Comments for Despite Oil Self-Sufficiency Brazilians Pay US$ 3.4 a Gallon for Gas at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:52:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8187/54/#pc_8819 Canada that sells more oil (mostly US owned )to the the USA than Venezuela does. Our prices at the pump are $1.03-$1.25 per ltr. Billions of profits go to US oil companies. Venezuela's publicly owned oil get something like 80% of profits from it's oil and allows govt. to reduce poverty 25% while spending billions on medicare and education,while gas at the pump is only 4 cents .Canada suckered into signing an unfavourable trade deal with the US sold us out. - Cornelius Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:05:26 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8187/54/#pc_8807 that Brazilians are liars and cheaters !!!!! Better yet fuel is even more expensive in the interior of the country ! Great for the Mato Grosso Farmers ! Isnt it ? Great for the transportation costs of grains....from Mato Grosso and other states ! isnt it ????? Here is a prime news that few brazilians know : The chicken farms in Northeast Brazil import most of their grains....FROM ARGENTINA !!!!! Why ? Because the transportation costs is 40 Reais per ton when imported from Argentina......and Reais 230.- per ton from Goias and Tocantins ! For more infos anyone can see the video at the site of Globo Rural !!!!!! Impressive these Brazilians !!!!!! They are just Full of Air ! And they sing like chicken of how performing they are !!!!!! - ch.c. Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:12:39 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8187/54/#pc_8802 The situation described in Uruguay where the government-owned refiner sets pump prices is what concerns me about Petrobras controlling 97% of Brasil's refinery capacity. The Ipiranga deal would make the situation worse in my opinion, but at least the antitrust authorities have stepped up to question at least some aspects of the deal. With Petrobras so large and successful, I think the Brasilian government could "afford" to lok at requiring Petrobras to spin off some domestic assets, including refineries, as a political statement going forward that market price mechanisms will be the primary determinant of domestic energy prices. - conceicao Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:45:58 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8187/54/#pc_8798 "premium gasoline"? That´s a laugh. Avgas is seven dollars a gallon in most areas in Brazil. - Ric Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:00:07 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8187/54/#pc_8790 If my math is correct, gasoline here is about USD $4.90 a gallon. Thankfully my car (suv) uses diesel! - American in Rio Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:42:21 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/8187/54/#pc_8789 The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly called the Interstate Highway System, is a network of highways (also called expressways) in the United States. The Interstate Highway System is a separate system within the larger National Highway System. The entire system, as of 2004, had a total length of 46,837 miles (75,376 km) [1]. The interstate highway system was the most important public works project in United States history In addition to making it easier and quicker for average Americans to drive, interstates also made it faster and cheaper for businesses to move goods around the nation and led to a huge boom in the trucking industry. Today, 2 million trucks travel the interstates and move more than 10 billion tons of goods, compared with 120,000 trucks hauling half a billion tons when Eisenhower signed the bill. "Commerce is the biggest impact the interstate system had The interstate boom brought with it an economic boom, particularly for the highway construction, oil and automotive industries. But it also benefited the tourism industry and helped drive the growth of fast-food outlets, national motel chains and business districts built around off-ramps -- even in the middle of nowhere. While Interstate Highways usually receive substantial federal funding and comply with federal standards, they are owned, built, and operated by the states in which they are located About 56%[5] of the construction and maintenance costs are funded through user fees, primarily gasoline taxes, collected by states and the federal government, and tolls collected on toll roads and bridges. The rest of the costs are borne by the federal budget. - AES Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:18:59 +0100