don't know how much those planes pollute, but if they scare people of of them, then they would just take their SUV-s and drive to the other end of world
Must have some pretty high-flotation tires on them thar SUVs to be able to cross the ocean...
The spike last year (which is the most recent one) disproves your "prices always rise in the summer" claim. It happened in the spring, not the summer. Prices then dropped throughout the summer, and rose again in the fall, the exact opposite of what you claimed "always happened".
It further debunks your claim that "Prices in 2007 peaked during the summer months, just as I said." They peaked in the SPRING, FELL in the summer, and rebounded in late autumn. Also your original claim "I've been watching the price of gas for 10 years, and EVERY year, gas prices peak during the summer and bottom out during the winter" again goes against the facts.
You also said that "We're not going to see 1.75 a litre this winter unless we see prices hit 2.00 this summer." However, taking last year as a trend, prices reached their highest point of the year in the spring (May, to be exact) at 15% higher than the price the previous August.
Considering we're currently at $1.49.9, and that markets are tight, I don't see how we can dismiss $1.75/litre this winter as impossible - or even higher if there's a cold winter and strong demand for heating oil. It would only take an additional 17% to get there.
If you weren't in such a rush to prove me wrong, you'd look at your data and see that I'm right.
Prices in 2007 peaked during the summer months, just as I said.
Bullshit. The data I quoted show that prices went up from January to May 2007, declined from June through October (which includes the entire summer), then rose again. Prices did NOT peak during the summer months... they peaked in the spring (May).
In otheer words, the "pattern" has changed, and this change is going to be permanent. Get used to $2/litre diesel, because it's going to be coming to a pump near you sooner or later.
Prices for diesel (you said it was a turbo diesel) are going to go UP this winter, not down (diesel and #2 heating oil are the same thing). Also, it will only take one hurricane to make $2/litre a reality this year.
Things have changed. Prices didn't go down this winter - they went UP.
So what? It's not like the EU won't have to deal with Russia, for things like... oil, for example. Russia is part of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China), which is going to dominate growth over the next few decades.
that's between $5.40 and $6.00 per US gallon (addd 20% for Canadian gallons). At the lower price, 500 gallons is $2700; at the higher, it's $3,000.00
In other words, a prius will save you $2000/year on fuel. (more actually, since gasoline is currently running 10% lower than diesel).
So your current annual costs are $900 (ins) + $3000 (gas), for $3900, vs $2300 (ins)+$1000 (gas), or $3300. Also, we're looking at further increases over the years, to $1.75/litre this winter, $2.00/liter by 1010, and $2.25 by 2012, which will further tip costs in favour of the econoboxes.
Considering that the IT industry in India is concentrated in Bangalore, it would probably make more sense to learn Kannada if you plan to work in Bangalore.
You mean that knowing what a "toque", "double-double", "two-four", and "poutine" are isn't enough, eh?
And of course, we need a car analogy: Imagine if Ford tried to claim that any instructions explaining how to replace a gasket in their cars manifold was a copyright violation of their manuals.
The instructions themselves aren't, but the format and actual text are. You can't just copy it word-for-word. In other words, while the facts aren't copyrighted, their organization and expression in a fixed medium (the shop manual) is.
Not a great deal of Russian spoken in the EU... But of course the EU and Russia are a long way away from America, and thus the general principle of 'things that are a long way away are *all the same*' applies.
I'm in Canada, and the languages used at the office are english and russian, with a (very small bit of) french thrown in.
It would be an advantage for anyone to learn russian, since it's one of the languages of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries, where most of the growth in the next 40 years will be.
It's currently $1.49.9/litre here. I'm laughing at everyone who didn't take my advice over the last few years because they "needed" a van or suv. I'll be laughing even harder when it hits $2.25/litre.
"I need a van because I have a child now" is fucking retarded. If you're that bad a driver that you need a van to protect your kid, you shouldn't be on the road in the first place - and the higher gas prices WILL take care of that.
Higher gas prices will force us to do what we should be doing anyways. For example, more telecommuting, 4-day x 10 hours work weeks instead of 5 day x 8 hours, moving closer to work, driving smaller cars, driving slower, better organizing, even *gasp* walking, biking, or taking public transit.
It's amazing the sense of entitlement that people continue to have towards their "right" to drive 3-ton gas guzzlers.
French will get you by in a lot of europe - for example, the benelux countries (belgium, netherlands, luxembourg), switzerland, even *cough* france *cough*...
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And actually, used machines are worth something. Maybe not to you, but I know folks who didn't have a machine until they got a used one
I had actually said (emphasis added):
(a) a stolen machine is a very poor value, no matter how low the price you paid
there's a difference between a legit used machine, and a stolen machine. With a stolen machine, even if you completely ignore the social costs of encouraging thieves, which we all end up paying, you have the additional worries about how badly a stolen machine has been handled (you can't assume the thief treated it delicately), the total lack of recourse to the vendor, the inability to get any sort of warranty service, product recalls, etc., the fact that the thief who sold it to you knows where to go the next time they need to steal a machine (and that they know you'll never be able to report the theft to the cops or to your insurers), etc.
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Must have some pretty high-flotation tires on them thar SUVs to be able to cross the ocean ...
It's not minor semantics. You made several very specific claims, with specific dates, none of which were true.
Any drop in price will be temporary.
The spike last year (which is the most recent one) disproves your "prices always rise in the summer" claim. It happened in the spring, not the summer. Prices then dropped throughout the summer, and rose again in the fall, the exact opposite of what you claimed "always happened".
