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["K. Jo Garner" <kelly AT metalab.unc.edu>]

On 29 Aug 2003, Jeremy Portzer wrote:
->But people don't buy milk, orange juice, and Starbucks lattee in the
->same quantities as gasoline.  So the economies of scale aren't there,

Well speak for your damn self, then. 

->the distribution network isn't as big, etc.  Gasoline is one of the few
->commodities that everyone buys in bulk, versus in packages (or in bulk
->in small amounts, like grocery store produce).  There's a big cost in
->generating the packaging for orange juice, for example.

And the "packaging" for gas (stations, pumps, pump technology - I mean, 
how much is pay at the pump?)

Cheers
Kj

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