Price of gas

[Ron_dK]

I just bought a Motorcycle to cut my gas expense,

My wife is considering buying a Toyota Prius, that's one of these hybrid cars :
gasoline mixed with electric motor drive/generator. They say these run some
25 km on one liter gasoline.

but my company is doing really good, as is my 401K and profit sharing!

Since I'm working with an Oil company , I can't complain either, but 401K ....
Would that be your monthly salary in swiss francs or what ?

 

[FoFa]

You won't save much on fuel with a Guzzi

I don't know, 45MPG is much better than the 17MPG in my truck. It is all a matter of perspective.

 

[FoFa]

My wife is considering buying a Toyota Prius, that's one of these hybrid cars :
gasoline mixed with electric motor drive/generator. They say these run some
25 km on one liter gasoline.

Yeah, but it is still a car!

Since I'm working with an Oil company , I can't complain either, but 401K ....
Would that be your monthly salary in swiss francs or what ?

401K is a retirement plan (savings account) with special laws regarding how it is taxed, how much you can put in, etc. by the Gov.

 

[Ron_dK]

Yeah, but it is still a car!

Sure, but the wife doesn't like bikes

What about getting a motorbike on hydrogen :
http://www.usatoday.com/money/2005-06-14-hydro-cycle-usat_x.htm

401K is a retirement plan (savings account) with special laws regarding how it is taxed, how much you can put in, etc. by the Gov.

Oh... didn't know that, but found it :
http://retireplan.about.com/cs/401k/a/401k.htm
Looks like that your company is deciding on what funds they will invest in with your capital.
Over here, we have the same sort of plan, but the way/type of investment is left with the employer and not the company you work for.

 

[GMLWORLDCHAMP!]

Corn oil...vvvrrrroooomm!

From the thread's beginning; you're right Pat in that oil companies can set such ridiculous profit margins and basically demand, in the way the prices are set for us all, these profits remain super high...

Just last quarter BP Castrol reported a net profit in excess of $660m. That's obnoxious considering the mid west US paid $3+ per gallon, West coast paid $4+, East cost paid $4+, Europe paid an average of $6+ per gallon...

So, I for one will be very happy to pay to have my car converted to use the proposed corn oil substitute. This should happen quickly but won't because of all those billions lost in oil exploration, supposed research, the Middle East strangle hold on oil for the world, ...POLITICS!!!

Wouldn't it be great if an oil company had a sudden attack of conscience and began mass production of a corn oil substitute...they most likely have had and use themselves...but quite, it's just in the testing phase...shhhh....

 

[FoFa]

Looks like that your company is deciding on what funds they will invest in with your capital.
Over here, we have the same sort of plan, but the way/type of investment is left with the employer and not the company you work for.

Actually, they do supply certain funds but we choose to which ones, AND we can move funds around to ones they don't support after the fact.

 

[GMLWORLDCHAMP!]

Coming down...

Finally, gas prices are getting lower out here;

9/4 - Unleaded was $2.89
9/11 - Unleaded was $2.79
9/18 - Unleaded was $2.59
9/25 - Unleaded was $2.39

Best = $2.31 Thornton; NE Denver Metro

 

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[Vassago]

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[jsanders]

Blatant Spam or concerned forum member?

Well, with only one post my inclination would be spammer.