Fuel costs

[Jerry]

Last Friday on the way to work regular 85 octane was $2.29.9, by the time I passed the same station on the way home it had gone up $.10 to $2.39.9. Went over to Grand Junction yesterday (Saturday) and filled up for $2.16.9. $.23 cents a gallon difference...someone is making a pile of money out of these prices! (Grand Junction is 64 miles from my place.)

[cueball]

Price down under

98 octane here cost me $4.83.6 per gallon last weekend

[lars]

Well, here in Norway a gallon cost about 7$ , that is 95 octane. 98 octane are 1$ more. Thats expencive

[beechfront]

yeah we here in the states shouldn't be asking "why is gas so expensive" -- we should be asking "why is it so cheap"

[randy]

Noooooo,

We should be asking:

Why, when the price of crude goes up, gas goes up immediately when the crude that's pumped today takes months to get to the gas station???

[Robert Haller]

It seems to go up 10 cents a galllon everytime I fill up. Yesterday regular was $2.19/gallon. It does lessen the pain when I realize that's still cheap compared to most of the rest of the world.

[grabberblue]

Check out http://www.gasbuddies.com/ for prices all over.
Here in the LA (Cal) area it is $2.31-2.65 for REGULAR
We havent seen it under $2 for a long long trime.
Government does not care if prices go up, higher price= higher tax
Federal tax 18.2 % and Calif State 18.4% IIRC.

[randy]

Here in PA, taxes account for over 40% of the cost of a gallon. Fed tax is only a piece of it. Check out the local taxes too, add it up.

[John]

Never ending post?

The way the prices are going up, everybody can post new increases daily. I burn through 2.5 gals in 70 miles every two days, and it seems like I haven't paid the same price twice. I gotta use the good stuff, too. High compression with the big bore. It pings a little on regular, so I won't make that mistake again.
I used to work in a gas station back in the mid 70's. I remember customers were chewin' me out because the price had hit .50$ a gallon. They thought I was to blame for the prices. I had to pay the same as them. I got no discounts on gas.

[randy]

I can get free gas anytime I want, I just eat at home!

[jetmechmarty]

I heard today that we can expect $3.25 per gallon by July!

My motorcycles will see plenty of use, rain or shine!

[kf4anm]

jmj

crikey, it jumped overnight to $2.39 for regular unleaded here in indy today


stations use what they call replacement cost. it figures the current price of crude to figure the cost to refill their tanks

[Ken Talbot]

What gets me is the way 'they' always start talking about price increases coming, it gets played up in the press, and the next thing you know it is like a self-fulfilling prophecy. The cost of production hasn't risen, the amount of potential supply hasn't decreased, but all of a sudden thr prices are up. People then accept this because they've been told for a month is was coming. Ever notice how this always seems to happen just in time for a long weekend or the start of the summer vacation season? After a while, the hype dies down in the press and prices fall, but they never fall back to where they started. If I believed in conspiracy theories, I'd think something was up...

[cueball]

What theory, it's a fact

no theory about oil companies ripping us off, it's a fact, we get shafted down here shortly before long weekends and public holidays on a regular basis. the government wont do anything about it as fuel revenue is one of the biggest cash cows in the Oz economy.

[chevy45412001]

drill bit

well all we gotta do is get a reallly reallly long drill bit and charge up the batts on the cordless drill and get a couple cases of beer ,go into back yard and start drillin....lol