Is it snowing in Hell?

[ShaneG_old]

Petrol it is then, ... even smells better!

[H]

The USA reference to "Gas" generally confuses me/us over here..
"Gas", is the product, which when pressurised, piped to our premises in gas form, and ignited, and used for heating, cooking, etc.
The liquid we put into the storage tanks in our Vehicles, etc, is referred to as; "Petrol", or "Diesel", fuel.
So there is never any confusion between the two different products.. ...!
The price of Gas.
The price of Petrol

[color=#003300]...which was not an original English word but derived from "petroleum" by the French:
petroleum

[Fozzer]

The USA reference to "Gas" generally confuses me/us over here..
"Gas", is the product, which when pressurised, piped to our premises in gas form, and ignited, and used for heating, cooking, etc.
The liquid we put into the storage tanks in our Vehicles, etc, is referred to as; "Petrol", or "Diesel", fuel.
So there is never any confusion between the two different products.. ...!
The price of Gas.
The price of Petrol

...which was not an original English word but derived from "petroleum" by the French:
petroleum  from M.L. petroleum, from L. petra "rock" + oleum "oil."
Petroleum is distilled into gasoline, the proper term for the fuel. We're more accustomed to running on fumes from our gas tank than from (oily) rocks. Both terms are rather nicknames for the source products; much like Pete uses his nickname, lest we all think he's stoned (Peter = petra, rock).

8-)

The stuff we cover our floors with...

You call it Linoleum...

....I call it Lino...... ...!

F.... ...!

[H]

The stuff we cover our floors with... You call it Linoleum....I call it Lino

lin[um] (flax/linen) + oleum (oil). At least the inventor and the trade name, Linoleum, were English; lin(um), as oleum, is actually Latin. That should fairly well cover it.

8-)

[Fly2e]

Absolutely insulting to all of us!

http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/30/news/co ... 2008103013

[Mushroom_Farmer]

Absolutely insulting to all of us!

http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/30/news/co ... 2008103013

Absolutely insulting to all of us!

 It is "All of us" that drive up the demand for the product.

 Also, this is skewd by the sheer amount of product the oil companies sell. Did you know that on a percentage basis many other companies actually have a higher margin of profit? Wal-Mart's profits for example are generally double what the oil companies make on a percentage basis.
 For the media, plastering a very large number on a headline is a lot more effective for selling news than saying "Oil Companies Rake In 10% Profits."

[Brett_Henderson]

Absolutely insulting to all of us!

http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/30/news/co ... 2008103013

Absolutely insulting to all of us!

[homebrewer]

If you are freezing your assets off, get a kerosene heater. They burn clean (leave it outside for ten minutes after firing it up and after shutting it off), heat up a large living room quite quickly, can be turned down and the fuel is cheaper than running your furnace all day. Just crack your window about three inches when you use it. It needs oxygen-- and so do you...

[BigTruck]

I recommend a wood stove.  Nothing beats chilly autumn days in the back yard chopping wood and making that pile bigger and bigger.  the self satisfaction is terrific!  Then the smell of burning hardwood in your house on a freezing day while you heat your home for almost free is priceless.  Save Gas for the Big Trucks!!!!!  

[H]

I recommend a wood stove.

Instead of wood, throw in TNT; heats you right up and you'll never worry about it  again.

8-)

[ShaneG_old]

Or move to a warmer climate, cost is about the same.