Ouch! That means a gallon or gas in the U.K. runs more than $20. -----Original Message----- From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Deri James Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:18 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Now Let's Change the Subject, Shall We? My computer says there are 42 US gallons in a petroleum barrel so when crud= e=20 oil hits $84 a barrel the actual cost will be 50 cents a gallon. Now we kn= ow=20 those evil oil producers have quadrupled the price of crude over the last f= ew=20 years so gas must have cost 12.5 cents before. So assuming the cost of=20 transport/refining should remain fairly constant why hasn't gas only gone u= p=20 by 37.5 cents? Ken thinks the high cost of gas is solely a result of "market forces" (see= =20 previous post: "it is pure supply and demand"). The large oil companies thi= nk=20 people are stupid and will swallow the line "Crude goes up 4 times =3D Gas = goes=20 up 4 times. It is pure supply and demand." There is nothing "pure" in the=20 multi national oil conglomerates - each of which is reporting record profit= s=20 "in these difficult times"!!! Now, just to make you all feel better, the UK price of gas is about $6.67 (= =A31=20 a litre) (and most of the difference is tax).=20 Cheers Deri ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=3Dc-palsy ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy