4.19 to 4.25 around here now :(
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4.19 to 4.25 around here now :(
Saw $4.25 last night here as well...
Diesel came down a little bit this weekend. At the Union 76 station in Anaheim Hills, CA where I have been buying fuel the price peaked at $4.19. It dropped $0.20 over the weekend to $3.99.
here in new zealand diesel $5.80 gal and still to go up we are told makes your fuel seem cheap:mad::mad:
Seems that Virginia is following California. $3.99 locally as of Sunday. Can someone refresh my memory as to the rationale behind paying this much? Heard this AM on the morning commute that truckers are staging a "slow down" to increase mpg and not idling as long. 1/4 of their expenses was reported as fuel and this was presented as "fact". What's the real story from our working truckers? All this media attention makes me question the reporting more and more. I don't believe the main stream media anymore...:confused:
Haus.
In northeast Ohio I've seen it ranging from $4.09 - $4.29.
Maybe some OTR's will respond, but I talked to a trucker last year about fuel costs, and was told they use some sort of discount fuel card when filling up, which provides for a reduction in fuel cost. I didn't dig further in our short conversation, but it would appear there is some sort of relief program in effect for the OTR industry. And, I couldn't help thinking that this is altering the reality of and discussion about fuel costs.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1984potato
Jim
Yes my dad is and was a OTR driver and he was telling me that with the fuel surcharge most trucking company's are only paying $.92 per gallon.Quote:
Originally Posted by More Power
the cost is still at least a dollar more than it was last year at this time. so places like fedex are changing how they do things like modifying vehicles to be more aerodynamic, routing to eliminate left turns, never idling in the yard, etc.
whats crazy is the price of biodiesel is up to 4.60/gl. because the price of methanol has gone up over 300% since sept 07. since the two countries that make the methanol aren't getting along too well(chile and argentina). i'm waiting for them to start making bio with ethanol or butanol(different process but better product) or if they were making methanol from a biomass instead of a petroleum product that would be more stable.
this rant brought to you by a coffee-less brain. my apologies.
today i found a Shell station that had quite cheap diesel, so i filled her up, i got 109L (28gal.) for $237.. that was the cheapest i found..
So i would love to have your prices here, and still have the same pay that i get from my work.. then i would be driving around all day long..
Wow, I guess we should feel a lot better now! Our prices on diesel here in Southern California seem to have stablized for the time being. Here in Hemet, diesel is sitting at $5 and hasn't moved much at all for the past month, while gasoline has continued to climb. At one time, gas was $4 and diesel was $5. Now, gas is around $4.55 average for regular and diesel is still $5. Somehow it makes it less painful. The uncertainty caused by the continually escalating prices has a terrible effect on the morale of the consumers. The question begs to be asked "when is this ever going to stop going up?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Duraswede
I'm pretty sure that the global warming crowd is happy with the high prices because it has finally curbed demand. I'm still uncertain as to the truth or lack thereof on that question as far as human impact is concerned, but I think this inflation in fuel costs has answered the question that no one was willing to ask; that is, what will the impact on the global economy be of a big crackdown on CO2 emissions? High priced oil has answered it for us. It is a big and painful impact merely to halt rising demand for carbon based fuel. What will happen if we try to roll it backwards?
Now an report from Norway (who is an major oil producing country)Quote:
Originally Posted by Duraswede
1 litre diesel sells for 13.93 nkr that is 2,76 $ / litre, 10,43 $ /gallon.
Filled my Blazer last week and it costed me 248,4$ for 90 litres (23,81 gallons)
Amazing. In only a period of weeks, #2 diesel fuel prices have tumbled ~35% to under $3/gallon here in Minnesota.
I am looking forward to demand picking back up, and burning alot of this cheaper fuel this winter. (Right now, our volume of business has dropped off dramatically, the last two weeks at 1/3 of normal.)
When prices go up, we all look for answers why...so, when prices drop dramatically, there is less pain, but it makes sense to understand why.
Is it all about reduced demand, creating a surplus of supply?
Depends on how much you believe in price manipulation.... Some of it is undoubtedly due to lower demand. Personally, I think a lion's share of the high prices were artificial (speculation and world producers pushing it).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Rinker
There's also the worldwide geopolitical aspect. When oil prices are high, industrialized nations hurt and OPEC/Russia et. al. make big bucks (wealth transfer). If governments have the power to influence oil prices, they could do it in ways that help/hurt others. For example, the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1980's was as much or more about the rock bottom oil price than a lack of competitiveness in military technology. I've heard it said that anything below $60/bbl currently hurts Iran and Russia very badly.
