[PRCo] Re: Fwd: Inflation

[Fred Schneider]

Isn't it amazing;  I'm also noting that a great number of people now  
are moving away from bottled water as they discover that it isn't  
anything more than city water anyway.   The local Indian restaurant  
put's a bottle on my table every time I dine there.   I bring it  
home.   After drinking it, I refill the bottle so I have one in the car.

On Apr 5, 2008, at 9:16 PM, Bob Rathke wrote:

> I agree with both Schneiders, and I'd like to add:
>
> A gallon of bottled water today costs upwards of $12.  And no one  
> complains
> about that.
>
> Amazing, since good quality tap water is available to almost  
> everyone for a
> fraction of a penny (in the Chicago area, a gallon of municipal  
> water costs
> less than 1/10th of a cent per gallon).
>
> It all depends on a person's priorities and wont to complaining.
>
> Bob 4/5/08
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 5:27 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Fwd: Inflation
>
>
>> Here is what my friend Alan Schneider ... no relation ... said in
>> response to my comments.
>> Fred Schneider
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: "alschneider2 at juno.com" <alschneider2 at juno.com>
>>> Date: April 5, 2008 9:41:52 PM EDT
>>> To: fwschneider at comcast.net
>>> Cc: trams2 at comcast.net, bbente at bellsouth.net, pittsburgh-
>>> railways at dementia.org, alschneider2 at juno.com,
>>> philgcraig204 at yahoo.com, jdeshlemanmd at aol.com
>>> Subject: Re: Inflation
>>>
>>> I believe we produce about 1/3 rd of the crude we use.
>>>
>>> The chemical industry has become more efficient over the years, so
>>> the real cost of making gasoline from crude has declined.  Crude is
>>> still priced in dollars, so to a degree the fall of the dollar
>>> hasn't affected the price of crude as much as it should.
>>>
>>> The oil industry can now make more gasoline from a barrel of crude
>>> than ever before, and diesel, which in the fifties was only a few
>>> cents a gallon, is now more expensive than gasoline primarily
>>> because we now send the diesel to Europe in exchange for gasoline
>>> (their cars run more on diesel than gasoline, and we do the  
>>> opposite).
>>>
>>> Gasoline taxes (Federal, state, and local) haven't risen with
>>> inflation.
>>>
>>> You don't get any service when you go to the gas station - do it
>>> yourself saves money.
>>>
>>> The gasoline you get is better than in the fifties - no lead and
>>> some very important engine protecting and environment protecting
>>> additives.
>>>
>>> All in all, gasoline is roughly at the same real price as when I
>>> was a kid in the 1950's.
>>>
>>> For whatever it's worth, I'm a chemical engineer.
>>>
>>>            Alan
>>>
>>>
>>>
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