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The estimated cost of a barrel of crude oil is expected to be $100.00 within a year.

What will that do tothe cost of a jump?

Maybe $45.00 to$50.00 for a jump at 12,000 feet?


Someone said this is the golden age of skydiving. All the gold is in the pockets of the oil companies.


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The estimated cost of a barrel of crude oil is expected to be $100.00 within a year.

What will that do tothe cost of a jump?

Maybe $45.00 to$50.00 for a jump at 12,000 feet?


Someone said this is the golden age of skydiving. All the gold is in the pockets of the oil companies.


Bill Cole



I'd be interested in reading the article you derived this from. Link?
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That's what I've been reading also. I simply wondered if there was something I was missing. I even scoured CTV's site and couldn't find anything to support the initial claim in this thread.
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ok secret inside info

big oil co's did study into retail gas prices.
they found that $3.00 per gal somehow crossed threshold where peolpe reduced purchass of fuel and considered smaller more fuel efficiant vehicles.

look for auto gas (reguelar unleaded) to drift up to but not cross the $3 area.

big oil is not consurned with anything except the botton line $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

the only answer is
government control that regulates profitt

100% tax on profitt over X% is my suggestion

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100% tax on profitt over X% is my suggestion



That's real American. How about the government just limit everyone's earning power. Wait, seems to me there was another country that did that....

To answer the original question, if oil prices become $100 a barrel you can count on around $5 per gallon gas. This equates to about a $3 increase in jump prices.

It's capitalism guys! Charge what the market will bare..and Caveat Emptor! I don't always like it either but it's better than the alternative.

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100% tax on profitt over X% is my suggestion



That's real American. How about the government just limit everyone's earning power. Wait, seems to me there was another country that did that....

To answer the original question, if oil prices become $100 a barrel you can count on around $5 per gallon gas. This equates to about a $3 increase in jump prices.

It's capitalism guys! Charge what the market will bare..and Caveat Emptor! I don't always like it either but it's better than the alternative.



we all should rebell, just like we did against the british, when the ship shows up with all the oil, we riot and just throw it all in the sea.:|

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100% tax on profitt over X% is my suggestion



That's real American. How about the government just limit everyone's earning power. Wait, seems to me there was another country that did that....

To answer the original question, if oil prices become $100 a barrel you can count on around $5 per gallon gas. This equates to about a $3 increase in jump prices.

It's capitalism guys! Charge what the market will bare..and Caveat Emptor! I don't always like it either but it's better than the alternative.



we all should rebell, just like we did against the british, when the ship shows up with all the oil, we riot and just throw it all in the sea.:|



Then Green Peace will kick your ass.

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100% tax on profitt over X% is my suggestion



That's real American. How about the government just limit everyone's earning power. Wait, seems to me there was another country that did that....

To answer the original question, if oil prices become $100 a barrel you can count on around $5 per gallon gas. This equates to about a $3 increase in jump prices.

It's capitalism guys! Charge what the market will bare..and Caveat Emptor! I don't always like it either but it's better than the alternative.



we all should rebell, just like we did against the british, when the ship shows up with all the oil, we riot and just throw it all in the sea.:|



Then Green Peace will kick your ass.



Americans started the gas problem in the first place. We reap what we sow. Most American cities had begun building mass transit systems (cablecar) in the 1900s, but after the automobile tookover many irradicated them in favor of the car and the bus. Only in a few places (Boston, Philadelphia, NYC and select other spots) can you live without a car since there are plenty of trains and buses available.

I'm looking for jobs within walking distance of where I live. My vehicle costs me about $10,000/yr in expenses if you consider $200 a month rent to a garage, repairs, insurance, tags, gasoline and routine maintenance. If I can get rid of it that's $10,000.00 I can use for other things, and not a dime of it will go to the "terrr'sts". :P

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Invest in oil and natural gas and make money on the whole thing. ;)

Thank god for my great grandfather. :ph34r:



I just sold off all my VLO (Valero Energy Corporation in San Antonio), the world's largest refining company. I made 220% off my original investment.

Too bad I am looking for work though, I may have to pull that out of my IRA soon. [:/]

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I'm looking for jobs within walking distance of where I live. My vehicle costs me about $10,000/yr in expenses if you consider $200 a month rent to a garage, repairs, insurance, tags, gasoline and routine maintenance. If I can get rid of it that's $10,000.00 I can use for other things, and not a dime of it will go to the "terrr'sts". :P



200 x 12 != 10,000

You math is funny. But i like it. :)
Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

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100% tax on profitt over X% is my suggestion



That's real American. How about the government just limit everyone's earning power. Wait, seems to me there was another country that did that....

To answer the original question, if oil prices become $100 a barrel you can count on around $5 per gallon gas. This equates to about a $3 increase in jump prices.

It's capitalism guys! Charge what the market will bare..and Caveat Emptor! I don't always like it either but it's better than the alternative.



America has been doing that since at least 1918 when the tax bracket was introduced to the income tax. When I worked at H&R Block I had the unfortunate pleasure of doing a return for a client who had just squeezed into the 5th tax bracket, which caused their increased tax liability to wipe out almost everything extra they earned that year. They would have been better off financially had the guy not let his wife raise the rent on their rental home, or spent more money in repairs to write their income down.

Of course, it goes the other way. One popular scheme in Florida with certain wealthy people was to invest heavily into their homes, run up loans then declare bankruptcy (which protects the house from creditors). Then turn around later and sell the house for a profit, then the only income tax they would have to pay were from the proceeds of the house (the loans weren't taxable income).

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I'm looking for jobs within walking distance of where I live. My vehicle costs me about $10,000/yr in expenses if you consider $200 a month rent to a garage, repairs, insurance, tags, gasoline and routine maintenance. If I can get rid of it that's $10,000.00 I can use for other things, and not a dime of it will go to the "terrr'sts". :P



200 x 12 != 10,000

You math is funny. But i like it. :)


Why don't you read it again. 200 a month is just the garage rent. Last year I spent $5,000 in repairs to my car that needed to get done, about $85-$100 a week in gas, and I spend about $3,000 a year on car insurance. Add that up and see what it comes out to, my friend.

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$200 @ Central Parking / 12 mo: $2,400.00
$85/wk gas x 45 weeks (some weeks I don't need to use the car): $3,825.00
I spent $4,150.75 this year on car repairs (had to run over to Quicken. I coulda swore it was more. But this year I had to change all the tires, new tire rods and fix the front suspension :)I forked over $3,180.00 to State Farm for insurance in Pennsylvania
I change my own oil, but all the other fluids were changed at a garage, which was about $250.00 during the year:


Lessee... that comes out to: $13,805.75

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200 x 12 != 10,000

You math is funny. But i like it. :)


I think he meant 200/month for the garage alone.



I know exactly what he meant.

1) He is way too serious about correcting me

and

b) this sentence "...My vehicle costs me about $10,000/yr in expenses if you consider $200 a month rent to a garage, repairs, insurance, tags, gasoline and routine maintenance." reads as 200 a month for everything since he applied only one number to a llist of items.

and

III) I am just messing around.

Lets all hold hands and sing. :ph34r:
Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

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Everyone needs to ignore Bill. He's a pissed off old coot whose religious beliefs seem to be in the same parking lot as Fred Phelps, Benny Hinn, and Matthew Hale. He just whines about how expensive he thinks skydiving is, along with how $0.39 stamps are another sign of the Apocalypse, along with the skyrocketing cost of his Viagra.

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