Re: Fw: April 30 - Don't buy GAS - the Local Angle

[Mark Mages <wasserbox@yahoo.com>]

Here is another perspective (or local angle)

I work for an oil & gas engineering company.  The
increased prices mean MORE WORK

woo hoo - I now have employment for the next year!

Before the prices went back to normal, the job-market
was not happening at all, and my project was coming to
a close.  Yesterday I was confirmed for a slot on our
next proect, that wouldn't have gone through without
prices going back - a buncha my coworkers got laid off
a month ago, and our projects in Russia & Canada have
been getting canceled left & right for the last year. 
Alternate oil suppliers have pretty much stopped
producing altogether since the OPEC crap was so cheap.

So, go buy an SUV! PLEASE! KEEP ME EMPLOYED!!!! just
don't drive it anywhere near me ;)

What this all means, in the long run is MORE MODS TO
THE ROCCO!!!! <---- necessary VW content

you all are lucky - I sent a 2pg statement on why this
chain-letter would have abssolutely no effect on the
market to the Vanagon list....  that was before I
found out I had work, and I was a little testier... :)

--- Jonathan Miles <jem@clara.co.uk> wrote:
> Just to put these prices into perspective. Here in
> the UK we pay about 80
> pence per litre for Super Unleaded.  We're moving
> towards a quid a Litre for
> Christ's sake!!!
> Don't know what that is in $ per Gallon but it's a
> lot.  80% of this is tax
> imposed by the anti-car bastards that we have in
> government here.
> 
> Jonathan
> '90 Scirocco GTII
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>
> To: Michael Friesen <mfriesen@sympatico.ca>
> Cc: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Date: 13 April 1999 08:08
> Subject: Re: Fw: April 30 - Don't buy GAS - the
> Local Angle
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >This whole thing is based on a guy here in the SF
> Bay Area.  We just
> >went from about $1.35-$1.50 for Super Unleaded to
> $1.99 in about 2
> >days.  You know they'd just love to break the
> US$2.00 barrier but each
> >of the players are afraid to be the 1st one to do
> so.
> >
> >Sticker shock has people b*tchen about how it's
> just speculators and the
> >Oil Companies who are artificially raising the
> price in order to gouge
> >the public.  The blame has been explained away as
> two recent refinery
> >accidents that have cut production, OPEC at play
> again, and the
> >alignment of the planets.  Phooey.
> >
> >In a way we are a captive audience, we are going to
> buy it anyway, maybe
> >less at 1st, but people around here are too
> attached to cars and have
> >few viable alternatives.
> >
> >To our local credit Mass Transit is recently
> reasserting itself with
> >extensions to a Light Rail system in Silicon
> Valley, the Caltrain
> >commuter system that serves SF to SJ and is
> haggling over converting
> >from Diesel to Electric, and car pool lanes
> (despite people seeing them
> >as not as useful as they might have wanted- you've
> got to leave your own
> >car at home, at least sometimes, for it to work.)
> >
> >For my part I'll be back on the Train & Bike now
> that the weather has
> >Sprung again. I don't really like wearing out my
> Scirocco stuck in rush
> >hour traffic anyway.
> >
> >A price increase of 33% in 48 hours was what
> prompted this guy to send
> >out the email, yes we will just get a fillup on
> Thursday before, but we
> >know that. The point I think is to cause a blip on
> the screen, maybe
> >this could be leveraged when the rubber meets the
> road, who knows.
> >
> >All it might serve to do is vent some frustration.
> Might be a good
> >thing.
> >
> >TBerk
> >I was going to mention this thing earlier but I've
> been busy pulling
> >shark teeth out of my butt.  :P
> >
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===
Mark

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