Pump Rage: Gas Station Employees Take Heat for Big Oil CEOs

[mmann6666]

but it pays for about 1/4 of our health care ... so i guess its ok ... no health care insurance premium!!!

[mmann6666]

but i suppose 49% of it in australia goes to taxes ... 10% GST (all states) and 39% surcharge (federal)

[mmann6666]

ooo.... US$4.00+ per gallon ... australia, new zealand, and the EU all had to pay over US$6.50 per gallon ... only since the world economic collapse did we see prices actually go under US$5.00 per gallon

[iain6618]

Christ you wanna try our prices, get a fuckin' life it's not the damn staff's fault!

[britishbulldog36]

LOL FUNNY

[speeddemon0117]

Face it. America is a nation full of whiners and complainers. Obesity is rampant. Big Oil and the pharmaceutical industry are running everything. And who do drivers take out their rage on? The cyclists, the only people who are really trying something about it. I am glad that Bush and Cheney will be out of their jobs soon.

[gotitans999]

I hate stupid people.

[WHYNOT1972]

Plans for adding hydrogen to your vehicle:PESWIKI then search bob boyce

64mpg PRIUS north carolina to south florida

Metal shop skills and equipment needed.

[Hobomedic]

No point, hydrogen is harder to collect and more expensive to do so than gas... making the fuel itself more expensive than gas is and will be. We need to develop electric powered vehicles etc, instead of shutting them down like americans did with the ev1...

[chadpopstar]

Ride a bike! Walk! Take a bus! Or at least carpool.  Zero gas consumption is best. PROTEST!

[nuno1959]

hope oil goes up a lot like five X the present price - that would warrant the budgets to free mankind from the self- serving interests of oil producing countries & oil companies , who've been dictating what the world must do 4 the last century while at the same time enabling horrible , poisonous pollution....solar/ wind/tidal = unlimited energy, if only heavy investments had been done years ago , we would already have it by now , then leave it to demand to get the prices down & performances up

[Enjacku]

I work at a gas station and make 7 dollars an hour. People come in and bitch and me... and i just tell them sarcastically, "I'm keeping it all... yep... look at me... i'm getting so rich." They usually look at me like i'm crazy and just leave... cause they're fucking idiots anyway.

[MishuTaste]

What a bunch of ignorant ***holes. If you don't like the price of gas, stop buying Hummers and F-150s. That girl behind the counter probably makes $40 to $50 a day. She's not making huge profits. Why don't you guys call up the royal family in Saudi Arabia and bitch at them?!!!

[koldexx21]

That is what happens when people get too greedy.Funny thing is the American people don't do anything, WHEN THEY CLEARLY KNOW, IT THIS SPECULATORS WHO ARE THE REAL REASON FOR ALL THIS..Great job!!!!Serves ya right!!

[gungagin]

That girl makes what, 7 bucks an hour? What kind of idiot would blame her????

[cowboycarl04]

this is America... many idiots would blame her... i watched a special where they interviewed people on the street... different people pointed to "Australia" on a map and called it North Korea, Iran, Iraq, and France...

a majority (slightly over 50%) of Americans are completely stupid and must rely on "big brother" to support them because they are not smart enough to think for themselves...

the point is many have no clue why the cost is so high and where the money goes, so they blame everyone

[newmac]

just a coincidence that bush and the gop are in power... funny how these coincidences just "happen"....

[chrishibbert20]

Hahaha $50 to fill her tank poor baby! In Australia my 80 liter tank cost's $110u.s. to fill. You americans get cheap gas and still complain!

[MystikWizard]

That really is an invalid argument, unless you look at all the other economic differences between us and you guys.  How much is your mortgage or rent for your apartment? What is the Median salary of the average Australian? How much do you pay for food? In general, how does your cost of living relate to the United States, because I have to tell you, this is a real struggle at the moment for us, middle income and low income Americans.

[cowboycarl04]

if I worked there, I would tell them on my bed with beautiful women and give them the finer.

[mmr11027]

OK- so people are upset about oil prices. So what do you do? Yell at the poor cashier at the gas station who gets barely over minimum wage and DOES NOT GET A DISCOUNT ON HER GAS!

