Current price of fuel now?

[JohnC]

I check Gas Buddy pretty much daily to get a feel for the trend. Last Tuesday, the spread was from $5.05 to 6.38 at 8:00 AM. There was only one station near by at $5.05. Around 1:00 PM the same price was still posted (same 8:00 AM posting), so I headed on over. When I got there the pump said $6.28. I looked for the next cheapest near by and it was $5.49. When I got there it was $5.99. I said "f" it and filled up. I figured if I went to the next station it would be even worse.

Right now, in a different part of the state, the spread is showing $4.99 - 6.49. I suspect the $4.99 is incorrect, but I won't be driving 10 miles to find out.

[spongebob]

$5.75 now in southern oregon (Klamath) that’s $184.00 to fill me up.
Time for the pilot of Airforce One to take one for the country.

[JohnC]

Time for the pilot of Airforce One to take one for the country.

Think about what you're saying... "President Kamala Harris..."

I went through the first 20 or so names on the succession list and basically, we're screwed... (President Nancy Pelosi...)

[DmaxMaverick]

Think about what you're saying... "President Kamala Harris..."

I went through the first 20 or so names on the succession list and basically, we're screwed... (President Nancy Pelosi...)

No president Nancy Pelosi, yet. That would only happen if both, the pres and vice were lost, simultaneously. "President Harris" would appoint a vice, which still leaves Nancy #2 (read that however you like). With any luck (and/or a fair election), that will only be an option until November but, alas. Harris is Biden's defense against the 25th. So, that's where we are. If there was ever a definition of FUBAR...

Yeah. Screwed.

[JohnC]

Harris is Biden's defense against the 25th.

There was a Saturday Night Live skit back when Jessie Jackson was campaigning for President. The jist was he had been elected president and a reporter was asking him if he was concerned about assassination. His response was "No, like my predecessor I have retained Dan Quayle as my vice president..."

(Apologies to Dan Quayle...)

[spongebob]

it’s my opinion that the rise of the anti-American left started about the same time we started putting warning labels on dangerous chemicals..

[More Power]

T r ump ran the table with his primary endorsements... There's panic in them thar hills.

(and/or a fair election)

we can only hope...

[spongebob]

I have no confidence in the federal election system, the left broke state laws the last go around and there was no consequence. Who’s going to stop them
This time?

[JohnC]

Time to move?
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[a5150nut]

Time to move?
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On top of %13.2 income taxes

I moved out early 2014

[JohnC]

On top of %13.2 income taxes

Yeah, but think of all you're getting for your money!

[More Power]

Time to move?
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I know that urban sprawl over the last 50 + years in CA had pushed commuters out into the nether reaches of sanity for time/miles of a daily commute. Now add $8 gas...

California was among the first to repurpose gas tax revenue to fill holes in their state's general budget - something the gas tax was never supposed to be used for... Roads, bridges, highway infrastructures were the reasons used for a gas tax in the first place. It was easy to persuade voters to vote for a tax that put motorists on the hook for roads, bridges, etc.

[JohnC]

A little bit of nostalgia I had forgotten about...

To update:
Central New Hampshire $6.49/gal.

[DmaxMaverick]

We are rapidly approaching Ludicrous Speed. I fear we'll be seeing Plaid sooner than later.

Beware the bait & switch. Fuel costs are the headliners, for obvious reasons, but not the only elephant in the room. Keep an eye on DEF supplies and costs (as it may apply to you). It can't cross burned bridges. The EPA doesn't care if you are dead on the shoulder, or can't cross an intersection quick enough to not get T-boned. Run low and, "Reduced Propulsion Power" will be the understatement of the year. If you've experienced this, you know what I mean.

[More Power]

Diesel fuel has reached $6/gal in a few out of the way places here in Montana - $5.80/90 where I buy fuel locally.

Is the US now officially in a r e c e s s i o n? Not looking good for the blue on the ballot this fall.

[JohnC]

Is the US now officially in a r e c e s s i o n?

Not according to Uncle Joe. All is good!

Heard good one yesterday: Millennials can afford an electric car but can't pay their college loans...

[arveetek]

Fuel prices have been slowly easing back down in my neck of the woods. Gasoline can be had from a few spots for $3.98 locally, and I paid $4.99 for diesel this morning, and learned of another station nearby that had it advertised at $4.93.

I just back from a 2 week camping trip across Missouri, and paid between $5.29 and $5.39 for the entire trip.

Casey

[arveetek]

...and I paid $4.99 for diesel this morning, and learned of another station nearby that had it advertised at $4.93.

Casey

On my way home from work this evening, the same station I filled up at this morning had dropped down to $4.89 for diesel!

Casey

[JohnC]

Last week I was up near the Maine boarder and there's one station up there that is consistently lower than everyone else. Paid 5.699. (Gas Buddy says he's at $4.99 today!) This week, around here, there are a few stations that have dropped to a few cents below $6.00, but there's still a long way to go...

[richp]

Just finished a 700 mile round way trip from northern to southern Illinois and back.

Cost me almost exactly $400 in fuel -- the fill-up near home in the west suburbs of Chicago was at $5.99.

Grr...