bouche Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 There you have it, I thought I'd seen it all when our local gas station flipped over to 101.2 per litre. I know that yesterday there were prices over 120 in toronto and vancouver, but it hit Ottawa today. Ottawa gas prices Our local gas station is at about 124/litre IT's basically going to cost people twice the price it did this time last year to go to labour day weekend festivals like moe.down and CTMF. Poor poor Huxy. Tealy is going to be pretty pricey to get to Waterford I wonder if it's cheaper to rent a hybrid ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 129.9 this morning in New Brunswick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 huh. the title of this thread made me think it was about Booche.go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Hybrid's do not get better gas mileage on the highway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothedShredder Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 And people know the real value of a litre of gas because?...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headymamamyrna Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 I thought the same thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headymamamyrna Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 I was thinking the same as MArco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-towns Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 94.9 in Calgary, still too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaidy Mae Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 huh. the title of this thread made me think it was about Booche. Hahahaha! So did I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 For Sale: 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport Teal, V6, 4x4 154,000 km's Includes CD Soundboard recordings of selected Ratdog shows. Make me an offer!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 94.9 in Calgary, still too much. Ummm, not compared to this man: 134.9 down the road from my place in Montreal.Gas hasn't been below a dollar here in many many weeks.however, seeing that I travel by bike it doesn't really impact me much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic ChrisC Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Ollie thinks the end of the world is around the corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Ollie thinks the end of the world is around the corner.Yep. I give human civilization two years tops. The paranoid guy inside me thinks the price is going up because we are running out faster than anyone will admit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Running out of oil would sure change things wouldn't it?Perhaps alternative fuel inventors and environmental organizations would get rich instead of greedy oil mongers.Bring it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic ChrisC Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Yeah, I'm relying on environmental geniuses right now. Stop smoking pot and get to work, dudes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Large Marge Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Join us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 in a sense the rising price is a good thing, maybe people will pause to consider walking or biking to the corner store instead of drivingand if the oil does run out in 100 yrs then perhaps global warming will slowly start to right itselfprobably not mind you, considering the powers that be, but one can always hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Ollie thinks the end of the world is around the corner.Yup....kinda scary. I think about it all the time!!! Something fishy is up, and it scares me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted September 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 will the grease car do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThe Owl Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Why this car is automatic It's systematic It's hydromatic Why it's Greased lightning.Okay, I'm sorry. That was utter uncalled-for. I will never do that again. Well, not today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 our friends in BC actually did the conversion bouche, from an old VW deisel to run on veggie oil, smells like a french fry all the way downt he highway, but, and this is what makes me want to do it, they drove from BC to PEI and back, they spent about 400 dollars on oil.anyone else wanna say holy fack? i sure did.VW is now offering to switch any of their cars over to deisel engines, im sure theres some catches, but its worth it.my boss drives a smart car, drove to ottawa and back to hamilton for less then 20 dollars., says it costs him about 5 bucks a week in deisel to go to, from work every day, and do the running around town that is inevitable every week.holy fucking gas eh. 125.5 today here in hammerand as a closer, the end is totally closer than we all think, considering america reached peak oil in 1970, and half of the oil producing nations in the world have already hit peak oil, were going to see ppl shooting each other for gas sooner then later.by that time, me and my woman hope to be living far away from cities, growing our own food, on our land, you guys are invited if you want to start up somnethimng, were rocking the 5 yr plan now, im sure some of youse guyse are more furthur along in your plans but thats ours.fucking stupid cars and their fucking gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Large Marge Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 (edited) our friends in BC Our friends in Victoria have the right idea... they're now fighting for a four lane cycling highway! Sorry about the format:By Miro CernetigThe Vancouver SunVICTORIA (CP) - In this sleepy capital, where driving hazards usuallyconsist of slow-moving horse-drawn carriages and the occasionalgeriatric driver, road rage is as rare as snow.But things are suddenly getting big-city tense - at least on theGalloping Goose bicycle trail."There haven't been fisticuffs, that I know of, yet," says John Luton,the head of the Capital Bike and Walk Society. "But there's theequivalent of road rage out there on the trail."What's fuelling this mini-crisis in Canada's bucolic biking capital issome of the highest gas prices in the country. With as many as 5,000people a day cramming onto the three-metre wide, 60-kilometre path,there's now a bicycle rush hour."Check your dog!" shouted Luton, encountering a women the other daywho let her retractable leash extend across the path he was whirringdown on his way to work."Check your bike!" she fired back, giving no ground.It isn't exactly life on the bike paths of Beijing, the world's bikingcapital. But the Galloping Goose, so named for a rail car that oncetrundled along this train route years ago, is now seeing daily run-insbetween pensioners on electric scooters, horseback riders, dogwalkers, inline skaters and serious commuters, described by cyclistGord Ayer as "Riding like Lance Armstrong on crack."Nobody expected such conflicts when the trail was quietly created 18years ago. But Canadians everywhere can expect to see more of suchconfrontations, cycling advocates predict, if the price of gasolinecontinues to climb.While building bike paths isn't nearly as in vogue with cash-strappedgovernments as it was in the 1970s, predictions are the number ofCanadians using trails will climb across Canada."You can figure that every 30-per-cent increase in the cost ofsomething translates into a 10-per-cent change in behaviour,"estimates Larry Roberts, a planner with he regional district."So there will probably be more people on the bike paths."That has sparked a hot debate in Victoria. Is it time to spend somemoney on the Galloping Goose, the protect the city's status as thecountry's most bike-friendly locale? At the moment, about six per centof Victoria's commuters go to work on two wheels. That's about threetimes the rate of Vancouver and Toronto."Does Victoria bill itself as the cycling capital of Canada?" VicLindal challenged in a letter to the local newspaper, demanding thatthe trail be widened."Yes . . . four lanes are a must."Todd Litman, an economist who heads the Transport Policy Institute,says rush hour on the Galloping Goose is a good sign - it showswell-planned bike lanes can convince large numbers of people to leavethe automobile behind.So far, Victoria's planners aren't biting. But they must warns Luton,who foresees a nightmare for pensioners putting along Victoria'sfavourite bike lane on their scooters."Wait until these electric bikes and Segways (human transporters)start showing up on the trail," he warns."They're fast and they're all going to be crashing into each other. Itwon't be pretty."(Vancouver Sun)19:36ET 27-08-05 Edited September 1, 2005 by Guest fixed the formatting for ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 I spent a bunch of time online yesterday looking for a green energy investment fund to drop some money into. can't seem to find any in Canada. I found one in the US that earned 40% interest last year!!! If you're looking to invest, put your money behind a green economy. We're going to have to head that way anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 I was hoping to fly home for Christmas, but I'm not sure I'm prepared to apply for a loan just yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Gasoline is starting to get as expensive as Coca-Cola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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