Original Copy

I think I have mentioned the "Original Copy" business before right? It is essentially the knock off business. Everything from watches, to clothes, jewelry, purses, DVD's, etc. While I know some people are highly against this activity I will say that if it were eliminated it would devastate this economy. So many jobs and directly and indirectly affected by this business.

However of late there has been a new practice that I do not condone at all. As we all know the price of oil is up significantly from this time a year ago. That means all you with cars are paying much more for a gallon or litre of gas.

Here in China the gasoline and diesel is regulated by the government. If the gov't doesn't want to buy at a high price they simply don't buy anything. Then you see mile long backlogs of cars and trucks waiting to buy gas.

This has lead to the new practice of "knock off" gas! Yes they are actually filling people's tanks with a mixture of gas and water! It totally messes up the car, makes it stop working completely and is costly to fix!

So next time you complain about the price of gas just hope that you are getting gas and not a mixture of 50/50 gas/water!