bigbill
Worn Saddle
Reged: 01/11/05
Posts: 6154
Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Put's things in perspective, doesn't it??
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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts." ~ Bertrand Russell
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Rob_Mayes
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Reged: 12/23/07
Posts: 195
Loc: Central IL USA
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Fun little tool here:
Inflation calculator
Looks like roughly 5x since 1973.
I looks like the calculator does not work on wages. I entered $35,000 in 1973 and it says I should be making $171,000. I am going to check with my boss. 
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Rob_Mayes
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Reged: 12/23/07
Posts: 195
Loc: Central IL USA
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Greybeard
Monkey Butt
Reged: 01/11/05
Posts: 7870
Loc: Charming Clovis NM
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I thought Coors was a beer byproduct 
Coors is a "beer flavored drink", same as those fruit flavored drinks that are all water and artificial flavoring.
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bigbill
Worn Saddle
Reged: 01/11/05
Posts: 6154
Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada
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I thought Coors was a beer byproduct
Coors is a "beer flavored drink", same as those fruit flavored drinks that are all water and artificial flavoring.
So, it's Coorlade then.
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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts." ~ Bertrand Russell
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Troutman
Member
Reged: 06/18/07
Posts: 59
Loc: Scottish Borders
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Just to give you some idea of UK fuel prices at the moment.
Diesel is approx £1.15/litre or £5.20/gal or $9.88/gal.
Petrol (gas)is slightly cheaper. The reason for this is that a large percentage of UK drivers now drive diesel cars(VW BMW Merc Alfa etc) Government then wacks up the duty to compensate!
20 yrs ago diesel was half the cost of petrol.
Kerosene is now 54p/litre ($4.61gal) this was approx 18p/litre 10 yrs ago and 34p/litre last year. 
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The_Dog33
Fe Butt
Reged: 02/01/07
Posts: 17046
Loc: NE PA USA
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I used to heat my house for years with Kerosene in my furnace instead of home heating oil (untaxed diesel) It burns cleaner and slightly cooler but it also didn't used to go up over winter like heating oil. Now it's more than heating oil, they caught on I guess. I can remember heating oil would jump from 75 cents a gal to about $1.25 while kero would stay steady at about 80 cents. Took some effort since I had to go get it unless I wanted to pay to have it delivered.
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Troutman
Member
Reged: 06/18/07
Posts: 59
Loc: Scottish Borders
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Kerosene is what we use to heat our homes unless you are on gas (urban areas).
I installed a wood burner 3 years ago and that helps to reduce winter heating bills, I can get the wood for free apart from the gas for the chain saw.
Next oil reducing project is to get a wind turbine installed to provide hot water (when its windy).
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Gregu710
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Reged: 01/11/05
Posts: 3918
Loc: Longmont, Colorado
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Even the US (democratic) Congress can not repeal the law of supply and demand!
Even if it could, OPEC says it doesn't matter:
"Oil prices, there is a common understanding that has nothing to do with supply and demand," el-Badri said on the sidelines of an energy conference in Rome.
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ladisney
Loquacious
Reged: 01/12/05
Posts: 3184
Loc: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Here in Iowa burning corn for heat is becoming more popular. Why bother turning it into alcohol when you can burn it straight?
http://www.sarcornfurnace.com/
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"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." George Washington
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