With the help of various local retailers, here are the per-gallon prices for a variety of consumer-grade liquids, from lowest to highest.
- Houston Municipal Water: 1,000 gallons for $2.95 = 0.3 cents per gallon.
- Coca-Cola Classic: 24 16.9-ounce bottles for $11.12 = $3.51 per gallon.
- Regular Unleaded Gasoline: $3.60 per gallon.
- Pine-Sol: 1.36-gallon jug for $7.49 = $5.51 per gallon.
- Olde English 800 Malt Liquor: 12 40-ounce bottles for $24.19 = $6.45 per gallon.
- French’s Classic Yellow Mustard: Two 30-ounce bottles for $3.87 = $8.26 per gallon.
- Rotella 15W-40 Motor Oil: 55-gallon drum for $467 = $8.49 per gallon.
- Jalapeno Nacho Cheese: Four 140-ounce bags for $42.33 = $9.68 per gallon.
- Mazola Corn Oil: 2.5-gallon jug for $26.88 = $10.75 per gallon.
- Red Bull Energy Drink: 24 8.3-ounce cans for $31.18 = $20.04 per gallon.
- Jagermeister Herbal Liqueur: Six 1.75-liter bottles for $230.23 = $83.00 per gallon.
- Glade Plug-In Scented Oil Refills: 3.55 ounces for $8.88 = $320.18 per gallon.
- Chanel No. 5 Eau de Parfum: 3.5 ounces for $95.00. = $3,474.29 per gallon.
Considering that a $3.60 gallon of gasoline will get me a lot further down the road than an $83.00 gallon of Jagermeister, it’s not such a bad deal.
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Uh, see what happens to you if you use 2-3 gallons of that other stuff EVERY DAMNED DAY!!!
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Hal is hungry today. Let loose son!
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I don’t need 40 gallons or so of Jagermeister or Nacho Cheese per week.
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Then Jim, my friend, you ain’t living.
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depends upon how you want to roll…
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Do crazy Arab dictators, theocracies, and terrorist get money when I buy a gallon of Jaegar?
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Printer ink: $5,000 - $6,000 per gallon
(when purchased asa cartridge)
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#5 - LOL
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4. jimb
Exactly.
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Has the price of Jager tripled in the last 6 years?
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I think another important thing to remember is that back in the 70’s we had to buy gas on alternate days (depending on your license plate no.) because of shortages and you had to hope that there was some there when you got to the front of the line. I would rather have the option of deciding whether I want to buy it (albeit at a ridiculously high price) or not then to have to hope I can find it. People are going to have to reset their priorities.
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Matt, kick Hal to let loose please. Thanks.
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Hey, Big, HAL doesn’t like you much, does he?
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In comparison to some of these other things, gas is not as expensive. But that’s exactly like telling me I should be thankful that I only pay $10 to park my car at an Astros Game because in Chicago, I’d pay $30 to see the Cubs. I don’t need the Astros or the Cubs but I need gas to go to work. For that matter, I don’t need beer, nacho cheese or Red Bull either.
A 20oz. bottle of Coke is about the same as it was last year as well as most of the things on the list but speculators have driven the cost of gas up 30% in the last year.
Sorry, but 30% more is still 30% more.
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Diesel is running $4.45/gal up here. With my 36gal. tank, it costs a mere ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SMACKEROOS to fill up my truck. My first car, a ‘54 Chevy I bought in ‘96, cost me $50. I don’t care how you do the math, it hurts!
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Oops. That should be ‘66 - not ‘96!
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#7
There should be no reason for crazy Arab terrorist to get your money when you buy gasoline either, except our Government prevented us from drilling for our own oil.
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My first car was a 52 Plymouth coupe bought in 1965 for $50. No floorboards. Had to rivet in sheet metal and put down shag carpet. Pea green, lol. Rebuilt that engine and it would do 70 miles an hour down hill - terrain which at that time could only be found on 610.
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Shinerblonde, if you can find a mom and pop greasyspoon diner in the neighborhood and cut a deal with them for their used fryer oil, you could always use this stuff…
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html
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People actually buy that crap??? I think I’d go Kitty Dukakis before Gag-a-maggot would cross my lips.
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What’s the cost per gallon of the MEDICINE given in the last injection you received? I’d like to see someone cipher up THOSE numbers.
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I hate these types of lists. I don’t have to by any of these things on the list, except water, and if I do, I don’t use them at the same rate.
I have had the same 16 oz bottle of mustard in the fridge for three years.
Gas is way over priced. I was up in Chicago this week and diesel was $4.90
Matt’s response wins the prize. Guess that’s why he gets the big bucks.
