[OT] - San Diego? No Thanks

Even if the weather is perfect every day and there are girls in bikinis everywhere, I'm thinking I made the right decision in turning down that job at UC-San Diego...





John needs hockey....



Post Edited (03-13-03 11:49)

I don't know, John, those prices are kinda high. Check this out:
[www.time.com]

You know the externality cost of burning a gallon is about five time the pump cost. Think of the high prices as a good thing.

Woodbridge, VA, I tell ya. Cheapest gas this side of OPEC. If anyone has the good fortune of driving down I-95 across the next few months, I highly recommend planning your gas stop around there.

Back in high school when gas was cheap, I could fill up there for 89 cents a gallon.

WE are paying about $2.20 here in the Bay Area. I bet you the picture is a hoax. My wife travels to San Diego regularly, and she has said nothing about that kind of gasoline prices.

There's no way the Brrrrrrrrrroncos can ... er, never mind.

> You know the externality cost of burning a gallon is about five time the pump cost. Think of the high prices as a good thing.


Source? I figured the Euro/green governments would tax gas sufficiently to offset externalities, and isn't gas at its *worst* in Europe about $7?

I mean, don't get me wrong, ef big oil and ef ourselves the consumers, by all means. But -- 5x?

Tom Tseng '87 wrote:

WE are paying about $2.20 here in the Bay Area. I bet you the picture is a hoax. My wife travels to San Diego regularly, and she has said nothing about that kind of gasoline prices.

Okay Okay. So I didn't tell the whole story. I really just wanted to brag that I got 44.08 mpg on my last tank.


The pic I posted was from one isolated independently owned service station. The one across the street was a $1.07 cheaper a gallon. No one knows why the owner jacked up the prices. [www.kfmb.com]

The average price in SD is $2.14 - what a bargain! And yes, I know Bay Area prices are typically in that range. Here is a pic Age took in mid-October 2000.





Post Edited (03-13-03 17:12)

On the local news they actually interviewed a guy filling up at that station. He cited the line across the street as impetus for paying the rediculous price...I dont buy it. There's like six stations right around there. Anyway, no bikinis around there...mostly meth addicts with 84 Ford pickups(with roll bar and John Deere decals), though there is an El Gordo's tacos..

They can't seriously be doing good business at that station. I'm guessing they'd have to do 2/3 of the business that they would do with 'normal' (that is, competitive) prices, and I can't imagine there's that much customer loyalty there, even if the station across the street has such a long line. They can't stay in business too long at those prices. But, to be fair, I know next to nothing about the gasoline business at the local level, so I could be completely off-base here.

John (Hayes);

Side note - did you ever get the note I sent you (via the cornell.edu email address posted in your profile) about the Frequent Flyer mile travel offer?

Thanks,
Chris H. '82