Sloppy's Journal: If this keeps up...

... this incredibly useful liquid might end up costing as much as Coca Cola!

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Re:What liquid is that?

[TechnoLust]

NO, silly! He meant bottled water.

Re:What liquid is that?

[robi2106]

I am guessing the liquid is gas. Currently a 1 liter bottle of coke is about $1.30 at a gass station. Convert to gallons and you see it is a bit pricy.

jason

Re:What liquid is that?

[Tet]

I am guessing the liquid is gas.

Now there's a statement to make the scientists among us cringe. I might let you get away with gasoline.

Currently a 1 liter bottle of coke is about $1.30 at a gass station.

Coke is around 84p/litre here in the UK. Petrol is averaging 91p/litre at the moment.

Re:What liquid is that?

[robi2106]

True... I didn't use the complete chemical formulas (including all additives) for gasoline. Petrol is, of course, entire wrong. :-) At least on this side of the pond.

jason

Eh, no big deal

[BandwidthHog]

Wake me when it costs as much as inkjet ink.

Re:Eh, no big deal

[Pii]

I don't know... Do you use multiple gallons of inkjet ink to get to and from work each day?

Re:Eh, no big deal

[BandwidthHog]

I don't use multiple gallons of anything to get to and from work each day. Ten miles round trip. My car gets just shy of 25mpg in town, which puts the work commute at about two gallons a week.

And if all goes well, I'll soon be working two miles from home, which I can do sans car quite easily.

Re:Eh, no big deal

[Pii]

Good on you... I wish my own commuting requirements were the same.

Not too long ago, I considered getting a hybrid not because I was particularly concerned about the price of fuel, or the environment, but just so that I could use the HOV lanes here in Northern Virginia.

Mere months later, I've managed to scrounge enough passengers to use the HOV lanes, but now I'm forced to consider a hybrid because the cost of fuel has effectively tripled, and will likely rise further still before it gets any better.

I

Re:Eh, no big deal

[BandwidthHog]

I've been wanting a hybrid for a while because, all else being equal, consuming less of a finite resource is a good thing. Also because I've been assuming for quite some time that the cost of fuel would rise sharply over time. I frankly can't see how anyone is actually surprised by what's going on.