The price of gas too high?

If you think the price of a gallon of gasoline is expensive, well here are a few things that may shock you as to what the price per gallon is for...   1. Diet Snapple, 16 oz. @ $1.29, equals $10.32 per gallon.   2. Lipton Ice Tea, 16 oz. @ $1.19, equals $9.52 per gallon.   3. Gatorade, 20 oz. @ $1.59, equals $10.17 per gallon.   4. Ocean Spray, 16 oz. @ $1.25, equals $10.00 per gallon.   5. Quart of Milk, 16 oz. @ $1.59, equals $6.32 per gallon. (but normally about $2.99 a gallon)   6. STP Brake Fluid, 12 oz. @ $3.15, equals $33.60 per gallon.   7. Vick's Nyquil, 6 oz. @ $8.35, equals $178.13 per gallon.   8. Pepto Bismol, 4 oz. @ $3.85, equals $123.20 per gallon.   9. Whiteout, 7 oz. @ $1.39, equals $254.17 per gallon. 10. Scope, 1.5 oz. @ $.99, equals $84.84 per gallon. ..... here's the real KICKER....... ...Evian water, 9 oz. @ $1.49, equals $21.19 per gallon... "$21.19" for water!!!!!!

You get the idea... So the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on Nyquil or Scope.

-- Anonymous, September 30, 2002

Answers

Too bad we can't drink gasoline, eh?

For what it's worth, I had to figure out the cost for water in a shared well. Not nearly as much as Evian!

Well water from my 100 foot deep well: 1000 gallons for just under a dime. So10,000 gallons per penny, or a million gallons for a buck! (one gallon thus costs $1/1,000,000. Why do people buy this Evian stuff? Even bottled water by the gallon at the market is "only" a dollar a gallon-cheaper than gasoline!

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2002

joj...I think some people drink it 'cause it's a "yuppy" thing. But probably many drink it out of necessity. Water is becoming so scarce and much of what is available is polluted!! Guess it's a good thing that george jr. isn't in the water drilling business instead of oil drilling. I can't imagine how much it would cost if he was :-)!!

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2002

joj, the folks that buy Evian water are best explained as what Evian spells backwards ;-)!!!!

Compared at the prices of everything else we buy, gas is still a bargain, what I really have trouble comprehending are new car/truck prices!!! The prices on semi trucks has actually fallen steadily the past 5 years or so, but not car and pickup truck prices, I think the buying public needs to wise up and simply refuse to purchase vehicles at these prices, simply buy good, cheap used vehicles untill the auto manufacturers wise up and price things more realistically.

I can't see paying the same amount for a new pickup that I can purchase a house AND a few acres for!!!

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2002

People are trying to buy assurance that the water they drink is safe. I'm sure the "designer" aspect has some bearing. Water is fairly plentiful here, especially compared to other areas. But even when it isn't, a lot of people won't conserve. Even when it's scarce, people don't conserve. Very odd.

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2002

Marcia, I understand why people drink bottled water (though I'm told that a lot of the bottled water is merely tap water in a fancy container).

I just don't understand the Evian, etc, bottles for such big bucks. Maybe that clever relliM einnA figured it out!

She's also, apparently, clever enough to live in an affordable location. Here, a pickup would have to cost at least $200K to match a modest home on acreage.

Better than where my Bro in law lives, though, in Pismo Beach. He's building his own house on a postage stamp lot, with a very limited (and distant) view of the Pacific Ocean. The lot is "worth" 200K, and he's borrowing $900K for the project. And that is with him doing lots of the work. Climate's nice, though!

Here in Josephine County, Oregon, the median price of a three bedroom, two bath house jumped 65% in the last year, to $155K. Glad I bought a while back; and those prices are for a house in town (Grass Pants)

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2002

joj...sounds like you live in a pretty "ritzy" neighborhood :-)!!

I have to admit that I did buy some of that bottled water a couple of years ago. I bought several 6-packs and a couple of gallon jugs of Poland Springs brand (bottled right here in Me. from an artesian spring!). We keep it on our boat and when the jugs get low, we refill them from our kitchen faucet :-)!!!

-- Anonymous, October 01, 2002

Marcia, I live in a very mixed neighborhood; some very substand housing in parts of the valley, some very fancy ones intermixed. My part is fairly upscale, I guess. I know I could not afford to buy this house; I was only able to build it because I could build it without paying interest on a loan-this being possible becasue I worked and saved for a lot of years to get my third house paid off quite a few years ago. By selling my last house, I actually caome out with about $25 grand left after building this one, which is quite a bit larger. Amazing how much money can be saved by building the house yourself. (I also saved a fari amount of money by turning a few dead trees into lumber.

Due to our Land Conservation and Development Commission, a state agency, we have a five acre minimum out here in my valley; however, any land which has even minimal forestry potential has a minimum lot size of 80 acres. This is one reason why land prices are high. (but EXTREMELY cheap, compared to many areas, e.g. my brother in law's area)

My bro in law does in fact live in a ritzy neighborhood. Amazingly restrictive CC&Rs. In his town, for instance, he had to hire a licensed landscape architect, who had to design and submit for approval by the city, extemely detailed plans for the landscaping, which included every pipe, every valve, every elbow, etc. It also had to include the common and scientific name and exact location of each plant. Were he to put in a rose instead of a rhodie, for instance, they'd make him either submit an updated set of plans, or replace the rose with a rhodie.

He told me that at his last house, ten or twelve years ago, it cost him about $35,000 in permits, inspections, engineers, architects, archeologists (can't build if there are arrowheads without a thorough archeological study).

Perhaps this is part of the reason his area is so expensive?

Re the bottled water, I read recently that a lot of folks (called "yuppies" in the article) carry around the cute Evian type bottles, but they fill them from their taps. I guess they think it's cool to do this, according to the article.

My kids drink their tap water, but run it through a charcoal filter first, which helps a lot with the flavor. It doesn't do much else for the water quality I don't think , although charcoal can filter out some organic pesticides, which is good.

I am fortunate enough to have a good, "pure" well.

-- Anonymous, October 02, 2002