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Anonymous Coward User ID: 24995566 Mexico 10/05/2012 10:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Makes absolutely no sense to compare the prices in Europe with the prices in the US. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22322054 In my country we have to pay 1.89 per liter, a quick calculation says that's around 9.50$ per gallon. But most of the money we pay for it goes directly to state, who uses the money for public transport, healthcare and much more. The US has welfare and stealth tech. |
Rain-Man User ID: 25006206 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10/05/2012 10:32 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | California gas stations low on fuel, high on prices (CBS News) Many California drivers are running on empty, and the problem could be spreading to other states. Gas prices have jumped all week -- the fastest rise in many years. And some gas stations don't have any fuel to sell at all. Low supplies are leading to high frustration. For many Californians, driving is as natural as breathing and gasoline is the motorists' lifeblood. That's why seeing closed stations is more than frustrating -- it's almost unbelievable. Some of the state's gas stations have been forced to close their pumps, and the ones that are open, are charging prices that can only be described one way -- an arm and a leg. Gas prices have been rising in other states as well due to the fuel shortage. One exception: gas prices in Texas, which fell four cents a gallon last week. [link to www.cbsnews.com] Thread: Most Dangerous Time for Strong Earthquakes in 2012, Super Full Moon, Alignment of Earth-Sun-Jupiter, Venus Transit, Solar Eclipse over USA & JP Thread: Strange Sounds,Strange Rumblings, Sonic Booms, The Hum, Groaning, Earthquake Connection, Electromagnetic Voices, Post Your Recordings Here EARTHQUAKE FORECAST [link to igipop.webs.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1383312 United States 10/05/2012 10:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, The Netherlands is very expensive with everything. Stay away from here. gasoline is really cheap in de US of A, so no reason for complaining. Try a smaller car instead of the big-ego cars. Netherlands Pay avg.68.84% Tax on fuel...the highest paid tax on fuel in the world... |
Watching the world User ID: 2842539 United States 10/05/2012 10:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1634755 United States 10/05/2012 10:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every time someone in EU mentions that I have to ask this... What do you consider a long trip? I have to drive 60 miles round trip just to get groceries. Spaces and towns are a bit farther apart in the USA. Quoting: MaryAlananB I know, it pisses me off when I read that too. Not only are things more spread out here, for the most part we DO NOT have much in the way of public transportation. In the area where I live unless you are going to a few specific towns, there is no train service. Bus service is awful and sparse. My husband's commute is 120 miles round trip. How many of you in EU have a commute like that? well apes there is people in europe that live away from groceries and have to do 100 km round trip....but they are not that mental to go everyday, not even once a week...organize yourself, shop local, produce something and stfu I doesn't even pass my mind to do even 30 km if not a couple of time a month The difference is that a hundred km roundtrip is still only something like 60 miles or so. People in europe tend to forget that their entire countries are only about the size of any given state. Where I live at here in N.C towns are normally 15 to 30 miles apart and cities can be a hundred miles apart. My daily trip to work is around 85 miles round trip, thats each day and thats if I only go to work and straight back home. Factor in a stop at a store and my total can easily top 100 miles or more a day. So when you tell me to shop local you failt to realize how far I live from any stores at all, fuckin smartass. |
Doomy Drummer User ID: 17114193 United States 10/05/2012 10:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 4865758 Germany 10/05/2012 10:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The gas prices in the US are ridiculously cheap compared to the litre price of approx. 1,75€ Germany, let alone some European countries with even higher prices like the Netherlands or Norway. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 4865758 I have no clue whatsoever why you should panick due to such laughable prices per gallon in your country, which, by the way, literally controls the world's oil prices by its military might and it's epic financial fraud via a completely manipulated $ value. It's called Different Economies Dumbass. An American speaking of economy in 2012 is quite breathtaking, as your country has not much left of such a thing, besides the obvious financial fraud your banks control and ruin the world with, that even tops your vulgarity by lack of manners in calling me a dumbass, Sir. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24995566 Mexico 10/05/2012 10:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, The Netherlands is very expensive with everything. Stay away from here. gasoline is really cheap in de US of A, so no reason for complaining. Try a smaller car instead of the big-ego cars. Netherlands Pay avg.68.84% Tax on fuel...the highest paid tax on fuel in the world... Their lifestyle has adjusted. The whole society moves around differently. Less vulnerable to oil price shocks. Smart. |
DatDanWW User ID: 1540864 Netherlands 10/05/2012 10:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Makes absolutely no sense to compare the prices in Europe with the prices in the US. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22322054 In my country we have to pay 1.89 per liter, a quick calculation says that's around 9.50$ per gallon. But most of the money we pay for it goes directly to state, who uses the money for public transport, healthcare and much more. About 1 Euro for each litre goes to the government and they use it NOT for public transport and healthcare because the public pay a very high price for that. NO, they use it to keep the banks alive. The EU sucks! "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." Albert Einstein |
