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...gasoline can be purchased for as little as 50˘ and resold in neighboring countries that produce no oil for as much as $10. Luxury items are smuggled in tax free by middlemen and then resold at a higher price. One big moneymaker for the sons involves trucking diesel fuel into Turkey. The trade has fallen off amid recent preparations for war, but at its high point, according to the Coalition for International Justice, a Washington-based human-rights group, some 45,000 Turkish truckers traveled regularly between the oil fields of northern Iraq and delivery points in eastern Turkey...
...still better than the alternatives. Mainly, it prevents a need for numerous boilers, freeing up a great deal of space in the houses and elsewhere (the Radcliffe yard and quadrangle have their own distinct boiler systems). Also, it allows for better environmental controls on a single fuel-burning source...
...course, the airlines are already in the midst of a pretty bad scenario, as the report notes. A few causes of the pain include a frail underlying economy, high fuel prices, fear of terrorism and war, and increased security costs. The moribund combination leads to gushing red ink for the airlines. But there has been a silver lining for consumers: airfares are lower than they were in 1988 in nominal, not inflation-adjusted dollars...
Chase also warned that, although the membership fee and hourly rate covers fuel costs, students are on their own for parking tickets. “If you get a parking ticket, you’d better pay it, or we’ll find out about it down the road,” Chase said...
Mustached Man 1: “Well, at least I didn’t spill racin’ fuel on my arm and burn myself again...