Gas Prices in Indy

[Cyragnome]

Is there a "Go Back to Nothingland" Emoticon for Bagpuss?

Gas price are pretty stinky round the Nation's Capitol here as well...some places in MD have seen greater than $3.00 for premium and they're expecting higher prices closer to Labor Day.

 

[shaylon]

Oh please! Thought this board had a no politics rule.

Sorry if I offended, wasn't trying to be political. In fact if you knew my political stance, I think you would doubt that I was trying to be in this situation.

I just remember paying 99 cents in high school for "plus" gas, and I haven't been out of school that long. When gas goes up by almost a dollar in less than a year, I have a problem with it.

-Shay

 

[shaylon]

I think they suck everywhere. Shaylon, please e-mail at roninartspresident@yahoo.com to claim your prize.

YES! Thanks Phil! Email is on the way.

-Shay

Update: Ronin Arts DragonMech Rumors and Lies! Thanks again!

 

[Jonny Nexus]

Bagpuss, you know I love you. But you are mistaken. "Gas prices suck" is no more political than "steak prices suck" or "cabernet prices suck." It could certainly devolve into a political disucssion, but so far it hasn't, and i'm confident it won't.

Maybe not in the US, but that isn't the case in the rest of the world.

In the UK, petrol has now gone through the £4 per gallon mark ($7.23), about 86% of which is tax. It is claimed by the government (a claim which some people disbelieve - and I won't discuss my position on the subject because that would be political discussion) that this tax is for environmental, rather than financial reasons.

A claim therefore, in the UK, that petrol prices are too high is always going to be political, given that 86% of that "too high" is due to government imposed taxation. If someone says that petrol prices are too high then they are, in effect, saying that the tax is too high.

Which is political.

 

[reveal]

Maybe not in the US, but that isn't the case in the rest of the world.

In the UK, petrol has now gone through the £4 per gallon mark ($7.23), about 86% of which is tax. It is claimed by the government (a claim which some people disbelieve - and I won't discuss my position on the subject because that would be political discussion) that this tax is for environmental, rather than financial reasons.

A claim therefore, in the UK, that petrol prices are too high is always going to be political, given that 86% of that "too high" is due to government imposed taxation. If someone says that petrol prices are too high then they are, in effect, saying that the tax is too high.

Which is political.

The poster of the original post is in Ohio. I don't think UK standards apply to him.

 

[Bront]

Yeah, Indie is usually about a dime or so behind Chicago and it's suburbs, which range from $2.75 in the burbs to $2.99 in the city.

Actualy, in my area, it's about $2.65, though I've seen it as high as $2.89 (strangely, it was accross the street from some place that was $2.74)

 

[Jonny Nexus]

The poster of the original post is in Ohio. I don't think UK standards apply to him.

Hey just because something's not a hot political topic in a poster's country doesn't make it not be politics!

Otherwise, us Brits ought to be able to discuss evolution in threads here on ENWorld, because that isn't a political issue over our side of the pond.

 

[reveal]

Otherwise, us Brits ought to be able to discuss evolution in threads here on ENWorld, because that isn't a political issue over our side of the pond.

How dare you comment on such a hot topic! I demand an apology and that this thread be closed at once!

 

[Henry]

Driving to a game session Sunday the 14th, I saw one station selling for $2.35 a gallon. I said, "I'm late to the game, so I'll just get it when I come back."

I came back, and they were selling it for $2.45.

D'OH!

 

[Jonny Nexus]

How dare you comment on such a hot topic! I demand an apology and that this thread be closed at once!

Well I'll stop mentioning evolution if you stop mentioning petrol.