Tuesday, July 27, 1999, 8:36:11 AM, tcape wrote:
> When we have to put gas in our oletrucks, we're probably all complaining
> about gas prices...at least I am. This kinda gives me a little perspective.
> West Texas Intermediate Crude: $14.68
> What 'other stuff' costs by the barrel [42 gallons]:
> CocaCola: $ 78.73
> Milk: $126.00
> Evian Water: $189.90
> Orange Juice: $251.16
> Snapple: $267.12
> Perrier Water: $328.67
> Lemon Oil: $390.88
> Crisco Oil: $435.12
> Scope Mouthwash: $826.65
> Sunflower Oil: $971.04
> Olive Oil: $1,324.38
> Real Maple Syrup: $1,787.52
> Sesame Oil: $2,535.61
> Jack Daniel's Sour Mash: $4,133.26
> Visine Eye Drops: $32,202.24
> Flonase Prescription Nasal Spray: $238,133.21
> These figures tend to put things into a bit of a different
> perspective... don't they?
> Tom Caperton
> '47 2nd 3100
Well, here's a different perspective. I still think that gasoline has gone up
less in the past 75 years than most anything else you can find, (except, of
course, computers, etc) but gouging is gouging. If I worked at an oil
facility these days, I'd be looking over my shoulder. After decades with
virtually no losses, the industry is losing one every couple of weeks - and,
each time they loose one, the price at the pump pops at least a nickel. The
only times that the price at the pumps has gone up in the past forty years has
been due to various crisis - mostly created and/or unsubstantiated.
Since I don't use gallons/day of anything but gasoline, I've tried to come up
with a cost/day.
Avg Amt
Item Price/ Cost/ Used/Day
Barrel Day (gal)
West Texas Intermediate Crude: $14.68 $0.57 1.643835616 15,000 mi/yr,
25 mpg (Inaccurate, since it takes sustancially more than a gallon of crude to
"make" a gallon of gas)
Major brand regular unleaded $65.10 $2.55 1.643835616 $1.55/gal
(Since I haven't yet found an engine that would burn crude oil)
So Oregon
CocaCola: $78.73 $0.47 0.25 2 16 oz
containers
Milk: $126.00 $0.75 0.25 2 16 oz
containers
Evian Water: $189.90 What's that? :-)
Orange Juice: $251.16 $0.37 0.0625 1-8 oz glass
Snapple: $267.12 $0.40 0.0625 8 oz - Snapple
only WISHES for this volume
Perrier Water: $328.67 You're kiddin',
right? :-)
Lemon Oil: $390.88 $0.02 0.002232143 2 oz/wk (how
much furniture
can you polish?
Crisco Oil: $435.12 $0.16 0.015625 2 oz
Scope Mouthwash: $826.65 $0.31 0.015625 2 oz - Scope
DREAMS about this kind of volume
Sunflower Oil: $971.04 $0.36 0.015625 2 oz
Olive Oil: $1,324.38 $0.49 0.015625 2 oz
Real Maple Syrup: $1,787.52 $1.33 0.03125 4 oz
Sesame Oil: $2,535.61 $0.94 0.015625 2 oz
Jack Daniel's Sour Mash: $4,133.26 $6.15 0.0625 8 oz (yeah, I
know - some folks drink a gallon/day <G>)
Visine Eye Drops: $32,202.24 $0.00 I have no idea
how to measure this…
Flonase Prescription $238,133.21 $0.00 ...or this
Nasal Spray:
Oh, yeah - I don't care what they pay for gas in Europe.
Lewis - K7LVO - Medford - Valley of the Rogue - OR
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