These people who yell at a gas station cashier-I wonder if they also yell at the cashier when they buy groceries?

I have also worked in customer service and I know that people can be quite irrational, but cursing at someone behind the counter (who doesn't set the prices) is just downright stupid.

[AmeroKerato]

TESTING A COMMENT.

[JamesBond0034]

lucky people, oil is really cheap in the US ;-)

[razorx71]

THE PRICE OF GAS HAS NOT GONE UP. The value of the dollar has just gone down! in 1947 a gallon of gasoline cost about 25 cents. A 1947 quarter contained 1/4 ounce of silver which is worth.. guess what! over $4.50. Which means, THE VALUE OF GAS HAS GONE DOWN. Wakeup people these are shell games.

The government collects almost DOUBLE what the oil company makes per gallon. The underlying problem is ignored. This is misinformation.

[chrishibbert20]

In Australia the tax is almost half the cost of the gas, and we pay approx double what the USA pays per liter, currently around $1.50us per liter for 98 octane, much more in country areas.

[mysty0]

I just payed 1.75 a litre for 98 octane on Wednesday, this shit is getting out of hand!

[yervan007]

money goes to bush

[Glargl]

Peak Oil

[takomaguy]

Want somebody to blame. Go curse out hedge fund managers.

The democrats really need to get out ahead of this one.

What was gas when Bush hit office? Less than $20 a barrel? Cheney held a meeting to chart out the country's oil policy.

Is this the best they could do?

[hillsad]

OK, so let me get this straight...0% is left over for profit? So there's no profit? This mathematically doesn't make sense and is more sketchy than reporting what profits there actually are.

Seriously, am I misunderstanding this?

[3Dsmoke]

She said 1% goes to the shop.

[hillsad]

yes, but what about the oil companies. They're not making any profit?

[3Dsmoke]

They own the land and employ people to dig it out - the actual oil is free to them (minus expenses).

[chrishibbert20]

Minus expenses? they are huge expenss don't forget, a lot of oil is now drilled in deep water below the diver depth max. A deep water drill rig cost around $200,000-$300,000us per day to rent, support vesssels cost around $50,000-$150,000us a day, not including crews wages and fuel. Wages $1,000us-$2,000us/day with approx 60 to 100 people on a deep water rig and approx 30-50 people on each ship, I have never seen only one ship support a rig, crew changes, food, spares made of titanium? pipelines

[chrishibbert20]

Sounds approx right, I was talking to a gas station manager in Australia and he told me they make only a few cents per liter that basically covers running the station, they make most of their cash on the good shop/food stuff, magazines etc they sell, yu gotta get gas so when your there you are allways tempted to buy,plus they are often open all night. And they charge much higher prices than supermarkets ofcourse.

[HomoGeneyes]

IRAQ

IRAQ

IRAQ

[busherbee]

WHAT dumast bimbo doesn't know who to blame for this??? SERIOUSLY!!!

[johnny718bravo]

I want an electric car. Screw the corrupt oil fat cats! They made Billions last year and they're jacking up the prices? I hope they all choke on it!

[SUPERBURRITO]

Mr. Moore has already elaborated on this whole issue of the gas/oil debate/scam. The problem is deeper. It resides in the fact that we as American's aren't doing anything about it! Are we too fat and lazy to fight? Are we too busy on the computer and internet? People are addicted to too many things thus ignoring and thrusting their lives into the dirty playpens of corporate swine. No complaints or boycotts to those in power means they think we don't give a damn. Wake up...wake up....wake up

[monymizer]

Americans need to wake up. They, the Fed Reserve and our gov't are devaluing our dollar. It takes more dollars to buy goods and services when they do this. How are they devaluing? Fed debt and bailing out the banks by pumping liquidity into the system. Please do research and LEARN. It's not going to get better. Guilded age is back.

[PaulLeary]

Please, Michael Moore - help us. At this point you may be the only one who can motivate the country to do something!

[ironhead78]

I want my damn eletric car NOW!!!