Avgas Where is the ceiling?

That "410,000" should be "$10,000".

That "410,000" should be "$10,000".

JEEEESUS, Doug, I thought you were flying a B-737 biz jet for a minute
there!

:-)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Doug" wrote in message
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If you burn 10 gallons an hour and fly 100 hours a year, then an
additional dollar a gallon is $1000 more a year to fly an airplane the
probably costs about 410,000 or more a year to keep. So lets not get
overboard here. Yes fuel prices hurt, but the increase is less than 10%
of the total cost for most of us.

410,000 for an airplane that burns 10 gal an hour? Somebody got taken for a
ride.


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You've got a loooooong way to go before you match the $10 we pay here in
Greece, along with incredible restrictions on all aspects of GA as well.

That's just because you *chose* to tax the fuel up to $10/gal.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:
: You've got a loooooong way to go before you match the $10 we pay here in
: Greece, along with incredible restrictions on all aspects of GA as well.

: That's just because you *chose* to tax the fuel up to $10/gal.

Not to degenerate this to a political argument, but numerous studies have been
done to determine the "true" price of gasoline in the U.S.... not what the pump price
is. The studies vary, but usually it adds an additional $2-$6/gallon that we pay for
the fuel, only indirectly through other taxes.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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Not to degenerate this to a political argument, but numerous studies have been
done to determine the "true" price of gasoline in the U.S.... not what the pump price
is. The studies vary, but usually it adds an additional $2-$6/gallon that we pay for
the fuel, only indirectly through other taxes.

Could you expand on that, please?
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Not to degenerate this to a political argument, but numerous studies have
been
done to determine the "true" price of gasoline in the U.S.... not what
the pump price
is. The studies vary, but usually it adds an additional $2-$6/gallon
that we pay for
the fuel, only indirectly through other taxes.

Could you expand on that, please?
--

He may be referring to THIS report:

http://209.200.74.155/doc/Real%20Pri...20Gasoline.pdf

from the US-based "International Center for Technology Assessment".

It was done way back 1998 or 2000, I believe, and concluded the "true" price
could be from around 4.60 (then), up to more than $14 a gallon... and that
the consumer was shielded from this in various ways.

To truely appreciate the price of low gas price in U.S. (compared with
Europe), we need to account about 1/3 to 1/2 of our military budget and
consider that a fuel tax. Imagine a U.S. w/o any need of foreign oil
and we can produce all the fuel we need within the country, there's
absolutely no need for a military the size we have right now. 2,000
Nuclear warhead is more than enough to deter any potential threats.

wrote in message
...

Robert M. Gary wrote:
: You've got a loooooong way to go before you match the $10 we pay here
in
: Greece, along with incredible restrictions on all aspects of GA as
well.

: That's just because you *chose* to tax the fuel up to $10/gal.

Not to degenerate this to a political argument, but numerous studies have
been
done to determine the "true" price of gasoline in the U.S.... not what the
pump price
is. The studies vary, but usually it adds an additional $2-$6/gallon that
we pay for
the fuel, only indirectly through other taxes.

-Cory

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************************************************** ***********************
* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
************************************************** ***********************



Hey!!!!!!!!!
I'm a VPI&SU grad, 1974, BSc Mechanical Engineering!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not to degenerate this to a political argument, but numerous studies have been
done to determine the "true" price of gasoline in the U.S

Sounds like something Al Frankin or Michael Moore would say. Does "true
cost" include buying a new Lexus for illegal aliens?

-Robert