It further debunks your claim that "Prices in 2007 peaked during the summer months, just as I said." They peaked in the SPRING, FELL in the summer, and rebounded in late autumn. Also your original claim "I've been watching the price of gas for 10 years, and EVERY year, gas prices peak during the summer and bottom out during the winter" again goes against the facts.
You also said that "We're not going to see 1.75 a litre this winter unless we see prices hit 2.00 this summer." However, taking last year as a trend, prices reached their highest point of the year in the spring (May, to be exact) at 15% higher than the price the previous August.
Considering we're currently at $1.49.9, and that markets are tight, I don't see how we can dismiss $1.75/litre this winter as impossible - or even higher if there's a cold winter and strong demand for heating oil. It would only take an additional 17% to get there.
Bullshit. The data I quoted show that prices went up from January to May 2007, declined from June through October (which includes the entire summer), then rose again. Prices did NOT peak during the summer months ... they peaked in the spring (May).
In otheer words, the "pattern" has changed, and this change is going to be permanent. Get used to $2/litre diesel, because it's going to be coming to a pump near you sooner or later.
Prices for diesel (you said it was a turbo diesel) are going to go UP this winter, not down (diesel and #2 heating oil are the same thing). Also, it will only take one hurricane to make $2/litre a reality this year.
Things have changed. Prices didn't go down this winter - they went UP.
Here are the average prices per month from January 2007 to now:
2007: 87.1 91.0 103.1 105.5 112.1 106.6 105.8 100.7 101.8 99.4 104.6 104.3 101.8
2008: 115.4 115.5 118.9 125.7 137.7 141.4
They started climbing in November 2007, not declining ... with only a small dip in december, and a 15% increase in January ...
Why would you expect that trend to change next winter? $1.75/litre for this winter is realistic.
So what? It's not like the EU won't have to deal with Russia, for things like ... oil, for example. Russia is part of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China), which is going to dominate growth over the next few decades.
500 gallons/year is going to cost a lot more than $1500.00
Diesel is currently running at between 135.6 and 149.9 in Manitoba
that's between $5.40 and $6.00 per US gallon (addd 20% for Canadian gallons). At the lower price, 500 gallons is $2700; at the higher, it's $3,000.00
In other words, a prius will save you $2000/year on fuel. (more actually, since gasoline is currently running 10% lower than diesel).
So your current annual costs are $900 (ins) + $3000 (gas), for $3900, vs $2300 (ins)+$1000 (gas), or $3300. Also, we're looking at further increases over the years, to $1.75/litre this winter, $2.00/liter by 1010, and $2.25 by 2012, which will further tip costs in favour of the econoboxes.
I thought that air travel was punishment enough already!
Your figures are WAY off. The prius gets way more than 30mpg. Heck, my 626 gets 35mpg.
Also, it seems that you're paying a LOT for insurance.
Absolutely.
You mean that knowing what a "toque", "double-double", "two-four", and "poutine" are isn't enough, eh?
The instructions themselves aren't, but the format and actual text are. You can't just copy it word-for-word. In other words, while the facts aren't copyrighted, their organization and expression in a fixed medium (the shop manual) is.
I'm in Canada, and the languages used at the office are english and russian, with a (very small bit of) french thrown in.
It would be an advantage for anyone to learn russian, since it's one of the languages of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries, where most of the growth in the next 40 years will be.
And the EU won't be dealing with Russia?
Being able to speak russian will be an advantage for people wanting to work in the EU.
It's currently $1.49.9 /litre here. I'm laughing at everyone who didn't take my advice over the last few years because they "needed" a van or suv. I'll be laughing even harder when it hits $2.25 /litre.
"I need a van because I have a child now" is fucking retarded. If you're that bad a driver that you need a van to protect your kid, you shouldn't be on the road in the first place - and the higher gas prices WILL take care of that.
Higher gas prices will force us to do what we should be doing anyways. For example, more telecommuting, 4-day x 10 hours work weeks instead of 5 day x 8 hours, moving closer to work, driving smaller cars, driving slower, better organizing, even *gasp* walking, biking, or taking public transit.
It's amazing the sense of entitlement that people continue to have towards their "right" to drive 3-ton gas guzzlers.
I read the article. It does a translation between c and actionscript ....
French will get you by in a lot of europe - for example, the benelux countries (belgium, netherlands, luxembourg), switzerland, even *cough* france *cough* ...
At least that way, gas prices won't seem so bad when they're priced in litres instead of gallons.
If you're going to stay in the US, you might as well increase your value by learning spanish.
If you're looking at the EU, learn spanish, italian, german, french, or russian.
If you're looking in asia, mandarin.
If you're looking at india, hindi (or PROPER english).
Not on opera/linux. I had to highlight the text to read it.
It's not a browser-based OS - it's just a mapping of c source code to an interpreter running in flash.
So it will be slowwww. In other words, it will turn your dual-core into a 386.
Also, who the f*ck puts black text on a dark-brown background? If you don't want us to read the article, just say so ...
BTW: You can have my keyboard when you pry it from my cold dead hands!
Actually, he DID sell his first post. That's why he's now so far from the top of the thread.
You wrote:
I had actually said (emphasis added):
there's a difference between a legit used machine, and a stolen machine. With a stolen machine, even if you completely ignore the social costs of encouraging thieves, which we all end up paying, you have the additional worries about how badly a stolen machine has been handled (you can't assume the thief treated it delicately), the total lack of recourse to the vendor, the inability to get any sort of warranty service, product recalls, etc., the fact that the thief who sold it to you knows where to go the next time they need to steal a machine (and that they know you'll never be able to report the theft to the cops or to your insurers), etc.