Gas for 4 cents a gallon

[rah]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0305120242may12,1,5256573.story?coll=chi%2Dnewsnationworld%2Dhed

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War has left Iraq oil-rich but gas-poor
Fury grows in Baghdad, where the wait to fill up can be 10 hours--if the power doesn't go out

By Tom Hundley
Tribune foreign correspondent
Published May 12, 2003

BAGHDAD -- Iraq sits atop a sea of oil, but its citizens now wait in lines that stretch for miles to buy a tank of gasoline.

At 4 cents a gallon, a fill-up remains a bargain, but that's small compensation for having to wait up to 10 hours in line.
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The article continues, but 4 cents a gallon

Wouldn't it be funny to find that it includes a 300% tax?

RAH

[Az]

I wish I could drive there to fill up on some gas.

The gas tax here is killing me.

almost a buck for a liter.

[Spiffor]

I prefer way more paying 1 € a litre of gas rather than waiting 10 hours.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Azazel
almost a buck for a liter.

Wow, I didn't know Israel had environment friendly policies (this post is not ironic)

[rah]

They are only waiting in line now because of shortages. It sounded like it's always been that low. Even if the oil is free, i thought it cost more that 4 cents a gallon to refine and distribute it.

[Az]

enviromentally friendly policies.

( I am a car driver. In any case, air pollution is not such a big problem since electricity utility is government owned, and they usually keep their **** clean, water and land pollution, .. These are bad. )

[GePap]

Originally posted by rah
They are only waiting in line now because of shortages. It sounded like it's always been that low. Even if the oil is free, i thought it cost more that 4 cents a gallon to refine and distribute it.

well, perhaps not, specially if you don't have to ship it overseas. Unless it is heavily subsidized to get to 4 cents a gallon.

[Az]

They are only waiting in line now because of shortages. It sounded like it's always been that low. Even if the oil is free, i thought it cost more that 4 cents a gallon to refine and distribute it.

Perhaps they have refined gasoline pipes going around.

still that does sound cheap. DIRT cheap. As soon as we sign a peace deal with the new puppet government, I am going for a roadtrip.

[Spiffor]

dp. I haven't done any in a long time

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Azazel
enviromentally friendly policies.

Hey, I'm a Eurocom and I just praised your country ! Don't you know gratitude ?

[Az]

dp. I haven't done any in a long time

You know, this sentence is so.... versatile.

[Spiffor]

I have just understood

[Sava]

even if gas cost 4 cents a gallon, American companies would still charge us a dollar+

[Az]

No they wouldn't.

[Sava]

you don't know much about American companies...