Something smells like gas...

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Hey all I was just wondering... on the news, in the paper, and online I have read all across the board that natural gas prices were low. Now I know that my gas bill hasn't changed one cent from last winter's "needed" price hike as far as cost per unit. Am I the only person who has read about the low cost of natural gas? Why hasn't the utility company lowered the cost per unit? Or is it just that they won't be "raising" the cost this season. From what I've gathered, supply is high, demand is low, a weak if almost non existent hurricane season, yada, yada, yada... you get the point. Has anyone else gotten their utility carrier to lower their bill or adjust the price per unit based on the latest fiscal information coming out of Wall Street? I say we overtake the utilities and make them public works. Take some money away from those power mongers and capitalist swine!!!!
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Something smells like gas...


Speaking of which, I love the smell of gasoline(wierd huh).
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
(wierd huh).


Not particularily, you're just getting high off the fumes. Don't do it too much though, they contain nasty carcinogens. Not worth it for a fairly mediocre high.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If your gas company is a public utility, then contact your city/town/villiage/whatever.

If it's a company, then have fun trying to get them to lower it. It's thier company, and they should be allowed to charge whatever they want for their services.

As for me, I can't really comment on gas price increases/decreases, since my utilities come bundled with my rent (I pay a flat rate, so if utilities go up then the managment takes a hit, if they go down they get a windfall), so I dont keep track of it.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
They didn't lower the price because there greedy swines, we resently had a development were the goverment lowered the oil tax across the board and the companies would'nt lower the price. So the people complaned and companies did lower the price under public pressure (10 ponits for us). Also Marco, we also had problem down here were the aborigines sniffed petrol, natural gas, paint fumes (anything that could be sniffed) so now we have pertol that doesn't have any fumes or anything.  .
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
now we have pertol that doesn't have any fumes or anything


It may not have any added fragrances, but it's the petrol/gas fumes that actually burn. And, as Marathonas said, it's the fumes that get you somewhat high - although if my reading has lead me aright, it's more lack of O2 in the blood because the chemicals are interfering with the hemoglobin than a true "high".
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If it's a company, then have fun trying to get them to lower it. It's thier company, and they should be allowed to charge whatever they want for their services.


I think that even hard-line free-market economists draw some boundaries when it comes to basic necessities, such as food, water, and shelter. If you die by not having something, it's not operating as a free market anyway, which is why the gas companies are still regulated.

Just so you know, heating bills are written into rent costs, so a price increase will affect you the next time you renew your lease.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
. Also Marco, we also had problem down here were the aborigines sniffed petrol, natural gas, paint fumes (anything that could be sniffed) so now we have pertol that doesn't have any fumes or anything. .


Wrong. As has been pointed out, you're getting high off the lack of o2 reaching the brain due to the haemoglobin being polluted. It's a similar effect to what cigarrettes do, but it's more potent and with tobacco the lack of o2 isn't noticable, as it's a slow but permanent process. Petrol just buggers up your blood, and your brain starts getting dizzy.

The only way to stop that would be to remove the petrol.
Reply #8 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Just so you know, heating bills are written into rent costs, so a price increase will affect you the next time you renew your lease.



Well, they havn't adjusted the rent in almost two years, so I can't complain.
Reply #9 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I think the pertol that can't be sniffed has some substances that stop the fumes from escaping the liquid fuel, thats why they dont get high.