On Mar 29, 5:54*am, "dadiOH" wrote:
Brian wrote:
This may be off topic but here goes............

The price of home heating oil here in New Hampshire, USA just hit
$3.799 a gallon, up $1.50 since September..... *My question is, are
we the only ones getting screwed here in the US or has the price gone
up as much in other countries around the globe ?????

No idea but we just paid $5.37/ gallon for propane. *Anyone want a gas hot
water heater?
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I believe we're
getting it shoved up our backsides because of George Bush's war
****ing the rest of the world off, but that's just my opinion...
Please, I'm not looking to start a long flaming thread here, just
interested in what other people in other "non Bush" countries are
paying...............

Nobody wants dollars because they are worth zilch. *Nevertheless, they are
getting them at the rate of 5,000 per second. *Yes, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
PER FREAKIN' *SECOND*!!!!!!! *That's the cost of Georgie's war...a war paid
for largely by borrowing. *And close to 40% of that borrowing is from China.
LBJ used to be at the top of my "worst presidents"list - and that list goes
back to FDR - but Bush has replaced him.

Cost in other countries? *It is going to be higher in dollars (assuming the
local currency has increased in value relative to dollars - have any NOT
done so? -) but maybe not in local currency depending on their import
dependancy. *Doubt it has increased as much in Mexico, eg.

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What none of this specifically addresses is why certain products have
gone up a lot more than others which are also derived from crude
oil. For example, diesel has just hit $4.30 here in NJ, which puts
it around $1.25 higher than regular gasoline. That's the highest
spread I've ever seen. Diesel is essentially fuel oil, which is what
Brian is complaining about. My own suspicions would be:

1 - Refining capacity

2 - Environmental reqts that require this fuel to be cleaner, ie ultra
low sulfur, but as I recall that went into effect some time ago, and
while the spread between diesel and gasoline, crude etc widened then,
it wasn't anywhere near as wide as the spread is now.

But no one has actually adressed this. ABC news ran a story last
night about the high cost of diesel, it's effect on truckers, shipping
costs, etc, but no explanation of why it's gone up significantly more
than other petroleum products.