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October 28th, 2005 10:49 PM #21if there's anything good coming out of this, is that people are taking a long hard look at alternative energy -- technology that's been there for decades, but for some reason has not been harnessed. and it's about damn time
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October 29th, 2005 01:44 AM #22the gov't really needs to support alternative fuel programs. the oil crisis is getting too bad and to impractical. we definitely have to find and develop new energy sources, like ethanol and biodiesel. in the meantime, consumers definitely need to learn to conserve fuel.
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October 29th, 2005 01:55 AM #23
Oil prices won't go lower because
1. the world's oil supply continues to go lower, and there's no solution to replenish it yet.
2. oil firms refuse to earn less profit.
3. the government keeps on exercising graft and corruption.
There will certainly come a time that no oil-powered vehicle will get to run anymore, unless alternate fuels are introduced. Alternate officials are also very much helpful.
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October 29th, 2005 04:47 AM #24
Sabi ko na nga ba eh. Kahit tubig ihalo sa oil, hindi bababa ang prices :evillaugh
If the price per gallon goes up to $5.00/gal, then it would only take 5-years to recoup from the extra money spent to a $22,000 car versus the $17,000 conventional car.
Eto xls sheet na ginawa ko for my Environmental Science thesis. D pede xls upload kaya screen shot na lang.
As of Oct. 28, 2005
Last updated: Oct. 28, 2005
**2006 Civic conventional comes with DX, LX and EX model trim.
**Combined mpg is the median between the highway and city mpg
**TMV = True Market Value
**Prices courtesy of edmunds.com
Ways to recoup the money faster:
1. Drive more than 30,000 miles a year. (warranty is over after 60,000. In a way, you get 2 years warranty as oppose to 5-year warranty. Goodluck on the battery replacement cost of $2,000) Even if you drive 30,000 a year, it would still take you 4.5years to recoup the price difference. I dont know about you, but I dont want to wait 4yrs or so to see my savings. Id rather invest the $5,000 to ING account (3.5%).
2. Hybrid's price becomes the same price as the conventional car pricing. (which will not likely to happen. conventional car is typically $5,000 less than the price of Hybrids)
3. price per gallon goes up to $10.00/gal (god forbid!)
4. as price of oil goes up, so should our salary. (yeah right!)
5. win the lottery ( my chances on this is better than #4, hahaha)
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October 29th, 2005 09:21 AM #25
narinig ko kahapon sa tv... tataas ng P3 ang unleaded by NOV 1? huwaaa P40 na?? mga taxi driver nga gusto na tumigil.
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October 29th, 2005 10:05 AM #26
there is someone who is campaining that we should not buy from the big 3. the result is less profit and they may lower their prices so that we would buy from them.
now i gas up at seaoil with ethanol. cant confirm yet but after 2 full tanks my consumption from 8 kms per liter went up to 10. will report after 2 more full tanks. looks like ethanol is the ticket.
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October 29th, 2005 10:11 AM #27
im already at 9-10km/L.. ayaw ko lang sa iba magpagas, palagi velocity and blaze lang, i dont even go to caltex. pero with the e-vat daw na + P3 ang prices.. naku!! ang taas naman sobra
ang P500 ko dati umaabot 20litres ngayon 13.4L... in the next few days 12litres nalang.. whattt??? d na ako maka 1/4 tank sa P500
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October 29th, 2005 01:26 PM #28Originally Posted by jasonub
Again, haluan mo man ng tubig ang gasolina, the price would be the same. Some consumers are enjoying their biodiesel, its just a matter of time 'til the cooking oil prices goes up :bwahaha:
Honda USA started to advertise their NGV Civic (Natural Gas) which can be re-charged using home natural gas connection. A month after the advertisement, natural gas company in California has announced a 50% increase in natural gas prices. In the east coast, a 70% increase is expected. Even so, Civic NGV is the same price as the Hybrids.
I dont believe on the FWDed email to boycott the biggest oil company. Sooner or later, you would still need to pump gas...even more gas since you tried not to pump gas for several days. And who are we kidding, the no-name brand gas station gets their gas from the same refinery that big companies get it from. To add, we, consumers badly needed a gasoline more than the big oil company needs their money.
Why Gas Wont Get Cheaper? Because we are living in the capitalists', greedy world.
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October 29th, 2005 05:51 PM #29
sa modern life ay we have to accept na parang pagkain narin yan,at kasama sa buhay,kay tumaas ng tumaas eh kailangan natin-kabalikat sa lahat ng sandali,hindi na pwedeng mawala sa araw-araw nating gawain.saan kaman pumunta,ano man ang ginagawa mo at kahit pa anong trabaho mo-naandyan at kasama mo ang "GAS"hindi ka pwedeng gumalaw ng wala yan,kaya nga nabantog itong middle east eh dahil sa gas.sa panahon ngayon eh malabo kanang maka-basa,maka-panood sa tv.at maka-rinig ng may bumaba ,lahat tumataas! ang bumababa lang ay ang "p*#ty" ng babae....
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October 31st, 2005 06:12 PM #30Originally Posted by oldblue
While the processes have become more efficient, the stuff is now simply becoming harder to extract. Besides, the internal combustion engine in itself is actually very inefficient even with all those electronics. The ICE has become much more efficient, but it's still inefficient. Hybrids and computers aren't the answer, they're the stopgap measure. Neither is biodiesel and ethanol, they're simply the economic alternatives (contrary to popular belief it's NOT cheaper than foreign oil, think about how much land you need and more importantly what that land originally was for!).Last edited by Alpha_One; October 31st, 2005 at 06:21 PM.
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