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Steve, I think you're really lucky. The typical cost in the North East (at least NY/NJ) is between $75-$95 for a set of doubles with mix. 40cf of O2 is about $10-$15. Let's calculate it out. 2 tank boat dive $55-$75 if you don't go way off shore. Hum, $65 (boat) + 2 x $85 (doubles) + 2x $12 (deco) = about $250 for a mix dive outing. If you do the Doria on a 5-6 tank boat and bring your own gas you can expect a total cost of about $250-$500 PER DIVE. I think you're really lucky if you're doing mix dives for a gas cost of $25. Art. -----Original Message----- From: Steve Hogan [SMTP:Steve_Hogan@qm*.sp*.tr*.co*] Sent: Monday, September 21, 1998 8:21 PM To: Kevin Rottner; scubait@ix*.ne*.co*; techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: Re: " but costs too much " Kevin, All of these guys are whining that it costs too much have not been looking, they are just lazy. For an average day diving (with 18/40 mix, 50/50 deco) my total gas costs are about $25. I think my life is worth that (although I am sure there is some debate on that one<G>) They do like that buzz on the "really deep dive" Steve ------------------------------ Date: 9/21/98 5:02 PM To: Hogan, Steve From: Kevin Rottner >And, p.s., it ain't going to filter down because of a simple concept called >economics. You may not understand such a bizarre concept but it is the real world. I am amazed at the number of local Southern California divers that dive air between 50' and 130', when inexpensive nitrox fills are readily available, " but cost too much ". I am amazed at the number of local Southern California divers that come up blue and shivering, when inexpensive good quality drysuits are readily available, " but cost too much". I am amazed at the number of local Southern California divers that push the tables, when inexpensive but very advanced dive computers are readily available, " but cost too much". I am amazed at the number of local Southern California divers that dive old crappy worn out gear ( mask, fins, regs, ets. ), when inexpensive gear is readily available, " but costs too much". Nitrox is too expensive ?? Think about the cost of an evac. and chamber series. Think about the cost of a corpse repatriation and funeral. This is what we should "filter down" to the masses. The difference between the cost of making three gas dives off a dive boat or three air dives of a boat is insignificant when you calculate the cost of all our training and gear, and the price of the boat ticket into those three dives, or average the total cost of our training and gear over our dive careers. But the inherient increased safety factor of using the best mix for the dive is tremendous. " it costs too much " is just an excuse. Kevin " You'll never miss the water, until the well runs dry . . .. " as sung by Bob Marley [\] | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ o o o o o o _____ o o (_/\_) o o o =( )= oo Kevin Rottner -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. ------------------ RFC822 Header Follows ------------------ Received: by qmail2.sp.trw.com with ADMIN;21 Sep 1998 17:00:35 -0700 Received: from bighorn.terra.net (root@bi*.te*.ne* [199.103.128.2]) by mail-relay2.trw.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA04446 for <Steve_Hogan@qm*.sp*.tr*.co*>; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:53:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: (mail@lo*) by bighorn.terra.net (8.8.6/jr3.9) for id TAA05417; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 19:03:35 -0400 Precedence: bulk Errors-To: owner-techdiver@aquanaut.com Received: from bighorn.terra.net (root@lo*) by bighorn.terra.net (8.8.6/jr3.9) with EXEC for techdiver id SAA01524; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 18:31:59 -0400 Received: from gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net (gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.85]) by bighorn.terra.net (8.8.6/jr3.9) with ESMTP for <techdiver@aquanaut.com> id SAA01516; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 18:31:58 -0400 Received: from LOCALNAME (pool011-max9.ds23-ca-us.dialup.earthlink.net [209.179.26.61]) by gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA10643; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:30:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 15:30:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199809212230.PAA10643@gu*.pr*.it*.ea*.ne*> X-Sender: rottner@ea*.ne* X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: scubait@ix*.ne*.co*, <techdiver@aquanaut.com> From: Kevin Rottner <Kevin@So*.co*> Subject: " but costs too much " -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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