I'm surprised I haven't heard any pundit say that the high oil prices (and resulting gas/diesel pump prices) are what ultimately burst the housing bubble when it did. Personally, I think it's cause & effect - at least for the burst to happen at that particular time. It likely would have happened at some point, but the high energy costs forced it to happen a lot sooner.
This is why we need a U.S. energy market that is independent of world market forces. We have the resources to continue at present comsumption levels for the next 100-200 years - using only U.S. domestic oil/coal/gas/shale resources. This would produce reliable supplies and prices.
Jim
Filled up today at $2.09 a gal. on 3-20-09 in St. Paul. (20 gal into 28 gal tank, 6.5TD in a '92 3500.) Heard a couple days ago it was spotted at $1.99 but couldn't find it that low anywhere myself. The first time I filled up it cost me $4.59 a gal. early last summer. I'm not gripin'.
Up here in Michigan I filled up for $1.91. It felt real good to see diesel cheaper than gas for once. Just like the good ol' days.
$1.97 in Peoria IL yesterday gas was $2.10
Diesel fuel in Cheyenne, Wyoming is $1.80 per gallon. Regular unleaded gas is $1.60. That's the price at the Mini Mart type stations. I'm not sure what it is at the truck stops.
Filled up at $2.13 - lowest I could find around here. But premium gasoline is $2.25 and plus is $2.09.
last week i filled up at $3.25 a gallon here in Tumwater, WA
$3.79/gal here in Tampa where it's COLD-38' this AM.
Been holding around $2.85 here. See it is below $2.80 west of here.
Oh, and 20ºF currently with a low of 13ºF overnight.
-38 in Tampa,that must really screw people up down there:D
Diesel fuel in Cheyenne, Wyoming, is $2.54. Regular unleaded is $2.26.
i am new here, but you might like to now that a gallon of diesel is going for 7 to 7.5 dollar here in Norway
Diesel where I live in Ventura CA increased 25 cents in the last week to $3.15 per gallon. It's still better than the $5.25 high that cost me $230 to fill up my tank.
I just finished a 2450 mile round trip from N FL to NE of KC MO. Diesel prices ranged from $2.61 to $2.89...I-75/I-24/I-57/I-64/I-70/I-35
Last week.. filled-up at a Conoco station - $2.80 a gallon.
500 gallons of diesel delivered was $2.44 a gallon.
Since I got my little HHR "backup" a couple years ago, I've greatly reduced my use of the truck, reserve it now for only occasions when I need to haul something big/heavy in the bed, pulling a trailer or snow plowing my driveway. That being said, I haven't put fuel in the truck since first week of September. We're finally getting some snow here and I had to break out the truck and plow last week and I may need to use the heavy 4wd to commute to work a few days coming up if we get deep drifting, so I went to town a couple of days ago and fueled up the OEM tank. $2.89 at the local Flying J, 25 gallons hit me for $72. I still have a half a tank in the in-bed aux (about 20 gallons) that I'm trying to burn off now, but it's probably not winter blend and could be an issue if the temps go really low.
Use a few ounces of power services white bottle it will lower the cloud point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idle_Chatter
I ran one entire winter using summer blend and that stuff.
Here around Toronto it's .959 a liter which represent $3.63 a US gallon.
I paid $2.99 today
Oh my god.. I d love to pay 2.70 for a gallon...
Today in Germany:
$5.90 per U.S. Gallon :p:p:D
$1.30/L in Toronto
Diesel fuel prices here in Montana are inching toward $5.00/gal.
We have a OLD old man in the White House…and I have a hard time believing 80 million people were this wrong.
He’s now blaming Putin for the price of fuel..
Can we survive another 3 years of this fool?
I miss the mean tweets and $1.80 a gallon fuel…
I filled up about 3 weeks ago at a (nearly) local Chevron (central CA), about 20 gallons #2 and 10 gallons gas (cans). Diesel was ~$5.79/gal, and reg. gas was ~$5.29. I would have felt better if someone were holding a gun on me at the time. I will have to repeat in a few days, and expect it to be at least a buck more /gal. each, maybe 2. This was preventable, but I am certain it is part of (a) plan.
$4.999 cash price today, best price within 30 miles.
Just checked Gas Buddy for Knoxville TN diesel $3.99 - $5.39
Truck stops are the highest even when next to a small station with diesel for $4.99 but cant get a truck and trailer near the pumps. And the small stations would take an hour to fill those big tanks. Tried to get 35 gallons with a $1 discount and the store stopped my card at $125.00. 3 1/2 gallons short.
My prices are $1.709 for Reg Gas and 1.789 for ULSD,others in town are $2.00 a liter for gas and over $2.24 for ULSD
I got this fuel two weeks ago,will be ordering a load for next week.
Anyone who complains about high prices here, doesn't shop around in our town.