Re: Fuel Prices... again...

"Dale J." <ramboj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
'the_obvious'.net> wrote in message
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> Gas here just went up the other day to $1.239 per liter (that's $4.69
per
> US gallon or $5.63 per Imperial gallon).  WTF?!?   If the Auto industry
> had kept up with progress and R&D like the Computer industry has we
would
> all be driving 500 HP cars that get 80 MPG at 80 mPH.  But the
government
> and big oil won't let that happen now, will they...
>
Unfortunately, fuel prices aren't the only thing affected by oil prices. 
I
suffered major sticker shock Saturday when I got a fertilizer bill.  Urea
(nitrogen)- $515.79/ton, 18-46-0- $925.32/ton and potash (potassium)-
$605.26/ton.  Fewer than five years ago the 18-46-0 was $249/ton and
potash 
was $157/ton.
Paul Johnson