Murmuring_Sparrows User ID: 24872801 United States 10/05/2012 10:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: Doomy Drummer lmao I live in Duluth too! and yeah, Gas is always overpriced here. hahah wonder how many duluth glp's there are... I'm surprised there are three :D Looking at every moment and experience for the opportunity it is to learn... is the greatest gift we can give ourselves. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24995566 Mexico 10/05/2012 10:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Makes absolutely no sense to compare the prices in Europe with the prices in the US. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22322054 In my country we have to pay 1.89 per liter, a quick calculation says that's around 9.50$ per gallon. But most of the money we pay for it goes directly to state, who uses the money for public transport, healthcare and much more. About 1 Euro for each litre goes to the government and they use it NOT for public transport and healthcare because the public pay a very high price for that. NO, they use it to keep the banks alive. The EU sucks! That's recent. Distorted economies, not just EU. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24457885 Germany 10/05/2012 10:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Makes absolutely no sense to compare the prices in Europe with the prices in the US. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22322054 In my country we have to pay 1.89 per liter, a quick calculation says that's around 9.50$ per gallon. But most of the money we pay for it goes directly to state, who uses the money for public transport, healthcare and much more. SOCIALISM!!!!1!!!1111 BURN THE COMMIES!!!11!1 |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 12980251 United Kingdom 10/05/2012 10:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24995566 Mexico 10/05/2012 10:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Makes absolutely no sense to compare the prices in Europe with the prices in the US. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 22322054 In my country we have to pay 1.89 per liter, a quick calculation says that's around 9.50$ per gallon. But most of the money we pay for it goes directly to state, who uses the money for public transport, healthcare and much more. SOCIALISM!!!!1!!!1111 BURN THE COMMIES!!!11!1 Stealth bombers destroy public transport. Tax dollars work in mysterious ways. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 8298598 France 10/05/2012 10:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Menosgada User ID: 19173798 Germany 10/05/2012 10:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What's the minimum wage in Germany ? Probably 100 dollars an hour and they can hop on a bullet train and get to anywhere in Europe in 20 minutes and retire @40 & free health care & are allowed to drink as least a quart of beer on their lunch break. Free education 4 months of vacation a year. Meanwhile in California gasoline is so costly many are not going to work=net loss. Quoting: Black Diamond 20028740 Uuuhh...I assume your post was kinda ironic because it's so far from the truth. Here are some facts for you: - We don't have a minimum wage in Germany. There are people that work for like 3 Euros/hour which is beyond ridiculous. An average worker might earn around 10 Euros/hour - before taxes - It is true we do have so called bullet trains but they serve bigger cities only and in most cases you won't get anywhere far away within 20 mins. Plus a ride on such trains costs a shitload of money. - Actually our retirement age is at 67 atm. It's very likely that people that are in their 30s right now will have to work until 70 or even longer. - I don't know of any company that allows drinking alcohol during work (which includes lunch break) anymore - It's true that basic education is free but if you want to study you'll have to pay a couple of hundred Euros per season depending on where you want to study. - Most companies allow 30 days of vacation per year which amounts to like 1.5 months Gone bezerkin... :battleflag: |
Black Diamond User ID: 20028740 United States 10/05/2012 10:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What's the minimum wage in Germany ? Probably 100 dollars an hour and they can hop on a bullet train and get to anywhere in Europe in 20 minutes and retire @40 & free health care & are allowed to drink as least a quart of beer on their lunch break. Free education 4 months of vacation a year. Meanwhile in California gasoline is so costly many are not going to work=net loss. Quoting: Black Diamond 20028740 Uuuhh...I assume your post was kinda ironic because it's so far from the truth. Here are some facts for you: - We don't have a minimum wage in Germany. There are people that work for like 3 Euros/hour which is beyond ridiculous. An average worker might earn around 10 Euros/hour - before taxes - It is true we do have so called bullet trains but they serve bigger cities only and in most cases you won't get anywhere far away within 20 mins. Plus a ride on such trains costs a shitload of money. - Actually our retirement age is at 67 atm. It's very likely that people that are in their 30s right now will have to work until 70 or even longer. - I don't know of any company that allows drinking alcohol during work (which includes lunch break) anymore - It's true that basic education is free but if you want to study you'll have to pay a couple of hundred Euros per season depending on where you want to study. - Most companies allow 30 days of vacation per year which amounts to like 1.5 months After taxes ? you have to pay taxes ? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 22322054 Netherlands 10/05/2012 10:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If Germany's education was free there wouldn't be so many Germans in my university. A lot of people from the UK, France and Germany are currently "invading" Dutch schools because our education is quite cheap. