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2006-05-01 Arabia
Saudi Arabia slashes petrol prices by more than 30%
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Posted by Fred 2006-05-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 just filled my truck, 30+ gallons $3.12.

woof..GLOBAL WARMING__NO DRILLING ANWAR!! GRRRR!
Posted by RD 2006-05-01 01:15||   2006-05-01 01:15|| Front Page Top

#2 You really need those trucks, eh?
Posted by Rafael 2006-05-01 04:27||   2006-05-01 04:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Rafael,You really need those trucks, eh?

thinking from the colloquial armchair again, eh?
Posted by RD 2006-05-01 05:25||   2006-05-01 05:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Rafael, I know this might come as a shock to you, but some people actually use trucks, minivans, and other larger vehicles to do their jobs, haul around a bunch of kids, get themselves around town if they are handicapped, etc. A Prius or Dodge Neon isn't practical for everyone.

Keep that in mind the next time you decide to get smug about whatever you do (or don't) drive.
Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-05-01 06:19|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]  2006-05-01 06:19|| Front Page Top

#5 As my mom always used to say, killing the goose that laid the golden egg. We're good at technology. The only reason we don't have alternative fuel sources is because petrol was cheap and there was a business built around it.
Posted by 2b 2006-05-01 07:33||   2006-05-01 07:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Rafael was worried about the US economy lasting through the war on terror. As the country exporting more oil to the US than any other, he should worry about whether Canada can survive an American victory.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-05-01 07:36||   2006-05-01 07:36|| Front Page Top

#7 Saudi Arabia should be practically giving oil to us considering all the shit we've gone through for them.
Posted by banned from rantburg 2006-05-01 13:50||   2006-05-01 13:50|| Front Page Top

#8 thinking from the colloquial armchair again, eh?

So RD, what do you use your truck for?

Rafael, I know this might come as a shock to you, but some people actually use trucks, minivans, and other larger vehicles to do their jobs

Sure, some do. Most don't. And please don't lump minivans into the same category as they are not the same thing. And also, remember life before SUVs? Do you even know why SUVs became popular? Cheap gas. Gas ain't cheap anymore. When was the last time you biked to the corner store?
Posted by Rafael 2006-05-01 15:49||   2006-05-01 15:49|| Front Page Top

#9 click for cartoons on gas price
Posted by 3dc 2006-05-01 15:55||   2006-05-01 15:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Rafael, I did even better....I walked to the Publix twice last week, and I walked over to my vet's to pick up my dog's prescription today. I even stopped at the Walgreens on the way back, and took care of two errands at the same time. (Riding a bike is not advisable in my current condition.)

Your point is????

The only reason I mentioned minivans is that yes, they are big, and yes, the gas mileage can really suck. Maybe not as much as a truck, but it still ain't no Honda Civic.

I'm lucky enough to live somewhere where the roads are decent and I don't really need a SUV, a truck, or some other road monster. But if you think you can bounce around on some rural roads out here in a tiny little 4 banger, you're nuts. I don't advise you try that trick in the winter in the Rockies, especially when the snow's melting.

Low gas prices might have made them trendy for a while in the big cities, but in other parts of the country they've been popular way before they were cool.
Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-05-01 17:48|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]  2006-05-01 17:48|| Front Page Top

#11 Rafael, I DO need that truck. My 4 cylinder Chevrolet Cavalier won't pull a horse trailer with 3 horses, won't pull a trailer with 120 bales of hay while having another 60 in tha back, and it won't climb the hill in back of the house while pulling a trailer to haul the wood cut up from the trees that blew down last weekend.
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2006-05-01 19:10||   2006-05-01 19:10|| Front Page Top

#12 our canuck friend is on the rag today - ignore him
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-05-01 20:20||   2006-05-01 20:20|| Front Page Top

#13 So RD, what do you use your truck for?

Truck stuff.

gen contractor, and 6'6" rules out the civic class altogether, you couldn't fold me in [ima not skinny], and no way could drive it.

perhaps you should take a hike today Rafael.
Posted by RD 2006-05-01 20:32||   2006-05-01 20:32|| Front Page Top

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