A Little Perspective on Gas Prices and this ALLEGED War for "Oil"

This came to me as a joke, but it rings true, as all good humor does.

And for all the looneys and nutters out there that think this war is over oil, please remember–we only get 17% of our oil from the Middle East (and ZERO% of that from Iran; 5% from Iraq) and 48% from Canada (So why aren’t we at war with Canada if it was JUST ABOUT THE OIL?) (Statistics from http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_impcus_a2_nus_ep00_im0_mbbl_m.htm)

The price of Gas
All these examples do NOT imply that gasoline is cheap; it just illustrates how outrageous some prices are….
You will be really shocked by the last one!!!! (At least, I was…)

Compared with Gasoline…. ..Think a gallon of gas is expensive?

This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective.

Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 … $10.32 per gallon
Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ……….$9. 52 per gallon
Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 …. $10.17 per gallon
Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 . $10.00 per gallon
Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 . $33.60 per gallon
Vick’s Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 … $178.13 per gallon
Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 .. $123.20 per gallon
Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 ……. . $25.42 per gallon
Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 …..$84.48 per gallon

And this is the REAL KICKER…Evian water 9 oz $1.49……. …$21.19 per gallon! $21.19 for WATER and the buyers don’t even know the source. (Evian spelled backwards is Naive.)

Ever wonder why printers are so cheap? So they have you hooked for the ink. Someone calculated the cost of the ink at………. ……you won’t believe it………. ………but it is true…….. ……… ……..$5,200 a gal. (five thousand two hundred dollars)

So, the next time you’re at the pump, be glad your car doesn’t run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, Pepto Bismol, Nyquil or God forbid, Printer Ink!!!!!

Just a little humor to help ease the pain of your next trip to the pump…

Makes one stop and think, doesn’t it?

Let’s keep it in perspective!