It's not backwards folks...it's the same pattern...part of the joke.
BebuLamar wrote:
That's backward. The lower the amount of fuel left the higher the amount of money needed to refuel it. Besides prices change very quickly it would need to have an internet connection to keep the gauge up to date.
I like it the way it is - it tells me how much fuel I will have for the money I have in my pocket.
Stan
I think they need to make that easily adjustable. I I let my fuel tank (diesel) get below a quarter tank the other day. It cost me $178.63 to fill up at $5.07 per gallon. Average diesel price around here is $5.19+.
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
That gas gage is a sign of the times....
Not trying to hi-jack the thread, just venting!
According to all the financial info I have reviewed: The largest oil/gas producers in US made right at $100Billion in profit 1st qtr. 2022. The top 24 made $174Billion in profits 3rd. qtr. 21. In our "free market" and with little regulation they have chosen to strangle us. We can blame politicians, but really it is beyond that, and add the insanity of the Putin/Russian Expansionist moves (are the Baltic States next?) and everyone stopped drilling and slowed processing during the pandemic. The reality is our own US Citizens/Corporations boundless greed - The "Fat Cats"/1% are truly swimming in shameless profits.
Some of the larger producers (Exxon, Shell, etc.) have already said they won't build any new refineries, and many if not all of the drilling leases opened by Trump and by Biden are not operational, untapped.
Some pundits say it could get worse, maybe much worse...let's hope they are wrong.
I own stocks, and some are in the energy sector, I like profit from my stocks....but this is true gouging, shameless profiteering, and I have shared that feeling with those same folks. On a world wide scale the numbers are mind boggling.
DirtFarmer wrote:
My Prius only holds 10 gallons.
And what did the Prius cost?
You’d need internet to up grade the price, petroleum company know there on the declining market and are aiming at milking consumers as much as they can
On my side of the border, 80$ is about a quater of tank, my service vehicule was spec for range so i get over 600 miles on a full tank, 35 us gallons, a full tank milk me over 200$ canadian
Drbobcameraguy wrote:
E stands for walk and F stands for broke. Lol Years ago when I was young. E stood for enough. Lol
The gas gauge is accurate only two times. When Empty and when Full. Anything in between is just a guess.
And the Chevy Nova failed miserably in sales in Mexico. (No- "No", Va- "Go". Nova= No Go.
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olemikey wrote:
That gas gage is a sign of the times....
Not trying to hi-jack the thread, just venting!
According to all the financial info I have reviewed: The largest oil/gas producers in US made right at $100Billion in profit 1st qtr. 2022. The top 24 made $174Billion in profits 3rd. qtr. 21. In our "free market" and with little regulation they have chosen to strangle us. We can blame politicians, but really it is beyond that, and add the insanity of the Putin/Russian Expansionist moves (are the Baltic States next?) and everyone stopped drilling and slowed processing during the pandemic. The reality is our own US Citizens/Corporations boundless greed - The "Fat Cats"/1% are truly swimming in shameless profits.
Some of the larger producers (Exxon, Shell, etc.) have already said they won't build any new refineries, and many if not all of the drilling leases opened by Trump and by Biden are not operational, untapped.
Some pundits say it could get worse, maybe much worse...let's hope they are wrong.
I own stocks, and some are in the energy sector, I like profit from my stocks....but this is true gouging, shameless profiteering, and I have shared that feeling with those same folks. On a world wide scale the numbers are mind boggling.
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I hope the pundits are wrong also but based on the action we've seen so far from this administration, I and many don't have a good feeling. As far as the oil companies, how about the largest losses in their history they sustained during Covid? You do know investment is a risk so how about the government fast-track refining permits and maybe new refineries will be built. How about fast tracking all the leases the government sits on during the regulating process. How about fast-tracking 3rd generation nuclear power permits?
As a side note, oil companies don't set the price of oil, its a world commodity.
DirtFarmer wrote:
Of course the history is written by the winners.
Our side was not insane in WWII, their side was.
Our side was not insane in 1775, their side was.*
There are, however other wars...
*1775 is generally taken as the start of the American Revolution. However, there were significant incidents prior to that which could be taken as a starting point. E.g. Worcester County MA drove out the British judges in 1773. Something like half the men in the county showed up and forced the British to close their courts. The Boston Massacre occurred in 1770.
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History is "written" by others as well, not just "the winners". Just like gas gauges.
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DirtFarmer
Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA
Stephan G wrote:
History is "written" by others as well, not just "the winners". Just like gas gauges.
I recall seeing a gas dispenser like that at my Grandfather's hardware store
Just filled up my Toyota Camry this morning, $114.75 CDN ($88.72USD). This is nothing more than economic terrorism and those responsible should receive the same penalties as any other terrorist!
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