不合理的油價 合理

mollinbaggio

國際油價跌穿70美元一桶,但大溫的油價已達1.10 一公升.

MoiRhapsody

 多謝金寶爾。

開心人

yea it's quite irrational... but it's the reality here..

tofu

i asked my mla & mp the same question, but got the bs answer. not much we can do, unless they are willing to open the market

BiscottiGelato

國際油價跌穿70美元一桶,但大溫的油價已達1.10 一公升.
mollinbaggio 發表於 2009-6-26 22:33

Maybe you should take a look at refinery outputs and such instead... Cap n Trade as imposed by Obama will increase cost for refinery emission, and is only going to make this even worse.

Besides, every % gain in crude doesn't translate to a % gain in retail gasoline. You should be thankful of that. At $30 a barrel, we were about $0.80, now at $70 a barrel, we are only $1.1.

But hey, there's more than just supply and demand and extraction cost when using oil. We are depleting our future generation's energy stockpile, and also polluting the environment and leaving a mess for the future generations. These future costs have never been priced in. So I agree that we need to put taxes on these. The only thing is that how the tax revenue is used. But that doesn't mean that the tax shouldn't be collected.

Regarding the price discrepency between the US side and CAD side for retail gas. The discrepency have always been there. If we are to whine about it, we really shouldn't need to wait until there's large crude price/large retail price fluctuation. The discrepency didn't really change much despite of the big move, it's just always there..... For reason whether that's justified or not is a totally seperate issue from the fact that crude/gas is going up/down.

In terms of the (almost) ever rising crude oil/gas price, with ever increasing extraction cost, reducing supply, peak oil, etc, it's inevitable that price will go up. Maybe you should look at buying oil stock/oil futures/alternative energy equities, etc to hedge against ur daily fill-ups instead.

masterbear

Let's Boycott one of the big gas station for a week or something and see what will happen?

eeq20

Let's Boycott cars , and try to use alternative transportation  (specially non taxable one like bike and walk) as much as possible.  In my family we use to own 3 cars (4 of us), now it's down to only one flue efficiency car, we've save thousands on insurance , gas and cost of  maintenance.  And when you get use to it, it's really not that difficult.  

Try it, you may love the money you've save more than your car.  

masterbear

Let's Boycott cars , and try to use alternative transportation  (specially non taxable one like bike and walk) as much as possible.  In my family we use to own 3 cars (4 of us), now it's down to only  ...
eeq20 發表於 2009-6-27 09:50

Some of our jobs really need to get vehicle to running back and forth but not bus...

BiscottiGelato

Let's Boycott one of the big gas station for a week or something and see what will happen?
masterbear 發表於 2009-6-27 08:28

You shouldn't drive a car if you can't afford the gas. On the long run the cost will only continue to go up. Econ 101.

In terms of a mass boycott of using gas... that's called $10/L for retail gas.... and only in that scenario will there be any successful boycott of gas happen... because nobody can afford to buy it thus everybody will 'boycott' it LOL. Otherwise it just will never happen LOL.

waterdingdang

I have joined the GasBuddy, and help to update gas price every day, I tried to fill up my gas only at the gas station who has the best price. If everyone doing the same thing, the gas station may have to lower the gas price to get their business.

http://www.vancouvergasprices.com/