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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:48 PM
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Has beer become cheaper than gas?
Gasoline is now roughly $4 a gallon.

If you figure:

1 gallon = 128 ounce

That would come out to 10 cans/bottles (12 oz) or 8 16 oz cans/bottles


Does anyone know if a beer that is now cheaper than gasoline?
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:50 PM
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1. Dude, beer is cheaper than water
there are nasty cheap beers that work out to around $0.20 a can.

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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:51 PM
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3. 20 cents a can? Now if I could just get my car to run on it
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 02:02 PM
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8. In Minnesota, E85 is like a buck cheaper than regular E10 gas
it's times like this when I wish I had a flex-fuel vehicle, but at least I don't have diesel.

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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 02:32 PM
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9. It's a bit of a false savings
E85 doesn't have as much energy per gallon. So your MPG on E85 will be considerably less than E10.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:50 PM
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2. You can get beer thats cheaper than gas
But life is too short to drink cheap beer.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:52 PM
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4. True, I will confess to being a bit of a beer snob
The cheap stuff just doesn't cut it for me. At least not anymore.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 12:59 PM
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5. Isn't that being a little bit elitist. My beer has a case that double as a cat carrier...
Edited on Wed May-28-08 12:59 PM by madinmaryland


:hi:
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 01:02 PM
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6. lol! Yeah guess I would be
At least I am not drinking lattes.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 01:05 PM
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7. Funny thing is we have two cats that love those beer boxes!!
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-28-08 02:50 PM
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10. Out here in LA, a 24oz can of beer = $2.39. Gas = $4.10 / gal.
So yes, beer is cheaper than gasoline.
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