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What about bottled water? They bottlers don’t even have to do anything except the container under the tap. I even read one label that said the water was from the Houston Municipal water supply!
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#23 jphilp - maybe that should read OIL is way over priced.
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Oil is also way over taxed.
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Yep. Gotta keep the LST Gulfstream flying, and that baby chugs Chanel No. 5 like…well, like it’s Jagermeister.
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Wild Turkey … $5.94/”half pint” (375 ml) = $57.66/gal. But much higher octane than gasoline!
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IF Obama gets elected we can all stay at home, draw a goverment check, drink malt liquor, eat nacho cheese jalapenos and post articles on LST. OOps! Sorry Matt B, no offense.
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Who’s filling up with Chanel No. 5 Eau de Parfume?
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My first car, was my parents second car, bought brand new, after they married. It was a 56′ Pontiac and it was the best car I ever had, I sold it for $50.00 in 73′ to a guy that was going to drive it to Colorado from San Antonio.
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29 - can you please intelligently back up your claim that Obama will dramatically increase our welfare system?
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#32
From Obama’s WEB site:
As president, Obama will work to ensure that low-income Americans have transportation access to jobs. Obama will double the federal Jobs Access and Reverse Commute program to ensure that additional federal public transportation dollars flow to the highest-need communities and that urban planning initiatives take this aspect of transportation policy into account.
Obama will raise the minimum wage and index it to inflation to make sure that full-time workers can earn a living wage that allows them to raise their families and pay for basic needs such as food, transportation, and housing.
Obama will provide all low and middle-income workers a $500 Making Work Pay tax credit to offset the payroll tax those workers pay in every paycheck
Obama will expand the highly-successful Nurse-Family Partnership to all 570,000 low-income, first-time mothers each year. The Nurse-Family Partnership provides home visits by trained registered nurses to low-income expectant mothers and their families.
Today, three-out-of-four low-wage workers have no paid sick days. Obama supports guaranteeing workers seven paid sick days per year
Obama will create an Affordable Housing Trust Fund to develop affordable housing in mixed-income neighborhoods.
Obama will invest in rural small businesses and fight to expand high-speed Internet access. He will improve rural schools and attract more doctors to rural areas.
Obama will increase funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) which helps low-income citizens — many of them seniors — pay their winter heating and summer cooling bills.
The Obama plan will increase funding for federal workforce training programs and direct these programs to incorporate green technologies training, such as advanced manufacturing and weatherization training, into their efforts to help Americans find and retain stable, high-paying jobs. Obama will also create an energy-focused youth jobs program to invest in disconnected and disadvantaged youth.
Barack Obama will raise the minimum wage, index it to inflation and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit to make sure that full-time workers earn a living wage that allows them to raise their families and pay for basic needs.
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The whole Obama web site is a welfare plan!
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Boo-yow! Kinda hard to argue differently when your entire platform is based on redistribution of wealth. Good job, skigib.
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I nominate HoustonDem and Iz to foot the bill. All in favor say AYE. All opposed say NAY.
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AYE
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AYE
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Hamous, this is just like voting for school bonds.
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#32 i think #33 took care of your question. If you were unable to read the entire thing i will shorten it for you, read #35 post. If that still does not explain it for you i will add. The people with jobs get taxed more so the ones staying home drawing a Govt check can make more. Obama and Hillary are both for that and have said so. Anthing else we can help you with today?
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#32 - There’s a capital “D” in front of his name……..
*NEXT?*
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Sorry Matt, I disagree.
I can CHOOSE to buy Sam’s Choice cola,
which is considerably cheaper than Coke or Pepsi.
I can CHOOSE to not buy booze.
I can CHOOSE etc., etc.
But I have NO choice BUT to buy GASOLINE at whatever ripoff price the oil companies decide to throw at us.
There are next to no mainstream cars in the U.S. that run on anything BUT gasoline.
E85 isn’t an option, as I have yet to see ANY stations near my home/office that offer it, other than 1 Kroger.
And since my car was built before E85 came into being, I can’t use it anyway.
Diesel is more expensive than gas, and I don’t want the hassles of and the expense of diesel repairs.
Hybrids still use gas, and guess what? They’re more expensive than other cars by far, when you measure what you get for your money.
CNG, Propane, Hydrogen, etc.? How many stations do you see for those? I will tell you, in the ENTIRE Houston area, last time I looked, there were 3 CNG stations. (2 owned by the city, 1 owned by CenterPoint) None are nearby or readily accessible to the public.
So, next time YOU spend $47 to fill up a 13 gallon tank like I did last night, I hope you enjoy it.
Every time I read one of these comparison articles I want to barf.
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