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    Here we go agin. Refinery fire, pipeline down, and an elecrtical outage in Southern Cal. Anything to get the prices up!
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    Yep. I made a trip into town this afternoon and noticed the fuel prices. For the first time since I can remember (not really), gas was more than #2. $4.599 for regular, $4.509 for Diesel. Indications are it will go up some more. It's our own fault, for allowing our leaders to refuse new refineries over the last 30 years. When they operate at full capacity, all the time, what happens when one, or two, or three go down? Now we know.
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    I was tired and half asleep when I posted. Should have been $0.54 jump over nite accross the board, gas and fuel prices.
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    I'd been seeing things around $4.15 to $4.29, so when I saw $4.09 at a local station on Wednesday I tanked up.
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    The issue of refineries is a complicated subject. Ever tighter environmental regulations force some to shut down or prevent new ones from being built. Some refineries have either been closed or mothballed to balance (manipulate) regional retail fuel prices. So, the blame goes to both government and oil companies.

    Use the search engine keywords: "east coast oil refineries closing" to learn more.

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    And these same causes have also increased tire prices!! Need a new set of 35 inchers for the Sub. $1000 for the Nitto Terra Grapplers. Wholly tire burning smoke! Not what I paid 5 years ago. I can't complain about the Terra Grapplers I have now as I'm right at 74k miles on the set.
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    I filled up on Sunday for $3.82 for # 2 diesel. This morning it had jumped to $4.12. First time I've seen fuel over $4 a gallon for several years now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arveetek View Post
    I filled up on Sunday for $3.82 for # 2 diesel. This morning it had jumped to $4.12. First time I've seen fuel over $4 a gallon for several years now.

    Casey

    I can find fuel here for $4.65 all day here. . . . .
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    Quote Originally Posted by a5150nut View Post
    I can find fuel here for $4.65 all day here. . . . .
    Lucky you!
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    Back down to $3.99 this morning.

    This is in Southwest Missouri.

    What's really odd is that diesel took a huge jump and is settling back down. Gasoline has stayed relatively stable at about $3.50 a gallon. Usually when fuel prices spike, gasoline jumps up and diesel lags slowly behind.

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    Prices around here from $4.05 all the way up to $4.49. Usually the spread is about 10¢ or so. Crazy thing is that you can have 20¢ at stations practically within sight of each other.
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    Missy sits dreaming about the bygone days of gas wars
    During my early days of driving, gas shopping was always a fav thing to do.

    The big box stations would be around .25 9/10 (yup thats 25.9 cents) per gallon for regular and diesel was about .15 cents

    At one end of town was a little gippo outfit that always undercut everyone else. ( CALL "The Rocket Station" ) these dudes would sell regular for .19 9/10 per gallon

    Always a line there to fuel up.
    Now this was a gas only joint, no window wash or other goodies and no service either, they had only a tiny shack for an office.

    Then out of the blue, the big boys would start a war and drop the price to 18 9/10 per gallon and the fiasco was on.

    The Rocket would drop to 17 9/10 and still the crowds would line up.

    I think that the days of gas wars were pretty well over by about 71

    Then came the "oil crisis" and shortages , now that was BS
    A buddy of mine from college, his folks owned a Station, and their tanks were always full, even on days that the sign said "Out of gas"

    I could show up at around 10 at night and pull in the service bay with my pickup and the flunky would check the oil while the "Old man" as they called him filled all my tanks in the pickup.
    That truck had capacity for over 100 gallons.

    They had a pump right inside the service bay door so it was not seen from the street.

    The fuel tankers came in around 3 AM to top off the underground tanks.

    That entire thing was nothing more than a dog and pony show.

    Ah yess, the old days.

    There was never a shortage, not even a tiny one.

    The current practice of having refinery fires and pipeline problems is just another twist on the same dog and pony show.

    Called " Rip Off " it is.

    A sign of the times.

    Bend over

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    Ya remember when gas had a pink tint to it, especially premium? I guess that was from the lead in it. Tetraethyl lead. I would buy $1 worth of gas for a Ford Fairlane with a 352 and drive it all week to go to high school. Gone are those days.

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