Look what I saw today
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Four more cents up glfrom yesterday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBOMjZU-aCE
This doesn't address gas costs specifically, but I think maybe in a round about way shows us what the problems are!
Enjoy.
Kyle
yawn
Be VERY grateful. We are just approaching £1.50 per LITRE. That is £6.75 an Imperial gallon. That works out to around $10.50
It will keep going up higher and higher with all the Republican candidates in the news. When Obama officially gets into the running the prices will drop drastically. This won't be the first time gas prices are used as a campaigning tool.
gene
Quote from: gene on March 14, 2012, 03:11:38 pm
When Obama officially gets into the running the prices will drop drastically.
gene
When did he ever stop.
Its always easy to give the sitting president a hard time. Remember all the harassment given to Bush when the gas prices skyrocketed. He and Cheney were making all their oil buddies rich. What goes around comes around.
i liked the clinton years.
made money and it was entertaining . ;)
We are at €1.42 per litre, for Derv.
Suzi
The fuel in my town today is by my calculation $6 U.S. for one of your American gallons, I believe the U.S. gallon is 3.5 litres and the gallon that everyone else uses is 4.5.
Probably time to get rid of those yank tanks and pick up trucks, I have a van with a 2.4 L engine that runs on L.P.G, costs around $50 to fill and I get 6 to 7 hundred kilometers a tank, when I was in america last, all I seen was big chevi type vans, I didn't really see anything that was economical that a tradie could use.
Chevy , ford , and chrysler all have cng trucks on the plans and have committed to building them. Right now cng equivalent to a gallon of gasoline is 1.65 !!! Seems all the filling stations here in nj are private or govt' owned !! Surprised? I was born at night but not last night.
Many, many, many small business owners took advantage of Section 179 of US the tax code that allows full deduction in one year of tangible equipment that would normally be depreciated over many years - by buying a big old truck or SUV. The Escalade was a popular item to buy.
They have a big vehicle but the gas is killing them. I wonder how many of these folks came out on the short end of this carrot?
gene
The Clinton years were good because of the policies that Reagan put into effect.
im seeing more of thoose little ford vans like fragged 8 has. i have a rorge mini van with a 3,8 little i think and a dodge picl up with a 360 CI for the heavy and large jobs. i need a big truck when i load all of a boats seat into it to bring tot he shop to upholstery or to celever large stainless frames bor a boat top 100" or more wide , when i was a kid i could put 5 buck in my old ford truck and drive all around town friday night
mixed metaphor?
Quote from: gene on March 15, 2012, 03:50:24 pm
I wonder how many of these folks came out on the short end of this carrot?
gene
Oil is a finite resource. When it's gone, it's gone. Either party can crow all they want about "drill baby, drill" but the absolute reality is that prices are not going to come down. Only a fool thinks they will. The wealthier countries will be be able to pay for it for a longer period of time, but eventually a point of diminishing return will be met. Oil is not the future, but for now we're stuck with it.
So quit grousin', get used to it, and figure out how to use less of it/use it more thoughtfully and efficiently.
Sheesh! I figured that out in 1973 after the "Oil Embargo"... remember that?
Iran rattles their sabres and crude prices increase 11% since Nov. I don't get it. We get most of our oil from Candida. Iran isn't even in the top 15 of US oil importers.
1/3 of the worlds oil comes through the Straight of Hormuz. Don't you think if they tried to disrupt supplies that they would be squashed like a bug within a week by more powerful countries. Whats the panic?
If you need something to worry about, think nuclear Iran.
The trouble I see is you can buy if you have the money a electric car but boat motor need more power snd I don't see anything comming that for them and aside from sail I like to go fishing and that's a problem
Well i probly be gone before that. Ones and. It be philly able or afford gas
Mike, maybe soon we'll be going really primitive: sail boats, no motor :D
Mr. byhammerand hand: Regarding walking softly and eating your peas and carrots: It is not a mixed metaphor. It is a brand new metaphor. One that I just made up.
Mr. Kodydog: Regarding a nuclear Iran: I think a little oil and gas that glows in the dark will not be a problem for us.
Our current gas prices have nothing to do with the price of crude oil. That connection ended during the Clinton administration.
gene
Quote from: gene on March 16, 2012, 06:18:00 am
Our current gas prices have nothing to do with the price of crude oil. That connection ended during the Clinton administration.
gene
Not sure I follow Gene. Maybe this?
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- It's the same story every year.
Each spring, just before the summer driving season, gasoline prices skyrocket. And every year, these four words appear in news reports nationwide as a big reason for the runup: "lack of refining capacity."
Then experts call for more refineries, politicians pledge to make the dirty behemoths easier to build, but guess what? Nothing really happens. Next year, repeat story.
So why hasn't a new refinery been built in the U.S. since 1976?
http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/17/news/economy/refineries/
The article, written in 2007 also said this.
Some experts say new investment, in both alternative energy and conventional sources, will boost supply and could cut prices in half. If a global recession hit, the drop could be even more dramatic.
Wow!
added to the price of oil from the ground, they add Ethanol
which is made from mostly grain so not only is driving cars
costing a lot in fuel it also makes your food and beer more
expensive too.
Quote from: fragged8 on March 16, 2012, 01:12:09 pm
makes your food and beer more expensive too.
BEER! Now I'm really pissed. Wheres my boot.
Well they went down one penny today
Quote from: Mike on March 17, 2012, 09:13:59 am
Well they went down one penny today
Beer or gas? The way I figure it beer costs me about $10.60 a gal. One cent is not gonna make much difference. Might be better off drinking gasoline.
Well it had gone down one penny now it's up 11
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Saw $3.99 at several places yesterday. I think in financial circles they call this "ceiling resistance." Nobody wants to break through $4 a gallon, but once they do, they'll have no problem going up from there to $4.20 or $4.25.
I use "Gas Buddy" to search locally for best prices. http://www.cincygasprices.com/Price_By_County.aspx Just type in your zip code and zoom in or out. My neighbor uses this on his smart phone and it also knows where he is at the time. I don't have a smart phone.
I have a neighbor that will drive to the other side of town just to save a nickel a gallon. Based on a 20 gallon tank, that's a whoppin' whole dollar that he drove the extra 3 or 4 miles for. Then while he's there, he'll go inside and pay 4 bucks for a Coke and a bag of chips. Smart, huh?
How to tell you're from a small town:
Quote from: sofadoc on March 21, 2012, 10:15:27 am
I have a neighbor that will drive to the other side of town just to save a nickel a gallon. Based on a 20 gallon tank, that's a whoppin' whole dollar that he drove the extra 3 or 4 miles for. Then while's there, he'll go inside and pay 4 bucks for a Coke and a bag of chips. Smart, huh?
As for me personally, I just pull in to the most convenient gas station. I don't care if it's a quarter a gallon higher than the one on the other side of the highway. I'd rather pay the extra 5 bucks than cut across 4 lanes of traffic, and loop around on a service road.
When I first moved to new Hampshire in 81 there was nothing in town I had to drive 16 miles to get a pizza and. Ring it home
Quote from: sofadoc on March 21, 2012, 03:01:36 pm
As for me personally, I just pull in to the most convenient gas station. I don't care if it's a quarter a gallon higher than the one on the other side of the highway. I'd rather pay the extra 5 bucks than cut across 4 lanes of traffic, and loop around on a service road.
sounds like port Charlotte sofa