 billion. To put Exxon's performance into perspective, its third quarter revenue was greater than the annual gross domestic product of some of the largest oil producing nations, including the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. The world's largest publicly traded oil company also set a profit record for U.S. companies by posting net income of almost $10 billion, according to Standard & Poor's equity market analyst Howard Silverblatt. Both Exxon and Shell said their performances were buoyed by higher crude-oil and natural-gas prices, even as output suffered due to a busy hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico. The companies noticed slight decreases in fuel demand. Exxon's net income ballooned 75 percent to $9.92 billion, compared with $5.68 billion a year ago. The previous oil-industry earnings record was Exxon's 2004 fourth-quarter profit of $8.42 billion. Revenue grew to $100.72 billion from $76.38 billion in the prior-year period. At Shell, third-quarter net income grew 68 percent to $9.03 billion, compared with $5.37 billion a year earlier. Revenue at the Anglo-Dutch company rose 8 percent to $76.44 billion. "We are capturing the benefits of high oil and gas prices and refining margins," Shell Chief Financial Officer Peter Voser said, referring to the profit margin on each barrel of crude that is refined into gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Shares of Exxon rose 3 cents to $56.23 on the New York Stock Exchange, where U.S.-traded shares of Shell rose $1.30, or 2 percent, to $60.80. Excluding certain items, Exxon's profit was $8.3 billion, or $1.32 per share, or slightly below the $1.38 per share expected by analysts polled by Thomson Financial. With oil futures above $60 a barrel for much of the third quarter, Exxon's profits from petroleum exploration and production increased by $1.8 billion to $5.7 billion. Soaring prices for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel lifted refining and marketing profits by $727 million to $2.13 billion. However, income at the company's chemicals unit declined by $537 million to $472 million, a reflection of the higher prices for raw materials. Exxon said the hurricanes slashed U.S. production volumes by 5 percent from a year ago, while global daily production slipped to 2.45 million barrels of oil equivalent from 2.51 million barrels. By the end of the year, it will cost the company about $100 million after taxes, the company estimated. Shell said its adjusted earnings, arrived at by stripping out the fluctuating value of petroleum, was $7.37 billion, sharply higher than analysts' forecasts. Shells profits from exploration and production increased by $2.6 billion to $5 billion in spite of an 11 percent decline in oil and natural-gas output. Its refining and marketing profit climbed by $201 million to $1.7 billion. Its chemicals business saw profits decline by $251 million to $321 million. Shell said hurricane damage would cost it about $350 million, although much of the expense would be covered by insurance. Also on Thursday, Marathon Oil Corp. said third-quarter profit more than tripled to $770 million, up from $222 million a year earlier. Most of the profit came from its oil and natural-gas production unit. However, the results fell short of Wall Street's aggressive estimates and Marathon's stock dropped $2.23, or 3.7 percent, to $58.85 on the NYSE.
proper credit is due to:STEVE QUINN
Associated Press Writerhttp://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8DGH2JGE&show_article=1
#45
06-04-2007, 03:13 AM
RE: Let's blow up Europe!!!
Ya, so Eric....
When I left, I filled up where I work at... and drove drove drove... when I was coming home, I put 20 dollars in, in *******, which came to 5.something or other, and then I filled up where I work when I got home...
I went 458.6 miles this weekend, and used 23.021 gallons...
Or...
19.92mpg. :-)
When I left, I filled up where I work at... and drove drove drove... when I was coming home, I put 20 dollars in, in *******, which came to 5.something or other, and then I filled up where I work when I got home...
I went 458.6 miles this weekend, and used 23.021 gallons...
Or...
19.92mpg. :-)
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06-04-2007, 09:29 AM
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06-04-2007, 03:33 PM
RE: Let's blow up Europe!!!
Ya, considering I went about 90 miles at 58mph, 6 miles at 45mph, 7 miles at 72mph, then like 45 at 58mph, then about 50 miles at like 45mph... that got me to Traverse... then from there, we went 60mph for about 20 miles, I think, then a quick little run of up to about 97 for me, as I didn't realize Eric got on it til he was already gone... haha... then on my way home, I did about 15 miles at 68mph, then about 20 miles at 58mph, then a 10 - 15 mile detour UPHILL at 45 - 50mph... then 45 - 50 miles at 58mph... then 60 miles at 72mph, then 6 at 45mph, and finally 90 at 58mph. :-)
Sooo many numbers. hehhehe
Sooo many numbers. hehhehe
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06-04-2007, 03:39 PM
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Frenchy, I'm trying your system of shifting at 1700 rpms....or, at least, I'm trying to shift under 2000 rpms, and I'm noticing a MAJOR increase in mpgs around town. I'd been getting 14 and change, now it's up to mid/upper 15s. Would've been better, but I forget to shift early sometimes, and I pulled the trailer a bit yesterday and that killed it some.