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If you are in South Africa and you are having a bigger problem lately making ends meet, you are not alone. Sorry to tell you, but it is going to get worse before it gets better. The price of oil is rocketing, the strength of the dollar (in which oil is traded) is declining. Oh, and don’t forget the strength of the Rand is also on the down at the moment. This in turn is having a knock on effect on the price of petrol in SA. A reason why the weak Rand is an indicator of future financial troubles is that the market factors don’t have an immediate effect on the price of oil and other things, there is a lag of about six months to a year when you really feel the sting of it. Oil is bought in futures, so this means that oil traders buy oil months in advance and trade in FUTURE values of barrels. There is a whole series of actions over roughly a six to twelve month period between the expensive oil getting shipped by the supplier from the field and then getting. The various negative factors such as the weak Rand, the war, weather anamolies, layoffs and so forth are going to hit us at the pump NEXT YEAR! Oil trading is standardized by using a single currency, and no surprise that the US dollar is chosen for this, as 49% of the world’s fuel consumption is made up of the USA. Now keep in mind that the US is only 1/24th of the worlds population, and you will start to see the economic power the US actually has, its not just talk, these guy mean business. So, if the dollar declines then it costs less for other countries to buy oil so they try to buy it up more quickly but this results in an increase in demand and that drives the price up. Simple economics. SASOL spends millions towards oil exploration and they do use oil that we mine off our east coast. SASOL however does not make up even 20% of the South African fuel demand. Caltex is the major supplier of South Africa’s petrol, and they distribute semi-refined oil to other petrol company’s refineries. There is difference in petrol from one company to the next but the core is the same Caltex oil. These fuel companies do add other techniques and chemicals to their petrol, which is why Shell can have a product called V Power and claim it does things that other petrols don’t. So now that we all understand the mechanics of oil distribution in South Africa and the challenges that the industry faces one might ask what other choices or options do we have? The Prius from Toyota is an engine that is powered with hydrogen and we have had that for a decade. BMW also has a green engine that they’ve been working on. Pretty much every major manufacturer has some activity going forward to make vehicles which run on something other than fossil fuels or in a hybrid with fossil fuels. These various solutions are not as easy as individual car owners doing modifications on their car engines to facilitate a different fuel solution than the one that the manufacturer originally installed. One needs to look to individual pioneers and grassroots movements to find any real solutions. WATER4GAS is offering information for a nominal fee which car owners can use in their garage or wherever to build a small device which infuses hydrogen into the gasoline/air mixture that their vehicle runs on. Using Water4Gas you can minimumly expect to lower your fuel usage by thirty to fifty percent or even more. With WATER4GAS gasoline is made consumable so you can lower your fuel usage. It also helps make emissions substantially cleaner.Happy members number about 99%! Isn't it your turn now?
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Entrepreneur, songwriter, activist and consumer advocate, GARKO, does not know how to get your car to run on water like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! That is a misconception. :) But he can show you one of the best ways to save on gas which is to get your car to run using water for gas For a list of current fuel prices in your neighborhood email garko@startlingdiscoveries.info
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