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24954425 United States 10/05/2012 10:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What's the minimum wage in Germany ? Probably 100 dollars an hour and they can hop on a bullet train and get to anywhere in Europe in 20 minutes and retire @40 & free health care & are allowed to drink as least a quart of beer on their lunch break. Free education 4 months of vacation a year. Meanwhile in California gasoline is so costly many are not going to work=net loss. Quoting: Black Diamond 20028740 Uuuhh...I assume your post was kinda ironic because it's so far from the truth. Here are some facts for you: - We don't have a minimum wage in Germany. There are people that work for like 3 Euros/hour which is beyond ridiculous. An average worker might earn around 10 Euros/hour - before taxes - It is true we do have so called bullet trains but they serve bigger cities only and in most cases you won't get anywhere far away within 20 mins. Plus a ride on such trains costs a shitload of money. - Actually our retirement age is at 67 atm. It's very likely that people that are in their 30s right now will have to work until 70 or even longer. - I don't know of any company that allows drinking alcohol during work (which includes lunch break) anymore - It's true that basic education is free but if you want to study you'll have to pay a couple of hundred Euros per season depending on where you want to study. - Most companies allow 30 days of vacation per year which amounts to like 1.5 months so the boomer generation got all the good stuff and anyone born post 1984 is pretty much fucked ? LOL think you are fucked now > ?wait till the euroclowns have to pony up for euro militaries to keep boot on the middle east face without american help. too keep hordes of economic refugees out from all over the world. too keep capital both human and liquid from fleeing as well. should be a good time , good time to have two huge moats between yourself and the rest of the vermin that is. god bless merica |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 8298598 France 10/05/2012 10:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
AmericanJedi User ID: 1503533 United States 10/05/2012 10:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes, and Espana is roughly the size of Montana. So, you can drive across you're entire gorgeous country in the time it takes my little brother to drive from Moscow, Idaho to his Forestry firefighting station in Cody, Wyoming. So, please don't compare apples to watermelons. (GLP aka American Jedi) Listen here you beautiful bitch, I'm about to fuck you up with some truth. Kenny Powers If you steal the dreams of others long enough, sooner or later you'll end up in a nightmare. American Jedi Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. Albert Einstein Satis Eloquentiae, Sapientiae Parum.... "The last of the old?" "No, the first of the new." |
acewhole777 User ID: 24765937 Canada 10/05/2012 10:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | because USA is asshole of the world dont piss us off or we will make you walk Maybe romney will be elected and then we will drill our own and not buy yours any more. Ever think of that? It would also foil Obama's big plans to Bankrupt the coal industry as well as removed some of the tens of thousands of regulations he has put on all this. If we're the asshole of the world I guess that makes Canada the hemmerhoid of the world as there you are stuck right to us. think again buddy..... Canada is already seperated from u assholes..... Asia is our new friend..... I guess that makes Mexico your hemroid |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 20014148 United States 10/05/2012 10:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 16782049 United States 10/05/2012 10:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Quoting: Doomy Drummer lmao I live in Duluth too! and yeah, Gas is always overpriced here. hahah wonder how many duluth glp's there are... I'm surprised there are three :D I live by Syracuse NY... Gas prices are raising by the minute.... From 4.07 yesterday to 4.45 today... WTF >>> |
jcab2002 User ID: 24453126 United States 10/05/2012 10:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm sure you don't need a car there, unlike here. I wish I didn't need one. Public transportation is worthless unless you're in a big city. “We must keep the people busy with political antagonisms." “We’ll therefore speed up the question of reform (of tarrifs within) the Democratic Party; and we’ll put the spotlight on the question of protection …(for) the Republican Party." “By dividing the electorate this way, we’ll be able to have them spend their energies at struggling amongst themselves, on questions that, for us, have no importance whatsoever." - United State Bankers magazine, 1892. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23134798 Canada 10/05/2012 11:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | you know guys, people turn into animals when panic. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25001069 Now for sure what will happen in the US will be quite entertaining considering panic is the common mindset that will finally reveal that behind a smoked glass of civilisation US is surely worst that any african country where people usually solve their everyday issues with the use of a machete Indeed, the masks will come off of everyone and you will see the true nature of Man. It wont be pretty.... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 628775 Canada 10/05/2012 11:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We are paying $1.20 to $1.269/litre, that is approx $4.54 to $4.80/gallon. Quit your whining already. We drive as much as you guys do and often have to warm our vehicles up before we can drive them which eats up mucho gas. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 25010129 United States 10/05/2012 11:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every time someone in EU mentions that I have to ask this... What do you consider a long trip? I have to drive 60 miles round trip just to get groceries. Spaces and towns are a bit farther apart in the USA. Quoting: MaryAlananB WHAT? u live out in the woods?? >80% of people in the us live in or within 20 miles of a major metro area |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24995566 Mexico 10/05/2012 11:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Maybe romney will be elected and then we will drill our own and not buy yours any more. Ever think of that? It would also foil Obama's big plans to Bankrupt the coal industry as well as removed some of the tens of thousands of regulations he has put on all this. If we're the asshole of the world I guess that makes Canada the hemmerhoid of the world as there you are stuck right to us. think again buddy..... Canada is already seperated from u assholes..... Asia is our new friend..... I guess that makes Mexico your hemroid Hardly. Come on Canada, you are more dependent on your neighbour than we are. You are just brainwashed by Harper's 1812 victory commercials. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 24954425 United States 10/05/2012 11:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Every time someone in EU mentions that I have to ask this... What do you consider a long trip? I have to drive 60 miles round trip just to get groceries. Spaces and towns are a bit farther apart in the USA. Quoting: MaryAlananB WHAT? u live out in the woods?? >80% of people in the us live in or within 20 miles of a major metro area 80 % or more of the people are going to be fucked long time when the JIT system wobbles then ) |