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03/10/2003 Archived Entry: "Paying through the nozzle"

Gas is now 91.9 center/litre!!! Gah!!! I believe this is the first time gas has crested 90 cents in BC ever. I was going to fill up my tank on the way home, but I've decided to hold off until the morning to see if it comes down at all. This morning it was 83.7 center/litre and I foolishly didn't fill up.

Now, admittedly, I'm doing something that annoys me about other people...I'm fussing over a few cents. I have a 30 litre tank and I've got enough gas to get by for another day if I have to. If I filled up this evening, I'd only have spent $2.40 more than I would have if I filled up this morning. A tank of gas lasts me about a week, so the difference is not going to kill me financially. Still, it pains me to see gas this high when A) We are paying for gas that is made from oil that was pulled from the ground more than a year ago yet current events are pushing the price up, B) Canada produces more oil that any of the middle eastern oil nations, and C) it's so bloody obvious that the gas companies are in cahoots to keep the price up.

When hydrogen fuel cell cars are available and refueling them is not so impossible, I'll certainly be looking into them. Especially if I can figure out a decent way of refueling them myself. I'm sure someone will figure out a way.

Bush Sr is giving the Shrub a spanking over his form of 'diplomacy':

The former President’s comments reflect unease among the Bush family and its entourage at the way that George W. Bush is ignoring international opinion and overriding the institutions that his father sought to uphold. Mr Bush Sr is a former US Ambassador to the UN and comes from a family steeped in multi-lateralist traditions.

Although not addressed to his son in person, the message, in a speech at Tufts University in Massachusetts, was unmistakeable. Mr Bush Sr even came close to conceding that opponents of his son’s case against President Saddam Hussein, who he himself is on record as loathing, have legitimate cause for concern.